Browsing by Department "Nursing Science"
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(2022-07-11)Department: Nursing ScienceBackground - Despite technology innovations in management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) glycemic control in adolescents continues to be suboptimal with only 17 to 21% meeting the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommended ...
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(2008-11-20)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE STUDENT ACTIVATION MEASURE RACHEL A. KINDER Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Wallston Student activation is defined as a level of engagement ...
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(2012-10-12)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION IN OBESE INDIVIDUALS WITH HEART FAILURE JOSHUA PHILLIP SQUIERS Dissertation under the direction of Professor Michael Vollman Heart failure (HF) is a severely ...
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(2022-02-11)Department: Nursing ScienceBackground: Despite newer research and professional organizational recommendations supporting shared decision-making and vaginal breech birth as a reasonable option for appropriately screened candidates, planned vaginal ...
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(2016-07-24)Department: Nursing ScienceHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a sexually transmitted disease with opportunity for transmission when barrier protection is not used during sex. The incidence rate for infections in the US has been approximately ...
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(2022-11-15)Department: Nursing ScienceAccording to a 2019 Health and Human Services report, two primary gaps in implementing evidence based CIH care for chronic pain are a lack of clarity on how to deliver therapies for chronic pain and lack of access to CIH ...
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(2016-01-07)Department: Nursing ScienceFather involvement research has shown that fatherhood is important to the behavioral and physiological development of children. Children with involved fathers have lower rates of teenage delinquency and pregnancy, improved ...
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(2015-07-27)Department: Nursing ScienceHealth related stigma (HRS) is a poorly understood phenomenon in patients with advanced lung cancer. Approximately 30% of patients with lung cancer, regardless of smoking status, report feeling stigmatized due to their ...
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(2022-07-15)Department: Nursing ScienceIntroduction: Thoracic lesions are most frequently diagnosed with a percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) with procedure risks of hemoptysis and hemothorax. This study aimed to describe patient and procedure ...
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(2015-07-15)Department: Nursing ScienceThe precise cause of cancer cachexia is unknown. It is a syndrome associated with weight loss, lipolysis, muscle wasting, anorexia, chronic nausea and asthenia. Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are particularly ...
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(2017-08-04)Department: Nursing ScienceMental health problems are a significant problem among early adolescents and are highly costly to society. Innovative work behaviors (IWB) of middle school faculty and staff are a potentially underused opportunity to address ...
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(2011-03-18)Department: Nursing SciencePurpose. The purpose of this dissertation research study was to investigate the associations among learned helplessness, depressive symptoms, and targeted demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors in individuals who ...
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(2017-08-09)Department: Nursing ScienceHealthcare system factors may pose barriers to living kidney donation. Determining if and how program size, staffing, and organization play roles in live kidney donor outcomes is essential. The aim of this study was to ...
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(2016-04-19)Department: Nursing ScienceHealthcare organizations have incorporated updated safety principles in the analysis of errors and updating of norms, policies and standards. Error is an ongoing concern in healthcare, especially preventable adverse drug ...
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(2015-04-06)Department: Nursing ScienceInterruptions are multi-dimensional events that occur at varying frequencies and durations in different social contexts and task environments. Given that interruptions are believed to be pervasive in the nursing work ...
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(2016-04-04)Department: Nursing ScienceThe objective of this dissertation was to understand the relationship between organizational domains and provider attitudes as well as the relationship between ICU provider attitudes and ABCDE bundle adherence. A one-time ...
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(2017-12-05)Department: Nursing ScienceThe Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) has support from numerous policy and regulatory bodies, and has been shown to be an effective intervention to encourage women to initiate breastfeeding at the time of birth. ...
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(2008-07-18)Department: Nursing ScienceApproximately 14% of US preschoolers are overweight. Examining parental perceptions of child body weight is crucial because successful prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is linked to parental awareness of child ...
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(2019-10-29)Department: Nursing ScienceParents of children recovering from hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) experience significant distress due to unpredictable and potentially life-threatening complications. Distress is heightened by intensive caregiving ...
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(2017-08-07)Department: Nursing ScienceBackground: Admissions to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) have increased during a time of PICU physician shortage. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are increasingly employed in PICU. PICU models of care may vary based ...