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| 1 |  | Yoga for seniors: understanding their beliefs about and barriers to participation | Perkins, Rebekah | aging; beliefs; benefits; frailty; physcial activity; yoga | Extensive research has been published on the benefits of yoga for older adults; however, little is known about older adults’ beliefs and perceived barriers to participating in yoga. The purpose of this research was to conduct an exploratory study that examined older adults’ beliefs abo... | 2017 |
| 2 |  | Collaborative learning using nursing student dyads in the clinical setting: experiences and perceptions of students and patients | Austria, Mary Jean | nursing; research; United States; health education | The specific aim of this research was to explore student and patient experiences and perspectives of collaborative learning when student peer dyads are used in clinical teaching. Interpretive descriptive design was used as a framework to explore the perspectives of students and patients. Data collec... | 2011-05 |
| 3 |  | Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnostic assessment methods used by advanced practice registered nurses. | Vlam, Sheri. | Diagnosis; Primary Care | This nonexperimental, exploratory research study used a self-administered questionnaire to gather data from advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Utah. The results of this study imply that the majority of APRNs who diagnose and treat children with ADHD are family nurse practitioners (58.4%)... | 2004-05 |
| 4 |  | Anxiety levels of psychiatric patients during hospitalization and at time of discharge. | Willhite, Carol Campbell. | Mentally Ill; Anxiety | This study was made to determine (a) if there is a significant difference between anxiety levels of psychiatric patients at a midway point in their hospitalization and at the time of their discharge, and (b) is extra-hospital factors such as illness, employment status, or follow-up care influence an... | 1964-06 |
| 5 |  | Assessing the use of the arcs© knowledgebase system with masters and doctoral nursing students | Dent, Catherine Grace | Education, Nursing, Graduate; Software | This research study explores the capabilities and functionality of the arcs© software program for use by masters and doctoral students. The arcs© program was instantiated using research literature from the domain of music therapy used as a treatment modality with acutely ill or injured patients. ... | 2001-12 |
| 6 |  | Health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge | Leopardi, Helen Grace | Physiology; Demographs; Puerperium | This study investigated the health outcomes of mothers and infants following early hospital discharge. Nineteen women who self-selected early discharge time within 24 hours of giving birth, 20 women who chose discharge times between 25 and 48 hours and 20 women who selected to leave the hospital aft... | 1987-08 |
| 7 |  | Does the technique of administering DPT vaccine affect the frequency of local reactions in immunizations? | Richardson, Faye | Adverse Effects | Most research regarding adverse reactions to diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) immunizations has focused on severe systemic reactions. Little information is available relating to the cause, frequency of severity of local reactions (redness, swelling, pain) that occur in the majority of DPT re... | 1984-08 |
| 8 |  | Effective ergonomic teaching for positive client outcomes | Sitzman, Kathleen L. | Education; Ergonomic; Teaching; Postive Client; Nursing; Ergonomics; Clinical Outcomes | Teaching and intervention are integral aspects of nursing professional practice. Theorizing and conjecture exist regarding effective methods of teaching and intervention that may support compliance and positive outcomes in the way of improved client health. Numerous publications encourage the use of... | 2001-05 |
| 9 |  | Factors influencing the likelihood of the first pelvic exam | Robinson, Kristynia M. | Physical Examination | In this cross-sectional study of 67 college women who had never had pelvic examinations, several factors influencing initial pelvic examination were identified. The majority of the women (75%) perceived their knowledge of the pelvic examination as low. Lack of knowledge about the purpose and the p... | 1984-08 |
| 10 |  | Attitudes and behaviors of husbands making the transition to fatherhood wives' views | Stiles, Bonnie-Dee Van Buren | Maternity Nursing | The purposes of this investigation were to identify attitudes and behaviors perceived by wives as characteristic of fathering within three weeks of antepartum and then, three to five weeks postpartum and, moreover, to explore changes in the wives' perceptions of fathering within that time span. Fif... | 1975-06 |
| 11 |  | The Impact of residential treatment upon substance abusive adolescents | Matsumura, Geraldine Oka | Drug Abuse; Treatment; Nursing | This study sought to determine factors that are correlated with measures of functional adaptation following a residential treatment program for the adolescent substance abuse. The aim of the study was to determine if there were distinct variables which could have predictive value for success in tre... | 1986-12 |
| 12 |  | Profile of teen mothers in a Salt Lake County school district | Wanlass, Bonnie J. | Utah; Mothers; Data Collection; Social Class | The purpose of this descriptive study was to profile young women currently enrolled in a Salt Lake Count school district Young Parent Program. This profile included (a) descriptive characteristics, (b) teens perceptions of current challenges, and (c) their perceptions of the benefit of the Young Pa... | 1999-05 |
| 13 |  | Maternal postural selections during active phase of first stage labor | Capalbo-Moore, Laurie J.; Jacobellis, Jillian M. | Labor (Obstretrics); Posture | The first stage labor was studied in a primary care facility. Thirty women were assigned to either experimental or comparison groups biased coin randomization. The experimental group was give explicit verbal permission to assume any position of conform and were shown illustration of possible benef... | 1983-08 |
| 14 |  | Comparisons of discrepancy of interpersonal needs and perceptions of marital satisfaction between couples involved in a marriage encounter group and couples engaged in marital therapy | Stempky, Margaret M.; Welsh, Shoni K. | Marital psychotherapy; Group relations training | The major problem addressed in this study was the examination of differences between couples involved in a marriage encounter group and couples engaged in marital therapy. The focus was along the dimensions of discrepancy of interpersonal needs and perceptions of material satisfaction. The tools u... | 1985-03 |
| 15 |  | Analysis of behavioral adjustment changes in heterogenously grouped psychiatric patients | Lindsey, Elizabeth Pinkston | Psychiatric hospital care | This study was designed to analyze the behavioral adjustment changes which occurred in heterogeneously grouped psychiatric patients over a two month time period, The question was asked, is there a therapeutic effect which, as measured on a Behavioral Adjustment Scale, results in more acceptable beha... | 1965-06 |
| 16 |  | Experience of community mental health treatment as perceived by young adult persons with chronic schizophrenia | Miller, Susan Timm | Community mental health services; Schizophrenics | The purpose of this research was to describe the experience of community mental health treatment as perceived by the young adult person with schizophrenia living in the community. Thirty persons diagnosed with schizophrenia were interviewed once using a semistructured interview. These participants w... | 1987-08 |
| 17 |  | Anxiety levels of psychiatric patients throughout hospitalization | Gillins, Linda Julian | Mental Disabilities; Anxiety | This research study was conducted to determine if an identifiable pattern in anxiety levels occurred during hospitalization on a psychiatric unit. It was considered that, if a pattern in anxiety levels could be identified, it would provide information which would facilitate nurses doing better anti... | 1976-06 |
| 18 |  | Anxiety levels of hospitalized psychiatric patients throughout total hospitalization | Kristic, Janet Elizabeth Bloomer | Friedman Analysis; Hospitalization | The purpose of the study was to determine the trend of anxiety levels of psychiatric patients throughout a short-term hospitalization. The sample included patients hospitalized on the 27 bed psychiatric unit at the University Hospital in Salt Lake City. The average hospitalisation was 10 days. Fifte... | 1972-06 |
| 19 |  | Use of herbal medicines during pregnancy, parturition and six weeks postpartum by women in Utah | Sunderland, Claire Anne | Utah | A sample population was drawn from all women in the state of Utah who delivered live births between January 1 and November 1, 1981 to examine herbal practices followed during pregnancy, parturition and six weeks following delivery. Spoerke (1980) provided the foundation regarding herb use, mode of ... | 1982-08 |
| 20 |  | Evaluation of factors relative to medication errors | Carlton, Gaya | Nurses' Instruction; Nursing Education | Medication errors rank second to falls as a cause of lawsuits involving nurses. Medication errors may be insignificant, without any apparent adverse reactions, or extremely hazardous, causing permanent damage or even death. Although medication errors are not new to nursing, the recent expansion of d... | 1989-06 |
| 21 |  | Comparative study of death anxiety among baccalaureate nursing students | Lamb, Ruth Watts | Psychology; Utah; University of Utah | The present cultural attitude toward death and dying in the American culture has been one of avoidance and denial. The most frequent behavioral response observed in the culture by many investigators and writers has been the perceived psychological posture of death fear or death anxiety. The most f... | 1997-06 |
| 22 |  | Comparative study of the nurse and the physician giving primary care at the well-child conference | Shiramizu, Elsie Masaye | The findings indicate (1) the nurse is capable of giving primary care which consists of doing physical examination, assessing the growth and development of the child, giving nutritional guidance, and interviewing the parents for developmental, medical, and family history; (2) the nurse was able to i... | 1971-06 | |
| 23 |  | Comparison of separation behaviors on the Winnicott set situation" and the modified Ainsworth paradigm of nine month old infants;" | Taylor, Toni Jean | Separation behaviors of infants are the dimension of the maternal-child relationship investigated in this study. The research strategy was to compare the infant's behavioral responses to the loss of a bowl and tongue blade during the Winnicott test with the infant's responses during a brief separati... | 1980-08 | |
| 24 |  | Comparison of hospital maternity charges to consumers of certified nurse-midwives, family practitioners, and obstetricians | Batson, Margaret Kittinger | Economics; Hospital; Billing | The purposes of this research were to present descriptive data on the types of maternity charges for the low-risk maternity client in a community hospital maternity charges to consumers of certified nurse-midwives' family practitioners, and obstetricians' services. The researcher utilized the Deliv... | 1982-12 |
| 25 |  | Comparison of physician's and nurses's opinions of autonomous nursing functions | Martin, Colleen Anderson | Independent; Education; Nursing Duties | The purpose of this study was to identify the extent of agreement and disagreement between physicians and nurses as to the independent and dependent nature of specific nursing activities. An opinionnaire was developed from nursing activities identified by faculty members of two colleges of nursing ... | 1967-06 |