Midwestern United States
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pediatric nurses' thinking in response to vignettes on administering analgesics.

29 Sep 2009 Pediatric nurses are not administering available and recommended analgesics to hospitalized children after surgery. This descriptive study was conducted to examine 30 pediatric nurses' thinking-in response to case study vignettes-about pain ... Read more...

Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation.

30 Aug 2009 National guidelines and professional organizations have recommended allowing family presence during resuscitation and bedside invasive procedures. Studies found that only 5% of critical care units have written policies. Periodic requests by family ... Read more...

The "big picture": communicating with families about end-of-life care in intensive care unit.

30 Aug 2009 This article presents the findings of a qualitative study investigating how critical care nurses include families in end-of-life care. The major theme, "Supporting the Families' Journey Through the Dying Process," illustrates how critical care ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Midwestern United States'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pediatric nurses' thinking in response to vignettes on administering analgesics. 29 Sep 2009
• Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation. 30 Aug 2009
• The "big picture": communicating with families about end-of-life care in intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Characterization of the winter midwestern particulate nitrate bulge. 30 Aug 2009
• The longitudinal structure of general and specific anxiety dimensions in children: testing a latent trait-state-occasion model. 30 Aug 2009
• Licensed nurses' perceptions of ethical climates in skilled nursing facilities. 30 Aug 2009
• Factors associated with incidental sickness absence among employees in one health care system. 30 Aug 2009
• Fitting measurement models to vocational interest data: are dominance models ideal? 30 Aug 2009
• Using the Colored Eco-Genetic Relationship Map with children. 30 Aug 2009
• Putting it altogether: improving performance in heart failure outcomes, part 2. 30 Aug 2009
• Death and dying course offerings in psychology: a survey of nine Midwestern states. 30 Aug 2009
• Spatiotemporal symmetry and multifractal structure of head movements during dyadic conversation. 30 Jul 2009
• Spatial and temporal genetic analyses show high gene flow among European corn borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) populations across the central U.S. corn belt. 30 Jul 2009
• Population genetic structure of Aphis glycines. 30 Jul 2009
• Perceived barriers to clinic appointments for adolescents with sickle cell disease. 30 Jul 2009
• Physical activity and incident diabetes in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study. 19 Jul 2009
• Active consent in urban elementary schools: an examination of demographic differences in consent rates. 11 Jul 2009
• A randomized controlled trial of an automated telephone intervention to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. 29 Jun 2009
• Fathering premature infants and the technological imperative of the neonatal intensive care unit: an interpretive inquiry. 29 Jun 2009
• Using self-study modules to improve wound care documentation by the staff nurse. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Midwestern United States'

Definition: The geographic area of the midwestern region of the United States in general or when the specific state or states are not indicated. The states usually included in this region are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Descriptor UI: D015146

Alternative terms: Midwestern United States; Midwest US; Midwest U.S.; Middle West U.S.;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.107.567.875.510;

History Note: 89

Technical Notes: includes Ill, Ind, Iowa, Kans, Ky, Mich, Minn, Missouri, Nebr, Ohio, Okla, N Dakota, S Dakota, Wisc; specify as needed but use MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES when text uses the term; DF: note short X ref CATALOG: use for 4 or more states