ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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The diarrhea sometimes associated with nasogastric tube feeding has been attributed to the cool temperature of the formula. To test the effect of temperature variations of liquid feedings on gastric motility, a strain gauge and feeding tube were surgically implanted in the stomachs of rhesus monkeys. With the monkeys awake and restrained, the investigators infused constant volume of water and liquid diet formula at varying temperatures and recorded gastric motility. The temperature of the liquid did not significantly alter gastric motility or gastric emptying, suggesting that the temperature of administration of the tube feeding is not a cause of diarrhea.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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Eleven female undergraduate nursing students and 12 male undergraduates from a private southern university responded to a 163-item questionnaire, the Human Sexuality Knowledge and Attitude inventory, prior to and immediately following a formal course in human sexuality. The results of a pilot test indicated that improvement in respondents' total knowledge score (TOTSC) was correlated with completion of the course. No correlation existed between liberalization of attitudes toward sexuality and completion of the course. Demographic variables of age, sex, perception of self as “somewhat” or “slightly religious” and “somewhat liberal politically,” and residence in small cities in the New England/Middle Atlantic area were significantly correlated with improvement of TOTSC. Demographic variables did not appear to affect liberalization of attitudes. The investigators concluded that the course is an effective model for assisting students to accumulate a knowledge base about sexuality. Although attitudinal change was not an immediate outcome of the course, perhaps this variable will change on a long-term basis.

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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To test a methodology that used role-playing responses by nurses to simulated patient disclosures, a three-part investigation was carried out at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Four simulated patients—with diagnoses of diabetes mellitus, alcoholism with bleeding ulcer, ulcerative colitis, and cancer of the large intestine—tape recorded 20-to 30-second segments on 12 topics pertaining to their illness. Six topics dealt with the patients' physical problems; six with psychological aspects of the problems. In the tests for nurses' willingness both to listen and to pass along information to the next nurse, the 48 tape-recorded segments of patient information were played for 16 volunteer nurses in a laboratory set up for the purpose. Although the nurses had an option of listening or preparing a medication, they were expected to listen to at least 16 of the 48 segments. Following this, they were asked to tape record a report on the patient for the nurse who would follow them. The nurses, on average, listened to 29 of the 48 segments. The diabetic patient was listened to least; the cancer and the colitis patients each received a similar amount of attention. The nurses gave substantial amounts of information as well as interpretive data about the patients so that the methodology seemed to prove that nurses could become sufficiently involved in a simulated patient setting.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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The Tuckman-Large Attitude questionnaire, which measures stereotypes and misconceptions about the aged, was administered to 311 baccalaureate nursing students who were also asked to indicate their relative preferences for various fields of specialization within nursing and their preferences for working with child, adult, and elderly patients. The study was designed to examine factors—a two-semester course in human development and aging, visits with a physically “well” older person living in the community, attitudes toward the aged, and several biographic factors—associated with increased interest in working with elderly patients. Findings included: Students showed minimal interest in working in nursing homes; they preferred to work with child and adult patients. The more stereotyped their thinking about the aged, the greater their interest in working with elderly patients. Students who previously worked in a nursing home or convalescent hospital showed greater willingness to work with elderly patients. The authors suggest that schools of nursing include gerontology in their curriculums and that nursing students be provided with clinical experience in institutions for the aged to acquaint them with, and to encourage interest in, this increasingly important field of specialization.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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To ascertain the extent and degree of skill with which nurses have carried out processes judged to represent good nursing care, two alternate approaches were tested to organize the delivery of nursing care to children: Nurses on an experimental unit were trained to use primary care, that is, assignment of six to eight patients to one nurse who was responsible for the planning, implementation, evaluation, and coordination of the nursing care until the patient's discharge. On a control unit, nurses participated in delivery of group care, so that the care of each patient was assigned to various nurses. Performance of the nursing care was measured by the Slater Nursing Competentices scale, the Quality Patient Care scale, and the Phaneuf Nursing Audit. Mean scores on the three instruments were found to be higher on the experimental unit.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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Families of 16 psychiatric patients were interviewed immediately prior to discharge regarding the impending discharge of their relative, events prior to admission, and the families' impression of the hospitalization. Despite wide variation in sample families' descriptors and differences in exposure to the treatment settings, there was a marked uniformity in responses. The families were not prepared for the discharge of their relative. In spite of their experiences and exposure to treatment, families continued to demonstrate tremendous uncertainty and lack of direction about the future with the patient. Families did not view the patient as ready to be discharged. They had not experienced an opportunity to express their views or participate in decision making. They did not consider the staff as a resource for themselves.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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A six-week psychiatric nursing training program for professional nurses (N = 15) and nurses' aides (N = 14) in a state general hospital setting resulted in significant improvement in both training groups on psychiatric nursing knowledge. No statistically significant change in mental health attitudes was found on the Opinions about Mental Illness (OMI) scale in the nurse group but a significant reduction in social restrictiveness was revealed in the nurses' aide group. No significant change in knowledge or attitudes was found in a matched control group of nurses' aides (N = 14).

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID

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A comprehensive battery of tests designed primarily to measure nonintellective characteristics was administered to 112 students two years, analyses of the entrance data revealed significant differences between the 73 graduates (those who completed the program on schedule) and the 32 nongraduates (those who dropped out of the program for various reasons). Seven students who remained in the programs but who had not completed the requirements were not included in the analyses. The data indicated that at the time of entry into their programs, those students who later completed the program on schedule were more mature—older and married, more achievement oriented, responsible, and self-controlled than dropouts. Successful students also manifested more accepting and nonjudgmental attitudes toward other people.

ISSN:0029-6562    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1975

数据来源: OVID