The effect of stress reduction on the understanding of medical instructions by parents of children seen in an emergency treatment department

Description

This thesis investigated whether or not the parents of children seen in emergency treatment department could learn the child's medical regime better if reinstructed on the regime in a quiet place after the child has been discharged from the department. An experimental group reinstructed under the above conditions was compared with a control group.The investigation revealed that there was better learning of medical instructions by those parents reinstructed on the medical regime under the ideal conditions in the emergency treatment department.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306

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1. LD2489.Z78 1974 .F85
2. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/180869
3. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415992

Tags

Emergency medical services.

Sick children.

Stress (Physiology)

Ball State University. Thesis (M.S.)

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/180869
Date	03 June 2011
Creators	Fuller, Ronald J.
Contributors	Exley, Ethelyn E.
Source Sets	Ball State University
Detected Language	English
Format	v, 30 leaves ; 28 cm.
Source	Virtual Press