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• Needing help and waiting: Symbolic threats to independence in the nursing home
  The meanings of independence for nursing home residents were explored using qualitative research methods within the constructivist paradigm. Purposive sampling was used for selection of the interview site (church related, not-for profit nursing home, admitting Medicaid eligible residents) as well as selection of participants. Eleven residents (eight women, three men, mean age 86.5) thoughtfully participated […]
  Driver, Evelyn Jane
• The effectiveness of multiple-choice test items in assessing the clinical judgement abilities of prelicensure registered nursing students
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple-choice questions in assessing the clinical judgment abilities of prelicensure registered nursing students. Nurse educators are responsible for ensuring fairness in testing and evaluating the development of clinical judgment abilities of students throughout the nursing program of study. This study compared multiple-choice test items […]
  Holt, Tracy D.
• Comparison of nursing student academic achievement and satisfaction based on face-to-face interaction versus distance education in teaching therapeutic crisis management techniques
  Nursing education today is very different with advances in science and technology. Nurse educators are using distance education in an effort to offer students the ability to practice varying skills in a safe non-threatening environment. This quasi-experimental, post-hoc causal comparative study had a two group post-test only design. There were two conditions: face-to-face classroom delivery […]
  Graber, Jennifer S.
• Nursing interventions to reduce unilateral neglect in right hemisphere stroke patients
  Unilateral neglect is described as the failure of an individual, despite normal primary sensation, to report, respond, or orient to novel or meaningful stimuli presented to the side opposite the brain lesion (Heilman & Valenstein, 1979). Heilman and associates (1985) proposed that neglect is an attention-arousal deficit due to decreased activation of the right hemisphere. […]
  Majali, Sawsan M.
• Adolescent resilience following parental death in childhood and its relationship to parental attachment and coping
  Adolescent resilience following loss has been linked with supportive social relationships and coping. Retrospective studies have found that parental death during childhood has been a risk factor for serious mental health problems in adolescence. However, health care professionals and researchers have also reported positive outcomes of increased competency, self-worth, and health in other adolescents. These […]
  Heinzer, Marjorie M.