There are three avenues of education to prepare students for board
examination leading to licensure as a registered nurse: diploma certificate,
associate degree, and baccalaureate degree. The baccalaureate
nursing programs are challenged to prepare students for acute care nursing,
community health nursing and leadership in nursing. Baccalaureate
nursing educators believe...
The primary purpose of this research study was to determine whether
significant differences occurred in the amount of knowledge achieved as
a result of using Braille or compressed speech as learning modes.
Biographic/demographic characteristics such as present age, highest
educational level achieved, age at loss of vision, age at initial...
The two major purposes of this study were to gather data relative
to the knowledge and attitudes toward sexual expression among sixty-five
to seventy-four year olds and to determine whether or not significant
differences existed between the sexes. The study focused on six
research questions: These were:
1. Do older...
The primary purpose of this study was to identify the
competencies essential for effective performance as a rural
public health sanitarian in developing countries. The need
to identify rural sanitarian competencies in developing
countries is closely related to the World Health Organization's
goal of "Health for all by the year...
This study compared the perceptions of health education experts, principals and teachers regarding the ranking in order of importance of organizing school health programs within the elementary schools under the Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolis, Thailand. Of 604 subjects participating, 19 were health education experts from universities, Ministry of Public Health...
This research project historically reviews literature
relating to dental hygiene practice, more specifically
dental hygiene independent practice movements. From the
early days of dental hygiene to current legislative
actions, material applicable to dental hygienists
practicing independently is presented. Information
relating to the public's perception of this field, dental
hygiene's professional...
Purpose
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the effects
of self concept upon parent-adolescent communication patterns.
Parental self concepts and the self concepts of their adolescent along
with the adolescent's perceived quality of communication with their
parents were examined to determine if (1) the parents' self concepts...
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a
valid and reliable instrument to assess Oregon high school
students' nutrition information.
The following steps were taken in order to achieve this
purpose.
First, a review of the literature pertaining to high
school nutrition curriculum was conducted.
Second, numerous published tests...
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between stress, health, and health behaviors. The population for the study was made up of 231 full-time employees from Eastern Montana College. The subjects completed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), the Seriousness of Illness Scale (SIRS), the La Crosse...