• Health promotion behavior: The relationship with health conception, health perception, and self-esteem in obese women 

  Wood, Mary Helen (1991-05)

  The present study sought to understand the influence of health conception, perceived personal health status (health perception), and self-esteem on resultant behavior regarding participation or non-participation in ...

• Stress and accidental injury 

  Greenfield, Ruth Fenstermacher (1978-12)

• Development of the Health Motivation Assessment Inventory 

  McEwen, Melanie (1990-08)

  What are the determinants (variables) that produce and influence the motivation of health promotional behaviors in working adults, and how do these variables interact? The desire to examine why individuals practice (or ...

• Creative thinking ability of women in nursing 

  Richard, Patricia L. (1992-12)

  A nonexperimental, descriptive, correlational design was used to determine the level of creative thinking ability of 60, randomly selected, baccalaureate junior and senior female nursing students. The relationship between ...

• Incontinence and coping behaviors of elderly persons: Instrument development 

  Talbot, Laura A. (1991-08)

  An exploratory study to test validity and reliability of a researcher-developed questionnaire which measures the 10 areas of coping with urinary incontinence in community residing elderly of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan ...

• Relationship of social support and quality of life among persons infected with HIV 

  Kirksey, Kenn M. (1993-12)

  The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between social support and quality of life among persons infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). An exploratory, survey design was used to obtain ...

• Relationship of facilitative training on the development of rapport 

  Mosley, Carolyn W. (1994-08)

  Nurses have always been told, "you must have rapport with your patient," yet the characteristics of and the process for developing rapport remained undefined in the nursing literature. Rapport is one of the many concepts ...

• The effects of ice massage therapy on peripheral neuropathic pain and sleep in persons with AIDS 

  Ownby, Kristin Kane (2000-08)

  Pain is a universal human experience and the most frequent reason that people seek health care. Peripheral neuropathic pain is a unique form of chronic pain that afflicts 10% to 30% of persons with AIDS (PWAs). The pain ...

• Menstrual synchronization 

  Klebanoff, Nina A. (1994-12)

  Significance. This phenomenologic study produced descriptions of menstrual synchronization, which is a significant coming together of the onset of menstrual cycles between or among women. These descriptions will assist ...

• Coping and social support in a group of widows 

  Franscini, Helen M. (1990-05)

  The problem of the study was twofold: (a) to determine whether significant relationships exist among widows' social support and coping skills; (b) to determine whether widows' social support and coping skills are affected ...

• Attitudes toward the aged: A study of senior nursing students and faculty members in baccalaureate, associate degree, and vocational programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth complex 

  Frias, Christina Rios (1973-08)

  The increased life expectancy of the American population as a result of technological advances and subsequent changes in health care and prevention of disease has brought the nursing profession face to face with the problem ...

• Gender difference in professional developmental relationships within male and female-dominated professions 

  Souther, Elizabeth Lee (1992-12)

  The purpose of this study was to identify differences in professional developmental relationship functions between males and females and between nurses and non-nurses. Quantification of the professional development ...

• The relationships among nursing diagnoses and community agencies and services required for lung cancer patients at discharge 

  Sheppard, Kathleen C. (1991-08)

  Complexity of care must be described, especially in light of health care trends. This study was designed to investigate if nursing diagnoses presented at discharge from the hospital accurately describe the complexity of ...

• A community-based educational approach to enhance learning outcomes in Black hypertension patients 

  Abdur-Rahman, Veronica (1991-05)

  The purpose of the study was to determine whether a community-based education program could enhance learning among Black hypertensive clients and whether a relationship exists between powerlessness and learning. The ...

• An evaluation of the 1987 Texas Senate Bill 1160: The effectiveness of legislated accountability requirements for nurses 

  Green, Alexia (1990-12)

  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Senate Bill 1160 in promoting accountability for professional nursing practice within the State of Texas. Mandatory reporting and peer review were examined as ...

• Mixed-ethnic groups' choice of nurse personnel 

  Robinson, Billie Jeanne (1975-08)

• Teaching, as it affects the anxiety level of patients prior to gastrointestinal intubation 

  Sawyer, Dolores Jean (1975-08)

• Life change events and their significance preceding myocardial infarction 

  Dobroski, Diana Harris (1975-05)

• Differences in parental attitudes of acceptance of the male and female mentally retarded child (down's syndrome) 

  Root, Adita Lynn (1975-08)

• Mental health clients' disclosures of physical complaints 

  Ingram, Kay Wadsworth (1975-05)

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