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Hiv-Infected Women And Motivation To Add Children To Their Families, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, T.R. Misener Jan 1999

Hiv-Infected Women And Motivation To Add Children To Their Families, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, T.R. Misener

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify how susceptible women perceived their babies to be to perinatal transmission of HIV and to examine factors that influence a woman’s motivation to have a baby. The sample consisted of 45 African American women living in South Carolina and Georgia. Data were collected during face-to-face interviews. A researcher-developed scale, Motivation for Childbearing in HIV-Positive Women, provided reliable and valid data on factors that motivated or deterred a woman’s decision to have a baby. This study supported prior findings that HIV status is not the most important influence on a woman’s reproductive …


Health Care Provider's Influence On Hiv-Infected Women's Belief And Intentions Related To Azt Therapy, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, C. Murdaugh, A. Tavakoli Jan 1999

Health Care Provider's Influence On Hiv-Infected Women's Belief And Intentions Related To Azt Therapy, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, C. Murdaugh, A. Tavakoli

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

This study examined how women’s relationship with their primary health care provider (PHP) and their perceptions about how effective their PHPs believe zidovudine (AZT) to be in decreasing perinatal transmission related to women’s AZT beliefs and intentions. It used a cross-sectional design to collect data from 59 HIV-infected African American women. Almost half the women (45%) had given birth since HIV diagnosis. Most of the babies born to HIV-infected mothers (87%) were seronegative. Data analysis with Pearson’s r indicated that the quality of the women’s relationship with their PHP was positively correlated to how important the PHP would be in …


Physiological And Pharmacological Factors Of Insomnia In Hiv Disease, Kenneth D. Phillips Jan 1999

Physiological And Pharmacological Factors Of Insomnia In Hiv Disease, Kenneth D. Phillips

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

No abstract provided.


Hiv-Infected Women And Motivation To Add Children To Their Families, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, T.R. Misener Jan 1999

Hiv-Infected Women And Motivation To Add Children To Their Families, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, T.R. Misener

Kenneth D. Phillips

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify how susceptible women perceived their babies to be to perinatal transmission of HIV and to examine factors that influence a woman’s motivation to have a baby. The sample consisted of 45 African American women living in South Carolina and Georgia. Data were collected during face-to-face interviews. A researcher-developed scale, Motivation for Childbearing in HIV-Positive Women, provided reliable and valid data on factors that motivated or deterred a woman’s decision to have a baby. This study supported prior findings that HIV status is not the most important influence on a woman’s reproductive …


Health Care Provider's Influence On Hiv-Infected Women's Belief And Intentions Related To Azt Therapy, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, C. Murdaugh, A. Tavakoli Jan 1999

Health Care Provider's Influence On Hiv-Infected Women's Belief And Intentions Related To Azt Therapy, R.L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, C. Murdaugh, A. Tavakoli

Kenneth D. Phillips

This study examined how women’s relationship with their primary health care provider (PHP) and their perceptions about how effective their PHPs believe zidovudine (AZT) to be in decreasing perinatal transmission related to women’s AZT beliefs and intentions. It used a cross-sectional design to collect data from 59 HIV-infected African American women. Almost half the women (45%) had given birth since HIV diagnosis. Most of the babies born to HIV-infected mothers (87%) were seronegative. Data analysis with Pearson’s r indicated that the quality of the women’s relationship with their PHP was positively correlated to how important the PHP would be in …


Physiological And Pharmacological Factors Of Insomnia In Hiv Disease, Kenneth D. Phillips Jan 1999

Physiological And Pharmacological Factors Of Insomnia In Hiv Disease, Kenneth D. Phillips

Kenneth D. Phillips

No abstract provided.


A Phenomenological Study Of Clinical Decision Making By Flight Nurse Specialists In Emergency Situations, Dale M. Pugh Jan 1999

A Phenomenological Study Of Clinical Decision Making By Flight Nurse Specialists In Emergency Situations, Dale M. Pugh

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Clinical decision making is an integral, multifaceted phenomenon fundamental to nursing practice. The domain of flight nursing practice is unique in terms of knowledge, structure, clinical presentations and environment. The uniqueness and diversity of patient scenarios and the advanced practice level of the flight nurse role blend to provide a potential rollercoaster flight mission. At the time this research was conducted nursing standards to guide clinical decision making were being developed. Medically orientated clinical guidelines were in place, but they were designed to highlight a specific, well defined clinical scenario or skill. It has been argued that guidelines for nursing …