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Evidence-based pediatric pain management in emergency departments of a rural state (with C. Jennissen, Ann Marie McCarthy, and T. Ansley), The Journal of Pain (2011)
Evidence-based pediatric pain management (EBPPM) has been identified as a practice too often overlooked in...
Salivary cortisol responsivity to an intravenous catheter insertion in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (with Ann Marie McCarthy, K. Hanrahan, L. M. Scott, N. Zemblidge, and M. B. Zimmerman), Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2011)
OBJECTIVE: To compare salivary cortisol baseline levels and responsivity as well as behavioral distress to...
Factors explaining children's responses to intravenous needle insertions (with Ann Marie McCarthy, K. Hanrahan, M. B. Zimmerman, N. Westhus, and S. Allen), Nursing Research (2010)
BACKGROUND: Previous research shows that numerous child, parent, and procedural variables affect children's distress responses...
Impact of parent-provided distraction on child responses to an IV insertion (with Ann Marie McCarthy, K. Hanrahan, M. B. Zimmerman, N. Westhus, and S. Allen), Children's Health Care (2010)
This study evaluates the impact of parent-provided distraction on children's responses (behavioral, physiological, parent, and...
Normative salivary cortisol values and responsivity in children (with Ann Marie McCarthy, K. Hanrahan, M. B. Zimmerman, S. Lutgendorf, and E. Tsalikian), Applied Nursing Research (2009)
This was a descriptive study on normative salivary cortisol values and responsivity to a hospital...
Acetaminophen dosing for neonates, infants, and children, Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing (2008)
Pain-sensitive temperament and postoperative pain (with M. Suwanraj, L. A. Dolan, Mary Berg, and A. Kleese), Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing (2007)
PURPOSE: To describe the relationship between pain-sensitive temperament and self-report of pain intensity following surgery....
Incidence of constipation and abdominal pain following spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis (with Mary Berg), Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2007)
Pain trajectory following spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis (with L. Dolan, Mary Berg, A. Kleese, and M. Suwanraj), Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2007)
Striving for distraction. Interview by James M Stubenrauch (with Ann Marie McCarthy), The American Journal of Nursing (2007)
As part of its Raise the Voice campaign, in November 2006 the American Academy of...
Predictors of topical anesthetic effectiveness in children (with D. L. Schutte, Ann Marie McCarthy, M. Floria-Santos, J. C. Murray, and K. Hanrahan), The Journal of Pain (2007)
Some children report significant pain with peripheral intravenous catheter (IV) insertion, despite the appropriate use...
Development of the distraction coaching index (with Ann Marie McCarthy, K. Hanrahan, L. Myers, and N. Weathers), Children's Health Care (2007)
Children's distress during medical procedures can be decreased when professionals or parents provide distraction coaching,...
Open bedside rounds for families with children in pediatric intensive care units (with T. Davenport and B. Freyenberger), American Journal of Critical Care (2006)
Integrating molecular genetics analyses into clinical research (with D. L. Schutte, Ann Marie McCarthy, M. Floria-Santos, K. Hanrahan, and J. C. Murray), Biological Research for Nursing (2006)
The integration of molecular genetics approaches into the study of complex health phenomena is an...
Strategies for salivary cortisol collection and analysis in research with children (with K. Hanrahan, Ann Marie McCarthy, S. Lutgendorf, and E. Tsalikian), Applied Nursing Research (2006)
Salivary cortisol has emerged in pediatric research as an easy-to-collect, relatively inexpensive, biologic marker of...
A conceptual model of factors influencing children's responses to a painful procedure when parents are distraction coaches (with Ann Marie McCarthy), Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2006)
The purpose of this article is to present a model of factors that may influence...
Evaluating instruments for a study on children's responses to a painful procedure when parents are distraction coaches (with Ann Marie McCarthy), Journal of Pediatric Nursing (2006)
Existing research identifies numerous variables that may influence children's distress responses during medical procedures. In...
Selecting and evidence-based practice topic., Perioperative Nursing Clinics of North America (2006)
Development and implementation of a protocol for transfers out of the pediatric intensive care unit (with N. R. Van Waning and B. Freyenberger), Critical Care Nurse (2005)
Evidence-based practice: What to do when evidence is lacking., Journal of Nursing Query (2005)
Issues in measuring children's preferred style of coping with pain (with Ann Marie McCarthy and KIrsten M. Hanrahan), The Journal of Pain (2004)
Effectiveness of lidocaine lubricant for discomfort during pediatric urethral catheterization (with L. L. Gerard, C. S. Cooper, K. S. Duethman, and B. M. Gordley), The Journal of Urology (2003)
PURPOSE: Many children with urinary tract infections and vesicoureteral reflux require catheterization. Catheterization can be...
Topical anesthetics for intravenous insertion in children: a randomized equivalency study (with M. Sorenson, K. Whiteside, B. A. Gronstal, and R. Tannous), Pediatrics (2002)
OBJECTIVES: Children view needle sticks as the worst source of pain and fear in the...
An evidence-based multidisciplinary protocol for neonatal circumcision pain management (with J. Geyer, D. Ellsbury, D. Litwiller, A. Hinton, and J. Yankowitz), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (2002)
Pain experienced in infancy may have effects later in life. Neonatal circumcision is a common...
Factors that predict low hematocrit levels in the postpartum patient after vaginal delivery (with L. A. Petersen, D. S. Lindner, M. B. Zimmerman, A. T. Hinton, and J. Yankowitz), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2002)
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to provide a viable alternative to routine postpartum...
The Iowa model of evidence-based practice to promote quality care (with M. G. Titler, Victoria J. Steelman, B. A. Rakel, G. Budreau, CLQ Everett, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Toni Tripp-Reimer, and C. J. Goode), Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America (2001)
The Iowa Model of Research-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care was originally developed and implemented...
Parents as distraction coaches during i.v. insertion: A randomized study (with Martha Craft-Rosenberg and D. C. Harper), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2001)
This study investigated the effectiveness of a brief Distraction Education intervention for parents prior to...
Saline for peripheral intravenous locks in neonates: Evaluating a change in practice (with K. S. Hanrahan and S. Berends), Neonatal Network (2000)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of saline versus 10 units/ml heparin for peripheral i.v. flushes...
Parent behavior and child distress during urethral catheterization (with Ann Marie McCarthy), Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses (1999)
ISSUES AND PURPOSE: Researchers need a clear understanding of the natural behaviors parents use to...
Effects of distraction on children's pain and distress during medical procedures: A meta-analysis (with D. C. Harper), Nursing Research (1999)
BACKGROUND: It is difficult to determine the usefulness of distraction to decrease children's distress behavior...
A randomized trial of heparin and saline for maintaining intravenous locks in neonates (with J. Heilskov, K. Johnson, and J. Miller), Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses (1998)
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of saline, heparin 2 units (U) per ml saline, and...
A research-based sibling visitation program for the neonatal ICU (with L. A. Montgomery, A. Nicholson, and Martha Craft-Rosenberg), Critical Care Nurse (1997)
Special report: nursing. A research-based sibling visitation program for the neonatal ICU... reprinted from Critical Care Nurse, Vol. 17, No. 2, April 1997, Innovision Communications, Aliso Viejo, CA (with L. A. Montgomery, A. Nicholson, and Martha J. Craft-Rosenberg), Neonatal Intensive Care (1997)
Information needs of the siblings of critically ill children (with L. A. Montgomery and Martha Craft-Rosenberg), Children's Health Care (1995)
This study explored parental and sibling perceptions and feelings about sibling information needs during a...
Perceived changes in adult family members' roles and responsibilities during critical illness (with S. K. Johnson, Martha Craft, M. Titler, M. Halm, L. A. Montgomery, K. Megivern, A. Nicholson, and Kathleen C. Buckwalter), Image--The Journal of Nursing Scholarship (1995)
An exploratory design was used to study the effects of critical care hospitalization on family...
Evaluation of saline for i.v. locks in children (with K. S. Hanrahan and C. L. Fagan), Pediatric Nursing (1994)
A practice change to saline for peripheral IV maintenance was evaluated in a large teaching...
Infusing research into practice to promote quality care (with M. G. Titler, Victoria M. Steelman, C. Goode, Barbara Rakel, J. Barry-Walker, S. Small, and Kathleen C. Buckwalter), Nursing Research (1994)
This article describes the Iowa Model of Research in Practice, a heuristic model used at...
Implementation of the AHCPR pain guidelines for children (with K. Schmidt, D. Holida, M. Petersen, and L. Phearman), Journal of Nursing Care Quality (1994)
Successful implementation of Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) clinical practice guidelines must...
How to apply the AHCPR's pediatric pain guideline (with K. Schmidt, D. Holida, M. Petersen, and L. Phearman), The American Journal of Nursing (1994)
Emotional responses of family members during a critical care hospitalization (with M. Halm, M. Titler, L. A. Montgomery, S. K. Johnson, A. Nicholson, Martha Craft, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, and K. Megivern), American Journal of Critical Care (1994)
BACKGROUND: The needs and satisfaction levels of family members of critically ill patients have received...
Justification of hospital days and epidemiology of discharge delays in a department of neurology (with M. Schluep, J. Bogousslavsky, F. Regli, M. Tendon, and L. S. Prod'hom), Neuroepidemiology (1994)
We have developed a protocol to identify unnecessary days of hospitalisation in the Department of...
Behavioral responses of family members during critical illness (with M. A. Halm, M. G. Titler, S. K. Johnson, L. A. Montgomery, Martha J. Craft, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, A. Nicholson, and K. Megivern), Clinical Nursing Research (1993)
This articles describes the behavioral responses of adult family members to critical illness and how...
Group functioning of a collaborative family research team (with S. K. Johnson, M. A. C. Halm, M. G. Titler, Martha Craft, L. A. Montgomery, A. Nicholson, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, and E. Cram), Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS (1993)
Collaborative research teams are an attractive means of conducting nursing research in the clinical setting...
Heparin vs. saline for peripheral i.v. locks in children (with K. Hanrahan, C. L. Fagan, and M. A. Zittergruen), Pediatric Nursing (1993)
PURPOSE: To determine the efficacy of saline versus heparin flush solution to maintain peripheral i.v....
Improving practice through research: The case of heparin vs. saline for peripheral intermittent infusion devices (with C. J. Goode, M. Titler, S. Small, Barbara Rakel, Victoria J. Steelman, J. B. Walker, and Kathleen C. Buckwalter), MEDSURG Nursing (1993)
Peripheral intermittent infusion devices are commonly used to administer periodic doses of medications to adults...
Effects of child visitation in adult critical care units: A pilot study (with A. C. Nicholson, M. Titler, L. A. Montgomery, Martha J. Craft, M. Halm, Kathleen Buckwalter, and S. Johnson), Heart & Lung (1993)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the behavioral and emotional responses of the child and of the nonhospitalized...
Meeting family needs in the ICU: Effects of child visitation in adult critical care units: A pilot study. (with A. C. Nicholson, M. Titler, L. A. Montgomery, Martha J. Craft, M. Halm, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, and S. Johnson), Heart and Lung (1993)
A meta-analysis of effects of heparin flush and saline flush: Quality and cost implications (with C. J. Goode; M. Titler; Barbara Rakel; D. S. Ones; S. Small; and P. K, Triolo), Nursing Research (1991)
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to estimate the effects of heparin flush and saline...
Spontaneous endotracheal tube extubation in infants and children (with P. A. Hummel), Focus on Critical Care / American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (1989)
Factors related to spontaneous endotracheal extubation in the neonate (with P. A. Hummel), Pediatric Nursing (1989)
Circumstances accompanying spontaneous endotracheal extubation (SE) in neonates reveal a trend that very low birth...
Risk factors associated with pressure ulcers in the pediatric patient following open--heart surgery (with J. R. Neidig and R. A. Oppliger), Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing (1989)
From a retrospective chart audit conducted on 59 infants and children who had survived open-heart...
Solving documentation problems with a pediatric flow sheet (with L. Chase), Pediatric Nursing (1989)
In September/October 1988, Pediatric Nursing published a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) flow sheet for...
Acute histologic changes in the tracheobronchial tree associated with different suction catheter insertion techniques (with N. Krutzfield and E. F. Rose), Heart & Lung (1988)
Anesthetized, intubated kittens were subjected to one of two procedures: (1) insertion of a suction...
Nursing management of the infant with an intraoral appliance (with G. Budreau), Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing (1987)
A recently developed intraoral device is being used for infants who require orotracheal and orogastric...