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Table of Contents

• Preface
• Contributors
• A
• ACCULTURATION
• ACTION SCIENCE
• ACUTE CARE OF THE ELDERLY
• ADDICTION CARE
• ADHERENCE/COMPLIANCE
• ADOLESCENT HEALTH
• ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
• AGEISM
• ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
• ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY
• APPLIED RESEARCH
• B
• BASIC RESEARCH
• BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
• BIOFEEDBACK
• BOYKIN AND SCHOENHOFER: NURSING AS CARING THEORY
• BREASTFEEDING
• C
• CANCER IN CHILDREN
• CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS
• CAREGIVER
• CARING
• CASE STUDY METHOD OF RESEARCH
• CAUSAL MODELING
• CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA
• CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DELINQUENTS
• CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION
• CHILD LEAD EXPOSURE LEVELS
• CHRONIC ILLNESS
• CINAHL DATABASE
• CLINICAL CARE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
• CLINICAL DECISION MAKING
• CLINICAL JUDGMENT
• CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH
• CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES
• CLINICAL TRIALS
• COGNITIVE APPRAISAL
• COHORT DESIGN
• COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
• COMFORT THEORY
• COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
• COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
• COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH APPROACHES
• CONCEPT ANALYSIS
• CONCEPTUAL MODEL
• CONTENT ANALYSIS
• CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
• CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
• COST ANALYSIS OF NURSING CARE
• CRITICAL CARE NURSING
• CULTURAL/TRANSCULTURAL FOCUS
• D
• DATA ANALYSIS
• DATA-COLLECTION METHODS
• DATA MANAGEMENT
• DATA STEWARDSHIP
• DELIRIUM
• DELPHI TECHNIQUE
• DEPRESSION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
• DEPRESSION IN FAMILIES
• DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS
• DEPRESSION IN WOMEN
• DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
• DIABETES
• DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
• DOCTORAL EDUCATION
• E
• EATING DISORDERS
• ELDER MISTREATMENT
• ELECTRONIC NETWORK
• EMERGENCY NURSING
• EMPATHY
• END-OF-LIFE PLANNING
• ENTERAL TUBE PLACEMENT
• EPILEPSY
• ETHICS OF RESEARCH
• ETHNOGERIATRICS
• ETHNOGRAPHY
• EVALUATION
• EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
• EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
• EXPLORATORY STUDIES
• F
• FACTOR ANALYSIS
• FAILURE TO THRIVE (CHILD)
• FALLS
• FAMILY CAREGIVING AND THE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL
• FAMILY HEALTH
• FATIGUE
• FEMINIST RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• FETAL MONITORING
• FEVER
• FITZPATRICK'S LIFE-PERSPECTIVE RHYTHM MODEL
• FORMAL NURSING LANGUAGES
• FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS
• G
• GENETICS
• GLOBAL NURSING RESEARCH
• GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
• GRANTSMANSHIP
• GROUNDED THEORY
• H
• HEALTH CARE–ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
• HEALTH CONCEPTUALIZATION
• HEALTH DISPARITIES: FOCUS ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
• HEALTH POLICY AND HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY
• HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING
• HENDERSON MODEL
• HERMENEUTICS
• HISTORY OF NURSING RESEARCH
• HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT
• HIV RISK BEHAVIOR
• HOME CARE TECHNOLOGIES
• HOME HEALTH SYSTEMS
• HOMELESS HEALTH
• HOSPICE
• HYPERTENSION
• I
• IMMIGRANT WOMEN
• INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD AND INFORMED CONSENT
• INSTRUMENTATION
• INSTRUMENT TRANSLATION
• INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF NURSING PRACTICE
• INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
• J
• JOB SATISFACTION
• JOHNSON'S BEHAVIORAL SYSTEM MODEL
• K
• KANGAROO CARE (SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT)
• KING'S THEORY OF GOAL ATTAINMENT
• L
• LEININGER'S THEORY OF CULTURE CARE DIVERSITY AND UNIVERSALITY
• M
• MATERNAL ANXIETY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATION DURING PREGNANCY
• MEASUREMENT AND SCALES
• MENOPAUSE
• MENTAL HEALTH IN PUBLIC-SECTOR PRIMARY CARE
• MENTAL STATUS MEASUREMENT
• MENTORING
• META-ANALYSIS
• MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES
• MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
• MORAL DISTRESS
• MORAL RECKONING
• MOTHER–INFANT/TODDLER RELATIONSHIPS
• MUSIC THERAPY
• N
• NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
• NEUMAN'S SYSTEMS MODEL
• NEUROBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
• NEWMAN'S THEORY OF HEALTH
• NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE
• NURSE ENGAGEMENT
• NURSE-LED GROUP CLINIC VISITS
• NURSE AND PHYSICIAN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
• NURSE STAFFING
• NURSING ASSESSMENT
• NURSING DIAGNOSES, INTERVENTIONS, AND OUTCOMES
• NURSING EDUCATION
• NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATICS
• NURSING OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND STRESS
• NURSING PRACTICE MODELS
• NURSING PROCESS
• NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY
• NUTRITION IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
• O
• OBESITY
• OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
• OREM'S SELF-CARE THEORY
• ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
• ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• OUTCOME MEASURES
• P
• PAIN
• PALLIATIVE CARE
• PARENTING
• PARSE'S HUMANBECOMING SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
• PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION
• PATIENT CARE DELIVERY MODELS
• PATIENT CONTRACTING
• PATIENT EDUCATION
• PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
• PATIENT SAFETY
• PATIENT SATISFACTION
• PEDIATRIC PRIMARY CARE
• PENDER'S HEALTH-PROMOTION MODEL
• PEPLAU'S THEORETICAL MODEL
• PHENOMENOLOGY
• PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING
• PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS
• PHYSIOLOGY
• PILOT STUDY
• POPULATION HEALTH
• POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
• PREGNANCY
• PREVENTION OF PRETERM BIRTH, PRETERM LABOR, AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
• PRIMARY NURSING
• Q
• QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
• QUALITY OF CARE
• QUALITY OF LIFE
• QUALITY AND SAFETY EDUCATION FOR NURSES
• QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
• QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
• R
• RELIABILITY
• REMINISCENCE
• REPLICATION STUDIES
• RESEARCH DISSEMINATION
• RESEARCH INTERVIEWS (QUALITATIVE)
• RESEARCH IN NURSING ETHICS
• RESEARCH UTILIZATION
• RESOURCEFULNESS
• RESPONSIVENESS
• ROGERS'S SCIENCE OF UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS
• ROY ADAPTATION MODEL
• RURAL HEALTH
• S
• SAMPLING
• SCHIZOPHRENIA
• SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS
• SELF-EFFICACY
• SELF-MANAGEMENT
• SELF-TRANSCENDENCE
• SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
• SHIVERING
• SIMULATION
• SLEEP SCIENCE
• SMOKING CESSATION
• SNOMED CLINICAL TERMS
• SOCIAL SUPPORT
• SPIRITUALITY
• STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
• STORY THEORY
• STRESS
• STROKE
• STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING
• SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN PROFESSIONAL NURSES
• SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT THEORY
• SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
• T
• TELEHEALTH
• TERMINAL ILLNESS
• THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
• THERMAL BALANCE
• TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
• TRANSITIONAL CARE
• TRANSITIONS AND HEALTH
• TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
• TRIANGULATION
• U
• UNCERTAINTY IN ILLNESS
• UNLICENSED ASSISTIVE PERSONNEL
• V
• VALIDITY
• VETERANS’ HEALTH
• VIOLENCE
• VIRTUAL NURSE CARING
• VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
• W
• WANDERING
• WATSON'S HUMAN CARING SCIENCE
• WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
• WELLNESS
• WOMEN'S HEALTH
• WORKPLACE VIOLENCE