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2002

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Managed Healthcare And Integrated Delivery Systems: A Model For Getting Ahead Of The Change Curve, Philip Sheridan Carney Jan 2002

Managed Healthcare And Integrated Delivery Systems: A Model For Getting Ahead Of The Change Curve, Philip Sheridan Carney

Theses Digitization Project

Managed care became the dominant model for moderating healthcare costs in the 1990's. The later half of this past decade witnessed early signs of a return to escalating premiums. Providers and consumers have reacted negatively to perceptions of health plan micro-management and restriction of choice.


A Retrospective Analysis Of Early Progressive Mobilization Nursing Interventions And Early Discharge Among Post Coronary Artery Bypass Patients, Millie Quan Jan 2002

A Retrospective Analysis Of Early Progressive Mobilization Nursing Interventions And Early Discharge Among Post Coronary Artery Bypass Patients, Millie Quan

Theses Digitization Project

This project offers evidence and data to measure how progressive and sustained mobilization strategies that are implemented by nurses impact early discharge on a single stay Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit for patients undergoing first-time Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) surgery.


Barriers To Initiation And Continuation Of Vision Care Among Diabetics, Jennifer Eilleen Werner Jan 2002

Barriers To Initiation And Continuation Of Vision Care Among Diabetics, Jennifer Eilleen Werner

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Discontinuation After Weight Gain In 17-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls, Donna Lea Church Jan 2002

Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Discontinuation After Weight Gain In 17-19 Year Old Adolescent Girls, Donna Lea Church

Theses Digitization Project

Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is a long acting progesterone only contraceptive agent. Side effects such as irregular bleeding patterns and weight gain are attributed to discontinuation. The purpose of this study was to describe depot medroxyprogesterone acetate discontinuation after weight gain in 17 to 19 year-old adolescent girls.


Cognitive Rehab Solutions: A Computer-Assisted Cognitive Training Program, Avani Rajnikant Patel Jan 2002

Cognitive Rehab Solutions: A Computer-Assisted Cognitive Training Program, Avani Rajnikant Patel

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to offer a functionally comprehensive application, Cognitive Rehab Solutions (CRS), that is designed for neuropsychologists to deliver restorative cognitive training in areas of attention and memory of persons with brain impairment.


Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling Jan 2002

Development And Coordination Of A Health Care Services Program For Foster Children In A Shelter Care Population, Rebecca Lynne Allen Spradling

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to support health promotion of children entering foster care, ensure that children receive all health care services needed, prevent the trauma of duplication of immunizations, and reduce disruption of health care as children move through the foster care system.


Characteristic Differences Between Parents/Guardians Who Keep Immunization Records And Those Who Do Not, Rebecca Bonilla Mangual Jan 2002

Characteristic Differences Between Parents/Guardians Who Keep Immunization Records And Those Who Do Not, Rebecca Bonilla Mangual

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Providers Choices In Web-Medical Records: An Analysis Of Trade-Offs Made By Physicians In San Bernardino County, Jay Eriah Shankar Jan 2002

Providers Choices In Web-Medical Records: An Analysis Of Trade-Offs Made By Physicians In San Bernardino County, Jay Eriah Shankar

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis concluded that offering physicians an appropriate Web-based transcription service should be well received and improve their medical record management and patient care.


An Assessment Of Elderly Health Care Needs And Access In Three Urban San Bernardino Communities, De Anna Le Sabin Jan 2002

An Assessment Of Elderly Health Care Needs And Access In Three Urban San Bernardino Communities, De Anna Le Sabin

Theses Digitization Project

This project was an assessment of elderly health care needs and access. Three urban San Bernardino communities in zip codes 92405, 92410, and 92411 were targeted. The assessment was structured according to King's theoretical construction of community as a multilevel interaction between personal, interpersonal and social systems. The components of the assessment included digital photographs, web-based internet assessments, key informant interviews, and community business visits.


End Of Life Nursing Education Consortium Grant Implementation Project, Sheryl Ramona Terkildsen Jan 2002

End Of Life Nursing Education Consortium Grant Implementation Project, Sheryl Ramona Terkildsen

Theses Digitization Project

This project addressed the continuing education needs of nursing staff and other health care professionals for delivering competent and compassionate palliative or end of life care. The scope of the project included, writing a grant application, training and certification by the end of life Nursing Education Consortium and implementing an education program for staff at the Loma Linda Veterans Affairs medical center.


A Doctor-Patient Communication Tool (Dpct) Ryodoroku Application On The Web, Hongwei Bi Jan 2002

A Doctor-Patient Communication Tool (Dpct) Ryodoroku Application On The Web, Hongwei Bi

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Drowning Prevention For Children In San Bernardino County, Joan Marie Williams Jan 2002

Drowning Prevention For Children In San Bernardino County, Joan Marie Williams

Theses Digitization Project

Drowning and near drowning is a significant problem nationwide and in San Bernardino County. Drowning in and around the home is the leading cause of accidental death of children under 5 years of age. In the United States, drowning is cited as the second most common cause of death for adolescents. This project was undertaken to help establish a funding source to develop a drowning prevention program in San Bernardino County. A request for assistance was obtained from the California Center for Childhood Injury Prevention and the California Kids' Plates Program.


Delays In The Emergency Department And Their Effects On The Ambulance Provider, Simon Peter Moore Jan 2002

Delays In The Emergency Department And Their Effects On The Ambulance Provider, Simon Peter Moore

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis is a case analysis of the nature of delays in emergency room admissions and the effects on ambulance dispatching and availability as it occurred in Southern California.


Causes Of Substance Abuse Relapse Among Mexican American And Anglo Males, Carlos Alberto Mauriz Jan 2002

Causes Of Substance Abuse Relapse Among Mexican American And Anglo Males, Carlos Alberto Mauriz

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Substance Abuse Treatment For Single Mothers: A Needs Assessment, Leslie Hoskin Jan 2002

Substance Abuse Treatment For Single Mothers: A Needs Assessment, Leslie Hoskin

Theses Digitization Project

This project assesses the feasibility of establishing a substance abuse treatment program that provides services to women and their children in the Morongo Basin area of the California Desert.


Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard Jan 2002

Constructivist Research Project Needs Assessment Of Rural Drug Court Clients: A Case Study, Patricia Miriam Gomez-Gillard

Theses Digitization Project

This constructivist research project qualitatively assessed the needs of both drug court clients and the treatment team in a rural California community utilizing the "hermeneutic dialectic process."


Chemical Dependency Treatment: An Examination Of Following Continuing Care Recommendations, Briar Lee Faulkner Jan 2002

Chemical Dependency Treatment: An Examination Of Following Continuing Care Recommendations, Briar Lee Faulkner

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to determine what influence scheduled phone contacts would have on the extent of follow-through of continuing care recommednations by participants after treatment. Continuing care recommendations associated with ongoing sobriety include going to another level of care (individual therapy, group therapy, outpatient treatment), attending twelve-step meetings and communicating with a sponsor. Continuing care recommendations are typically written and referred to as a continuing care plan.


Depression And Its Causes In Women Recovering From Substance Abuse, Angelica Silvia Garcia, Coralyn Finlayson Mccabe Jan 2002

Depression And Its Causes In Women Recovering From Substance Abuse, Angelica Silvia Garcia, Coralyn Finlayson Mccabe

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent environmental problems such as family history of substance abuse, loneliness and lack of support contribute to high levels of depression for substance abusing women seeking recovery in residential treatment facilities.