Wiley
SCOPUS (1989-2013)
1041-2972
1745-7599
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Exploring the Association Between Body Weight, Stigma of Obesity, and Health Care Avoidance
Tập 14 Số 12 - Trang 554-561 - 2002
PurposeTo explore the stigma of obesity and its effect on health care
utilization, associations between self‐esteem, attribution for weight, body mass
index (BMI), satisfaction with medical care and the behavior of
delaying/avoiding health care were examined.Data SourcesA convenience sample of
216 women recruited from church sites in Las Vegas completed self‐administered
questionnaires.Conclusions...
Nurse practitioners’ communication styles and their impact on patient outcomes: An integrated literature review
Tập 20 Số 7 - Trang 382-388 - 2008
AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this review was to examine the published
research from 1999 to 2005 describing nurse practitioner (NP)–patient
interactions and to determine the best practice to enhance patient outcomes.Data
sources: Databases searched included Academic Search Elite, Cumulative Index to
Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Health Source Consumer Edition,
Health Source Nur...
Prescribing trends by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the United States
Tập 18 Số 6 - Trang 291-296 - 2006
AbstractPurpose: As an important step in analyzing the role of nurse
practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), we examined their
prescribing behavior. The intent is to study the characteristics of providers
and patients, and the type of prescriptions written by NPs and PAs in primary
care and to compare these activities to physicians.Data sources: The National
Ambulatory Medical Care Sur...
Benefits of hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women
Tập 19 Số 12 - Trang 635-641 - 2007
AbstractPurpose: To provide an overview of current research regarding hormone
replacement therapy (HRT) and to assist healthcare providers to better educate
patients about potential benefits of this therapy.Data sources: A systematic
review of healthcare literature was conducted with 602 articles selected from
CINAHL, Medscape, Pubmed, and Medline databases. Keywords directing the search
included ...
Levels of autonomy of nurse practitioners in an acute care setting
Tập 19 Số 10 - Trang 500-507 - 2007
AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the
level of autonomy of nurse practitioners (NPs) providing care to an adult
patient population in an acute care setting.Data sources: Data were collected
from 54 NPs in different specialty areas currently working in a large
metropolitan hospital. The Dempster Practice Behaviors Scale was used to measure
the autonomy of the N...
Suboptimal vitamin D status is a highly prevalent but treatable condition in both hospitalized patients and the general population
Tập 19 Số 12 - Trang 642-651 - 2007
AbstractPurpose: To heighten awareness of the problems related to the high
prevalence of suboptimal vitamin D status in hospitalized patients and the
general population, including an overview of vitamin D biology, how vitamin D
status is defined, the negative health issues associated with suboptimal vitamin
D status, indications for treatment, treatment strategies, and controversies in
the field.D...
The Effect of Age, Gender, Risk Level and Glycosylated Hemoglobin in Predicting Foot Amputation in HMO Patients with Diabetes
Tập 13 Số 5 - Trang 230-236 - 2001
PurposeTo determine if age, gender, risk level and glucosylated hemoglobin could
predict foot amputations in HMO patients with diabetes.Data SourcesA
retrospective chart review of a non‐random sample of 27 patients with amputation
and 110 randomly selected patients without amputation during the same time
period. Chi‐square, t‐tests and logistic regression were used to analyze the
data.ConclusionsT...