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N McMurray

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PubMed1994

Self-efficacy: a means of identifying problems in nursing education and career progress.

Two nursing self-efficacy scales (academic and clinical) were developed and refined for use in identifying problems in progress in undergraduate nurses. Emergent factors within each scale contained items representing important aspects of nursing education. Both measures showed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity. Sensitivity to content and focus of tuition at time of completion was shown with some changes in factor structure over samples of first year nursing students. Academic self-efficacy (but not clinical self-efficacy) was predictive of course withdrawal. Applications to nursing education, progress in pursuing a nursing career and attrition are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Bereavement--whose responsibility?

Bereavement care begins during the terminal phase of motor neurone disease as the family prepare for the death. Due to the long-term nature of the illness there is a need to allow the expression of painful feelings and to ensure that the family is adequately supported. The responsibility for care in bereavement lies not only with the family but with the health care professions, bereavement support groups and the whole community.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis↗
PubMed1980

A unique cause of small bowel obstruction.

A unique case of small bowel obstruction in an 83-year-old man is reported. The obstruction was produced by a carcinoma of the caecum. The caecum was lying in the scrotal sac of a large indirect inguinal hernia.

Aged↗
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Self-efficacy, health locus of control, and smoking cessation.

This article examines the predictive value of measures of health locus of control and self-efficacy as predictors of outcomes of a widely disseminated, group-facilitated smoking cessation program. Outcomes studied were cessation for at least 1 day by the end of the program, end of program smoking status (abstinence), and smoking status at 6 months follow-up. Subjects were 257 participants in the smoking cessation program, of whom 207 made attempts to quit and 126 who were not smoking at the end of the treatment. Both pretreatment self-efficacy and health locus of control variables emerged as significant predictors of making an attempt and end of treatment abstinence. Only posttreatment self-efficacy predicted maintenance at 6 months. The results indicate the high self-efficacy is inversely related to making attempts to quit, but positively related to the success of attempts. The role of Health Locus of Control is complex and needs further investigation.

Adult↗