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Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Enteric Absorption Of Ciprofloxacin During Tube Feeding In The Critically Ill, Stephen M. Cohn, Mark D. Sawyer, Gerard A. Burns, Concertina Tolomeo, Kerry A. Milner

Nursing Faculty Publications

To determine the pharmacokinetic properties of ciprofloxacin in the critically ill, we studied seven mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia during entcral feedings. Subjects received ciprofloxacin 750 mg every 12 h via nasogastric tube and serial serum drug concentrations were measured after the first and fourth dose. After the initial dose, the maximum serum concentration ranged from 1.24–3.06 mg/L, and the area under the time curve from 0–12 h ranged from 3.2–19.65 mg.h/L. Similar levels were noted after dose four. Gastrointestinal absorption of ciprofloxacin in tube fed critically ill patients was decreased, but well above MIC values for many pathogenic bacteria.

Basics Of Research (Part 8): Unique Aspects Of Nursing Research, Cheryl Thompson, Cheryl J. Erler

Journal Articles: College of Nursing

No abstract provided.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1996, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Members of the 1996 nursing class: Judy Aaron, Larry Ashby, Lynna Back, Patricia Barger, Pamela Barnett, Jill Bryce, Tonia Bullock, Debbie Caudill, Patricia Clark, Paula Cole, Vickie Collins, Jennifer Crowe, Jennifer Duncan, Rebecca Gardner, Sharon Gearlds, Bobby Gilbert, Sandra Hale, David Hall, Lesa Hall, Monica Hauskins, Joyce Hayes, Donna Howard, Alicia Hume, Stacey Hunt, Tricia Jameson, Linda Jenkins, Jean Johnson, Melissa Johnson, Deoborah Killen, Teri Lane, Jody Lee, Beatrice Long, Deanna McGuire, Candace Mercer, Bonnie Owens, Laura Pennington, Pricilla Pullum, Angela Rosser, Barbara Spurlock and Melissa Starwalt.

A Comparison Of The Ovulation Method With The Cue Ovulation Predictor In Determining The Fertile Period, Richard Fehring

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this study was to compare the CUE Ovulation Predictor with the ovulation method in determining the fertile period. Eleven regularly ovulating women measured their salivary and vaginal electrical resistance (ER) with the CUE, observed their cervical-vaginal mucus, and measured their urine for a luteinizing hormone (LH) surge on a daily basis. Data from 21 menstrual cycles showed no statistical difference (T= 0.33, p= 0.63) between the CUE fertile period, which ranged from 5 to 10 days (mean = 6.7 days, SD = 1.6), and the fertile period of the ovulation method, which ranged from 4 to 9 …

Nurses Alumni Association Bulletin, Fall 1996, Betty Piersol, Elizabeth K. Prisnock, Marian E. Smith, Margaret Summers, Deborah Fireman, Nicole Herndon

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

1996-1997 Meeting Dates Calendar

1997 Annual Luncheon-Meeting Notice Inside

Officers and Committee Chairs

Bulletin Publication Committee

1996-1997 Meeting Dates Calendar

The President's Message

Treasurer's Report

News About Our Graduates

Letter To Jefferson Nurses

Fiftieth Anniversary

Resume' of Minutes of Alumni Association Meetings

Alumni Office News

Nursing Up-Date 1995-1996

Scholarship Funds At Work

Diploma School of Nursing Alumni Association-Mabel C. Prevost Scholarship Report 1995

Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation

Operation Support Freedom - Humanitarian Aid to Kiev

The Best Mousetrap - Computers In Nursing

Christmas, As A Prisoner Of War

Restroom Policy

Happy Birthday

Committee Reports

• Bulletin
• Development …

Safe Tractor Operation: A Photonovel, M. Susan Jones, The Kentucky Partnership For Farm Family Health & Safety

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Diagonal Earlobe Creases And Coronary Artery Disease, Sandra Jeanne Vollmer

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the diagonal earlobe crease and the incidence of coronary artery disease.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A descriptive, correlational, retrospective and concurrent approach was utilized in examining 61 patients, all with a cardiac catheterization within the last six months. All were examined for the presence of diagonal earlobe crease, presence of coronary artery disease, total blood cholesterol levels, age, sex, and past medical histories. Analyses included the Fischer's exact test, regression analysis, and multiple logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS: The mean age of all the subjects 70.3. Mean cholesterol level of …

Explication Of The Construct Of Shared Care And The Prevention Of Pressure Ulcers In Home Health Care, Margaret Sebern

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The purpose of this investigation was to render a more complete understanding of subjective perceptions of pressure ulcers from the perspective of family dyads, and to study the effect of these subjective experiences on preventive behaviors and pressure ulcer outcomes. A naturalistic inquiry, combined with objective measures, was used. Twenty-one dyads participated in four in-depth interviews to explore how they mentally represented and responded to the risk of pressure ulcers. Through the process of concept development, a lay representation of pressure ulcers was developed. This process produced a new concept, identified as “shared care,” that explained how the dyads interaction …

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Ua66/14/3 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Pinning ceremony program listing graduates of the WKU Nursing program.

Exploring The Boundaries Of Pediatric Practice: Nurse Stories Related To Relationships, Joan P. Totka

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Pediatric nurses struggle to find the right level of involvement with children and families. The purpose of this study was to illuminate nurses' struggles and insights as they learned to find the interpersonal boundaries of their own practice. The phenomenological method of Heideggerian hermeneutics was used to analyze data from audiotaped and transcribed single interviews of five pediatric nurses. The analysis of the transcriptions involved multiple stages of interpretation using a research team. The themes that emerged from the data were: (a) pediatric nurse as family caregiver: (b) finding the right level of care: over-involvement vs. crossing the line; (c) …

Relation Of Health Related Hardiness To Health Perception And Psychosocial Adaptation In Adult Hispanics With Chronic Hepatitis C, Darlene M. Boytell

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of hardiness in health perception and psychosocial adaptation in adult hispanics with chronic hepatitis C (n = 32). The Health Related Hardiness Scale and the Psychosocial Adaptation to Illness Scale were administered to 32 adult hispanics diagnosed with chronic heptitis C at a gastroenterology center. The results indicate that a comparison of subjects with low and high hardiness scores did not reveal significant differences on any of the PAIS domains (health care orientation, sexual relationships, psychological distress, vocational, domestic and social environments). Furthermore, hardiness subscales of control and committment did …

Basics Of Research (Part 6): Quantitative Data Analysis, Cheryl Thompson, Robert Schwartz, Eric Davis, Edward A. Panacek

Journal Articles: College of Nursing

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Group Activity Participation In Depression Among Institutionalized Elderly, Amparita L. Cabrera

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The role of group activity participation in depression among a group of residents (N=65), age 80 and older, in a nursing home was examined using the framework of Roy's Adaptation Theory and Nolen-Hoeksema's Response Style Theory of Depression. Roy views depression as a maladaptation. Nolen-Hoeksema views group activity participation as a therapeutic distraction to break depressed moods and thus allow for positive adaptation.

This study utilized data from medical records, group activity attendance, and self-report questionnaires. Demographic distributions were computed and correlational statistics were performed between subjects' participation and their degree of depression, pain experience, functional status, presence of social …

Perceptions Of Nurses And Clients Related To Empathic Interactions, Patricia Christine Calhoun

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The definition of empathy is generally agreed upon, although its precise nature and characteristics within a nurse-client relationship are unclear. The perceptions of nurses and clients related to empathic interactions were examined using hospitalized clients and their direct care nurses. A phenomenological approach was chosen for research design and analysis.

Data for the study were collected by interviewing the nurses and clients individually. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data were analyzed using the seven step Colaizzi method.

The findings of the study indicate that nurses and clients have a multi-dimensional view of empathy. There is agreement that there …

When Are Research Findings Ready For Use?, Judith A. Floyd

Nursing Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.

Symposium On Nursing Centers: Past, Present And Future, Marilyn Frenn

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Mss 004 Margaret A. Newman, Phd Collection Finding Aid, Jennifer Langford Ca, Mlis

Margaret A. Newman Documents and Publications

No abstract provided.

Living With Unstable Coronary Artery Disease, Marcie M. Tempel

Honors Projects

Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. CAD can be a long term, recurrent health problem placing a heavy burden on the afflicted individual. Although the mean age of individuals experiencing their first clinical sYmptoms of CAD is usually reported to be in the fifth or sixth decade of life, individuals may also experience sYmptoms of disease at an earlier age when actively engaged in career, family, and vigorous leisure activities. There is a sparsity of experiential information and nurses need to be sensitive to the psychosocial impact of this experience …

Facts About Smokeless Tobacco, A Photonovel, Kentucky Cancer Program/University Of Louisville, Western Kentucky Univeristy Department Of Nursing, Western Kentucky University Department Of Dental Hygiene

Nursing Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Multidimensional Factors Affecting Well-Being: A Pni Based Model For Therapeutic Nursing Intervention., Mary P. Bennett

Nursing Faculty Publications

This paper is posted to assist graduate nursing students and others who are interested in my early PNI theory development work. The paper documents development and initial testing of a midrange theory of the effects of various nursing interventions on the psychoneuroimmunological (PNI) network. The hypothesized effects of interventions on various immune factors and subsequent health outcomes are explored, with special interest given to the use of PNI theory in nursing. More traditional nursing theory design principles are imbedded in this theory, including a definition of nursing and nursing intervention, as well as outlining how nurses educated at various levels …

Extrapunitive And Intropunitive Anger Of Hiv Caregivers: Nursing Implications, Kenneth D. Phillips, S.P. Thomas

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the anger of individuals who have provided direct patient care to loved ones who are living with or who have died from AIDS. The sample consisted of eight individuals who are currently involved in an AIDS service organization in northeast Tennessee. Data were collected using semistructured taped interviews. At the beginning of the study, two group interviews were conducted. Subsequently, each of the participants was interviewed privately. Extrapunitive and intropunitive anger were predominant themes in each of the interviews. Participants also reported ways of coping with their anger. Nurses can suggest …

Knowledge Of Risk Behaviors Of Persons Seeking Hiv Antibody Testing At A Community Site, R.L. Sowell, B. Seals, Kenneth D. Phillips

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

People seeking HIV antibody testing at a community-based AIDS service organization (N = 342) were asked to complete a self- report questionnaire to determine knowledge of HIV transmission, source(s) of HIV-related knowledge, and recent risk behaviors. The overall knowledge level of risk for transmitting HIV associated with 16 related behaviors was relatively high. Yet, 69% of the participants reported engaging in unsafe sex during the previous six months. Poorly informed subjects tended to overestimate their level of knowledge. In a multiple regression analysis, knowledge, age, and gender were the only significant predictors of engaging in unsafe sex in this cohort. …

Protease Inhibitors: A New Weapon And A New Strategy Against Hiv, Kenneth D. Phillips

Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

Until recently, reverse transcriptase inhibitors have been the mainstay for treating HIV infection. Now, three protease inhibitors have been approved. Early evidence suggests that triple therapy delays the progression of HIV infection. An understanding of these new drugs and treatment strategies is imperative for clinicians. This article (1) reviews HIV's structure and replication process, (2) discusses currently approved reverse transcriptase and protease inhibitors, (3) describes the antiretroviral drugs" modes of action, (4) discusses important nursing implications for monitoring clients on these drugs, and (5) presents current scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of combination therapy strategies.

Perceptions Of Nursing Image And Feelings Of Autonomy Of Nursing Students At Various Educational Levels, Karen J. Phillips

Senior Research Projects

No abstract provided.

Basics Of Research (Part 5): Ethics And Human Rights, Eric Davis, Edward A. Panacek, Cheryl Thompson

Journal Articles: College of Nursing

No abstract provided.

A Cultural Dilemma: Pakistani Nursing, Rafat Jan

School of Nursing & Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Ua61/1 Wku Nursing Class 1996, Wku Nursing

WKU Archives Records

Members of the 1996 nursing class: Belinda Day, Melony Curry, Timothy Adamie, Tammi Bonn, Susan Bracey, Heather Bush, Daneila Cassidy, Nancy Cook, Nancy Cornwell, Julia Davenport, Elizabeth Davis, Shannon Dreisbach, Johnny Duncan, Kim Farmer, Jackie Fowler, Christina Fuqua, Kristen Garcia, Kerri Gregory, Janet Grooms, Angela Harlan, Stacey Haydon, Mary Haynes, Jeff Jenkins, Angela Jessie, Jennifer Kirby, Shay Lantz, Shelley Lantz, Cylinda Lawarence, Greg Mann, Sharon Martin, Vickie Matthews, Amy Mayfield, Dayeta McReynolds, Christa Mefford, Jennie Neely, Christina Oller, Jennifer Raffaelli, Jennifer Rice, Jenny S., Denise Schwartz, Tammy Scott, Jennifer Sharkey, Daniel Smart, Holly Smith, Wade Squires, Shellie Willett, Sherman Williams …