Listing of articles in 2007 -> July/August.
| Editorial: Transcending Dependence with Technology | | Elaine Tilka Miller, DNS RN CRRN FAHA FAAN Editor | | | | More than 100 million Americans experience one or more chronic illnesses. Of these, approximately 30 million residing at home experience some degree of dependency on others for basic activities of daily living (ADLs) (Wolff, Boult, Boyd, ... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Research Insights: Part III | | Barbara Brillhart, PhD RN CRRN | | | | From the Editor: Rehabilitation Nursing is introducing a new intermittent feature, Research Insights. The purpose is to participate in the education process of readers who are less acquainted with essential elements of the research proces... | | >> Continue Reading |
| The Relationship Between Psychosocial State and Exercise Behavior of Older Women 2 Months After Hip Fracture (CE) | | Barbara Resnick, PhD CRNP Denise Orwig, PhD William Hawkes, PhD Michelle Shardell, PhD Justine Golden, MS Michele Werner, BS Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD Jay Magaziner, PhD | | | | Despite the potential benefits associated with exercise after hip fracture, those who have sustained hip fractures are among the least likely to engage in regular exercise (resistive or aerobic). This article describes the psychosocia... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Predictors of Cardiac Rehabilitation Initiation | | Linda Creadon Shanks, PhD DNP RN Shirley M. Moore, PhD RN FAAN Richard A. Zeller, PhD | | | | This study determines the effects of 15 potential predictors on cardiac rehabilitation (CR) initiation: demographic information, measures of perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived cardiac threat, social support, depre... | | >> Continue Reading |
| The Relationship of Continuity and Discontinuity, Functional Ability, Depression, and Quality of Life over Time in Stroke Survivors (CE) | | Janet A. Secrest, PhD RN Richard Zeller, PhD | | | | The purpose of this study was to examine the concepts of continuity and discontinuity over time and to explore their relationships with depression, functional ability, and global quality of life (QOL). In a repeated-measures design, 5... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Loneliness in Women with Multiple Sclerosis | | Claudia C. Beal, MN RN CNM Alexa Stuifbergen, PhD RN FAAN | | | | Loneliness is an underrecognized component of the experience of chronic illness and disability. Women with multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at risk for loneliness due to social network changes that occur in the course of chronic illness... | | >> Continue Reading |
| Clinical Consultation: Deep Tissue Injury | | Mary Arnold Long, MSN RN CRRN CWOCN APRN-BC CLNC | | | | Deep tissue injury (DTI) is a term proposed by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) to describe a unique type of pressure ulcer not captured under current staging guidelines. DTI ulcers have been described as purple pressure... | | >> Continue Reading |
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