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The prevalence and meaning of fatigue in rheumatic disease

Wolfe, Frederick; Hawley, Donna J.; Wilson, K. (Journal of Rheumatology Publishing, 1996-08)

To determine the prevalence of fatigue in rheumatic disease; to characterize the strength of associations between demographic and clinical features and fatigue; to identify predictors of fatigue, and to determine the ...
What causes stress in mothers of chronically ill children?

Holaday, B (Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 1997)
An approach to defining and operationalizing critical thinking

Jacobs, Phyllis M.; Ott, B.; Sullivan, B.; Ulrich, Y.; Short, L. (Slack, 1997-01)

The faculty in a midwestern university confronted the imperative to define and measure critical thinking in the nursing undergraduate curriculum. Theoretical and operational definitions were developed by faculty through ...
Using key informant methods in organizational survey research: assessing for informant bias

Hughes, Linda C.; Preski, Sally (John Wiley & Sons, 1997-02)

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 ...
Sexuality in aging: implications for nursing facility staff

Steinke, Elaine E. (Slack, 1997-03)

Sexuality is an area that is frequently overlooked by staff who work with the elderly in nursing facilities. The nursing literature supports a need for education of nursing facility staff about sexual issues and concerns ...
Reliability and validity testing of three breastfeeding assessment tools

Riordan, Janice M.; Koehn, Mary L. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 1997-03)

This study examined validity and reliability of three clinical instruments that assess feedings at the breast.
General anesthesia and elderly surgical patients

Hazen, Shirley E.; Larsen, Pamala D.; Hoot Martin, Janice L. (Elsevier, 1997-04)

As the elderly population continues to expand, more elderly patients will undergo surgical procedures. This patient population provides challenges for perioperative nurses, surgeons, and anesthesia care providers. By ...
The cost of not breastfeeding: a commentary

Riordan, Janice M. (Sage Publications, 1997-06)

Breastfeeding, a valuable natural resource, promotes health, helps prevent infant and childhood disease, and saves health care costs. Additional annual national health care costs, incurred for treatment of four medical ...
Ergonomic nursing workstation design to prevent cumulative trauma disorders

McHugh, Mary L.; Schaller, Paula (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997-09)

The introduction of computerized nursing information systems offers health care institutions an opportunity to take a new look at safety issues related to nursing workstation design. Industrial studies have investigated ...
Cost-effectiveness of clustered unit vs. unclustered nurse floating

McHugh, Mary L. (Jannetti Publications, 1997-11)

This study evaluated costs and staffing balance outcomes comparing unrestricted unit floating (UUF) with cluster [by related patient population or technical requirements] unit floating (CUF) practices. Researchers used a ...
Perspectives of nurses and patients on the need for sexual counseling of MI patients

Steinke, Elaine E.; Patterson-Midgley, Pat (John Wiley & Sons, 1998-03)

The concept of sexual integrity was used to analyze nurses' and patients' perceptions of the need to provide sexual counseling for patients in the acute care setting who have had a myocardial infarction. A qualitative ...
Development of an instrument to measure caring peer group interactions

Hughes, Linda C. (Slack, 1998-05)

The purpose of this study was to develop psychometric properties of the Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale (PGCIS) designed to measure caring during informal peer interactions as experienced by undergraduate nursing ...
Randomized trial of geragogy-based medication instruction in the emergency department

Hayes, Karen S. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998-07)

Medication adherence by older adults who are discharged from the emergency department (ED) is an essential attribute of effective treatment. Researchers have demonstrated that delivery of well-structured instructions ...
Importance and timing of sexual counseling after myocardial infarction

Steinke, Elaine E.; Patterson-Midgley, Pat (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998-11)

This study examined differences in the perceptions of the importance and timing of sexual counseling in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).
Predicting breastfeeding problems. These tools may--or may not--help assess high-risk mother-baby couples

Riordan, Janice M. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 1998-12)
Adding medications in the emergency department: effect on knowledge of medications in older adults

Hayes, Karen S. (Mosby, 1999-06)

Older adults constitute 20% of the ED population. Of older patients discharged from the emergency department, 40% receive at least one new medication to add to their already complex medication regimen. The purpose of this ...
A case study on expanding the concept of caring from individuals to communities

Smith-Campbell, Betty (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 1999-12)

Caring has been described as the essence of nursing and some theorists assert that caring occurs only on the interpersonal level. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate caring beyond the individual to communities. ...
Evaluating on-line continuing education for nurses

Huckstadt, Alicia A.; Hayes, Karen S. (Springer Publishing, 2000)

The rapid increase in web sites for nursing continuing education demands critical appraisal by the user. The level of anonymity of the web site authors and sponsors may lead to a laxity of accountability found in no other ...
Access to health care: effects of public funding on the uninsured

Smith-Campbell, Betty (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2000)

To determine whether a state funding policy influenced access to health care for the uninsured in one county of the American Midwest.
Literacy for health information of adult patients and caregivers in a rural emergency department

Hayes, Karen S. (Churchill Livingstone, 2000-01)

The nurse practitioner is responsible for providing the patient and family with understandable written information before discharge from the emergency department (ED) following an acute event. Patients are more likely to ...