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Nurses' Alumnae Association Bulletin, June 1969, Katherine Fleck Saunders, Mabel C. Prevost, Doris E. Bowman, Carolyn M. Carey, Elizabeth J. Sweeney, N. Ramsay Pennypacker, Martha E. Riland, Elizabeth Stone, Deidre M. Watkins, Julia T. Mccracken, Evelyn W. Frazier, Betty Piersol, Margaret Summers, Florence Roche, Peter A. Herbut, John H. Macindoe

Nursing Alumni Bulletins

Alumnae President's Message

Officers and Chairmen

Financial Report

Progressive Changes at Jefferson

School of Nursing Report

Student Activities

School of Practical Nursing Report

Jefferson Expansion Report

Clerk-Typist Report

Committee Reports

Resume of Alumnae Meetings

Class News

1969 CLINIC Correspondence

Notices

A Historical Study Of The Nursing Care Of The Newborn Infant In The Hospital Nursery, Synnove Wasli

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This was a historical study of past ideas, beliefs, and practices in the nursing care of the normal newborn infant in the hospital nursery. The study covered the years 1930 to 1965 and was divided into four cross sections, namely, 1930 to 1935, 1940 to 1945, 1950 to 1955, and 1960 to 1965.

The primary sources used in this study consisted of one hundred infant medical records which were made available by a 382-bed, private, general hospital located in a Los Angeles suburb. One procedure manual used in this hospital during the years 1944-1955 qualified as a primary source. Personal …

The Effect Of Selected Nurse-Patient Contacts On The Attendance Of Non-Private Patients At Preparation For Childbirth Classes, Judith A. Hart

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine whether selected nurse-patient contacts effected the attendance of non-private patients at Preparation for Childbirth classes. During the data collection period only six of the eight patients who met the criteria for this study were available. Each of the six patients was reached by at least one of the three types of nurse-patient contacts-- a letter of invitation to the Preparation for Childbirth classes, weekly contacts with the patients at the classes and three home visits to each patient. Tools used to collect data for this study were a personal information questionnaire, home …

Commencement Program 1969, Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

4 | The Vesper Service (La Sierra Campus)

6 | The Vesper Service (Loma Linda Campus)

8 | The Sermon (La Sierra Campus)

10 | The Sermon (Loma Linda Campus)

12 | Conferring of Degrees

15 | Candidates for Degrees

30 | Awards

33 | Academic Costume

Barriers To Attainment Of Health Care In West Central Maine : A Critique By The Poor, Health Facilities Planning Council

Maine Collection

Barriers to Attainment of Health Care in West Central Maine : A Critique by the Poor

"Conducted by the Health Facilities Planning Council, 11 Parkwood Drive, Augusta, Maine under contract to Maine Department of Health and Welfare, June, 1969."

Contents: Foreword / Table of Contents / Introduction / Map / Franklin County / Housing / Dental Rot / Franklin County Memorial Hospital / Family Planning / RN's / State Public Health Nurses / Unmet Health Needs / The Last Outpost / Home Visit in Farmington Falls / Home Visit in Industry / Home Visit in Rangeley Area / Conversations on …

A Study Of The Degree Of Health Awareness Among Members Of The Class Of 1972 At Illinois Wesleyan University, Ruth A. Mohr

Honors Projects

College students lack knowledge in areas involving individual and community health.

An Application Of Crisis Theory: The Suicide Prevention Center, Karen Drummet

Honors Projects

Preventive measures which can be utilized and some of the alternatives to hospitalization to alleviate crises include diagnosis and evaluation services, emergency psychiatric units, outpatient services, inpatient services, day and night care, foster home care, rehabilitation, consultative services to other community agencies, and mental health information and education. This paper will concern itself primarily with one of these services, that of crisis-oriented immediate-access outpatient treatment.

Commencement Program 1969 (Winter Graduation), Loma Linda University

Commencement Programs

CONTENTS

2 | Program

3 | Candidates

Bulletin Of The School Of Nursing, 1969-1970, University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine

Bulletin of the College of Nursing

•Academic Calendar

•Administration and Faculty

•History and Philosophy

•Educational Facilities

•Admission to the University

•Admission to the School of Nursing

•Requirements for Progress and Graduation

•The Program in Nursing

•Grading Stystem

•Continuation in the School

•Expenses

•Financial Assistance

•Health Services

•Housing

•Activities

•Alumnae Association

•Description of Courses

•Colleges, Schools, and Divisions of the University of Nebraska

Relationship Between Sleep Deprivation And Postpartum Depression, Janet Wagner

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Postpartum depression was thought to be an important component of maternity blues and was the factor explored in this study. Sleep was hypothesized as a factor affecting either the occurrence or severity of postpartum depression. Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sleep deprivation and postpartum depression.

Twenty patients were interviewed one to three weeks prior to their expected dates of delivery. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Depression scale was administered during the interview and each patient kept a record of her hours of sleep during the following week. Each patient again kept a record …

Effect On Quality Nursing Care When Nurses Assume Selected Unique Nursing Functions, Gail True, Chieko Honda, Lynn Gates Keegan, Ann Marsa, Ila J. Mobley, Esther Oldham, Betty Robertson, Annette M. Ross, Beverly Steele

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purposes of this study were (1) to reduce the gap in nursing between theory and practice by applying to nursing practice selected nursing theory as identified in literature, and (2) to determine the quality of nursing care given when nurses carried out their unique functions in seven selected areas.

The study was conducted in a university hospital over a period of eight weeks on two, twenty-six-bed general surgical units, one experimental and one control. The nurses on the experimental unit were allowed to function independently in seven chosen areas: (1) frequency of taking and recording temperature, pulse, respiration, and …

Aerospace Nursing: Implications For Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Diane Wentworth

Honors Projects

Through the efforts of pers ons representing a wide variety of scientific disciplines, achievements have been made and are planned in space exploration. Medical personnel represent one scientific discipline which has contributed to the space program since its inception. As early as 1918, the United States army, recognizing a need for more information about flight conditions, established the Medical Research Laboratory of Air Service.

Primiparae's Identification Of Critical Incidents During First Postpartum Month And Their Evaluations Of Subsequent Nursing Intervention, Jane M. Erwin

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate (1) what physical care critical incidents primiparae experience while providing mother-infant care during the first postpartum month and (2) what evaluations mothers give to nursing intervention applied to such critical incidents.

Six mothers who met the criteria of selection were visited four or five times. The first visit was made in the hospital to obtain background information of the mother's preparation for maternal and infant care. The second through the fourth visits were made in the home in order to record physical care critical incidents that they ex perienced while caring …

Effects Of Hospitalization Upon The Child, Susan Vanek

Honors Projects

The following pages are divided into three parts.
The first part is a survey of research studies which have been done concerning the effects of hospitalization upon the child. These studies are arranged in order of publication--from the first study published in 1945 to the last one, which was published in 1968. A conclusion follows the individual reports of these studies.

The second part or the paper consists of a small-scale study whlch I conducted myself. It was done for personal interest and does not strictly follow research techniques. See Appendix I for the procedure used. Analyses by Dr. Pape …