Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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Multicenter Study
Vitamin A supplementation and health outcomes for children in Nepal.
To compare vitamin A supplementation status of children age 6-60 months to the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency disease, malnutrition, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infection. ⋯ Supplementation with vitamin A is necessary twice a year. Children who received a vitamin A capsule only one time were not as protected as were those children who received vitamin A as a regular twice yearly scheduled dose.
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To describe characteristics, attitudes, and communications of nurses regarding hospice and caring for terminally ill patients. ⋯ Nurses' discussion of hospice with terminally ill patients and their families are related to the potentially modifiable factors of self-rated knowledge and attitudes revealing comfort with discussion and perceived benefit of hospice care.
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To translate and validate the Life Support Preference Questionnaire (LSPQ) for use with Spanish-speaking adults, and to further validate the English version of the LSPQ. ⋯ Both the English and Spanish versions of the LSPQ have been validated for use in research and practice. Additional validation will be necessary in other samples.
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To compare patient, nurse, and physician assessments of quality of care and patient satisfaction in selected critical care units. ⋯ Patients, nurses, and physicians viewed quality of care and patient satisfaction differently. Nurses' and physicians' perspectives were more related to their views of the work environment than to organizational factors, patient characteristics, or commonly used outcome measures.
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To describe the sexual health practices of homeless adolescents, examine relationships among variables in a conceptual model of sexual health practices, and determine direct and indirect effects of population characteristics, cognitive-perceptual factors, and behavioral factors on sexual health practices among homeless adolescents. ⋯ As in other studies of homeless youth, respondents reported a high incidence of sexual abuse and homosexual and bisexual orientation. Their safe-sex behaviors were surprisingly similar to those of university students, were modestly related to cognitive-perceptual variables in the sexual health model, and might be amenable to brief culturally relevant interventions.