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Comparison of certified Nurse-Midwifery and non-certified Nurse-Midwifery case management systems
(1992-08)This was an evaluation of the major objective of an interagency program to demonstrate effective and efficient maternity care through the implementation of an interagency nurse-midwifery (CNM) system. Antepartum records ... -
The life history of Colice Caulfield Sayer and the effects of Generational loss
(1997-08)The study of the life history of Colice Caulfield Sayer explored the ways in which Colice's experiences changed the lives of her family and what was meaningful to them about these events. The purposes of the study were to ... -
A health promotion strategy for adolescents: effects of values therapy and relaxation exercises on depressed adolescents
(1986-08)Masked depression and its maladaptive behavioral equivalents are damaging the health of today's adolescent. This experimental study of promoting health in 122 nonclinically depressed junior and senior high school adolescents, ... -
Impact of a walking intervention on periomenopausal symptoms
(1997-08)The purpose of this study was to investigate physical activity as an alternative or adjunct intervention to hormone replacement therapy for sedentary, midlife women experiencing symptoms of perimenopause. The sample consisted ... -
A study of the relationship between intuition and perception
(1985-05)A descriptive correlational study was conducted to determine if a significant relationship existed between the perception of the patterns and relationships in a complex nursing situation presented on video-tape and the ... -
Nurse job satisfaction and patient satisfaction in the emergency department
(1998-12)The study investigated the relationship between nurses' job satisfaction and patients' satisfaction with nursing care in a private for-profit and a private not-for-profit emergency department (ED) in the Southwestern United ... -
Job satisfaction, social support, and the work environment of critical care nurses
(1986-12)This descriptive correlational study investigated the relationship among job satisfaction, social support, and the work environment of critical care nurses. The instrument for the study was a four-part mailed questionnaire. ... -
Purpose-in-life and social support in gay men with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
(1986-08)The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between purpose-in-life and social support in gay men with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and gay men who may be at risk for developing AIDS. The ... -
Abused women's perceptions of health before and after seeking help at a Police Department
(1999-08)This study describes how intimate partner violence (IPV) affects abused women's health and their perceptions of health before and after seeking help at a police department regarding the IPV in their lives. A descriptive, ... -
Health promotion in the young adult: Instrument development
(1990-12)The purpose of the study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure health promotion in young adults. Data were collected through a 44 statement questionnaire and six demographic data items. Data ... -
Breast self-examination practice in older women
(1986-08)The problem of this study was to determine what variables are predictive of breast self-examination in a population of older women. This study tested the health protecting behavior of breast self-examination using the ... -
Organic buildup and residual blood on clean infant stethoscopes used in maternal-infant areas
(1997-08)Since the mid 1980s, health care workers have attempted to eliminate contact with blood and other body via primary or secondary exposure. At delivery, stethoscopes used on newly born infants come in direct contact with ... -
Health Care Consumers' preference for an active role in their Nursing care
(1993-05)The study examined health care consumers' degree of preference for an active role in their (a) general, overall hospital nursing care; (b) nursing care in five hypothetical hospital situations; and (c) nursing care when ... -
Functional wellness among older adults: The interface of motivation, lifestyle, and capability
(1990-12)The problem for the study was determination of relationships among health motivation, healthy lifestyle, and health capability in older persons. The effects of age, gender, race, living arrangement, income, education, ... -
An ethical problem facing nurses: The support of patient autonomy in the Do Not Resuscitate decision
(1986-05)The purpose of this study was to examine critical-care nurses beliefs concerning the support of patient autonomy in the Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) decision in patients whose health condition was irreversible and terminal. The ...
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