Purpose: Although the inclusion of non-native-speaking participants in nursing research is important in every country where nursing research takes place, the literature contains little on the method of achieving quality translation while simultaneously addressing cost containment. We describe a process for evaluating translation adequacy and demonstrate its use in comparing procedures for trans…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was the exploration of international travel experiences for the purpose of medical or dental care from the perspective of patients from Alaska and to develop insight and understanding of the essence of the phenomenon of medical tourism. Study Design and Methods: The study is conceptually oriented within a model of health- seeking behavior. Using a qualitative …
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between quality of work life (QWL) and nurses’ intention to leave their organization (ITLorg). Design: A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was conducted using purposive sampling of 1,283 nurses at seven hospitals in Taiwan. Data were collected from March to June 2012. Methods: Three questionnaires, including the Chines…
Purpose: The purpose was to examine the relationship between job-related stress, emotional labor, and depressive symptoms among South Korean nurses in order to suggest practical methods for their management, prevention, and reduction. Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive study design was used to conduct the study. A convenience sample of 441 nurses who were employed in five general hospitals …
Purpose: To describe views and beliefs that Black nurses hold regarding several conceptual areas of genetic research and testing. Design: Data were generated using a descriptive, cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 384 Black nurses attending the 2009 annual conference of the National Black Nurses Association in Las Vegas, Nevada. Methods: The chi-squared test was used to evaluate gr…
Purpose: This study examined the influence of parental marital status, parent-child sexual communication, parent-child closeness on the HIV-related knowledge, safer-sex intentions, and behaviors of late adolescent urban African American males. Design: The study employed a cross-sectional design with retrospective recall of salient parental influences and behaviors. Methods: Data were collected …
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe infertile women’s psychosocial health problems and their infertility-related beliefs and examine the relationships between their beliefs about infertility and psychosocial health problems. Design: The study was a descriptive correlational cross-sectional survey. Women (N = 203) who were receiving treatment for fertility problems in two public…
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to examine womens beliefs about cervical cancer and the Pap test in Chilean women. Design and Methods: The questionnaire, developed following the guidelines by Robert de Vellis, is based on the Health Belief Model. The content validity index was 0.93 upon review by 10 Chilean experts. A cross-sectional design was imp…
Purpose: To identify the most effective interventions to treat nipple trauma in breastfeeding mothers. Design and Methods: Systematic literature review using the PICO strategy. The search was conducted on the electronic information systemsMedline- PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), World Health Organization Li…
Purpose: This Taiwan study investigated the effect of a visual art–based friendly environment on nursing home residents satisfaction with their living environment. Design: A pre-experimental design was used. Thirty-three residents in a nursing home were recruited in a one-group pre- and post-test study. Methods: The four-floor living environment was integrated using visual art, reminiscence, …