Browsing College of Nursing and Health Innovation: Department of Nursing by Author "Barnes, Donelle M."
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Adults With Congenital Heart Disease And Family Planning Decisions
Osteen, Kathryn A. (Nursing, 2014-12)Adults with CHD are living longer into adulthood than ever before, which increases the possibility of childbearing. Researchers have focused on the physiology and risks associated with contraception and pregnancy, but miss ... -
Assessment Of The Accuracy Of The Diagnosis For Heart Failure In A Large Metropolitan Health Care System
Carey, Sandra Anne (Nursing, 2014-12)Purpose: There has been no significant improvement in heart failure (HF) readmissions regionally or nationally in the United States over the past decade. Additionally, there is no consensus nationally on defining the complex ... -
Ethnography Of Chronic Pain Experiences Of Enlisted Women
Denke, Linda M. (Nursing, 2010-11-01)The American Pain Foundation reported in 2006 that 32% of military men and women with chronic pain reported that military culture is a barrier to pain care and receiving pain care jeopardized their career. Pain management ... -
Fathers' Experience With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Frye, Linda Sue (Nursing, 2014-12)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder that causes very mild to severe impairments in communication skills, social interactions, and unusual behaviors that interfere with the children's ... -
Hypertension Self-Management Intervention: Text Messages to Improve Blood Pressure and Medication Adherence Among African American Older Adults
Roberts, Elesha R. (2019-12-02)The most widely used form of mobile health technology has been text messaging. Because of the wide use, acceptability, and cost effectiveness of text messaging it may be a useful tool to develop hypertension self-management ... -
The Meaning Of Adherence Among Veterans Receiving Pegylated Interferon And Ribavirin Antiviral Treatment For Chronic Hepatitis C
Phillips, Frances Hinshaw (Nursing, 2012-04-11)The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of adherence and adherence experiences in hepatitis C (HCV) infected Veterans receiving pegylated interferon and ribavirin antiviral treatment. In addition, how these ... -
Mentoring Nurse Practitioners In A Hospital Setting
Pop, Rodica S. (Nursing, 2012-04-11)In 2009, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners report identified more than 125, 000 Nurse Practitioners (NP) working in the United States. As the number of NPs increases and their role expands, questions about their ... -
Predicting Academic Success of MSN Students
Koomey, Cynthia L.; 0000-0003-4859-5229 (2018-12-05)Background: There is a great demand for nurses with advanced educational preparation in today’s healthcare environment (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2017a). Enrollment and retention of MSN students ... -
Smoking Perceptions Among Adult Cameroonian Men Who Smoke Cigarettes
Ngyia, Elvis N.; 0000-0003-1339-059X (2016-05-25)Background: Over five million people die annually from smoking related illnesses. As more people consider quitting smoking in industrialized nations, the rate of smoking has been rising in African countries, also referred ... -
The Lived Experiences of Breathlessness In Adults With Chronic Heart Failure
Lijauco, Cecilia Cipriano; 0000-0003-3809-4391 (2020-05-22)Heart failure (HF) is a significant disease condition affecting 6.5 million Americans. Breathlessness is the hallmark symptom of HF impacting affected individual’s functional capacity and quality of life. It is a subjective ... -
Voices of Adults Living with Sickle Cell Disease Pain
Adegbola, Maxine A.; Barnes, Donelle M.; Opollo, Jackline Gloria; Herr, Keela; Gray, Jennifer R.; McCarthy, Ann Marie (National Black Nurses Association, 2012-12)The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the lived experiences of adults with sickle cell disease-related pain. Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, a purposive sample of 13 African-American ...