Jeff Brown and Dr. Renea Beckstrand, College of Nursing In an intensive care center, one sees many patients suffering and staff rushing about, caring for patients’ needs. The most important thing about working in the area of intensive care is efficiency. Dr. Renea Beckstrand of the Brigham Young University College of Nursing has been researching […]
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Identifying Assessment Under-utilization of Prenatal Care by Resettled African Refugees and Immigrants in Salt Lake City
Jessica Lynn Lowe and Dr. Carl Hanson, Life Science – Health Science The purpose of this project was to address a continuing and growing health disparity, healthcare of refugees. 8.2 million legal immigrants entered the United States (US) between 1986 and 1993 (Gavagan, 1998). While these numbers have slowed slightly in the past couple of […]
N402 Care of the Veteran Patient in Rural
Ron Ulberg and Kent Blad, Nursing Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met: The academic objectives of the MEG proposal were met and exceeded. Specifically, students were exposed to local and national venues in which Veterans and their history are prevalent. Examples of this include visits by the students and […]
The Effects Of Live Harp Music On Caloric Intake, Weight Gain, And Length Of Stay Of Infants In The Newborn Intensive Care Unit
John Wallace Gardner and Dr. Rosalie R. Pratt, Music Prematurely born infants begin life with underdeveloped systems and organs and lack the stability to live optimally outside the womb without significant support from technology and trained professional staff. Preterm infants may suffer from low weight, difficulties with consumption and digestion, exposure to high stress, uncontrolled motor movement, […]
MEDICALIZING AMERICA: AN ETIOlOGY OF U.S. HEALTH-CARE EXPENDITURES, 1948-91
Bradley L. Stoker, Department of Economics In the 1990s, runaway health care expenditures have worried U.S.!awmakers and citizens alike. According to data in the 1995 Economic Report of the President, real per-capita health care consumption (in 1994 dollars) grew an average of 4.7 percent annually between 1948 and 1991, versus a real average NNP growth […]
HELPING CHILDBEARING WOMEN MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HEALTH CARE: A PILOT STUDY
Kathleen Harkness, College of Nursing The purpose of this study was to track the perceptions of a group of primiparous women as related to the selection of and relationship with a health care provider. Though varied health care options exist for childbearing women, few women actively select from among their choices. In addition, many clients […]
A SURVEY OF LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION/TRANSLATION1 1N UTAH HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Margaret Butler, Health Sciences Introduction Recent demographic changes in the United States are requiring health care workers to serve patients, particularly Hispanics, who do not speak English. This is true for the state of Utah as well Citing Immigration and Naturalization Service data, Wright (1993) reported that the number of Mexican immigrants who do not […]
Nursing Curricula Changes: Reflections of Shifts in Health Care Delivery
Chloe Allen Maycock and Dr. Cynthia O’Neill Conger, Nursing My ORCA grant resulted in a 50 page thesis that I submitted for graduation with University Honors. The thesis was completed between April 1997 and August 1998. The focus of my thesis was change in nursing curricula. The convergence of change and nursing curricula are inevitable. […]
Prenatal Care: A Study of Perceived and Actual Barriers for Utah County Women
Melanie Droubay and Dr. Rosanne Schwartz, Nursing Prenatal care is a significant indicator of health care. Women who receive both early and adequate prenatal care have less problems with their pregnancy as well as decreased neonatal, infant and maternal mortality (Kiely & Kogan, 2000). Because Utah has a proportionally high volume of pregnancies, prenatal care […]
The Effects of the Intensive Care Unit on the Formation of Implicit and Explicit Memories in ARDS Patients
Michael J. Larson and Dr. Ramona O. Hopkins, Psychology Each year thousands of patients become critically ill and require medical treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). Recent literature suggests that patients recovering from critical illness have little or no recollection of their time in the ICU (1). The ICU has many features that may […]
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