Insertion of IV catheters is the most frequently performed invasive procedure by nurses, affecting 25 million people in the U.S. each year. This study used a post-test only control group design to compare the effects of ...

The purpose of this meta-analysis was to integrate the findings of unpublished work sampling studies to determine (1) the effect of bedside computers on the distribution of time nurses spend in direct patient care, ...

Few sexual assault survivors seek the resources developed to help them with recovery from emotional consequences of sexual assault. A lack of knowledge of helpseeking endeavors hampers nurses' efforts to develop strategies ...

The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of two instructional strategies on pre-nursing students’ ability to recall physiological concepts. Two computer programs, one using paragraphs and concept maps and another ...

Caring has been identified as a construct critical to contemporary nursing practice. However, the limited number of existing measurement instruments has limited research . regarding caring. The purpose of this study was ...

Significance. This phenomenologic study generated descriptions of inner strength in women with the diagnoses of breast cancer . These descriptions will help nurses devise effective strategies to assist women coping with ...

An experimental two-group, before and after design was used to explore the effects of a Perceptual Interaction Conference on the self-concept of adolescents with sickle cell anemia. Twelve females between the ages of 13 ...

This study described the personal and environmentalresources used by the women to cope with HIV infection and the effect of these resources on mastery of stress and on health. The conceptual map for the study was based on ...

Pregnancy is a normal and healthy event in the life of a woman; for an adolescent , pregnancy is a complex event adding to a demanding time of life. For this reason many researchers from divergent fields of study have ...