Nursing-Theses
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Item Hysteria as related to specific injunctions(1976) Oliver, Linda; Counts, Mona; Kurtz, Pat; Stulman, DaveItem Implementation of an advance directive teaching protocol with nurses in a rural hospital(1998-08) Stoughton, Cynthia; Britt, Robin; McFarlane, JudithThis evaluative research project utilized a quasi-experimental prospective pretest-posttest control group design to test the hypothesis that RNs and LVNs who receive individualized social support in the form of an educational and functionally supportive intervention are more likely to complete an advance directive than RNs and LVNs who do not receive individualized social support. The setting, a rural hospital, yielded the sample of 61 rural nurses (30 control, 31 experimental). The program of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, "Discovering Your Beliefs about Health Care Choices," provided the intervention. Descriptive and inferential statistics and measures of central tendency were used for data analysis. Chi square, used to test the hypothesis, indicated a significant difference between the two groups (X$\sp2$ = 9.973, df = 1, p =.002). RNs and LVNs receiving individualized social support (i.e., educational functionally supportive intervention) were more likely to complete an advance directive than nurses not receiving individualized social support.Item Nurses' attitudes toward caring for relatives in the hospital setting(1995-12) Bannister, Janice; Nieswiadomy, Rose; Hughes, Oneida; Stein, PatriciaThe problem of this study was to determine nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients in a hospital setting who are relatives compared to patients who are not relatives. The Perri Patient Care Questionnaire Part II was used to measure nurses' attitudes. A convenience sample of 33 registered nurses practicing in three community hospitals was used in this ex post facto study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The largest percentage of nurses (33.3%) were between 41 and 50 years old, and 84.5% of the subjects had at least 10 years of nursing experience. A significant difference (t = $-$2.515, p =.008) was found between nurses' attitudes toward caring for patients who are relatives and patients who are not relatives. Therefore, these data support the directional hypothesis that nurses would have a more positive attitude toward caring for patients who are not their relatives compared to patients who are their relatives.Item Female alcohol dependence: psychosocial background, drinking history, and barriers to treatment(1986-12) Wilhite, Tommye; Ziegler, Shirley; Illegible; Lois, HoughThe problem of this nonexperimental, descriptive survey was to describe the psychosocial background factors, drinking history, and the barriers to treatment of females attending Alcoholics Anonymous. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 32 females attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. The major findings of the study were that alcohol dependent females were likely to have experienced sexual, mental, and/or physical abuse; early life family disruptions; and alcohol/drug abuse and psychiatric illnesses in their families of origin. Also, alcohol was likely to be consumed on a daily basis and in conjunction with other drugs. Factors which prevented alcohol treatment entry were a lack of financial and social resources and the possibility of job loss. Psychosocial characteristics, drinking patterns, and barriers to treatment of alcohol dependent females were identified which may be used to plan more specific prevention and treatment strategies.Item The impact of chronic childhood illness on the family as perceived by the mother(1984-12) McHugh, KathleenNo abstract availableItem A comparison of family interaction on a health to pathology continuum(1975-05) Neill, Barbara; Luke, Mary; Kurtz, Pat; White, OpalNo abstract availableItem A comparison of nursing and non-nursing salaries among inactive nurses(1986-05) King, Yvonne; ; Hughes, Oneida; Strickland, Sandra; Goad, SusanThis descriptive correlational study was undertaken to determine if nursing salaries influenced nurses' decisions to leave nursing. The difference between the last nursing salary and the salary of the current non-nursing employment was determined with years of non-nursing employment controlled. Data collection was done by mailed questionnaire to randomly selected inactive nurses in Texas. Analysis utilizing the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test revealed that non-nursing salaries were significantly higher than nursing salaries at the 95% confidence level. A significant association was found between the importance of salary as a reason to leave nursing and the importance of salary in the choice of non-nursing employment.Item Health beliefs and practices of runners versus non-runners(1984-12) Walsh, Valerie; Anderson, Elizabeth; McFarlane, Judith; Rudnick, Betty; Gudmundsen, AnneNo abstract availableItem Item Nursing diagnosis: response component and predicted goal outcome congruence(1983-08) Booher, BarbaraItem Medical-surgical nurses' and physicians' perceptions regarding who should initiate selected patient care activities(1990-05) Rayl, Rosemarie; Nieswiadomy, Rose; Ziegler, Shirley; Goad, SusanItem Attitudes toward the changing role of the school nurse(1984-08) Oquin, Charli; Strickland, Sandra; Goad, Susan; Watson, Gail; Gudmundsen, AnneItem Selected factors influencing the care and treatment of the mentally retarded person: 1960 to 1985(1986-12) Woods, Eleanor; Gudmundsen, Anne; Drapo, Peggie; Mahon, PatriciaThis study is a historical perspective dealing with the care and treatment people who are mentally retarded have experienced throughout history. The years chosen to detail were those where the greatest changes occurred, 1960 to 1985. The purpose of the study was to acquire a basic understanding of who these people are, what they have been subjected to, what changes have occurred, where are they currently in society, and what are the possible implications for their future care and treatment. Data was collected, researched, and reviewed pertaining to the field of mental retardation. Selected factors were emphasized that influenced the care and treatment of people with mental retardation. Those selected factors were societal attitudes, legislation, litigation, normalization, and the role of the nurse. They were specifically investigated to understand what impact they had on the field of mental retardation past, present, and future. Sources of information were from published books, professional and lay periodicals containing newspaper clippings, documents researched and requested from the state capitol, and personal interviews with people involved in the field of mental retardation. These sources were compared and contrasted in the final compilation of this historical study. A review of the general history of the field of mental retardation is initially presented. Secondly, a general history of mental retardation in the United States is covered, as well as its history in the State of Texas. Emphasis on the years 1960 to 1985 are presented in ten year blocks highlighting major changes during each decade. Major concepts related to the field of mental retardation are also addressed. Tables listing specific landmark decisions affected people who are mentally retarded are presented in a chronological format. Cognition of those historical aspects dealing with people who are mentally retarded and the long struggle they have endured to acquire their legal rights will hopefully permit professionals to make more humane decisions effecting their future care, treatment, and management.Item Comparison by sex of elderly patients' perceptions of their physical health status(1986-12) Nero, LydiaItem Relationship between health promotive behaviors of well-elderly black women and perceived social support(1986-12) Luckett, Mary; Anderson, Elizabeth; Adamson, Carol; McFarlane, JudithThe problem of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived social support and three health promotive behaviors: professional care for health promotion, participation in exercise or physical fitness activities, and practices of adequate nutritional habits. Subjects of this nonexperimental, cross-sectional survey were 39 randomly selected well-elderly black women 65 to 94 years of age. Data were collected using a two-part tool, the Lifestyle Practices Questionnaire and the Social Support Questionnaire. No statistically (p≤.05) significant relationship was found between perceived social support and two of the components of health promotive behavior. However, an inverse relationship (p = .022) was found between social support and one of the components, exercise or physical fitness activities. The results of this study provide impetus for further research on the social support variable as it relates to health promotive behaviors.Item Positioning patients for flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter measurements(1985-12) Prince, JacquelynneItem The effects of relaxing therapy upon the anxiety levels of cardiac patients(1983-05) Pryor, Ora; Adamson, Carol; Vokaty, Donna; Anderson, BetsNo abstract availableItem An evaluation of a bilingual preoperative instruction guide for the monolingual Spanish-speaking person(1976-05) Milam, DoraNo abstract available