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Loneliness:A clinical investigation
(1984-12)The research problem was to examine loneliness in the hospitalized medical-surgical patient. A phenomenological methodology and data analysis procedure developed by Morse (1980) were used. The research setting was a hospital ... -
Maintaining integration: managing everyday life by young and midlife adults with hearing loss acquired in adulthood
(1997-05)The grounded theory investigation reported in this paper was directed toward explicating the process of managing everyday life by young and midlife adults who acquired a hearing loss in adulthood (AWAHL). A purposeful ... -
Microcomputers as a tool in grading subjective papers
(1985-05)The problem of the quasi-experimental research was to determine if the microcomputer can serve as a tool in enhancing objectivity and in saving time when nurse educators grade nursing care plans. Norbert Wiener's general ... -
Virginia Henderson's nature of Nursing theory and quality of life for the older adult
(1988-05)A descriptive correlational study was conducted to determine if attainment of Virginia Henderson's (1966) basic care needs can be equated with a quality of life for the older adult. A model entitled "Quality of Life for ... -
Relationship of empathy training of empathic level of Nurses and patient satisfaction with Nursing care
(1985-12)This experimental study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of empathy training in increasing the empathic level of nurses and influencing patient satisfaction with nursing care. The demographic variables of ... -
A phenomenological study of the Nurse's presence with persons experiencing suffering
(1988-05)As nurses daily confront the suffering of others, they carry within themselves an immeasurable source of comfort, that of presence. During times of suffering, crisis, tragedy, or grief, support is often defined as "being ... -
Independent/Dependent conflict in the adolescent with diabetes mellitus type 1
(1988-05)The problem of the study was to determine if there was a relationship between overall psychosocial adjustment of the adolescent to the disease, Diabetes Mellitus Type I, to the independent/dependent conflict of adolescence. ... -
Health related hardiness: The influence on successful cardia rehabilitation
(1995-08)This study examined the relationship between hardiness and success in patients who completed a cardiac rehabilitation program. The problem of the study was whether health related hardiness was predictive of success in ... -
Moral development: effect of physical handicap and gender in Undergraduate students
(1988-12)Two hypotheses were tested in the study. The first hypothesis tested for differences in moral development stage levels between physically handicapped and non-physically handicapped young adult undergraduate college students. ... -
Purpose in life, appraisal, and coping behaviors in Black, Hispanic, and White Anglo-Saxon pregnant adolescents
(1988-08)The purposes of this descriptive study were: (1) to identify differences in perceptions of life purpose, appraisal, and coping behaviors based on ethnicity; and (2) to describe the interrelationship of these variables, ... -
Effects of touch on anxiety levels in coronary care patients
(1986-05)The purpose of this experimental study was to determine the effects of touch on anxiety levels of patients in a Coronary Care Unit (CCU). Forty five CCU patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups: expressive ... -
Laughter and wellness as perceived by older women: grounded theory
(1988-12)The grounded theory study had two purposes: (a) to explore older women's views of laughter and wellness and (b) to generate a framework and compare it to the proposed model of laughter and wellness. Interviews were conducted ... -
Sex-role identity of first-time mothers and fathers and competency as a parent
(1985-05)A descriptive ex post facto research design was employed to investigate three issues: First, to identify the sex-role identity of first-time mothers and fathers as either Androgynous, Masculine, Feminine, or Undifferentiated; ... -
Caregiver support for the rural homebound elderly at risk for family violence
(1986-12)The purpose of this investigation was to identify empirical indicators of abuse in the homebound elderly, and to test the efficacy of a caregiver support program in alleviating stress in the primary caregiver of the homebound ... -
Exploration of patterns of teacher-student interactions in two nursing curriculum models
(1997-08)In response to social mandate, an evolving health care delivery system, changes in regulatory agencies and an information explosion, nursing education is in the midst of a curriculum revolution. A frequent form of that ... -
Hand range of motion, strength, dexterity, and pain as predictors of hand functional performance
(2002-12)Purposes of this study were to determine (a) thresholds for the resources of range of motion (ROM), strength, dexterity, and pain in specific functional task performance in persons with diseased or injured hands using ... -
The relationship between physical exercise and anxiety in critical care nurses
(1986-08)A descriptive, nonexperimental survey of critical care nurses was conducted to determine if critical care nurses who were regular exercisers had lower anxiety levels than those who were not regular exercisers. Regular ... -
Performance of breast self-examination and health locus of control
(1986-05)A descriptive correlational study was undertaken to examine the relationship between BSE performance and health locus of control orientation. A convenience sample of 46 women previously given BSE instruction completed ...
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