{"title":"Evaluating therapeutic change in symptom severity at the level of the individual woman experiencing severe PMS.","authors":"D L Taylor","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00290.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00290.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Treatment effectiveness of an intervention designed for women experiencing severe Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) was assessed at the level of the individual woman since patterns of individual response are of most relevance to practitioners. Symptom severity was evaluated daily in five women across seven menstrual cycles using a time-series methodology. Three symptom severity patterns emerged from the baseline data analysis: a \"classic\" PMS pattern, a premenstrual magnification pattern and a social week pattern. Patterns of therapeutic response emerged from the time-series analysis of post-treatment data compared with baseline symptom severity patterns: a \"normalized\" response pattern where symptom severity declined to a mild, cyclic process and an \"unstable\" response pattern that remained reactive. Treatment effects for menstrual cycle phenomena may be evaluated using the \"normalizing\" or \"unstable\" patterns as clinical indicators.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"25-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00290.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying types of attending: patterns of nurses' work.","authors":"J L Bottorff, J M Morse","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00294.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00294.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Verbal and nonverbal behaviors of nurses during interactions with cancer patients were examined by analyzing videotapes of caregiving. Using techniques of qualitative ethology, four types of attending were identified: doing more, doing with, doing for, and doing tasks. The findings provide support for an alternative method of classifying nurse-patient interactions that captures patterns of caring.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"53-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00294.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributing factors to fear of HIV contagion in registered nurses.","authors":"J B Meisenhelder","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00296.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00296.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study tested the relationships of homophobia, fear of the unknown, fear of death, and fear of punishment as predictors of fear of HIV contagion. Knowledge of transmission and emotional involvement with a person at risk for HIV were hypothesized as decreasing fear among 114 randomly-selected RNs. Results supported significant relationships for all predictors except fear of death. Homophobia, lack of knowledge, lack of emotional involvement, and fear of the unknown predicted 57 percent of the variance in fear of contagion.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"65-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00296.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributions of graduate students to the creation and dissemination of nursing knowledge.","authors":"L F Oddi, G G Whitley, B J Pool","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00287.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00287.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which graduate students' research and scholarly activities, as evidenced by publication, contribute to the creation and dissemination of knowledge in nursing. Authors of articles published in IMAGE: Journal of Nursing Scholarship were surveyed to assess their status as graduate students during the conceptualization, development and publication of research or scholarly papers. The sample consisted of 332 authors of manuscripts published in IMAGE from 1986 through 1990. The study design was descriptive. A survey questionnaire elicited data on graduate student status and factors that influenced the initiation and completion of the published work. Descriptive statistical techniques were employed to analyze the data. The results of this study suggest that graduate education in nursing makes an important contribution to the advancement and dissemination of nursing knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00287.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A model for symptom management. The University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing Symptom Management Faculty Group.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Symptom management is a challenging experience for patients, families and health care professionals. A model for symptom management applicable to symptoms and patient populations in a variety of settings was developed by the Center for Symptom Management faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. The model, focusing on symptom experience, management strategies, and outcomes, was derived from faculty research and practice. The model is applicable to practice and research, and is currently being used in a variety of studies and settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 4","pages":"272-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18827809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multicultural students' perceptions of nursing as a career.","authors":"H Reiskin, S C Haussler","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00295.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00295.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Junior year students (= 276) at a culturally diverse, urban high school were surveyed to examine how their perceptions of nursing compared with their perceptions of an ideal career. Findings indicate that significant differences exist among cultural and racial groups and between genders. Recommendations are made to increase recruitment of multicultural students into nursing.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"61-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00295.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letting go.","authors":"M F Bibby-Trembath","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 2","pages":"165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19056708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turn-of-the-century nursing perspectives on venereal disease.","authors":"E Temkin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the early 1900s, nurses, feminists, and social reformers focused on venereal disease as a symbol of women's powerlessness. Authors in popular literature and nursing journals debated the ethics of the \"medical secret,\" whereby physicians collaborated with their male patients to keep wives uninformed of the risk of infection. The nurses Lavinia Dock and Emma Goldman used the topic of venereal disease as a springboard to discuss their contrasting feminist ideologies. Their writings provide a context for current debates about sexual partner notification for HIV and nurses' role in political activism.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 3","pages":"207-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18983887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An assessment of Arab American knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about AIDS.","authors":"A Kulwicki, P S Cass","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00288.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00288.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An important component of an effective AIDS prevention program is the dissemination of relevant information concerning AIDS risk behaviors. The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of 411 randomly selected Arab Americans. The results indicate a low level of self-assessed knowledge about AIDS, a high number of misconceptions about the transmission of HIV, and a high level of anxiety about HIV infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"13-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00288.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Older widows' experience of living alone at home.","authors":"E J Porter","doi":"10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00289.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00289.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older widows' experience of living alone is described in this research. Based on Husserl's (1913/1962) philosophy, a phenomenological method was used. Prior to data-gathering, knowledge pertaining to older widows' experience was bracketed. During semi-structured, tape-recorded conversations, seven older widows described how they lived at home alone. From data pertaining to their actions, intentions and perceptions, four phenomena of the lived experience were developed: (a) making aloneness acceptable; (b) going my own way; (c) reducing my risks; and (d) sustaining myself.</p>","PeriodicalId":77169,"journal":{"name":"Image--the journal of nursing scholarship","volume":"26 1","pages":"19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00289.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19190445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}