Showing papers by "Saint Anselm College published in 1996"

Back to basics. Administering i.m. injections the right way.

Abstract: Do you remember the first time you gave a patient a \"shot\"? Were you nervous and hesitant? Administering medications by intramuscular (IM) injection is often the first invasive skill that nursing students learn. What many of us don't recall, however, is that even this most basic skill has a solid research base. Researchers have studied IM sites, syringes, needles, and medication volumes. They've also studied interventions that can reduce pain and discomfort. We asked over 200 nurses if they were aware of this research base. Most said they were not. Frankly, neither were we. So we decided to explore the literature, going back to the 1920s. We found over 90 studies related to IM injections. Using this literature and research base, we developed the following protocol for IM injections.

A re-examination of the sex ratios of families with a neurodevelopmentally disordered child.

Abstract: It has been claimed that mothers with certain hormonal imbalances and/or immunological disorders are more likely to give birth to male than female children and that they are more likely to give birth to a neurodevelopmentally disordered (ND) child. Liederman and Flannery (1995) reported that the sex ratio of families with an index ND child did not significantly differ from the sex ratio of families without an index ND child. The data were derived from the National Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP). James (in the current issue) challenged us to reconsider the standard against which we judged the sex ratio of siblings of ND children, since the 1.10 sex ratio that we obtained for the siblings of non-ND children is much higher than the sex ratio of children born during that period according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the current paper, the NCPP data were re-examined and it was demonstrated that the high sex ratio of siblings in our non-ND sample was not due to various retention or recruitment biases. Thus, we suggest that use of the sex ratio of siblings of non-ND children was the proper standard against which to judge the sex ratio of ND families, and that our data provide no evidence to support the notion that these families are male biased.

Media use and political commitment: The 1992 U.S. presidential election

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between media use and political commitment. Undergraduate participants answered an extensive political background questionnaire, which included measures of media use, perceived importance of information sources regarding the 1992 presidential election, and various political behaviors as an index of political commitment. Correlational analyses revealed that those who are more politically committed tend to select a variety of media sources regarding a presidential candidate. This study also investigated how informational and commitment variables were related to attitudes towards the major presidential candidates. Results observed for people expressing positive attitudes toward Perot are discussed in terms of the modern day “third party voter.”