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• Calming music and hand massage with agitated elderly
  Agitated behavior is a widespread problem that adversely affects the health of nursing home residents and increases the cost of their care. Agitated nursing home residents are more likely to be physically or chemically restrained, to fall and to have a lower quality of life. Current strategies to reduce agitated behavior tend to be costly. […]
  Remington, Ruth M.
• Parental attitude and parental adjustment to epilepsy in a child
  Parental attitudes and parental adjustment to epilepsy were assessed on 50 parents (33 mothers and 17 fathers) of children (ages 6 to 14 years) with epilepsy. Fishbein's expectancy-value model of attitude was utilized to assess parental attitudes. Parental adjustment was measured with a self-report questionnaire and an independent psychosocial assessment by a psychiatric social worker. […]
  Austin, Joan K.
• A validation study for the classification of the level of severity of malignant skin lesions in cancer patients
  A methodological study using a modified Delphi survey was conducted to determine whether or not there was consensus among wound care experts in identifying categories and characteristics essential for classifying malignant skin lesion severity in cancer patients. Two groups of wound care experts, oncology nurses (ONS) and certified enterostomal therapy nurses (CETN), were sent a […]
  Gilmore, Mary Ann
• The relationship between symptoms and feelings in young breast cancer survivors
  Women diagnosed with breast cancer are often more vulnerable to the untoward effects of treatment, which may continue years beyond a diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which young breast cancer survivors (YBCS) experience cognitive problems, pain, sexual problems, and fatigue and the relationship between these symptoms and feelings, […]
  Broxson, Anita Elizabeth
• The social organization of women's preterm labour experiences
  This study is grounded in a deep sense of respect for the work that women do in the family and by a desire to make that work visible so that women can be recognized for the valuable contributions they make to our Canadian society. I have explored the unpaid work that women do while also […]
  MacKinnon, Karen A.