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Adults With Congenital Heart Disease And Family Planning Decisions
(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 ...
PREDICTORS OF PERSISTENCE IN ONLINE GRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS
(2015-12-02)
Persistence is an important measure of success for individual students and institutions of higher learning. The purpose of this study was to explore personal and academic factors that influence persistence in online graduate ...
Academic Factors That Contribute To Pre-licensure Nursing Student Persistence
(Nursing, 2014-07-14)
The need for registered nurses is expected to grow exponentially in the next decade. As nurses retire and more Americans access the healthcare system, more than 400,000 nurses will be needed nationally (Auerbach, Buerhaus, ...
The role of platelets in the successful closure of the ductus arteriosus in premature infants after indomethacin treatment
(2015-12-07)
Premature birth (birth before 37 weeks gestation) remain a global problem with negative consequences profundly affecting the infants, their families, and society. Persistent patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a significant ...
An Exploratory Descriptive Study On Task Shifting
(Nursing, 2014-07-14)
Task shifting is an approach to meeting population health needs in developing countries that is encouraged by the WHO and increasingly embraced by Ministries of Health. Task shifting has been implemented formally and ...
Fathers' Experience With Autism Spectrum Disorder
(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 ...
Self-efficacy Of Caregiving And Caregiver Stress In Adult Informal Caregivers Of Individuals At The End-of-life
(Nursing, 2014-12)
Researchers have established an association between the stressors of providing informal care and physiological and psychological health risks (Applebaum & Breitbart, 2013; Au et al., 2010; Bainbridge, Krueger, Lohfeld, & ...
Triglyceride/high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio As A Screening Tool For Insulin Resistance In U.S. Adolescents, 12-19 Years Of Age
(Nursing, 2014-12)
Background: Insulin resistance appears to be a metabolic process that occurs prior to the onset of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. A screening tool for insulin resistance may help clinicians determine which ...
Assessment Of The Accuracy Of The Diagnosis For Heart Failure In A Large Metropolitan Health Care System
(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 ...
Sleep Quality, Pain and Self-Efficacy among Community-Dwelling Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
(2015-07)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper was to report the findings of a study examining
relationships among sleep, pain, self-efficacy, and
demographic attributes of community-dwelling ...