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Knowledge and accuracy of cardiac monitor lead placement among baccalaureate nursing students based on two teaching methods
(1990-05)
An experimental study was conducted to investigate two teaching methods for cardiac monitor lead placement and their effects on knowledge gain and performance level for generic baccalaureate nursing students. The theoretical ...
Electroconvulsive therapy: Nurses' knowledge and attitudes
(1990-12)
This study examined psychiatric nurses' knowledge of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and their attitudes toward ECT. Festinger's (1957) theory of cognitive dissonance provided the study framework. The hypothesis stated ...
Labor environments and anxiety levels of primigravidas
(1990-12)
The problem of this study was to determine if, when controlling for trait anxiety levels, there is a difference in state anxiety levels in primigravidas who have delivered in the traditional delivery environment and ...
Role discrepancy among nursing services personnel in the tertiary care setting
(1992-05)
The problem of the study was to determine differences
between perceptions of ideal role behaviors and actual role
behaviors of registered nurses and licensed vocational
nurses employed in tertiary care settings. This ...
Nurses' perceived autonomy and advocacy and perception of patients' rights
(1992-12)
This descriptive, correlational study was designed to determine the relationship between registered nurses' perceptions of autonomy and patient advocacy and their perceptions of patients' rights in clinical practice. The ...
Stressful postpartum psychologic reactions in adult and adolescent African-American mothers of low birthweight infants
(1994-08)
A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed (Campbell & Stanley, 1963) to determine if adolescent African-American mothers of low birthweight infants would have a greater degree of postpartum stressful psychologic ...
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and level of treatment compliance of patients with epilepsy
(1994-05-30)
The problem of the study was: When subjects with epilepsy are classified according to indicators of compliance, are there differences in the levels of unmet needs? Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs served as the study framework. ...
Accidental injuries of children and the behavioral effects on siblings
(1990-05)
This nonexperimental, descriptive study was done to gather data on the effect that a child who has sustained an accidental injury and is hospitalized has on siblings. The
sample of 20 siblings was selected from families ...
Inner strength in women with HIV/AIDS
(1999-12)
Significance. This phenomenological study generated descriptions of inner strength in women living with HIV/AIDS. Only two previous studies have investigated inner strength in women with illnesses. The study findings present ...