Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research

Ada Sue Hinshaw, Ph.D., professor of nursing and former dean of the School of Nursing, retired from active faculty status on May 31, 2008.Professor Hinshaw received her B.S. degree from the University of Kansas in 1961, her M.S.N. degree from Yale University in 1963, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arizona in 1973 and 1975, respectively. She joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1994 as dean of the School of Nursing and professor of nursing. She stepped down as dean in 2006.Under Professor Hinshaw′s leadership, the School of Nursing′s stature improved to become one of the top five in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, and eight of its nine master′s specialty and nurse practitioner programs were ranked in the top ten in the country. She oversaw the implementation of the second career program, a pilot B.S.N. to Ph.D. program, and a revised baccalaureate curriculum. In 1999-2000 the research productivity of the faculty climbed to the highest in the school′s history and moved the school to fifth in NIH funding among peer institutions. As dean, Professor Hinshaw also recruited and retained outstanding faculty and staff and kept the School of Nursing in the national and international forefront of research and education.Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Professor Hinshaw was the first director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National Institutes of Health. She was also past president of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the Institute of Medicine and its governing council. Her major fields of study included maternal-newborn health, clinical nursing, nursing administration, and instrument development and testing. She co-authored the first Handbook for Clinical Nursing Research and co-edited the text, Magnet Hospitals Revisited: Attraction and Retention of Professional Nurses. Professor Hinshaw has been involved in a number of health policy initiatives and served on numerous national review committees and policy commissions. She has lectured nationally and internationally, and has received numerous honors, awards, and honorary degrees.The Regents now salute this distinguished faculty for her dedicated service by naming Ada Sue Hinshaw professor emerita of nursing and dean emerita. Dr. Feetham has held clinical, research and leadership positions in academia, health systems (Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC), the Federal government (US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Nursing Research (Deputy Director and Chief of the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Analysis) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Her career has focused on health care to families and underserved populations and health policy. Dr. Shaver is professor and dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a top-10 college of nursing, according to U.S. News and World Report, and currently highly ranked in federal funding for nursing research and research training. She also is a nationally recognized researcher in women’s health, sleep science, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.Dr. Shaver, who was a faculty member at the UA College of Nursing from 1976 to 1977, is expected to join the college as dean in July. She replaces Carolyn Murdaugh, RN, PhD, who has served as interim dean of the college since June 2008.

• PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL, THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND ISSUESSection Overview - Ada Sue HinshawDiversity in Philosophical Approaches - Ada Jacox et alEvolving Nursing Research Traditions - Ada Sue HinshawInfluencing FactorsWhat Is Known about Caring in Nursing Science - Kristen M SwansonA Literary Meta-AnalysisRelationship of Research Perspectives to Methodology - Carolyn L MurdaughPART TWO (A): CRITICAL HEALTH NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONSSection Overview - Toni Tripp-ReimerThe Sampler Quilt - Clarann Weinert and Mary E BurmanA Metaphor of Rural CommunitiesResearch with Immigrants and Refugees - Juliene G Lipson and Afaf I MeleisCultural Interventions for Ethnic Groups of Color - Toni Tripp-ReimerCommunity-Focused Interventions and Outcomes Strategies - Joan K Magilvy, Nancy J Brown and Patricia MoritzPART TWO (B): CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE STRATEGIES AND NURSE SENSITIVE OUTCOMESSection Overview - Joan L F ShaverPromoting Physiological Stability - Pamela H MitchellTherapeutic Actions and Outcomes for Preterm (Low Birth Weight) Infants - Barbara S Medoff-Cooper and Diane Holditch-DavisTherapeutic Outcomes Sensitive to Nursing - William L Holzemer and Suzanne Bakken HenryPART TWO (C): FAMILIES IN HEALTH, ILLNESS AND LIFE TRANSITIONSSection Overview - Suzanne L FeethamNormative Family Transitions and Health Outcomes - Marilyn McCubbinNursing Care of Families in No-Normative Transitions - Catherine L Gilliss and Kathleen A KnaflThe State of Science and PracticeNursing Research of Families - Suzanne L Feetham and Susan B MeisterState of the Science and Correspondence with PolicyPART TWO (D): HEALTH PROMOTION AND RISK REDUCTIONSection Overview - Nola J PenderInterventions for Promoting Health in Adolescents - Carol J Loveland-CherryPrevention and Treatment of Hypertension in Black Americans - Martha N HillLowering Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adolescents - Joanne S Harrel and Barabara J SpeckHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention Intervention in Worksites - Sally Lechlitner LuskPART TWO (E): BIOBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESSSection Overview - Ada M Lindsey and Joan L F ShaverManagement of Mobility and Altered Physical Activity - Barbara Smith and Mary MacVicarManaging Dyspnea - Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman and Susan JansonManaging Pain - Betty R FerrellManaging Urinary and Fecal Incontinence - Molly C Dougherty and Linda L JensenManaging Nausea and Vomiting - Margaret HeitkemperManaging Sleep and Waking Behaviors and the Symtom of Fatigue - Joan L F ShaverPART TWO (F): WOMEN′S HEALTHSection Overview - Nancy Fugate WoodsWomen′s Work, Women′s Health - Marcia Gruis KillienFrom Menarche to Menopause - Nancy Fugate Woods, Ellen Sullivan Mitchell and Diana TaylorContributions form Nursing Research and Recommendations for PracticeInfertility - Ellen OlshanskyWomen and Sexuality - Catherine Ingram FogelContributions from Nursing Research and Practice RecommendationsClinical Nursing Research on Battered Women and Their Children - Jacquelyn Campbell and Barbara ParkerA ReviewPART TWO (G): OLDER ADULTS: HEALTH AND ILLNESS ISSUESSection Overview - Patricia G ArchboldActivities of Daily Living - Beverly L RobertsFactors Related to IndependenceManaging Cognitive Impairment and Depression in the Elderly - Cornelia K Beck et alSupportive and Non-Supportive Care Environments for the Elderly - Linda R Phillips and Martha AyresPART TWO (H): ENVIRONMENTS FOR OPTIMIZING CLIENT OUTCOMESSection Overview - Joyce A VerranAcute Care Environments - Gail L Ingersoll and Pamela H MitchellTransitional Environments - Dorothy Brooten and Mary Duffin NaylorQuality Outcomes and Contextual Variables in Nursing Homes - Meridean L Maas and Janet P Specht