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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"descriptive review"”.
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Exploratory Descriptive Review Of Certified Nurse-Midwifery Outcomes Related To Scope Of Practice Legislation
… Following a literature search, a retrospective descriptive review of “before and after” perinatal outcomes following midwifery care in three states was conducted. Three years of data from the period when the state had some form of supervisory regulation was compared to 3 years of data after the …
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A Descriptive Review and Analysis of the Creation and Development of an Advisory Program in an Inner-City Middle School
… was collected in multiple manners. A complete review of school documents concerning the advisory program was performed, and over 50 percent of the faculty were interviewed through individual and team interviews. The findings of this study include various elements concerning the development and …
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Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa - a five-and half-year descriptive review
Background: Acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN), although not a common cause of progressive kidney failure, is an important cause of paediatric hospital admission, parental worry, and acute kidney injury (AKI). In well-resourced settings, there has been a decline over the last three …
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Twelve Month outcome analysis of a South African Intensive Care Unit.
… rates. Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive review of adult patients (>18 years old) from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Data were collected on age, sex, primary admission diagnosis, length of stay and mortality. Results: A total of 338 patients were included; 61.2% (n=207) …
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Professional development through the study of children's interests: the use of collaborative inquiry and documentation protocol among early childhood teachers
… approach towards studying children’s interests, descriptive review and the documentation practices of the Reggio Emilia preschools. Both of these approaches employ educational inquiry methodologies that involve studying children’s learning capabilities, growth, and interests. Self-study and …
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Education and Socio-Economic Wellbeing in Racially Diverse Rural Counties: The Contribution of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
… The first of the two papers provides a descriptive review of the racially diverse rural counties (RDRCs) which are located exclusively in the rural south and generally have very low levels of economic well-being. On a positive note, college education levels in RDRCs are found to have …
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Knowledge, inquiry, action: Teacher collaboration at Prospect Center's Summer Institute
… who attend the Summer Institute on Descriptive Inquiry and November Conference under the auspices of The Prospect Archive and Center for Education and Research in North Bennington, Vermont. The purpose of this study is to portray the experience of collaborative inquiry using Prospect …
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A retrospective descriptive analysis of fatal ground level falls and falls from a height: A 5-year review
… January 2014 - 31 December 2018) retrospective descriptive review of fatal fall cases investigated at Salt River mortuary was conducted. The prevalence and patterns of injuries were assessed with regard to fall height, impacting surface and victim demographics. There were 360 fall related …
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A Retrospective analysis of Spondyloarthropathies at the Rheumatic Diseases Unit, University of Cape Town, over the period 1988-1994
… DESIGN: The study comprised a retrospective descriptive review of all new cases of spondyloarthropathy seen at the RDU, UCT Medical School, from 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1994, who were consecutively identified from an analysis of the clinical records. The RDU (UCT) is one of two …
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Patient empowerment during the transition to adulthood in young persons with chronic conditions
… the transition to adulthood. Study I was a descriptive review that aimed to inventory the definitions and measurements of patient empowerment, appraise the conceptual and methodological rigor of published studies and to identify correlates of patient empowerment in persons with CCs. Study II …
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Burn injuries in Zimbabwe: development of guidelines for physiotherapy rehabilitation of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations
… was established through a retrospective record review (descriptive review) to characterise patients admitted with burns to the two central hospitals in Harare over fifteen months. The sample consisted of 926 admission records and 435 full patient folders were retrieved and analysed. …
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Burn injuries in Zimbabwe: development of guidelines for physiotherapy rehabilitation of musculoskeletal impairments and functional limitations
… was established through a retrospective record review (descriptive review) to characterise patients admitted with burns to the two central hospitals in Harare over fifteen months. The sample consisted of 926 admission records and 435 full patient folders were retrieved and analysed. …
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The gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on local labour markets in post-apartheid South Africa
… and initial share of White female workers. This descriptive review and data analysis demonstrates the importance of industry composition in driving regional patterns of employment growth and reveals how these changes are associated with the gender and racial composition of workers in the region. …