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• Preferences for Information and Self-care, Stress and Coping with Outpatient Surgery: A Descriptive Correlational Study
  Outpatient surgery is a rapidly growing phenomena in the health care field; however, little is known about the stressful aspects of the experience of how patients cope with this type of surgery. The purposes of this descriptive, correlational study were: to identify what aspects of the outpatient surgical experience are appraised as stressful and how […]
  Caldwell, Linda Marie
• Purpose in Life, Appraisal, and Coping Behaviors in Black, Hispanic, and White Anglo-Saxon Pregnant Adolescents
  The purposes of this descriptive study were: (1) to identify differences in perceptions of life purpose, appraisal, and coping behaviors based on ethnicity; and (2) to describe the interrelationship of these variables, among black, hispanic, and white anglo-saxon pregnant adolescents. Conducted in five health agencies of a large metropolitan area, the study used a nonprobability […]
  Enders, Bertha Cruz
• Unintentional Injuries and Violence in Schools
  Approximately two thirds of all deaths among children and adolescents aged 5 to 19 years result from injury related causes. Unintentional injuries and violence at schools is one of the main categories of injury related causes. Schools have a responsibility to prevent these injuries from occurring on their premises, to provide students with sufficient knowledge […]
  Nouwayhed, Lina G.
• Vaginitis, Female Sexual Dysfunction, and Sexual Distress
  Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this doctoral project is to examine the relationship between vaginitis (BV and VVC), FSD, and sexual distress level on non-pregnant, sexually active women aged 18 to 44 using validated self-report survey tools, such as the Female Sexual Function Index Questionnaire (FSFI) and Female Sexual Distress Scale-Revised (FSDS-R). Methodology: The proposed study […]
  Maldonado, Monica
• Promoting the Use of Aromatherapy to Decrease Anxiety and Patient Perception of Pain During a Gynecologic Procedure: An Integrative Therapy Quality Improvement Intervention
  Purpose: To implement a system for clinic staff and providers to promote, support, and document the use of lavender aromatherapy to reduce anxiety and pain perception as an option for patients experiencing an intrauterine device insertion. Summary: This QI project will take place at a gynecology clinic within a large midwestern tertiary healthcare center. Patients […]
  Ellison, Christine