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O J Glick

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PubMed1992

Interventions related to activity and movement.

Ten nursing interventions related to human activity phenomena with definitions and a combined total of 246 defining activities were developed from literature reviews and concept synthesis. A two-round Delphi survey of highly experienced master's-prepared rehabilitation nurses confirmed the content validity of the interventions. Round 1 responses resulted in major revisions of several interventions that were questioned and viewed as being outside the domain of nursing practice. Respondents also indicated that some of the activities listed were "idealistic" and that factors such as limited staffing, institutional policy, and physical characteristics of the unit would limit implementation. None of the activities rated in round 2 were deleted for means less than 0.50. The interventions with the highest ICV scores were Swallowing Therapy (0.86), Exercise Therapy: Ambulation (0.85), and Exercise Therapy: Mobility (0.84). Although all of the interventions were conceptualized for nursing across settings, these are modest levels of agreement and may reflect the practice of nursing in more structured institutional settings where exercise and activity therapies are performed by specialty rehabilitation professionals. On the other hand, the 72% round 2 response rate and the volume of written feedback received attests to the level of commitment and attention given to the task by the nurse experts. This affirms the value of seeking systematically to identify, verify, and build nursing science.

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A statewide study of academic variables affecting performance of baccalaureate nursing graduates on licensure examination.

The purpose of this study was to validate, using a statewide sample, findings from two previous smaller studies investigating the relationships between admission selection variables and subsequent achievement in baccalaureate nursing programs and performance on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Subjects for this study were 1,069 graduates of nine Iowa basic baccalaureate nursing programs. The analyses included three major components. The first addressed the relationship between admission selection variables and subsequent achievement in the nursing programs and performance on a standardized nursing achievement test (AssessTest) and the NCLEX-RN. The second component investigated the extent to which achievement in nursing courses predicted performance on the NCLEX-RN. In the third component a path analysis was used to formulate a causal model describing the relationships among the variables in the study. The results of the study suggest that students' prenursing grade point average and American College Testing scores predict their performance on the NCLEX-RN. Knowledge of performance predictors can both facilitate admission selection and the use of educational resources to develop nursing competence and promote success in obtaining licensure to practice.

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Classification of nursing interventions for care of the integument.

The Classification of Nursing Interventions research team at The University of Iowa, College of Nursing is building a taxonomy of nursing interventions that will include all of the direct care treatment activities that nurses perform on behalf of patients. This report describes the study in which 12 nursing interventions and their associated activities for care of the integument were extracted from a large database and validated through a two-round Delphi survey. Using an adaptation of Fehring's model for determining diagnostic content validity of nursing diagnoses, a definition, critical activities, and supporting activities were developed for each of the following interventions: Bathing, Bedrest Care, Hair Care, Nail Care, Oral Health Maintenance, Oral Health Promotion, Oral Health Restoration, Positioning, Pressure Management, Skin Care--Topical Treatments, Skin Surveillance, and Wound Care. Further research is needed to validate supporting activities and to continue classifying interventions and activities that nurses use in treating impaired skin integrity (potential and actual) and altered oral mucous membrane integrity (potential and actual).

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Inductive methodology and a research team.

Large teams of researchers using inductive methodologies are relatively rare and present unique challenges to team members. A team from the University of Iowa reports on what it experienced during a project to develop a taxonomy of nursing interventions.

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