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K Wiley

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PubMed1990

Care of HIV-infected patients: nurses' concerns, opinions, and precautions.

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' concerns, opinions, and precautions related to nursing patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Of special interest was a comparison of responses by nurses who reported exposure to the HIV through broken skin or mucous membranes with the responses of nurses who reported no such exposure. The sample included all staff nurses employed in either the ambulatory/home health care unit or in one of seven inpatient critical care units of a large urban medical center. Of the 323 respondents, 64 (20%) reported HIV exposure, 77 (24%) reported no exposure, and 180 (56%) reported not knowing if they had been exposed. A 15-item Likert-type scale was used. More HIV-exposed nurses than non-exposed nurses reported: (a) worrying about becoming HIV-infected; (b) considering a change of specialty or profession because of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) risk; and (c) favoring selected HIV-related policies. Of the total sample, nearly all subjects agreed that staff nurses should be involved in developing HIV-related policies affecting nurses; and over one-half said that, if the agency gave them the option, they would refuse assignment to HIV-infected patients. Nearly 30% said that they had considered changing their profession because of the AIDS risk. Some implications are that nursing administrators should involve well-informed staff nurses in formulating HIV-related policies that affect nurses. The HIV-exposed nurses may need support in dealing with their concerns resulting from HIV-exposure, and they may need more information about HIV-infection control and seroconversion rates of HIV-exposed nurses.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1989

Establishing conditional discriminations: concurrent versus isolation-intermix instruction.

This paper describes an investigation comparing the effectiveness and efficiency (sessions to criterion, errors to criterion, minutes of instructional time) of concurrent and isolation-intermix instruction in teaching four preschool children to read words found in community and school environments. Two students were taught words using constant time delay and two progressive time delay across the two different conditions. Concurrent instruction consisted of two sessions per day where two words were randomly presented within each session until criterion was reached and a conditional discrimination was established. The isolation-intermix condition involved two sessions per day where each word was taught in separate daily sessions until criterion was reached and a simple discrimination was established (isolation instruction); followed by random presentation of both words within each daily session until the conditional discrimination was acquired (intermix). Concurrent instruction resulted in students learning conditional discriminations in fewer trials and minutes of instructional time. These data suggest that teachers should structure their instruction to teach conditional discriminations from the beginning rather than teaching simple discriminations.

Attention↗
PubMed1989

Focus of research for PhD in nursing.

Nurses employed in a variety of positions can benefit from knowledge generated by studies other than clinical nursing research. If the study contributes primarily to nursing and if the study provides the candidate with the opportunity to demonstrate research competence, this author supports accepting dissertation topics in nursing administration and nursing education, as well as clinical nursing practice.

Academic Dissertations as Topic↗
PubMed1981

Terminal synthesis of xanthommatin in Drosophila melanogaster. IV. Enzymatic and nonenzymatic catalysis.

Nonenzymatic and enzymatic catalysis of the oxidation of 3-hydroxykynurenine (and 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid) has been studied and characterized in Drosophila extracts, clearing up some of the confusion surrounding the synthesis of the brown eye pigment, xanthommatin. The genetic basis of the terminal steps in pigment synthesis remains obscure, since all mutants tested have full synthetase activity.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1979

Drosophila melanogaster lacks eye-pigment binding proteins.

Drosophila melanogaster contains no detectable eye-pigment binding proteins, and the previous evidence for the presence of such protein in the cecropia moth is probably not valid. The major brown pigment of Drosophila (and of Cecropia), dihydroxanthommatin, behaves as a high molecular weight compound in Sephadex chromatography, thus leading to false conclusions.

Animals↗
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Human immunodeficiency virus and precautions for obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nurses.

All obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nurses need to protect themselves from exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Centers for Disease Control's recommendations for the handling of blood and other body fluids of all patients are presented. Examples of body fluids are identified, and some suggestions for protection from HIV infection are listed. Some products and their suppliers are identified, and information about testing and resources is provided.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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HIV precautions update.

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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Effects of a self-directed learning project and preference for structure on self-directed learning readiness.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of preference for structure and a self-directed learning (SDL) project on the SDL readiness of junior-class baccalaureate nursing students. The sample was divided into a control group consisting of two sections (N = 50) who did not conduct an SDL project, and an experimental group consisting of two sections (N = 54) who did conduct an SDL project. Preference for structure was measured by Ginther's Reactions to Statements; SDL readiness was measured by Guglielmino's Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS). Before treatment, both groups of students and both groups of faculty were similar on these research variables. Data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis of covariance, with pretest SDLRS scores as the covariate. It was concluded that neither preference for structure nor conducting an SDL project contributed significantly to the variance in posttest SDL readiness, but the interaction of these two variables did contribute. The findings suggest that persons who prefer low structure benefit from SDL teaching more than do persons who prefer high structure.

Adult↗