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A Descriptive Correlational Study of the Decision-Making Patterns of Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care
… repeatedly articulated, has not been met. The descriptive correlational study sampled 208 nurse practitioners from a four-county region in the southwestern part of the country. Descriptive data relating to the demographics, education, work status, employment setting and perceived disciplinary …
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A Descriptive Correlational Study of Relationship Between Adult Postoperative Patient's Pain Ratings and Nurse's Ratings of Patient's Pain
The objectives of this study were to (a) determine the patient's rating of their pain, (b) find out the patient's expectation of the nurse's rating of their pain, (c) determine the nurse's rating of the patient's pain and (d) specify when the last communication regarding pain occurred between the …
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A descriptive, correlational study of medication administration timing error prevalence in acute care, underreporting among acute care nurses, and the correlation to patient safety culture
… by high reliability organization theory, this study aimed to describe individual and unit prevalence of time-critical and non-time-critical medication administration timing error and its underreporting as reported by acute care registered nurses and identify the correlation to patient safety …
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A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study of orientation delivery method and orientation length and perceived confidence in skill acquisition with clinical adjunct faculty in nursing education
… Grounded in Meleis’ Transitions Theory, this study examined whether orientation format (delivery method and length), years of teaching experience, and participation in mentoring programs predict confidence in skill acquisition among clinical adjunct faculty in prelicensure baccalaureate …
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A Descriptive Correlational Study of Rate and Determinants of Parental mHealth Adherence to Symptom Home Monitoring for Infants with Congenital Heart Disease during the Single Ventricle Interstage Period: The DOMAIN Study
… framework was used with a retrospective, descriptive, correlational research design. De-identified data from 312 infants treated at nine pediatric hospitals between March 2014-September 2019 were included from the Cardiac High Acuity Monitoring Program multi-site registry. This registry …
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Determining agriculture students' motivations for choosing a college
This is a descriptive-correlational study of the motivations in the college choice process of high school juniors and seniors enrolled in agriculture classes at three central Illinois schools. A total of 78 students were given surveys out of a total sample size of 81 potential participants. The …
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Perceived learning needs for rehabilitation following spinal cord injury
The descriptive correlational study was designed to investigate whether there was a difference in spinal cord injured patients’ perceptions of their own learning needs in rehabilitation and rehabilitation nurses’ perceptions of the SCI patients’ learning needs. The study was a replication of …
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A study of the relationship between intuition and perception
A descriptive correlational study was conducted to determine if a significant relationship existed between the perception of the patterns and relationships in a complex nursing situation presented on video-tape and the intuition score on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The sample consisted of 30 …
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Assessment of predictors of health behaviors of elders in frontier Nevada
The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to investigate health-promoting lifestyle practices and correlate these to self identified factors that may limit health promotion activity of frontier rural elders living in Nevada. Pender's Health Promotion Model provided the theoretical …
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The Association Between Nurses' Perceptions and the Use of Physical Restraints in the Psychiatric Setting
… to control that behavior. The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to explore the association between a nurse's perception of patient behavior and the decision to utilize physical restraint in the psychiatric setting. Data was obtained from acute care hospitals with mental …
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Critical care nurses' attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates
This descriptive correlational study was designed to determine if there was a relationship between critical care nurses attitudes about patient autonomy and their willingness to act as patient advocates. The researcher developed a questionnaire for data collection. The convenience sample was …
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The Relationship of Social Support, Help-seeking Behaviors, and Hardiness to Academic Performance in RN Upward Mobility Students
<p>This descriptive correlational study was designed to determine the relationship between demographic characteristics, social support, hardiness, help-seeking behavior, and academic performance of RN Upward Mobility student. The setting for the study was a large, multi-campus nursing program …
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NURSES' KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE WITH INTRODUCTION OF AN IN-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN AN ACUTE GERIATRIC SETTING
THIS STUDY AIMED TO EXAMINE THE NURSES? KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT USE AMONG THE ELDERLY, AND TO DEVELOP AND TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF AN IN-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON RESTRAINT USE. A TWO PHASES STUDY WAS CONDUCTED INCLUDING A CROSS-SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE …
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The Uncertainty and Psychological Health of Family Caregivers of Patients with Delirium in Intensive Care Units
… an integrative review, a concept analysis, and a descriptive correlational study. The integrative review project revealed the most common adverse psychological outcomes experienced by family caregivers of patients with ICU delirium, such as distress, anxiety, depression, uncertainty, and family …
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The relationship between the health-promoting practices of advanced practice nurses and their counseling of patients
… practices of APN's. The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to examine the relationships between selected variables, derived from Pender's revised Health Promotion Model (1996), and the degree to which they explain advanced practice nurses' current practice of …
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The Relationship between Learning Style Preference and Academic Achievement of Freshmen Associate Degree Nursing Students
This nonexperimental descriptive correlational study investigated the relationship between five learning style preferences fi-om Dunn's Learning Style Model and academic achievement of freshmen associate degree nursing students. Sixty seven female freshmen nursing students enrolled in a Midwest, …
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Personal Creativity and Caring in Professional Nursing Practice: A Correlational Study
… in nursing is lacking in research. This is a descriptive correlational study investigating the relationship between personal creativity and professional caring behaviors in nursing practice. Participants included 135 nurses of all degree levels, who completed two research instruments: the …
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A comparison of health-promoting practices of Nevada rural and urban nurses
The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to compare health-promoting lifestyle practices of rural and urban nurses in Nevada. Pender's Health Promotion Model provided the theoretical framework for this study. A total of 266 randomly sampled rural and urban nurses participated in …
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Early Identification of At-Risk LPN-to-RN Students
… Findings of this quantitative, non-experimental descriptive correlational study are presented to determine the effectiveness of standardized testing from Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) as it relates to identifying at-risk LPN-RN students enrolled in two mid-western private colleges and …
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Knowledge and behaviours of Indo-Canadians about cardiovascular disease risk factors and prevention
… risks among members of this community. This study describes Indo-Canadians' existing level of knowledge about cardiovascular disease risk factors. It further explores the relationship between the knowledge and their risk reducing behaviours. A descriptive correlational study design was used, …
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