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Hospital discharge destination decisions : exploring congruence in frail elders, their family members, and health care teams' decisions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
congruence with discharge destination decisions (a) in those triads that demonstrated ongoing communication with one another, (b) in which there was not a perceived safety issue for the older adult, (c) when post hospital care was not medically complex...
Symptoms, walking behaviors, and mobility of Thai patients after colorectal cancer surgery
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
.5 year old, cognitively intact, male with a 4th grade education, good mobility and independent activities of daily living before surgery. Pain (7.94[plus or minus]1.70), wellbeing (6.18[plus or minus]3.47), fatigue (4.82[plus or minus]3.97), drowsiness (4...
Dance-based therapy to decrease fall risk in older persons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
in Columbia, Missouri. Inclusion criteria were: 1) Mini-Mental State Exam of 23 or above, 2) able to stand with or without assistance. Using a Randomization Complete Block Design, the subjects were placed in the treatment group, to participant in 18 dance...
Stepping up, stepping back, being pushed, and stepping away : the process of making treatment decisions for children with cancer by parents who no longer live together
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this study was to describe the process of treatment decision making for parents of children with cancer who no longer lived together. Fifteen biological parents and stepparents of eight children with cancer who had made a major...
Does geography matter? comparing maternal stressors to birth outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
months before delivery of their infant. A mean stress score for each participant was created, which was an average of the 13 stressors experienced. The 13 stressors were also grouped into four different domains: Community, Family/Relationshipd Health...
"It's all country boys" : rural young male perceptions of risk and protective factors for dating violence and technology-based interventions as an acceptable response
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
perceptions among rural young males (ages 15-24). Our interpretive analysis identified two main themes of risk and protection dialectics: (1) Dialectics of Social Tensions and (2) Dialectics of Help-Seeking & Help-Giving. Within each main theme, constitutive...
Hospital nurse managers' perceived use of dashboards for quality and performance improvement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
for unit quality and performance improvement focused on improving patient outcomes. Eleven hospital nurse managers (9 females and 2 males with managerial experience ranging from less than 1 year to over 15 years) were interviewed from one health system...
Exploring novice RN's perception of ACLS simulation : recognition and prevention of failure to rescue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
completed a GSE survey before receiving ACLS simulation training and again within 2-3 months after the training was completed. Results of the GSE test-retest ([alpha][greater than] .05, t = 3.229, p = .006), were statistically significant. Participants were...