| Description |
xxi, 713 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Jones and Bartlett series in oncology |
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Jones and Bartlett series in oncology.
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| Contents |
Evaluating instruments for use in clinical nursing research -- Tool adaptation to reduce health disparities -- Measurements issues with children and adolescents -- Measurement issues with the elderly -- Measurement issues concerning linguistic translations -- Physiologic measurement issues -- Cultural considerations in research instrumentation development -- Measuring function -- Measuring cognitive status -- Single instruments for measuring quality of life -- Multiple instruments for measuring quality of life -- Social support: conceptualization and measurement instruments -- Measuring coping -- Measuring hope -- Instruments to measure aspects of spirituality -- Measuring body image -- Measuring sexuality: physiologic, psychologic, and relationship dimensions -- Measuring dietary intake and nutritional outcomes -- Measuring sleep -- Attitudes toward chronic illness -- Selecting a tool for measuring cancer attitudes -- Measuring family outcomes -- Measuring anxiety -- Measuring depression -- Measuring healthy lifestyle -- Measuring self-care activities -- Measuring breast and colorectal cancer screening beliefs and behaviors -- Measuring information-seeking behaviors and decision-making preferences -- Measuring alterations in taste and smell -- Measuring bowel elimination -- Measuring cardiac parameters -- Measuring physiologic parameters in obstetric nursing -- Measuring dyspnea -- Measuring fatigue -- Measuring mobility and potential for falls -- Measuring nausea, vomiting, and retching -- Assessing the oral cavity -- Measuring pain -- Measuring skin integrity -- Assessing vaginitis |
| Summary |
"Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research, Third Edition will facilitate researching clinical concepts and variables of interest, and will enhance the focus on linking clinical variable assessment with routine measurement of everyday clinical interventions."--Jacket |
| Notes |
"Oncology Nursing Society." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Research.
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Nursing -- Research -- Methods.
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Nursing Research -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses' Instruction
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Charts
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| Author |
Frank-Stromborg, Marilyn, editor
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Olsen, Sharon J., editor
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Oncology Nursing Society, issuing body
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| LC no. |
2003015429 |
| ISBN |
9780763722524 (paperback) |
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0763722529 (paperback) |
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