The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate quantity and quality of in-service education programs for Air Force nurses; (2) to analyze whether major areas of similarity and of difference existed in current programs; and (3) to offer recommendations based on this study, and within the context of Air...
The problem of this study was to determine the adolescent psychiatric patients' perceptions of the nurse's role in their care. The purposes of this study were to arrive at conclusions which might be beneficial in; (1) setting up in-service education units for professional and non-professional personnel; (2) setting up a...
The purpose of this thesis was to observe, time, and compare direct nursing care given to primiparous patients in the labor rooms when the fathers were present or absent, to determine if the father's presence had any significant effect upon the amount of direct nursing care given. An observation guide...
This study was done to determine -which drugs were most frequently ordered on the medical-surgical services of a selected hospital and to classify these drugs according to their predominate physiological action. The normative survey method with classification as the technique was used in the study. The data were obtained from...
The problem was to study the opinions of instructors in the home schools of nursing and the affiliate school of nursing concerning selected aspects of the orientation of basic students to the psychiatric affiliation. The purposes of the study were: to ascertain whether the instructors felt the orientation to the...
This study was conducted to ascertain the planning between nursing service and nursing education to facilitate operations in two collegiate nursing programs, to determine current practices to achieve an understanding of the objectives of education, and to seek evidences of working relationships. The need for planning has resulted from the...
The problem of this study was to determine if the verbal nursing report provided information necessary to ensure continuity of nursing care. The purposes of the study were (1) to determine through observation the information included in the nursing report; (2) to analyze the data to determine if the information...
The purposes of this study were: (1) to examine maternal behavior of the lower socio-economic groups in relation to infant-feeding practices through two well-established cultural groups of North America, that of the Anglo and Spanish people; (2) to determine where there were differences in feeding practices between two cultural groups...
The problem was to study the methods used by a selected group of directors of nursing service when planning rotation and assignments for their staff nurse group. The data were gathered by means of a questionnaire, so constructed that it was possible to (l) identify present day methods of rotation...
General hospital care for the mentally ill is increasing. In this study, a community hospital that has recently established an open psychiatric unit was investigated on the dimension of informal organization among nurse administrators: director of nursing service, supervisors, head nurses, and charge nurses. Attitudes toward mental illness and the...