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This study supports the important role teacher training programs can play in increasing physical education knowledge. In this project, teachers were able to increase students' understanding of critical physical activity/fitness knowledge through physical education instruction, withou...
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PMID: 21957718
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Journal of Nursing Education (50)10 2011
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We have seen only modest gains in diversification over the past 10 years. This article addresses how to develop a sustainable program to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students. The diversity pyramid is suggested as a conceptual planning model for increasing diversity tha...
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PMID: 21667883
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Psychological Reports (108)2 2011
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Using a sample of 310 married respondents from one U.S. Midwestern state, a test was conducted to examine the association of financial satisfaction and financial stressors in a spouse's decision to stay married to the same person or leave the relationship. The role of demographic and...
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PMID: 21675570
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Recent meta-analyses of intergroup contact research revealed that majority members' attitudes toward minorities are improved to a greater degree by contact compared to those of minority members (Tropp & Pettigrew, 2005). While previous research focused on contact between majority and minority groups,...
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PMID: 21604842
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Real-time PCR analysis of 110 PCa (Gleason scores >4) and 40 benign and normal prostate tissues identified six positive samples (5 PCa and 1 non-PCa). No statistical link was observed between the presence of proviral DNA and PCa, PCa grades and the RNASEL R462Q mutation. The amplified viral sequence...
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PMID: 21447170
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Violence and Victims (26)2 2011
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Using a sample of 1117 female college students, this study examined emotional, behavioral, and social-cognitive mechanisms of sexual abuse revictimization. It was hypothesized that numbing, alexithymia, alcohol problems, mistrust, and adult attachment dimensions would mediate the relationship between...
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PMID: 21780532
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The purpose of this pilot study was to conduct an impact evaluation of a 10-week Web-based physical activity intervention.
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PMID: 21361806
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This pilot study was undertaken to determine whether an educational intervention called Reigniting the Spirit of Caring (RSC) from Creative Healthcare Management would enhance perceptions of caring behaviors among nurses. A pretest/posttest within-subjects research design was used to evaluate the ed...
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PMID: 20672757
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Journal of Nursing Education (49)11 2010
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This study examined the effects of faculty incivility on nursing students' satisfaction with their nursing programs, a topic previously unreported. In addition, incidences of incivility, students' responses to incivility, and academic location of incivility were explored. A high incidence of perceiv...
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PMID: 20509588
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Prior research has identified a negative association between suicidal ideation and help-seeking, a phenomenon called "help-negation." Help-negation has been documented to occur for both professional and nonprofessional sources of help. In this study help-seeking attitudes, stigma concerns, and perce...
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PMID: 21034207
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This study examined the symptom cluster of fatigue, pain, and depression as a correlate of reduced quality of life (QOL) in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The sample included 291 individuals with a definite diagnosis of MS who were enrolled in a 6-month longitudinal study of physical acti...
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PMID: 20804116
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We tested the hypotheses that both acculturation and inner-city risk factors impact substance use largely because they undermine family relationships. Mothers and youth completed self-report measures of acculturation and enculturation. Youth completed questionnaires of family relationships, inner-ci...
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PMID: 20658884
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Public Health Nutrition (13)6 2010
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Proxy efficacy to influence parents to provide fruits and vegetables may be an important construct to target in future interventions....
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PMID: 20074398
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In recent years, there has been a proliferation of accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs. However, the body of nursing knowledge about students who choose this career path is not well developed. This descriptive study from one midwestern school of nursing explores the factors that predict attri...
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PMID: 20210286
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We found that B. burgdorferi populations in the Northeast and Midwest shared a recent common ancestor, which suggests that substantial evolutionary divergence in human invasiveness has not occurred. We propose that differences in either animal ecology or human behavior are the root cause of the diff...
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PMID: 20507740
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We used 17 years of detailed data on agricultural practices and yields to calculate an energy balance for different cropping systems under both food and fuel scenarios. We compared four grain and one forage systems in the U.S. Midwest: corn (Zea mays) - soybean (Glycine max) - wheat (Triticum aestiv...
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PMID: 20402534
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Pediatrics (125)5 2010
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Although many of these young women were old enough to receive the vaccine without their parents' consent, perception of their mother's approval and mother-daughter communication about sex were important predictors of vaccination....
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PMID: 20385645
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We estimate the prevalence of nonmedical prescription drug (NMPD) use and test social learning theory as an explanation for NMPD use based upon data from a large pilot study. Data were collected from 465 college students at a Midwestern university in the USA using a self-administered questionnaire....
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PMID: 20397873
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Hospice and palliative care teams provide interdisciplinary care to seriously-ill and terminally-ill patients and their families. Care teams are comprised of medical and non-medical disciplines and include volunteers and lay workers in healthcare. The authors explored the perception of collaboration...
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PMID: 19995271
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Oncology Nursing Forum (37)3 2010
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The patient-controlled cognitive-behavioral intervention appears to be feasible for additional study and could reduce day-to-day severity of co-occurring pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance.Implications for Nursing: A randomized, controlled trial is needed to test efficacy of the intervention for c...
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PMID: 20439200
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Oncology Nursing Forum (37)3 2010
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Adherence to the walking program was compromised during chemotherapy but improved after chemotherapy completion. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Knowing that chemotherapy predicts adherence to a walking protocol is useful for selecting the type, timing, and intensity of physical activity interventions....
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PMID: 20439216
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Child Maltreatment (15)2 2010
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Child abuse and neglect represent major threats to child health and well-being; however, little is known about consequences for adult economic outcomes. Using a prospective cohort design, court substantiated cases of childhood physical and sexual abuse and neglect during 1967-1971 were matched with...
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PMID: 20425881
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These results showed that an online training program increases knowledge and practices regarding venipuncture.
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PMID: 20411890
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We know that caring for dying patients is stressful for nurses, there is little information about the specific aspects of that experience that concern them. In order to alleviate the stress and to help nurses cope more effectively with this situation, this research examined the aspects of caring for...
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PMID: 20559180
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A graduate course on cultural diversity, based in constructivist theory and structured on the Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services model, was developed and taught through classroom and online methods. The following research questions were explored: 1) Can an educatio...
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PMID: 20143755
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Journal of Agromedicine (15)2 2010
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We translate the findings from public health research into practice? We are not doing this job very well and we need to rethink our approach so that we can do a better job. The major problem is that we public health professionals have messages to give people, but people have lives to lead, and we ha...
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PMID: 20407987
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Journal of Agromedicine (15)2 2010
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We rarely notice the effects. This plenary talk at the eighth annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum, November 2009, focused on the psychology of advertising and how advertising is designed to work outside of our conscious awareness. Several psychological "tricks" are used to infl...
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PMID: 20407989
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Journal of Agromedicine (15)2 2010
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Researchers, veterinary and health care practitioners, and agricultural producers gathered in Johnston, Iowa, to attend the eighth annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum (MRASH), November 2009. Among several focus areas, four plenary talks were given on the current research being...
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PMID: 20407991
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Journal of Agromedicine (15)2 2010
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The annual Midwest Rural Agricultural Safety and Health Forum (MRASH) is produced by the combined efforts and resources of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH), the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, and The Heartland Center for Occupational Health. There is a regional...
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PMID: 20407986
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Geriatric Nursing (31)2 2010
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The purpose of this study was to assess efficacy and safety of 3 doses (6.25 mg, 12.5 mg, 25 mg) of intravenous (IV) promethazine in treatment of established nausea and vomiting (N/V) in hospitalized elderly patients. Study participants aged > or =65 years received at least 1 dose of IV promethazine...
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PMID: 20381712
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The electronic medical record and clinical nursing student instruction: tips and tricks for success.
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It is vital to keep faculty and students up-to-date on the latest electronic medical record and practice changes. A large Midwest academic center found that an effective and efficient way of communicating these changes to 10 affiliated nursing programs was through the Blackboard Inc. electronic onli...
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PMID: 20229958
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The concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) has continued to evolve in the nursing profession as the basis for clinical decision-making. Despite the evidence to support this practice, few nurses at the bedside have received instruction in how to develop a clinical practice question using EBP skills...
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PMID: 20229965
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Fipronil, {5-amino-1-[2,6-dichloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-[(trifluoromethyl)sulfinyl]-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile} is commonly applied to soil to protect structures against termite infestations. The fate and bioavailability of fipronil in soil is dependent upon the variability o...
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PMID: 19943032
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We conducted a reciprocal inoculation experiment to test the hypothesis that soil fertility is a key driver of local adaptation in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbioses. Ecotypes of Andropogon gerardii from phosphorus-limited and nitrogen-limited grasslands were grown with all possible "home and awa...
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PMID: 20133855
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The Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) implemented a Web-based survey method to measure impact on practitioners of HIV/AIDS skill-building workshops offered in seven midwestern states. Surveys were sent to 2,949 participants from 230 workshops 4-6 weeks after each workshop. Of those...
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PMID: 20166787
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Interventions are needed to reduce the high overweight prevalence noted among boys in early high school. Because decreased physical activity (PA) is a factor for weight gain and a decline in boys' PA occurs across the middle school years, a need exists to intervene, as soon as boys reach middle scho...
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PMID: 19850952
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Substance use is a major cause of adolescent morbidity and mortality. By age 14, 70% of adolescents have consumed alcohol and half of 12th graders report having used marijuana. The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of parent and adolescent perceptions regarding adolescent use o...
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PMID: 20081090
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Nursing Research (59)4 2010
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Using multivariate analysis of covariance with contrasts and pretest control, immediate RM-Effects on pain were found at Day 1 a.m. (p < .001), Day 1 p.m. (p = .04), and Day 2 a.m. (p = .04). No PT-Effects or nonimmediate RM-Effects were found. DISCUSSION: Patient teaching did not result in less pai...
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PMID: 20585222
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Nursing Research (59)2 2010
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Patients with heart failure (HF) have been found to have cognitive deficits, but it remains unclear whether these deficits are associated with HF or with aging or comorbid conditions common in HF.
: The purpose of this study was (a) to determine the types, the frequency, and the severity of cognitiv...
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PMID: 20216015
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Nursing Research (59)6 2010
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Previous research shows that numerous child, parent, and procedural variables affect children's distress responses to procedures. Cognitive-behavioral interventions such as distraction are effective in reducing pain and distress for many children undergoing these procedures.
The purpose of this repo...
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PMID: 20962698
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Nursing Research (59)5 2010
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At 18 months, the tailored group maintained levels of all eating and activity behaviors, whereas the generic group maintained levels of fruit and vegetable servings, a moderate or greater activity, stretching exercise, lower body strength and flexibility but increased saturated fat intake and declin...
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PMID: 20697307
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Few studies have examined the experience of posttraumatic growth, among police officers following traumatic incidents. Additionally, research examining the relationship between posttraumatic distress (e.g., posttraumatic symptoms) and posttraumatic growth among various populations has been inconsist...
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PMID: 20405765
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Preventive Medicine (50)5-6 2010
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Preventive Medicine (50)5-6 2010
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While veterans smoked an average of 19 cigarettes per day, prior to admission, the average was 6-7 cigarettes per day during hospitalization. About 40% (n=140) were able to quit smoking for more than 24 h and the median days quit was 29. The 6-month self-reported quit rate was 15% (n=53). Multivaria...
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PMID: 20122956
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We report on research-both quantitative and qualitative-conducted to explore perceptions of prototypes of marijuana users, as well as the extent to which self-prototype congruence predicted marijuana use intention. Results of a survey of undergraduates (N = 139) showed that prototypes of users and n...
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PMID: 21381461
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Experience sampling examined how temporality, the lived experience of time, varied related to specific activity qualities and experiences in everyday life. Thirty-five students completed electronic surveys regarding their current activity and feelings and rated the activity's novelty and complexity,...
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PMID: 20131575
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings (85)1 2010
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A total of 33,823 (72.0%) of 46,991 patients met either the ADA or the USPSTF screening criteria, and 28,842 (85.3%) of the eligible patients were tested. More patients met the ADA criteria than the 2008 USPSTF criteria (30,790 [65.5%] vs 12,054 [25.6%]), and the 2008 USPSTF guidelines resulted in 4...
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PMID: 20042558
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BMC Medical Genetics (11) 2010
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We investigated whether genetic loci link with obesity-related phenotypes differently by menopausal status.
We performed univariate and bivariate linkage analysis for the phenotypes of body mass index (BMI), waist (W) and hip (H) circumferences (WC, HC), and WH ratio (WHR) separately among 172 pre-m...
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PMID: 21062459
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Journal for nurses in staff development : JNSD : official journal ofthe National Nursing Staff Development Organization (26)5 2010
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Errors in programming patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps unfortunately occur in hospitals. At this hospital, quality improvement efforts were combined with staff development programming to decrease PCA pump errors. A significant decrease in PCA pump errors was found after 1:1 staff education....
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PMID: 20885136
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We evaluated associations between common inherited variation in these genes and breast cancer risk. Two hundred and five tagging and candidate functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in 30 genes required for normal cell division were genotyped in 798 breast cancer cases and 843 controls from the...
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PMID: 19377877
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Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
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PDF is available here.
Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
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PDF is available here.
Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.
Oncology Nursing Forum (37)1 2010
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To determine whether the oncology nurse navigator (ONN) role as an intervention decreases the distress of adult inpatients with cancer.
Retrospective chart review was used to collect information about patient distress scores at admission and discharge. Scores were com...
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PMID: 20044341
PDF is available here.
PDF is available here.