Retrospective data collection using event history calendars.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With a national trend toward less aggressive treatment of hospitalized terminally ill patients, families increasingly participate in decisions to withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Although prior research indicates decision making is stressful for families, there have been no psychometric reports of actual ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Tilden VP,Tolle SW,Nelson CA,Fields J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a two-part series, a/proprosal is presented for implementation research which integrates practical, technical, and political judgment. This implementation research--or 8-4 research--is contrasted with pseudo-technical research. In Part I it is proposed that nursing research should be assessed in terms of payoff for...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Dickoff J,James P,Semradek J

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The essential problem in the immigration of foreign nurse graduates (FNGs) to the United States is their poor incidence of success in meeting state licensure requirements. Factors responsible for the low success rate include nonfamiliarity with multiple-choice format in tests, lack of English proficiency, and anxiety....

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Aquino NS,Trent PJ,Deutsch JE

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected literature is reviewed to illustrate current conceptual and methodological issues in nurse practitioner research. Concepts of style of practice, acceptance, satisfaction, and outcome are discussed. Methodological issues are linking process to outcome, complexity measures, use of existing data, and the effect ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Molde S,Diers D

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the intention-to-treat (ITT) principle, which involves maintaining study participants in the treatment groups to which they were randomized regardless of postrandomization withdrawal, is the recommended analytic approach for preserving the integrity of randomization, y...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Polit DF,Gillespie BM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stratified, prospective cohort analysis was completed on 1,203 African American, Hispanic, and white women. All women were assessed for abuse at the first prenatal visit and twice more during pregnancy. They were also assessed for risk factors of low birth weight using Institute of Medicine correlates. Prevalence of...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： McFarlane J,Parker B,Soeken K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there are two methods of caring for women with epidural anesthesia during second-stage labor (coached closed-glottis pushing immediately at 10-cm cervical dilation or delayed pushing until the woman feels the urge to push, passive fetal descent, and encouragement of open-glottis pushing when the wom...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Simpson KR,James DC

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the development of the NEECHAM Confusion Scale for rapid and unobtrusive assessment and monitoring of acute confusion. The scale was tested in two samples (N = 168 and 258, respectively) of elderly patients hospitalized for acute medical illness. Internal consistency and interrater reliability of ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Neelon VJ,Champagne MT,Carlson JR,Funk SG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are limitations of inter-class correlation (usually, the Pearson's product-moment correlation) in evaluating reliability of an instrument. An intra-class correlation approach would be appropriate to examine the test-retest reliability of an instrument. OBJECTIVES:To introduce an intra-class correlatio...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Yen M,Lo LH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preeclampsia (PE), a serious and variable pregnancy complication affecting 5%-10% of the obstetric population, has an undetermined etiology, yet inflammation is concomitant with its development, particularly in relation to endothelial dysfunction. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this systematic review was to exami...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Black KD,Horowitz JA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the behavioral changes with progressive dementia are seen to increasingly depend on the environmental context until late stage disease, measurement has not reflected this interaction in real time to allow examination of antecedents to disruptive behavior. OBJECTIVES:To develop and evaluate the psyc...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Stewart NJ,Hiscock M,Morgan DG,Murphy PB,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case mix of patient caseloads of nurse practitioners (NPs), faculty attending physicians (F/MDs), and resident housestaff in an inner-city teaching hospital was examined. Social and demographic variables as well as diagnoses, medications, risks, and functional status were used to define complexity. Charts of 111 p...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Diers D,Hamman A,Molde S

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI), a self-report questionnaire, is designed to measure the experience and expression of anger. Reliability and validity of the STAXI have been well established among African and European Americans aged 13 years and older. However, little is known of the use of...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Reyes LR,Meininger JC,Liehr P,Chan W,Mueller WH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidence of vascular complications (VCs) after sheath removal following a percutaneous coronary intervention procedure (PCIP) vary widely by the compression method used to achieve femoral artery hemostasis. OBJECTIVE:To determine if one groin compression method causes the least discomfort and distress for ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Chlan LL,Sabo J,Savik K

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents play an influential role in their children's health behaviors. Research has shown that individuals' efficacy beliefs (personal and collective efficacy) are closely related to their behaviors and can be modified to improve health outcomes. Existing evidence confirms the effect of self-efficacy on vari...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kao TA,Ling J,Dalaly M,Robbins LB,Cui Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared time required to rewarm, incidence of shivering, and nurses' preferences in hypothermic postoperative cardiac surgery patients treated with a forced air warmer (Bair Hugger) or a noninfrared radiant heater (Thermal Ceiling). Data were collected on 38 subjects and 6 nonsubjects treated with warm bla...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Giuffre M,Heidenreich T,Pruitt L

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine effectiveness of a programmed instruction module (PIM) on oral contraceptives, during their obstetric experience 34 nursing students in the Department of Nursing at the California State University, Long Beach, were assigned to three groups, two experimental groups and one control group. In the first exper...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Guimei MK

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social support is an important factor to consider in understanding the grief process. However, existing measures of social support fail to account adequately for the unique characteristics of grief experienced by healthcare workers in relation to the deaths of patients or nursing home residents. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Anderson KA,Ewen HH,Miles EA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Tanzanian health sector suffers from shortages of healthcare workers as well as uneven distribution of healthcare workers in urban and rural areas. Task shifting-delegation of tasks from professionals to other healthcare team members with less training, such as medical attendants-is practiced, compromisi...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Mboineki JF,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) in the West Bank, a dissimilar society and culture from the United States, where the instrument was developed. A second purpose was to measure the correlation between the MMSS total score and a single-item measure o...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Misener TR,Haddock KS,Gleaton JU,Abu Ajamieh AR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined whether baseline negative emotional states (depression and anxiety) would predict craving for cigarettes and other nicotine withdrawal symptoms in early abstinence and whether those emotional states and withdrawal symptoms would predict failure in quitting smoking at 3 months postquit amo...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kim SS,Cooley ME,Lee SA,DeMarco RF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-induced pain associated with walking (claudication) in peripheral artery disease limits mobility and diminishes quality of life. Self-reports of pain during standardized treadmill testing are used in clinical trials to assess the efficacy of interventions. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to mo...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Treat-Jacobson D,Henly SJ,Bronas UG,Leon AS,Henly GA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic and oxygen transport responses to four preoxygenation techniques prior to endotracheal suctioning (ETS) were evaluated in 24 critically ill trauma patients with no preexisting lung disease. A within-subjects, repeated measures design was used. All patients had functional arterial and pulmonary artery cathe...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Lookinland S,Appel PL

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory of reasoned action was used as the conceptual framework for analyzing the relationships among attitudes, subjective norms, and intentions to exercise regularly, maintain/attain recommended weight, and avoid highly stressful life situations. The sample (N = 377) consisted of adults between the ages of 18 and...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Pender NJ,Pender AR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The measure for self-efficacy barriers to exercise was developed for adults and revised on the basis of quantitative and qualitative research with older adults so it would be more appropriate for that age group. OBJECTIVES:To test the reliability and validity of the Self-Efficacy for Exercise (SEE) Scale. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Resnick B,Jenkins LS

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An emphasis on precision health (PH) has stimulated precision medicine studies to focus on the interplay of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors with disease risks, treatments, prognoses, and outcomes affecting health disparities. It is imperative, as well, that improving health equity among und...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Menon U,Ashing K,Chang MW,Christy SM,Friberg-Felsted K,Rivas VG,Gwede CK,Lu Q,Meade CD,Sly J,Wang M,Yanez B,Yeary K,Yi JC,Alcaraz KI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared primary and team nursing in three areas: quality of care, impact on nursing staff, and cost. Eight medical units in one hospital were evaluated. The study was conducted over a four-year period utilizing three phases: one preintervention phase and two postintervention phases. The study used multiple...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Gardner K

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using stratified random sampling, 130 patients from three hospital units were assigned to three treatment groups to test the relationship between the frequency of changing intravenous (IV) tubing and percutaneous sites and the incidence of phlebitis. Measures of pain, skin temperature, and erythema were collected ever...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Nichols EG,Barstow RE,Cooper D

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal classes are commonly offered by hospitals with obstetrical units. To evaluate their effectiveness in one hospital, the relationship between the amount of medication used by women during labor and the birth weight of their infants following participation in one of three treatment groups was determined by a mul...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Timm MM

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare tympanic and oral temperatures at four times during the perioperative period in 60 adults having major abdominal surgery. Tympanic temperature was measured with an infrared thermometer and oral temperature with a predictive thermistor thermometer. Measurements at the two sites ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Erickson RS,Yount ST

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00