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1. For some, reminiscing is a beneficial coping strategy, helping to compensate for losses or self-care deficits they may be experiencing. 2. Implementation of this intervention in the cases presented here suggests that it is an effective way of promoting self-esteem and enhanced coping in some situations. 3. Nursing theories are potential frameworks for the use of reminiscence therapy as a nursing intervention or as a means of creating meaning with the person. 4. Future implications for practice lie in exploring the phenomenon of reminiscence within holistic nursing frameworks, such as Rogers' (1970) or Parse's (1992), enabling well-being and quality of life as a goal.
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An epidemic of viral hepatitis beginning in late 1975 in a residence for multiply handicapped children, recognized very early in its course, was investigated prospectively to permit comparison of enzymatic and serologic tests. Thirty-three residents of the institution and 46 full- and part-time employees were studied by the immune adherence hemagglutination procedure for antibody (anti-HAV) to hepatitis A virus (HAV). Of these, 31 residents and 37 staff members were susceptible at the beginning of the epidemic. Nineteen and six, respectively, had anti-HAV seroconversion indicating HAV infection. Thus, 12 children (39%) and 31 staff members (81%) of presumed susceptibles did not have serologic evidence of infection. The subclinical/clinical ratio for the children was 1.1:1; for personnel, it was 1:1. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels compatible with viral hepatitis occurred in 21 persons (84%) who had anti-HAV seroconversion; conversely, there were 10 persons who had ALT abnormality without detectable anti-HAV in late specimens among the total of 68 susceptibles. There was no evidence the latter could be attributed to hepatitis B virus infection; therefore, they may represent the endemic occurrence of non-A, non-B agent(s).
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