Predicting nosocomial bloodstream infections using surrogate markers of injury severity: clinical and methodological perspectives.

abstract：:In a study to formulate regression equations which could be used to predict performance on the licensing examinations of graduates of an associate degree nursing program, selected sets of National League for Nursing achievement test scores were found to be effective predictors of state board examination (SBE) scores. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Deardorff M,Denner P,Miller C

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of adults with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is increasing, and their risk of cardiovascular disease is high. Comorbid diabetes distress and depressive symptoms may affect their cardiovascular health. OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between diabetes distress and ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： McCarthy MM,Whittemore R,Gholson G,Grey M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three models are proposed to predict the effect of antepartum stress on the family. These models consider external and internal family environments and individual characteristics as they influence an individual family member's health status, dyadic relationships within the family, and the family's functioning as a uni...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Mercer RT,May KA,Ferketich S,DeJoseph J

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Barthel Index (BI) is a frequently used measure of independence in the activities of daily living (ADLs). Item functioning of various versions of the BI have been examined using Rasch analysis. Item response theory (IRT) models for ordered polytomous responses may provide more insight into item functioni...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Liu W,Unick J,Galik E,Resnick B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, it was predicted that over a two-year period chronically ill psychiatric outpatients treated in a nursing social support program would experience a lower rehospitalization rate; more days out of hospital; less treatment drop-out; a greater decrease in symptoms; fewer medication increases; a greater incr...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Slavinsky AT,Krauss JB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measurement of health-related quality of life (QOL) over time often yields results that may be difficult to understand. Patients may change their internal standards of QOL as a result of adaptation to deteriorating health, a phenomenon referred to as response shift. OBJECTIVES:To examine changes in internal...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Broberger E,Sprangers M,Tishelman C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mexican American workers are vulnerable to noise-induced hearing loss, the most common occupational disease in the United States. OBJECTIVES:The purpose was to test the applicability of the Health Promotion Model to Mexican American workers' use of hearing protection devices. METHOD:A correlational descrip...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kerr MJ,Lusk SL,Ronis DL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this descriptive study was the relationship between critical thinking, educational preparation, and level of moral judgment in 79 practicing nurses. The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Test was used to measure critical thinking; information on the participating nurses' educational preparation wa...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Ketefian S

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concerns have been raised about the effects of maternal employment on parent-child relations. Some researchers have concluded that maternal employment status has no effect on children's maternal attachments; others have found that full-time employment initiated in the first year of life is associated with in...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Broom BL

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African American female caregivers who provided care to an elderly demented or confused relative (n = 83) were interviewed to explore the relationships between the caregiver's confrontive, emotive, and palliative coping and household income, relationship to the elder, perceived caregiving demands, quality of social su...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Picot SJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronicle of a cooperative research venture is presented in three sections: the sequence of events and the system within which the collaboration was sponsored, the pilot study and the actual cooperative research proposal, and the stresses and strains of the collaborative process. The vagaries of events, people, an...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Felton G,McLaughlin FE

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary incontinence (UI) affects large numbers of adults, especially older adults, with an estimated 200 million adults worldwide having this life-altering condition. OBJECTIVES:To identify key populations at risk for urinary incontinence and propose population-based strategies to promote continence with a...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Sampselle CM,Palmer MH,Boyington AR,O'Dell KK,Wooldridge L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The postpartum period is a time of significant transition when women may discontinue positive health behaviors adopted during pregnancy. Little is known about the effectiveness of health promotion interventions targeting postpartum women. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to synthesize the published evide...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Fowles ER,Cheng HR,Mills S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were gathered through personal interviews from a sample of 667 people 65 years of age and older, living in community settings and managing their own health. Almost two thirds of these older respondents reported at least one drug-drug or drug-alcohol combination associated with a possible adverse reaction. The lar...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Pollow RL,Stoller EP,Forster LE,Duniho TS

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals with cancer receiving chemotherapy suffer deterioration in physical functioning due to symptoms arising from the cancer disease process and its treatment. OBJECTIVES:To determine if age, chronic health conditions (comorbidity), stage of cancer, depressive symptomatology, symptom limitations, sex...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Doorenbos A,Given B,Given C,Verbitsky N

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the process and outcomes of life review therapy provided by an advanced practice geropsychiatric nurse to older adults discharged from psychiatric hospitals to home health care. Eighty older adults over 65 years of age with a primary diagnosis of depression were treated at home...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： McDougall GJ,Buxen CE,Suen LJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family caregivers contribute to engagement in treatment and adherence, reduced substance misuse and relapse, and increased well-being of recipients with substance use disorder. However, providing care has also been associated with negative emotional and physical health outcomes for caregivers. The purpose of...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Tyo MB,McCurry MK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with cancer move between institutions and settings and have different knowledge expectations during their illness trajectory. To provide individually tailored, timely, and relevant education, healthcare professionals should collaborate in the patient education process. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed t...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Vaartio-Rajalin H,Huumonen T,Iire L,Jekunen A,Leino-Kilpi H,Minn H,Paloniemi J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple cell signaling pathways are implicated in the development, progression, and persistence of cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy. Although advances have been made in terms of understanding specific neurotoxic mechanisms, there are few predictive factors identified that can help inform the clinicia...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Lessans S,Lassiter CB,Carozzi V,Heindel P,Semperboni S,Oggioni N,Chiorazzi A,Thompson C,Wagner M,Holden J,Rahn E,Sweatt JD,Cavaletti G,Renn CL,Dorsey SG

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research to document the effects of nursing on patient outcomes such as pain has been limited by the inability to measure the quality of nursing care effectively. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to establish content validity and to evaluate patient understanding of Pain Care Quality (PainCQ) survey ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Beck SL,Towsley GL,Berry PH,Brant JM,Smith EM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceived duration has been found to decrease with decreased cadence and with increased muscular effort. In this study, 64 volunteer college-student subjects who walked a circular track at a preferred tempo produced temporal judgments significantly longer when either the right knee and ankle or the left knee and ankle...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Tompkins ES

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vocal stress levels (using the Psychological Stress Evaluator) the day before and eight days after final examination week for one group (I) of volunteer students were compared with levels of another group (II) without intervening examinations. Time intervals for both groups were identical. Vocal stress was also compar...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Brockway BF

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe self-care actions that healthy middle-aged women perform to promote well-being. The heterogenous sample of black and white women (N = 153) ranged in age from 40 to 59. Subjects responded to a structured interview guide based on Orem's Theory of Self-Care and a developmental ch...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Hartweg DL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic illness with a constellation of symptoms. The management of which is important for quality of life. Our review of the literature indicated that there is currently no standardized approach to measuring the symptom status of persons living with RA. OBJECTIVE:The purpose ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Sousa KH,Ryu E,Kwok OM,Cook SW,West SG

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some nurse-driven interventions have successfully reduced rates of healthcare-associated infections, though incidence remains unacceptably high. Bacterial contamination in patient rooms may be a source of exposure for patients and thus a target for future interventions; however, few studies have investigated...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Cohen B,Spirito CM,Liu J,Cato KD,Larson E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health promotion among those with chronic illness has been proposed as a strategy to contain health care cost and enhance quality of life (QOL), but little research has been done in Korea on QOL focused on health promotion of patients with chronic cardiovascular disease (CCVD). OBJECTIVES:This study was des...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Han KS,Lee SJ,Park ES,Park YJ,Cheol KH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of a nurse case-managed intervention was evaluated in subsamples of participants with one of the following characteristics: female gender, African American ethnicity, recruited from a homeless shelter, a history of military service, lifetime injection drug use, daily alcohol and drug use, poor p...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Nyamathi A,Nahid P,Berg J,Burrage J,Christiani A,Aqtash S,Morisky D,Leake B

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare respiratory responses with moderate and slow rates of unsupported arm exercise (UAE) with a newly developed electromechanical device. Twenty-one patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were studied. Exercise endurance limits, metabolic, ventilatory and sensat...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Breslin EH,Adams E,Lutz A,Roy C

更新日期：1992-09-01 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