ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

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In a two-part series, a proposal is presented for implementation research which integrates practical, technical, and political judgment. This implementation research—or 8–4 research—is contrasted with pseudo-technical research. In Part I it is proposed that nursing research should be assessed in terms of payoff for nursing rather than promise for nursing, that 8–4 research is a suitable paradigm for all nursing research, and that nursing research is a suitable preoccupation for any and all nursing personnel. Part II (to appear in the May-June 1975 Nursing Research) develops eight points of encounter—as between 8–4 research and pseudotechnical research—pertinent to designing nursing research. A conception of design is proposed that displays an appropriate role for conation, drive, or intent in any designed research

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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This study investigated the extent to which one research finding, obtained through a series of investigations and reported widely in the nursing literature, was being utilized by nurse practitioners for the improvement of nursing practice. Based on the research findings of Nichols and colleagues on the oral mode of temperature determination, a questionnaire was constructed and administered to 87 registered nurses in the states of Massachusetts and New York. Only one response corresponded to the findings of Nichols and colleagues on how oral temperature is correctly determined. Contradictions between theory and practice, moreover, were cited.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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A theoretical proposition that changes in the organization and structure of auditory information result in changes in temporal experience was tested in this study. Changes were measured in the judgment of duration of a 40-second interval that occurred in three different patterns of auditory information among individuals confined to bed. The sample consisted of 90 men and 90 women aged 18 to 35 years who had no known physical or mental health problems. Subjects rested in bed in a comfortable room for two and one-half hours. Each subject received one of three forms of auditory information—called decoded, coded, and ambient auditory information. At four periods during the 150 minutes of auditory information (25 minutes, 75 minutes, 120 minutes, 150 minutes) the subject was directed by a lighted sign to produce a 40-second interval by depressing a button. The button was connected to a microtimer which timed the interval to the nearest tenth second. None of the three hypotheses-1) that time would seem to pass more slowly in the coded than in the decoded condition; 2) that time would pass more slowly in the decoded than ambient condition; and 3) that as the period of bedrest progressed differences in duration experience would occur among the three groups—was supported by the data. The produced interval for ambient auditory information was expected to be the longest of the three groups, but the opposite effect occurred; it was the shortest. The significant overestimation that occurred in the ambient condition relative to the decoded condition appeared to be related to the methodological imposition of vigilance, lack of structuring information, and the condition of waiting. The coded auditory input did not effect changes in duration relative to the decoded and ambient auditory information as subjects were able to reorder the coded information.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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The assumption that problem-oriented records help teach critical thinking was tested by comparing clinical recordings and case study data for a group of beginning nursing students who were taught problem-oriented charting with a group who were taught traditional charting. No differences were found between the groups in the mean number of patient problems identified from a case situation. However, in clinical charting, the problem-oriented group identified significantly more patient problems and had significantly higher quality-of-organization scores. Assuming the case situation and clinical situation were equivalent in presentation of identifiable problems, these findings suggested that the problem-oriented format was superior in allowing students to demonstrate their ability to identify and solve patient problems.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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A study was conducted to identify and compare the effect produced on oral mucosa by the application of oral hygiene by the use of either a toothette or a toothbrush at two-, three-, or four-hour intervals during an eight-hour period for ten days. The sample consisted of 48 geriatric patients randomly selected from an extended care facility. Two investigators were responsible for scoring nine dependent variables—salivation, tongue moisture, tongue color, moisture of palates, color of gingiva, condition of membranes, lip texture, lip moisture, and soft tooth debris-twice daily. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Results of the study indicated significant improvement in six dependent variables in the four-hour interval groups. In the two-hour interval groups, two dependent variables were improved significantly. The toothbrush was more effective in stimulating gingival tissue and removing soft tooth debris; the toothette was found to be more effective in producing improvement in other oral tissues.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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The perception of the amount of adjustment necessitated by the occurrence of common life events was assessed for 41 members of a senior citizens' club who ranged in age from 65 to 84. Significant agreement was found between the elderly subjects and the normative sample with regard to rank ordering of the life events. Markedly significant differences were found between the elderly and the normative sample in the magnitudes assigned to the life events, with the elderly group assigning the larger magnitude to most items.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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In an attempt to determine whether the spouse whose mate is terminally ill or had died can recognize his own needs and whether he, himself, perceives that he has been helped by nurses, 27 spouses were interviewed during the terminal illness of their mates. Subsequently, 18 mates died; 14 of the spouses were interviewed after the death event. Data were collected by means of tape-recorded semistructured interviews, with the exception of one written second interview. Eight needs of grieving spouses were noted. Twenty-five spouses identified all eight needs and the other two spouses identified five and seven needs, respectively. The fact that the needs were identified did not mean, however, that these needs had been met. Spouses believed nurses had been helpful to the dying mates. The spouses recognized that the nurses' primary responsibility was to the patients and felt that nurses were too busy to help the families. The death event did not alter the identified needs and concerns of the spouses. Eighty-seven percent of the needs identified in the second interview had been identified in the first interview.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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To investigate the effect of group therapy by nurses on chronic psychiatric patients, 100 chronic psychiatric patients between the ages of 30 and 59, hospitalized on two regressed, continued care wards and one community care preparation ward at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, were paired, using the variables of age, diagnosis, and number and duration of hospitalizations, and assigned to five control and five experimental groups (ten patients per group). Experimental subjects attended group therapy sessions, led by two nurses, twice a week; control subjects did not. All subjects were evaluated by two nursing assistants on the NOSIE-30 scale prior to group therapy, after ten sessions, and at the end of 20 sessions. Paired t-tests were computed on pre- and postdata for six factors. Data from an evaluation scale of the most regressed ward indicated leader-patient interaction. Sociogram evaluation revealed 79 percent positive interactions. Topics most frequently mentioned were nature in regard to delusional systems and interpersonal relations in the hospital and home. Findings supported the use of group therapy with chronic regressed psychiatric patients.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID