An overview of nursing research in the United States.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The knowledge explosion in health care coupled with recent evidence-based practice initiatives has increased both the need for and the production of reviews of past research. The proliferation of such reviews has contributed to inconsistency in methods and terminology. Differing methods for integrative revie...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Whittemore R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considerable debate has occurred concerning the utility of different methods of obtaining joint counts and their usefulness in predicting outcomes in persons with rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare two methods of assessing disease activity in the joints (clinician joint...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Dwyer KA,Coty MB,Smith CA,Dulemba S,Wallston KA

更新日期：2001-07-01 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:Evidence from the literature suggests that substance abuse, violence, HIV risk, depressive symptoms, and underlying socioeconomic conditions are tied intrinsically to health disparities among Latinas. Although these health and social conditions appear to comprise a syndemic, an underlying phenomenon dispropo...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： González-Guarda RM,McCabe BE,Florom-Smith A,Cianelli R,Peragallo N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to examine relationships between role models and role perceptions of new graduate nurses. The sample consisted of the 25 senior nursing students in a generic baccalaureate nursing program who were administered questionnaires 1 month prior to graduation and 3 months after beginning employment. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Green GJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:In testing the effect of grading versus nongrading of formative evaluations on cognitive learning and affective behaviors of graduate nursing students the following hypotheses were formulated: The experimental (E) group will learn and demonstrate affective behaviors significantly more than control I (CI) and II (CII) ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Huckabay LM

更新日期：1979-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Homeless adolescents are vulnerable to poor health outcomes owing to the dangerous and stressful environments in which they live. Despite their vulnerability, many of them are motivated to engage in self-care behaviors. OBJECTIVE:The specific aim of this study was to explore self-care attitudes and behavior...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Rew L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of clinical information systems to improve nursing and patient outcomes depends on human factors, including system usability, organizational workflow, and user satisfaction. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine to what extent residents, family members, and clinicians find a senso...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Alexander GL,Wakefield BJ,Rantz M,Skubic M,Aud MA,Erdelez S,Ghenaimi SA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A causal model based on Pender's (1987) Health Promotion Model was tested to evaluate Pender's hypothesis that demographic and biological characteristics affect health-promoting behaviors indirectly through three mediating cognitive-perceptual variables. A sample of 3,025 noninstitutionalized adults completed a teleph...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Johnson JL,Ratner PA,Bottorff JL,Hayduk LA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis prevention behaviors (OPBs) can prevent and delay bone deterioration; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan can identify osteoporosis and provide personal osteoporosis risk information that may promote prevention behaviors. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to estimate relationships betw...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Estok PJ,Sedlak CA,Doheny MO,Hall R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses have always had an interest in the relationships among families, clinicians, and healthcare institutions. This case study of the Friends Asylum for the Insane in early 19th century Philadelphia examines the historical roots of these relationships. METHODS:Data sources are archival documents about the...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： D'antonio P

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to explore the usefulness of applying decision analysis to nursing decisions about a complex, emergent patient problem. A convenience sample of 31 nurses quantified their intuitive ideas into five mutually exclusive decision alternatives. A decision-analytic process and a preference analy...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Panniers TL,Walker EK

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：: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：:This study investigated the concept that a professional's awareness of concerns about her own death is helpful in the treatment of dying patients by using a fantasy of the subject's own life and death in relationship to her response to dying-patient statements. Data produced by this study supported this concept. The s...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Ross CW

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the range of coping behaviors identified by the authors of 39 published case studies of hospitalized children age 20 months to 10 years and the pattern of coping revealed when the behaviors described in the published studies were analyzed according to the category system based on the Lazarus stress...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Caty S,Ellerton ML,Ritchie JA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

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：:A national survey of a stratified random sample (n = 240) of accredited hospitals with critical care units (CCU) was conducted in order to describe the current practice of restrictions imposed upon myocardial infarction (MI) patients. A cross-sectional correlational survey with a two-stage mailing was used. The first-...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kirchhoff KT

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the impact of work experience on nurses' anticipated responses to situations involving dying and death in the hospital setting, 62 responses to a questionnaire were analyzed. Licensed practical nurses, it was found, had developed coping mechanisms to alleviate the uneasiness associated with unstructured int...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Stoller EP

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：:To test the relationship between preferred rate of movement and time estimation; to attempt to control for conscious compensation in relation to time estimation; and to determine whether a trend emerges relating slowed rates of walking to time estimation; and to determine whether a trend emerges relating slowed rates ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Newman MA

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is evidence of the psychometric adequacy of the Interpersonal Relationships Inventory (IPRI), the scale was validated on urban North American samples and may function differently in populations that do not share urban United States attitudes toward the giving and receiving of social support. ...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Kane RT,Day C

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fall risk increases with age and visual impairment, yet the oldest-old adults (>85 years) are rarely studied. Partnered dance improves mobility, balance, and quality of life in older individuals with movement impairment. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine the feasibility and participant satisfa...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Hackney ME,Hall CD,Echt KV,Wolf SL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women who receive services from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) often stop breastfeeding earlier than recommended. Little is known about maternal background and intrapersonal variables that predict the timing of breastfeeding cessation over the 12-month postp...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Tenfelde SM,Finnegan L,Miller AM,Hill PD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the influence of socialization and exposure to a stressful milieu on perimenstrual symptoms, related disability, and menstrual attitudes. Women (N = 179) aged 18 to 35 were interviewed using the Index of Sex Role Orientation, Schedule of Recent Events, Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire, and Men...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Woods NF

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in level, timing, and coupling of circadian excretion of catecholamine metabolites, adrenal cortical hormones, sodium, potassium, creatinine, and vital signs in acute-care surgical patients were measured. Data were examined to determine if a relationship exists between the degree of circadian alteration an...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Farr L,Keene A,Samson D,Michael A

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance and satisfaction associated with 21 characteristics of a nurse faculty position were examined, using 1974 questionnaire data from schools of nursing at four major state universities. Teaching, supportive colleagues, keeping clinical knowledge current, and faculty autonomy were seen as the most important...

journal_title：Nursing research

authors： Grandjean BD,Aiken LH,Bonjean CM

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00