Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. School of Nursing, 1968. / Typewritten. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-50).

Thesis--University of Pittsburgh.

Thesis (M.S. in Nursing)--University of Texas at Austin, 1957. Includes bibliographical references. / Vita.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2006. / Title from title page screen, viewed on May 2, 2007. Dissertation Committee: Dent Rhodes (chair), Thomas Crumpler, Margaret Tennis, Cheri Toledo. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-131) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

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The purpose of this study was to assess pediatric nurses' perceptions and knowledge base about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). One thousand five hundred and sixty research surveys were mailed to nurses that were active members of a national pediatric nursing organization. Surveys included a questionnaire, adapted from the ADHD Management Scale developed by Lobar & Phillips, and a demographic questionnaire (See Appendix C). Five hundred and fifty five nurses responded. T he adapted scale consisted of two parts that measure perception and knowledge of ADHD. Open-ended questions were asked about the diagnosis of ADHD, the use of Ritalin for ADHD, types of factors that may affect the course of hospitalization, and types of injuries to which ADHD children may be prone. ANOVA was applied to the data from the overall mean perception and knowledge scores to make comparisons among and between groups of pediatric nurses based on age, education, experience, and type of employment. The results of the study suggested that hospital-based nurses, nurses under the age of 40 years, and nurses with Associate and Bachelor degrees had more erroneous perceptions and minimal knowledge about ADHD, than the Masters and Doctoral degree nurses and the community and college based nurses.

Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent) / The aim of the study was to determine the oral and debntal health status of pediatric cardiac patients, 12 years of age and younger, and compare them with non-cardiac patients. A total of 150 children, 75 with known cardiac condition (study group) and 75 no-cardiac (control group) were examined. No statistically significant differences were established in the study between the caries experience score for the cardiac and control groups. The study concludes that the cardiac group generally has a higher decay component and a lower missing component which may be an indication of the lack of dental intervention. The gingival inflammation was significantly higher in the cardiac group although the plaque scores were similar in the two groups. / South Africa

Childhood chronic illness is replete with stressors that affect children's functioning across physical, social, emotional, and psychological domains. In this project, efforts were directed toward the identification and assessment of spirituality as a potential addition to the approach-avoidance paradigm of coping response. Twenty-two children diagnosed with either cancer or sickle cell disease were interviewed, along with their mothers, regarding psychosocial adjustment and typical approaches to coping with stressors. Children completed depression, anxiety, and quality of life questionnaires. Child participants were also asked to rate how often they utilized specific spiritual and general coping strategies in the month prior to the assessment. Mothers completed measures of depression and spiritual well-being, as well as parent proxy reports on their children's quality of life and use of spiritual coping. A factor analysis of the spiritual coping measure designed for use in the study (the Spiritual Coping Module) indicated strong support for the theoretically driven factors of religious and existential coping. Children's use of coping did not significantly account for heightened quality of life, nor for the presence of depressive and anxious symptomatology. However, maternal spiritual well-being accounted for 52.5% of the variance in self-reported maternal depression. Results are discussed in the context of improving children's adjustment to chronic illness through increased understanding of the child's and family's pattern of coping responses. / Master of Science

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of plaque formation in children and its relationship to their periodontal and caries indices and to evaluate a television area measurement instrument. Plaque formation at 6-, 24-, 48-, and 96-hour intervals was observed in 56 children aged 8 through 12 to establish the rapidity of its reformation after a thorough dental prophylaxis. The plaque was recorded with disclosing agents and oriented Polaroid photographs and measured by newly developed television and electronic area measurement instrumentation which proved to be highly reliable. The presence of caries and periodontal disease was then correlated with the amount of plaque recorded at each observation period. A high correlation was found between the Anterior P-M-A and the Periodontal Index. No significant correlations were found between the periodontal indices and the DMFs scores or with the amount of plaque present and the DMFs scores. Seventy-seven per cent of the children displayed measurable amounts of plaque just 6 hours after a thorough dental prophylaxis. In comparing the amount of plaque formed by these children with results reported from similar studies conducted on adults, it is apparent that children in this age group form more plaque in less time than adults. A significant correlation was found between the amount of plaque present and the periodontal indices at the 48-hour examination.