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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 ... -
Job stress and burnout among nurses: the mediational effect of spiritual well-being and hardiness
(1997-08)The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among job stress, spiritual well-being, and burnout among nurses. A model of burnout based on Selye's stress theory and the Neuman Systems Model was empirically ... -
Effects of preoperative play on post-hospital anxiety in school-age children and their parents
(1992-08)An experimental three group before/after design was used to examine the effects of structured preoperative play with the nurse or the parent on post-hospitalization anxiety in school age surgical clients and their parents. ... -
Social support, information, expectancy, and adherence in outpatient cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
(1992-12)The investigation focused on the relationships between and among the concepts of social support, information, expectancy, and adherence to a cancer chemotherapy regimen. Additionally, questions examined included participant's ... -
Differences in experience of perimenstrual symptoms between non-drug using women and women with history of cocaine abuse
(1996-12)The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine differences in perimenstrual symptoms between non-drug using women and women with history of cocaine abuse. Keye's (1988) model for premenstrual syndrome and concepts ... -
Self-esteem and health-promoting lifestyle as predictors of health-risk behavior among older adolescents
(1995-05)The purpose of this study was to investigate a model of health-risk behavior among older adolescents. Specifically, relationships between self-esteem, health-promoting lifestyle, and health-risk behavior, and the importance ...
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