Browsing Nursing Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Kangaroo Care: The Low-Tech Phenomenon Saving Mothers and Babies Alike
(2007-04-01)Approximately 15.2% of all births in the United States end in low birth weight infants (less than 2,500 grams) resulting from prematurity (UVa Health.com, 2006). Nearly all of these babies will be sent to a Neonatal Intensive ... -
Knowledge Assessment of Anorexia Nervosa in Undergraduate Students
(2012-04-01)In the United States alone there are approximately ten million females and as many as one million males who are living with an eating disorder (National Eating Disorders Association, 2005). A 2007 study reported that 2.2% ... -
Labor Induction: A Grounded Theory Study
(2011-04-01)Background: Since 1990, the rates of labor induction in the United States have doubled. In 2006, 22.5% of births (1 in every 5) were induced. The rates of cesarean deliveries have simultaneously risen, reaching an all-time ... -
Living and Recovering from a Heart Attack in Montana: A Phenomenological Study
(2008-04-01)Myocardial infarction or heart attack claimed 221,000 lives in the United States annually. The purpose of this thesis is to gain a better understanding of the true meaning of living and recovering from a myocardial infarction. ... -
Living with Anorexia: A Case Report
(2007-04-01)Eating disorders have recently become one of the most prevalent diseases affecting adolescent girls. The National Eating Disorder Association estimates that 10 million females in the United States have an eating disorder; ... -
Living With Multiple Sclerosis: Effects on Activities of Daily Living
(2009-04-01)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and incurable autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. It is one of the leading causes of neurodegenerative disability in persons 20 to 40 years of age. The purpose ... -
Living with Pediatric Chest Wall Deformities
(2010-04-01)The most prevalent congenital chest wall abnormality in children, pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum, effects a child growing up in an appearance focused society. This thesis explored living with a pediatric pectus ... -
Nurses’ Commitment and Motivation to Improved Personal Health: The Role of Hospital Administration
(2014-04-01)Two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight, 34% are obese. Obesity leads to increased morbidity and mortality, while decreasing the quality of life of individuals and adding enormous fiscal burdens to an ... -
Nursing in Montana: Institutional and Organizational Changes, 1961 - 1976
(1978-04-01)The nineteen hundreds saw American institutions as custodial centers whose goals were to keep the patient safe, guard him, and manage him as he was incapable of managing himself. The early institutions stripped the client ... -
Nursing Informatics: A Challenge for Change
(1996-04-01)Although information systems were introduced into the health care setting over thirty years ago, their full potential remains consistently under-realized by nurses (Bongartz, 1988) . Kurt Lewin's Change Theory provides the ... -
Nursing Interventions Utilized by Parish Nurses in Swaziland
(2008-04-01)The area and culture most affected by AIDS is in sub-Saharan Africa, where 74 percent of the total number of people infected resides. In January 2005 data was collected through the nursing intervention classification (NIC) ... -
Nursing's Role in the Identification and Treatment of Bulimia
(1997-04-01)A review of the epidemiology, etiology, treatment and prevention of bulimia, a review of nursing process as it relates to bulimia, and the identification of a screening tool to assess bulimia is important to identify and ... -
Nutrición Para La Vida
(2012-04-01)The purpose of this research study was to explore the challenges faced by nurses working to enhance the nutritional status of Latin American immigrants working in Montana and Idaho. Classic grounded theory with constant ... -
Our Soil, OurSelves: Ecotherapy for the Nurse, Patient, and Planet
(2003-04-01)The nursing profession is concerned with the health and well-being of individuals and their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs. Each need, or dimension, must be explored in isolation, as well as in relation ... -
Parents’ Lived Experience with a Child Who Has Asthma
(2008)In the past year, more than four million parents brought their children to the hospital with asthma symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Purpose: To increase knowledge and understanding of ... -
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(2008-04-01)Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects between 3.5 and 5 million women of reproductive age in the United States (Barron, 2004). It is characterized by hyperandrogenism and menstrual ... -
Postoperative Pain: Senior Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Related to Postoperative Pain
(2009-04-01)Presently, postoperative pain remains inadequately assessed and poorly managed both of which can have a profound impact on the individual's physiological and psychological state, possibly resulting in severe complications ... -
Postpartum Depression: Prompt Detection and Treatment Prevents Life-Threatening Consequences
(2004-04-01)Postpartum depression (PPD) is a dynamic mental disorder that is found in many new mothers. Although postpartum depression is a common disease with many severe symptoms, its diagnosis is often missed. The purpose of this ... -
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
(2010-04-01)Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is often misunderstood with many stigmas associated with the illness itself. Healthcare providers are undereducated on posttraumatic stress disorder, resulting in less than optimal care, and ... -
Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A Study to Measure the Effects of Education on the Pressure Ulcer Knowledge of Certified Nursing Assistants and Personal Care Assistants
(2017-05-13)Background Pressure ulcers, also known as “decubitus ulcers”, “pressure injuries” or more commonly “bed sores” occur when a patient is sitting or lying on a pressure point for an extended period of time, resulting in skin ...