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| 1 |  | A Comparative study of assertiveness characteristics among female nursing graduate students and other female graduate students at the University of Utah. | Wise, Margaret Walter. | Utah; Graduate Srudents; University of Utah | The purpose of this master's thesis research project was to compare the assertiveness scores of graduate nursing students with other women graduate students at The University of Utah to determine if there was any significant difference. The problem was to describe and define the difference, in any,... | 1980-12 |
| 2 |  | A Comparative study of attitudes and anxieties concerning death and dying. | Forrest, JoAnn Pasquali. | Nurses; Attitude (Psychology) | Death is one of the most difficult areas with which a nurse must learn to cope as she must work with her own feelings about it before she can be of therapeutic value to the dying patient. This study was conduced to gain further understanding of the nurses' attitudes and anxieties about death and dy... | 1970-05 |
| 3 |  | A comparison of personal value patterns of medical-surgical nurses with the ratings given them by supervisors. | Van Drimmelen, Jennie Bekker, | Nursing; Personality | The findings of this study were very similar to those of other studies in relation to a description of nurses with the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. The sample of nurses used in this study showed many of the same value patters as did college women, but they also showed some marked variation... | 1963-06 |
| 4 |  | A descriptive evaluation of the expanded-role nurse in high risk newborn care. | Johnson, Patricia Jean Lannon | Infants (Newborn); Pediataric Nursing | The expanded-role nurse concept was implemented by one nurse in a newborn intensive care center. A comparative evaluation was then conducted to described and compare the quality of primary care provided by the nurse to a representative group of high risk newborns with the primary care provided to s... | 1974-06 |
| 5 |  | A descriptive survey of maternal protein status and the course and outcome of pregnancy | Evans, Gail Crandall; Hasty, Jane Elizabeth | Pregnancy; Nutritional aspects Pregnant women; Utah | A descriptive survey of the Nutritional status of 27 pregnant women was conducted at Hill Air Force Base Hospital. Socioeconomic survey, three day diet history and laboratory assessment of blood and urine parameters of protein were used to determine Nutritional status and were related to maternal a... | 1981-08 |
| 6 |  | A Study in nursing morale. | Hanks, Lincoln Marlow. | Job Stress; Salaries: | The onward march of medical science, as it charts a better way of life for mankind, would be seriously impeded without the service of the registered nurse. In the modern hospital, the nurse fills an indispensable role. Her skill in giving nursing care strengthens the arm of the physician; her trad... | 1964-06 |
| 7 |  | A Study of attitudes of eight year old children toward aging and the elderly. | Keller, Jean Mary Hanrahan | Aging; Children and Adults; Psychological Aspects | Researchers have shown that it is not uncommon for young adults, middle-age adults and the elderly to have negative and stereotyped attitudes toward aging and the elderly people. Only a limited number of studies have examined the attitudes of children towards aging and elderly people and there is a... | 1981-03 |
| 8 |  | A study of bladder impedance measurements and cystometry. | Burkinshaw, Brenda Boyd | Bladder; Exmination; Cytometry | Tetrapolar impedance is a non-invasive method of measuring urine volume in the bladder. Changes in the urine volume can be measured by alterations in the impedance measurements. Impedance measurements are obtained by using a tetrapolar impedance converter with four electrodes placed on the subject'... | 1981-12 |
| 9 |  | A study of circadian rhythmicity in urinary volume excretion. | Lumpkins, Robert Wesley | Excretion; Nursing | This research investigated the presence of circadian rhythmicity in urinary volume excretion. A retrospective study medical record was completed to investigate the occurrence of rhythmic variation. Twenty-five subjects were utilized to gather urinary volume data, collected at either four- or six-h... | 1982-12 |
| 10 |  | A study of nursing personnel perceptions of hostile patient behavior. | Wood, Camilla Smith. | Hostilty; psychology | This study of differences in perceptions of one type of behavior of mentally-ill patients has revealed many significant differences in the perceptions of the nursing personnel studied. Undoubtedly the way in which the nursing personnel perceived patient behavior influences their relationships with ... | 1960-08 |
| 11 |  | A Survey of methods used by nurse-midwives to facilitate delivery over an intact perineum. | Vigdor-Odato, Karen | Perineum; attitudes | The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of nurse-midwives concerning delivery over an intact perineum, their techniques utilized to facilitate delivery over an intact perineum, and the effectiveness of these techniques. Questionnaires were mailed to 175 C.N.M.s. One hundred and thi... | 1979-06 |
| 12 |  | A tool to measure perceptions of school nurse functions. | Pitcher, Donna Lou | Questionnaire; Statistics | The purpose of this study was to develop a tool to measure adults' and adolescents' perceptions of school nurse function. Two major steps were involved in the formulation of the questionnaire, Perceptions of School Nurse Functions. The initial step involved the formation of the 71 items, a review ... | 1973-08 |
| 13 |  | The ability of a select group of nurses to assess drug-induced movement disorder in an elderly person: a pilot study. | Willson, Laurie Ellen | Tardive dyskinesia; Mental Health | The purpose of this pilot study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of preparing long-term care nurses without previous education in movement disorder assessment to make reliable assessments. A nurse practitioner-led educational intervention was utilized. A balanced pretest-posttest design was use... | 1995-12 |
| 14 |  | Accuracy of nurses assessing patients using American psychiatric association criteria | Butte, Deborah G. | Diagnosis | This descriptive study investigated the accuracy of nurses in assessing Axis I and Axis II disorders using criteria of the American Psychiatric Association. The diagnosis given by the nursing staff on the psychiatric unit of a regional medical center was compared to the Millon Clinical Multiaxial In... | 1998-06 |
| 15 |  | Adherence to protocols by members in the Nurse Practitioner Pilot Project | Campbell, Cynthia Lynn | Utah; Nurse Practioners | The Nurse Practitioner Pilot Project (Senate Bill 198) was initiated in June 1980 in Utah. Senate Bill 198 legalized prescriptive practice for specific nurse practitioners for a three-year period. Protocols selected for guidelines in practice were required for use by pilot project members. Two ev... | 1984-08 |
| 16 |  | Adolescent and adult primiparous information needs and concerns regarding infant care. | Fisher, Deborah Darlene | Nursing; Teenage Mothers | Traditionally postpartum infant care classes have been structured to meet the educational needs of the adult mother. Due to the increasing number of pregnant adolescents, the educational needs of the adolescent mother must be assessed. With this information postpartum infant care classes can then ... | 1981-08 |
| 17 |  | Adolescent development of migrant youth | Pratt, Roberta | Adolescent; Acculturation; Family; Hispanic Americans; Psychosexual Development; Social Values | Health care needs specific to adolescent-aged clients are a growing area of concern to health care providers. The majority of adolescents is not ill and thus their care does not require a disease focus. Instead, adolescent health concerns revolve around developmental issues such as independence, sex... | 1988-12 |
| 18 |  | Adolescent utilization patterns at the West Valley and Ogden planned parenthood clinics before and after the establishment of the teen center. | Winegarner, Helen Sue | Utah; Family Planning | Adolescent utilization patterns at the Ogden and West Valley Planned Parenthood Clinics were studied for time periods from before and after the establishment of the Teen Center, a peer counseling and referral center next to the West Valley Planned Parenthood Clinic. Results showed a significant incr... | 1997-06 |
| 19 |  | Affect of the behavior of the nurse toward the baby on the behavior of the mother toward the baby | Sauter, Mary Patricia | Nursing | The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that the behavior of the nurse toward the baby will influence the mother's visible behavior and response in a positive direction. The study was conducted in the inpatient maternity division of a 740 bed general hospital and extended over a period of appr... | 1972-06 |
| 20 |  | Age of menarche in the rural population of southern Haiti | Bandi, Faye C. | Haiti; Physiiological; Environmental | This descriptive survey was designed to identify the age of menarche among rural women of Southern Haiti. Within this cross-sectional design, age of menarche was assessed by a recall method and confirmed by determining that age at which more than half the subjects were postmenarcheal. An interview t... | 1980-06 |
| 21 |  | Air pollution: implications for patient care--a survey of primary care providers | Beach, Anita Lorayne | Ozone Levels; Hospitals Vists | Particulate and ozone air pollution are public health problems in many areas of the United States. Numerous studies link these pollutants with decreases in lung function, increased emergency department and hospital admissions, and increased mortality. A questionnaire was used to assess knowledge lev... | 1998-08 |
| 22 |  | Alcohol as a topic for consideration in prenatal education: nursing intervention implications. | Jefferson, Phyllis Eileen Paul. | Nursing; Prenatal Care | The Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a serious health problem in today's society. Literature available dating from the time of Aristotle identified the health problem. Recognition of the severity of this problem has only developed since the 1970's. Research is now looking into the various aspects ... | 1980-08 |
| 23 |  | Alterations in arterial oxygen tension associated with age, weight, and smoking | Judkins, Bonnie Howard | Physiology; Tabacco; Anoxemia | The present study was undertaken to determine relationships between pre- and postoperative arterial oxygen tension levels in selected patients undergoing openheart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. A second purpose was to determine how the variables age, weight, and smoking were related to both ... | 1974-12 |
| 24 |  | The ambiguous role of the nurse educator: baccalaureate faculty workload and its impact on research activities. | Anderson, Mary Ann Romer | Nursing; Health Education; Higher Education | The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of baccalaureate faculty workload on the opportunity and ability of Nursing; faculty to undertake scholarly research. Inherent in this study were the perceptions of baccalaureate Nursing; faculty concerning the concepts of role conflict and role... | 1984-06 |
| 25 |  | Ambulatory care procedures performed by pediatric nurse practitioners | Young, Chen-Hua | Procedures | Despite efforts to develop programs that prepared the nurse practitioner (NP) to perform their roles competently within a primary care setting, many NPs are still learning ambulatory care procedures from on-the-job-training and special classes after NP certification. In order to provide high quality... | 2001-05 |