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M A McDermott

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PubMed2000

Pain as a mutual experience for patients, nurses and families: unique international perspectives from the Peoples' Republic of China, the United States, Malawi and Spain.

This article shares findings from a descriptive research study that explored pain recognition, pain intervention and perceived pain relief in laboring women, children and older adult patients from four very different countries. Researchers included co-investigators from each site and a team of more than 20 nurses from China, the United States, Malawi and Spain. This international, multi-site study investigated specific aspects of the phenomena of pain which are known to be of interest to nurses internationally. Critical issues related to feasibility of this study depended, in large part, on the ability of principle investigators to have access to a sample comprised of sub-samples of nationally different subjects that would represent the population of interest. Access to the four study countries was made possible through professional relationships previously developed by either one of the principal or co-investigators.

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PubMed1994

A literature review of the critical elements in translation theory.

A review of some of the classic literature on translation is provided. The work of Brislin is detailed as a foundation for testing the translation equivalence of quantitative measures. Selected recent studies are presented that describe variations in the translation process.

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PubMed1993

Learned helplessness as an interacting variable with self-care agency: testing a theoretical model.

This article describes the theoretical development and initial testing of a model outlining the interaction of the concepts of self-care agency and learned helplessness in healthy working adults. Orem's theory of self-care and the reformulated learned helplessness theory are discussed as the theoretical basis for the study. The self-care agency conditioning factors, age and gender, were examined for relationships to the main variables. In a descriptive, correlational design, the hypothesis, that learned helplessness was inversely related to self-care agency, was supported (r = -.57). Neither age nor gender was related to main variables in the population. Implications for nursing research, self-care theory clarification, and nursing practice are discussed.

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PubMed1982

Epiretinal membrane formation after vitrectomy.

Our experimental model of epiretinal membrane formation in the rabbit eye after lensectomy and vitrectomy provides a way of studying pharmacologic and surgical approaches to inhibiting epiretinal cellular proliferation and contraction in the eye that has undergone vitrectomy. We injected 400,000 tissue-cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells onto the retinal surface of rabbit eyes that had undergone lensectomy, vitrectomy, and fluid-gas exchange. By one week, a funnel-shaped detachment of the medullary rays had occurred in 100% of the injected eyes. Histologically, the cells formed an epiretinal membrane by six hours after injection and caused major wrinkling of the inner retina after 24 to 48 hours. The percentage of tritiated-thymidine-labeled epiretinal cells increased dramatically 24 hours after injection and then declined. Cellular membranes bridging the optic nerve, followed by growth and contraction of the epiretinal cells on the detached internal limiting membrane, were responsible for the closed funnel appearance of the medullary rays.

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PubMed1978

Closed vitrectomy surgery using modified Grieshaber apparatus.

A closed vitrectomy procedure was carried out on 32 eyes at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital between October, 1976, and February, 1978. The Grieshaber/Boston Retinal Foundation Vitreous Cutter was used exclusively for these operations. Details of the simplified surgical technique are described and illustrated. The results are assessed from the technical aspect (the achievement of a clear light path to the retina) and from the functional aspect (the postoperative visual acuity). The technical success was of the order of 80 per cent.

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Client satisfaction with student care in a nurse-managed center.

Nursing faculty across the country are developing nurse-managed centers to provide students with community health experiences. Although students deliver much of the care provided within nursing centers, the literature offers little data on the quality of student-rendered care. This study evaluated client satisfaction with care received from student nurses. Results have direct implications for faculty supervising students in community health nursing agencies.

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Promoting quality education for the Parish nurse and Parish nurse coordinator.

A nurse working in the context of the church is not a new concept. What is new at this time is the profile of such a role. Parish nursing is a health promotion, disease prevention role that has spiritual care as its hallmark. The functions of the role are health educator, health counselor, referral source, liaison with congregational and community resources, facilitator and teacher of volunteers, and interpreter of the close relationship between faith and health (Djupe, Olson, & Ryan, 1994). The breadth of parish nursing has grown considerably since 1984: from six nurses working in the northwest suburban areas of Chicago, in partnership with six local churches representing Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Methodist traditions, to nurses working within all mainline denominations in 48 states, Canada, Australia, and Korea in 1997. This expansion has led to some growing pains for the profession. The need to set standards for the preparation and practice of parish nurses and their supervisors has become apparent.

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