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The relationship among health literacy, self-efficacy, and self-management of individuals with diabetes
(2010-05)A serious patient safety issue exists in the United States; health care professionals lack a comprehensive idea of the factors that influence patients’ ability to carry out appropriate self-management activities. Individuals ... -
Financial literacy and competency of executive nursing leaders: A mixed methods study
(2019-05-08)The aims of this study were to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Financial Management Competency Self-Assessment (FMCA) in executive nurse leaders (ENLs) and to determine how ENLs develop and apply financial ... -
Caregiver perceptions regarding the experience of and use of mirrors for a person with dementia
(2019-05-17)ABSTRACT JUNE R. KELSICK CAREGIVER PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE EXPERIENCE OF AND USE OF MIRRORS FOR A PERSON WITH DEMENTIA MAY 2019 The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to explore caregivers’ perceptions ... -
Experiences of self-reporting symptoms by adults receiving cancer treatment: A phenomenological study
(2019-05-02)This qualitative study was proposed to investigate the experience of adults receiving cancer treatment self-reporting their symptoms. This phenomenological study used Edmund Husserl’s descriptive phenomenology. The researcher ... -
A phenomenological study of parents of autistic children’s experiences with safety
(2019-04-26)Autism is a complex problem with a significant global burden with increasing prevalence. Autism is a complex disorder with varying presentations. Autistic children are most often cared for by parents who, at the time their ... -
A grounded theory of women's eating patterns
(1995-12)This study addresses the lack of knowledge that exists regarding the way women eat. The purpose of the study was to generate a tentative theory of women's eating patterns from women's experiences within the full context ... -
Nurse managers' perceptions of their work environments and their perceived impact on staff nurses and patient outcomes
(2019-06-12)The purpose of this study was to develop understanding of nurse managers’ perceptions of their practice environments, their roles and responsibilities within that environment, and how that environment is perceived to affect ... -
The lived experiences of parents, guardians, and caregivers managing sleep preparations in children ages six through twelve
(2019-05-24)Objective: The aim of this descriptive, phenomenological study was to explore, describe, and understand the lived experiences of the parents, guardians, and caregivers managing sleep preparation in children ages six through ... -
A convergent parallel mixed method study on the experience of coping during high-risk pregnancy and prescribed bed rest
(2019-05-14)Antepartum bed rest and hospitalization are frequently prescribed for high-risk women experiencing pregnancy complications. Bed rest may result in problems for the high-risk mother including isolation, boredom, anxiety, ... -
The phenomenon of bereaved parenting: Parenting surviving children after the death of a child from cancer
(2019-04-10)The death of a child is a tragic, devastating event that has enormous emotional and relational impact on the family unit. Parental changes are significant, encompassing the psychological, physical, spiritual, and interpersonal ... -
Undergraduate senior nursing students’ experiences with electronic health records
(2019-05-03)Electronic health records (EHRs) can be used to improve patient care and outcomes. Preparing undergraduate nursing students with health information technologies (HIT) competencies is needed to transition nursing students ... -
Role transition of the father
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Quality of life among persons with AIDS in a hospice setting: A qualitative study
(1997-05)Persons with AIDS (PWAs) approaching death face a number of problems that must be effectively managed in order to minimize suffering and to increase the quality of their remaining lives. In order to implement holistic care ... -
Development of an instrument to measure pain in rheumatoid arthritis: The Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain Scale (RAPS)
(1997-08)The concept of pain in rheumatoid arthritis has not been well researched. Those treating rheumatic disease seem to classically define pain in rheumatoid arthritis in terms of the medical model only, rather than as a ... -
Stalking of battered women before and after seeking criminal justice help
(1999-08)Stalking of intimate partners is a new problem only currently being researched. Most studies on stalking are on high profile celebrity stalking victims, despite the fact that the vast majority of stalking cases are perpetrated ... -
Mastery of stress and health in women living with HIV infection
(1997-08)This study described the personal and environmental resources 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 ... -
Development of an instrument to measure barriers to arthritis pain management in older adults
(2002-05)The purpose of this methodological study was to develop and estimate the psychometric properties of the Barriers to Arthritis Pain Management Instrument (BAPMI), an instrument intended to measure older adults' perceptions ... -
Improving osteoporosis knowledge and healthy bone habits of rural-dwelling older adults
(2008-05)The purpose of this study was to compare three community-based bone health interventions with rural-dwelling older adults (age 65 years and over) by comparing participants' knowledge and osteoporosis-related behaviors. ... -
The relationship of prenatal nicotine exposure and newborn heart rate: Is there a basis for Sudden Infant Death?
(1999-08)Prenatal exposure to cigarette smoke increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by 2 to 4 fold. Although the etiology for this increased risk of SIDS is unknown, nicotine has been shown to cause adverse ...
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