ISSN:0029-6562    

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年代:1968

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SummaryMethods for determining sputum viscosity using an Ostwald-Cannon-Fenske viscosimeter and inspired air humidity using an Atkins Thermistor Psychrometer were evolved. In a pilot study with six newly tracheostomized patients, these methods were found to be feasible for determining the relationship between changes in sputum viscosity and inspired air humidity in tracheostomized patients.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

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SummaryThis study examined the ability of premature infants whose weight ranged between 1,450 and 1,750 grams, to maintain an axillary temperature of 36.5–37°C without the assistance of an incubator. Body temperature readings of 16 premature infants, using the axilla and eight other sites, were recorded prior to removal of the infant from the incubator, and every three hours thereafter until the infant had attained an axillary recording of 36.5–37°C.The study revealed a wide range of differences in weight for the infants able to maintain an axillary temperature of 36.5–37°C. According to the data the infant whose gestational period was 31 weeks or less, was able to achieve an axillary reading of 36.5°C more quickly than one whose age was 32 weeks or more. It appeared that the incubator provided a more favorable environment for maintaining body temperature than did the crib; the mean of axillary recordings in the incubator was 36.9°C and in the crib 36.3°C.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

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SummaryThis study investigated students' characterizations of nursing and the personal importance assigned to these at various levels in two baccalaureate nursing programs. The process of professional socialization was hypothesized to result in measurable changes. Although professional socialization was not supported throughout the study, it was upheld by some findings.Seniors' perceptions of nursing and related values corresponded closely with those of faculty members. Students assigned greater personal inportance to advanced professional characteristics at later stages in both programs but did not typically attribute these characteristics to their picture of nursing. In general, correlate student and faculty groups in the two programs did not differ in their attribution of advanced professional characteristics to nursing or in their valuation of these characteristics. Student groups reached greater consensus with respect to the personal importance of the suggested characteristics of nursing, but not regarding what they saw in nursing. Individually, students did not typically achieve greater consonance within themselves between what they attributed to nursing and what they valued for themselves.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

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SummaryA schema was developed which synthesizes nursing care and accident prevention by organizing nurses' recorded comments of care into a framework developed by using concepts and definitions of nursing care and accident prevention. Application of the schema was demonstrated using the recorded comments describing public health nursing activities in accident prevention performed with 75 chronically ill patients over 50 years of age receiving nursing care at home. As derived from the schema, a descriptive analysis of nursing care activities during the first 12 months following referral was presented. Based on this analysis, nursing care to this patient group appeared family-centered and individualized to the specific problems of the patient and family in their unique life situation.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

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THE article presented here is Part I of a two-part article on the nature and development of theory in a practice discipline. Part 1 deals with the relation of theory to practice and with the appropriate structure of any practice theory and, more particularly, of nursing theory. Part II, to be published in the November-December issue of Nursing Research, will deal with theory as a common denominator of research and practice.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryA schematic framework for conceptualizing public health nursing decision-making has been presented, and research concerned with priorities for home visits has been discussed in relation to this framework. As a step toward the interpretation of a significant interaction between role groups (one decision-maker variable) and items (viewed as combinations of situational variables), situations were oategorized into six subsets on the basis of types of problems included. When relative priority ratings assigned by the six role groups are examined in terms of these problem-type categories, differences in patterns of responses emerge.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

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SummaryIn this paper, the nature, function, and art of a research critique have been discussed. A conceptual distinction was made between a research review and a research critique in order to further refine our thinking about two kinds of research analysis. A research critique was defined as a critical and objective appraisal of a research study based upon a penetrating and analytical examination of the study by a competent research critic. The general purpose of a research critique is to enable the researcher to refine and improve his research endeavors. It has the function of enhancing the researcher's knowledge and competencies so that he can discover scientific and humanistic truths. A research critique can be viewed as a facilitator in the ongoing professional development of a researcher who is keenly interested in becoming a research scholar and practitioner.A research critic is a person deemed competent to give a critical estimate of a research study because of his academic preparation and research abilities. The artistic skills and analytical abilities of a research critic are extremely important for a successful and useful research critique. A scholarly critic has developed the qualities of being objective and “nicely” judicious while offering penetrating and critical comments about the study. His critical analysis includes both strengths and limitations of the research study which should be viewed by the researcher as constructive suggestions to help him move toward excellence in his research work. Being a skillful and effective research critic requires a conscious working at the task and generally over a period of time. Seldom does one find a born research critic. Thus many research critics feel they are generally in the process of learning to become a good critic.Some of the anticipated behavior responses of the researcher and critic were identified. Regardless of the artistic competence of a research critic, both researcher and the critic experience some initial anxieties; however, the researcher may manifest considerable initial fear because of his position in relation to the critic. Empathy for the researcher is an important attribute of the critic. A successful and effective research critique usually reflects the artistic and talented skills of a critic whose academic preparation and personal attributes have been nicely blended together.In sum, it is the writer's belief that a research critique is anextremely valuableandnecessary meansto help any researcher develop competence in research as well as for the advancement of a profession. A research critique can be of considerable help in the explication and refinement of research theories and methods. Most important, research critiques can provide a healthy ongoing interchange and debate on research matters which are important to the profession or to an individual. It seems safe to predict that the ultimate consequences from the regular use of research critiques will be the full professional development of potential researchers and the steady advancement of a discipline or profession which is deeply interested in understanding human behavior.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1968

数据来源: OVID