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maternal–infant Prostate cancer, active Quantitative research, 122, 423,
interactions, 414 surveillance for, 4–6 430–432
maternity blues, Prostate-specific antigens, 4 continuous scales, 431
distinguished, 413 Psychiatric home care measurement scales, 430–431
risk factors, 413, 414 nursing, 78 qualitative research,
symptoms, 413, 414 Psychological care, 31 distinguished, 430
Practice Environment Scale of Psychometrics, 260 statistical inference, 431
the Nursing Work Index Psychosocial research, 116 statistical methodology, 430
(PES-NWI), 267, 268 Public health services, 286 triangulation, 431
Pregnancy, 415–417 Pulmonary artery catheter, Quasi-experimental research,
adolescent, 417 216–219 432–433
anxiety during, 416 Pyrogens, 188 experimental research,
-associated osteoporosis, 365 distinguished, 432
care during labor and birth, 417 Qualitative analysis, 103, 105, 279 nonequivalent control group
depression during the Qualitative research, 122–123, designs, 432
childbearing cycle, 416 423–425 preexperimental designs, 432
gestational weight, 416 naturalistic inquiry, 423 time series designs, 433
health-promoting behaviors phenomenology, 424–425 Questionnaire, 105
during, 416 positivist approaches, 423–424
obesity during, 416 quantitative research, Radiation therapy, 370
Prejudice, 15–16 distinguished, 423 Rape/sexual assault, 531, 532
Preterm birth, prevention of, Quality of care, 252–253, 300, Rapid eye movement sleep, 473
417–420 425–427 Reasoned action theory, 22
antepartum bed rest, 419 components of, 426, 427 Recurrent major
sociodemographic risk critical paths and care maps, depression, 465
factors, 418 426–427 Recursive models, 42, 43
tocolytic drugs, 419 Institute of Medicine Reed’s Self-Transcendence
treatment, 419 definition, 426 Scale, 295
variation in management, 419 Nursing Outcomes Registered nurse, 379–380
Prevention, of preterm and low Classification, 427 Reliability, 434–436
birth weight, 417–420 outcomes, 426–427 classical test theory, 436
bed rest, 419 process quality, 426 Cronbach’s alpha reliability
occurrence of, 417, 418 structural quality, 426 coefficient, 435
role of prenatal care, 420 Quality of life (QOL), 15, 235, equivalence, 434, 435, 436
smoking cessation 243, 331, 427–430 forms of, 434
programs, 418 challenges for measurement generalized theory436
Primary nursing, 420–422 of, 429 inter-class correlation,
new patient care delivery comparisons across studies, 434, 435
models, 421 difficulties in, 427 item response theory, 436
nurse–patient relationship at disease or population specific stability reliability434
center, 421 instruments, 429 test theory, 436
professional practice federal funding, research Religiosity, 483
model, 421 on, 428 Reminiscence, life review,
Problem-solving ability, 35 generic measures, 429 436–440
Problematic parenting, 375 health-related quality of life end-of-life care, 438–439
Process evaluation studies, 163 (HRQOL), 428 improving well-being, focuses
Professional nursing, 379 impact of uncertainty in on, 439
organizations, 8, 335–336 illness, 523 narrative therapy, 436
Professional practice models, Quality of Life Index as process for reaching
343, 421 (QLI), 429 integrity, 437
Progressively Lowered Stress research limitations, 429 oral history, 437
Threshold Model, 298 Quantitative analysis, 103–104 whole life story, 437