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Full-Text Articles in Pediatric Nursing
The Implementation Of Specialized Physical Health Care Services-A Descriptive Model Of The Training Of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Janet Chang Needman
The Implementation Of Specialized Physical Health Care Services-A Descriptive Model Of The Training Of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel, Janet Chang Needman
Master's Projects
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Update - July 1996, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics
Update - July 1996, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics
Update
In this issue:
-- Stress and Distress in Pediatric Nurses: The Hidden Tragedy of Baby K
-- Ethics Grand Rounds: The Year in Review
-- CEJA Reverses Its Stance on Using Anencephalic Neonates as Live Organ Donors
-- AMA Council's Ethics Overwhelmed by Public Sentiment
Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms, Juanita J. Allen
Pediatric Intensive Care Nurses : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-Like Symptoms, Juanita J. Allen
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Medical personnel are not only exposed to routine pressures of demanding roles, but research reveals that they can suffer from severe stress related to exposure to critical incidents. These events can overwhelm an individual's ability for emotional adjustment leading to negative symptoms such as emotional numbing, mood changes, estrangement from friends or family, decreased ability to perform or function on the job, development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, loss of work through attrition, and depression. Contact with seriously injured children or children who have died has been shown to constitute just such a critical incident for pre-hospital care personnel …
A Correlative Study Of An At-Risk Population And Low Birth Weight/Infant Mortality In A Northeast Oklahoma City Community, Estacia D. Thrower
A Correlative Study Of An At-Risk Population And Low Birth Weight/Infant Mortality In A Northeast Oklahoma City Community, Estacia D. Thrower
McCabe Thesis Collection
Studies show that numerous and complex variables influence pregnancy outcomes and infant mortality rates. These variables include demographic, medical, physical, environmental, behavioral, and attitudinal factors and prenatal care. Improving the health of mothers and infants is a national challenge. In 1987, more than 3.8 million infants were born in the United States. Of these, 38,408 died before their first birthday. Although the infant mortality rate is at an all-time low, the pace of progress has slowed. According to Dr. Robert Deppen of the Oklahoma State Health Department, "In 1992, Oklahoma ranked 29th in the United States for infant mortality and …