This study project was designed to determine the effects of functional hand splinting on the hemiparetic affected upper extremity of adult subjects. Accordingly, a battery of tests, performed with and without bracing, was used to evaluate the function of the affected extremity. The unaffected extremity served as a control during...
The problem studied for this thesis was: what are selected patients' opinions of selected concepts of interpersonal skills of the public health nurse. Rapport, acceptance, and support were three key concepts chosen for study. The method used was a descriptive survey. A Likert-type questionnaire was composed from the meanings of...
This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of parental learning which took place in the emergency room following accidental poisonings of young children. The specific aims of the study were to ascertain: (1) the impact, in terms of self-description of emotions felt, made upon the parent in the situation,...
Patients with multiple myeloma, Hodgkin's disease and other lymphomas have gamma globulin peaks in their serum electrophoretic pattern much above normal; usually, they also have histories of repeated infections, as well as poor antibody response to specific antigens. High serum gamma globulin levels have been noted by some investigators in...
In order to reduce the time required for rehabilitation of the injured, there is a need to explore the possibilities of a method of reducing strength loss during immobilization of an extremity. A test of the conventional "quad-setting" exercises was inconclusive because the series could not be completed; however, there...
The problem of this study was to identify the functions of the clinical specialist in psychiatric nursing, operating as a nurse therapist, in caring for the recently discharged mentally ill patient in the home. In order to identify the functions of the clinical specialist it was necessary to analyze what...
As collegiate nursing students came to hospitals for learning experiences, it was foreseeable that a conflict of opinions might arise between nursing students and staff nurses as they interacted. The problem was to collect opinions regarding traits common to a selected group of nursing students and staff nurses and to...
It was the purpose of this study to examine the opinions of mothers concerning services offered in the nursing conference for well child supervision in three areas: direct child care, emotional support, and anticipatory guidance for mothers. A semantic word differential type of questionnaire was used to measure the mothers’...
This study was done to evaluate the potentials of the utilization of glycerol for intravenous alimentation. A solution of twenty per cent glycerol in Ringer's lactate with Sorensen's phosphate buffer was administered to New Zealand White rabbits and adult mongrel dogs. Three rabbits received thirty consecutive daily glycerol infusions. Daily...
The problem, of this thesis was to identify psychiatric patients' understanding of why nurses contact them even though no specific nursing function prompted the contact. The purposes of this study were to examine non-specific nurse-patient contacts in a psychiatric hospital, to identify if nurses indicate to patients why contacts were...