Themes of loss and dying in caring for a family member with AIDS.

abstract：:In this article, we illustrate a new method for random selection and random assignment that we developed in a pilot study for a randomized clinical trial. The randomization database is supported by a commonly available spreadsheet. Formulas were written for randomizing participants and for creating a "shadow" system t...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Padhye NS,Cron SG,Gusick GM,Hamlin SK,Hanneman SK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 156 female undergraduate nursing students was conducted to determine the relationship between life change events and dysmenorrhea and the mediating effect of social supports on this relationship. Data were collected using the Anderson College Schedule of Recent Experience (subjects estimated personal readj...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Jordan J,Meckler JR

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of the reliability of physical measures that yield continuous data (e.g., physiological measures such as blood pressure and anthropometric measures such as weight) should include the following statistics and procedures: mean, minimal and maximal differences; standard deviation of the net differences; techni...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Engstrom JL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutuality is a protective factor in family care situations, but little is known about changes in care-dyad mutuality. In this study, we examined mutuality in 103 care dyads over 20 months, and the enduring and contextual impact of older adult and family caregiver health on changes in mutuality. Care dyads consisted of...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Lyons KS,Sayer AG,Archbold PG,Hornbrook MC,Stewart BJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognostic communication is a primary component of goals of care conversations in palliative care (PC) practice. Little is known about these conversations in the natural setting. This study's aim was to describe the processes of prognostic communication in PC goals of care consultations. Using line-by-line qualitative...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Norton SA,Metzger M,DeLuca J,Alexander SC,Quill TE,Gramling R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this quasi-experimental pilot study was to compare the effect of patient-controlled (PCAE) and nurse administered (NCAE) antiemetic therapy for controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients receiving moderate emetogenic chemotherapy. Twenty subjects were randomly assigned to either th...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Edwards JN,Herman JA,Wallace BK,Pavy MD,Harrison-Pavy J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature on older inmates' health is fragmented and insufficiently developed. In this integrative review, 21 research articles on health and older inmates were identified, critiqued, and synthesized to determine: the minimum age criterion most commonly used; health-related variables explored; health status; the ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Loeb SJ,Abudagga A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptions and attitudes toward nursing impairment held by 1,047 registered nurses were examined. Factor analysis of the 32 Likert-type items in an original survey questionnaire revealed an underlying structure of nine dimensions characterizing attitudes toward impairment. Analyses of variance and covariance gave evi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hendrix MJ,Sabritt D,McDaniel A,Field B

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to discover the essences of the experience of waiting, to provide new knowledge about what it is like to wait, and to contribute to nursing knowledge. Participants were 12 persons who were family members or friends of persons in an adult critical care unit. The Parse research method was...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Bournes DA,Mitchell GJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older adults with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have longer pre-treatment delay times than their younger counterparts. A 2-group, randomized controlled sample consisted of 115 adults, 65 years of age or older with a self-reported history of coronary artery disease. A pre-test was given to all participa...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Tullmann DF,Haugh KH,Dracup KA,Bourguignon C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the psychometric properties of a Mandarin Chinese version of the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire-10 (FOSQ-10) in pregnant women. A total of 228 first-trimester pregnant women participated in the study, which was conducted in an outpatient obstetric clinic at a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan. ...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Tsai SY,Shun SC,Lee PL,Lee CN,Weaver TE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work redesign initiatives have transformed approaches to patient care that will require increased control of nurses over both the content and context of their practice. A secondary analysis of two studies linking perceived work empowerment with two aspects of staff nurse decisional involvement using Kanter's (1977, 19...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Laschinger HK,Sabiston JA,Kutszcher L

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to identify the relationships of attitudes about breast self-examination and breast cancer to the frequency of breast self-examination. The health belief model was used as a theoretical base. Likert scales were developed for the independent variables of susceptibility, seriousness, ben...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Champion VL

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the NCAST Feeding, Teaching, and HOME Scales, we tested 37 high-risk infants matched with 37 healthy infants on gender, race, and socioeconomic status. All infants were 8 months old. A one-to-one matched case-control design was used to determine whether increased risk of impaired mother-infant interaction was as...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Farel AM,Freeman VA,Keenan NL,Huber CJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specification of variables that reflect organizational processes can add an important dimension to the investigation of outcomes. However, many contextual variables are conceptualized at a macro unit of analysis and may not be amenable to direct measurement. In these situations, proxy measurement is obtained by treati...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Hughes LC,Preski S

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to show that Collins and Fielder (1981) misinterpreted Beckstrand's (1978a, 1978b, 1980) thesis, and to criticize their argument against the idea that theory in nursing can be borrowed from the existing body of scientific and ethical knowledge. Collins and Fielder employed a question-beg...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Beckstrand J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty adult coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients were randomly assigned to preadmission self-instruction or posthospital admission instruction of therapeutic exercises (e.g., coughing). Self-instructed subjects reported higher positive mood scores, performed correctly significantly more exercise behaviors, an...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Rice VH,Mullin MH,Jarosz P

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale (BNAS) was administered to 19 newborns, and their fathers completed the Broussard Neonatal Perception Inventory (NPl-l); at 1 year of age, the infants' fathers and mothers completed the Perception of Baby Temperament (PBT) scale. The 19 infants were first born, full-term, and th...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Jones C,Parks P

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coping behaviors in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) or a spinal cord injury (SCI) were compared. Data were collected on 433 subjects with MS and 257 with SCI. Coping and illness uncertainty were measured by the Ways of Coping Checklist (revised) and the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale. Results of the mult...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Wineman NM,Durand EJ,Steiner RP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether fatigue can be used to screen nursing populations for risk of sickness absence. Data were available from a prospective cohort study of 2,059 Norwegian nurses working in hospital care, psychiatric care, and nursing home/home care settings. Physical and mental fatigue were measured at baseline wi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Roelen CA,Bültmann U,Groothoff J,van Rhenen W,Magerøy N,Moen BE,Pallesen S,Bjorvatn B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper three categories of variables were identified to predict spouses' reactions to caregiving roles: patient characteristics, the caregiving environment, and characteristics of the caregiver. Measures of these variables were administered to 159 spouse caregivers. Four domains of caregivers' responses were id...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Given B,Stommel M,Collins C,King S,Given CW

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliability of nursing observations often is estimated using Cohen's kappa, a chance-adjusted measure of agreement between observer RNs. However, use of kappa as an omnibus measure sometimes can be misleading. In a study partly designed to describe the frequency and reliability of nursing diagnoses in long-term care f...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Banerjee M,Fielding J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-three Ohio employers were surveyed about expectations for occupational health nurse performance of 20 current and desired future activities. Employers identified activities that (a) the nurse was currently performing, or (b) would be desired in the future, or (c) were not appropriate for the nur...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Martin KJ,Shortridge LA,Dyehouse JM,Migliozzi AN

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this naturalistic study was to compare values held by 36 white and 31 black women related to body size, and to identify factors that influence these values and linkages between body size values and weight management activities. Black women of lower SES were significantly different from black women of hi...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Allan JD,Mayo K,Michel Y

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since back injury is the largest workman's compensation claim in most industries, the relationship between selected personal characteristics and back injury in hospital nursing personnel were studied. The sample included 64 female nursing personnel, half back injured and half not. Demographic: Workers were more likely...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Owen BD,Damron CF

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypotheses that pessimists might benefit from concrete objective information based on self-regulation theory and that optimists might benefit from instruction in self-care and coping based on self-care theory, 62 patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer were studied. The two experiment...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Johnson JE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory of planned behavior guided this exploration of postoperative analgesic use among adults (N = 137) undergoing elective orthopedic surgery. Patients who had a more positive attitude toward taking pain medication and had positive subjective norms intended to take more medication than those who had a negative a...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Pellino TA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of a parent training program for promoting positive parent-child relationships was examined among families of 2-year-olds. Forty-six mothers and fathers and their toddlers were assigned to either an intervention or comparison group. Intervention group parents participated in a 10-week program that fo...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Gross D,Fogg L,Tucker S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proposed multiyear plan of funding mechanisms by the National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) to increase the use of biological theory and measurements in nursing research has been developed for both research training and research programs. The objectives of the research training programs are (a) to develop a cad...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Cowan MJ,Heinrich J,Lucas M,Sigmon H,Hinshaw AS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the use of higher-order factor analysis to examine the underlying dimensions of an instrument designed to measure community acceptance of nurse practitioners/physician's assistants. The instrument consisted of both dichotomous and Likert scale items. Use of factor analysis with dichotomous data is...

journal_title：Research in nursing & health

authors： Baldwin KA,Grinslade MS,Baer LC,Watts P,Dinger MK,McCubbin J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00