Volume 4, Issue 2 (2013) | International Journal of Research in Nursing

Tweaking Exponential Distribution to Estimate the Chance for More Survival Time if a Cancerous Kidney is Removed

Ramalingam Shanmugam — 2013-09-04

International Journal of Research in Nursing, Published online: 4 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ijrnsp.2013.29.33

Patients with a malignant tumor in the kidney (recognized as hypernephroma in medical practice) are treated by what is known as nephrectomy (that is a surgical removal of the kidney) in addition to a ...

Plan, do, Study, Act Cycles, as an Alternate to Action Research for Clinically Based Inquiry

Bernadette Ivy Eather — 2013-09-11

International Journal of Research in Nursing, Published online: 11 September 2013; doi:10.3844/ijrnsp.2013.34.39

Action Research has long been the method of choice when undertaking research in clinical practice improvement. It is a method aimed at engendering ownership by the participants in order to sustain pra...

Shortage Level of Matching Kidney and Pancreas Organs for Implant is Estimated

Ramalingam Shanmugam — 2013-11-01

International Journal of Research in Nursing, Published online: 1 November 2013; doi:10.3844/ijrnsp.2013.40.46

Organ transplants are increasingly done worldwide. The organ donors might be dead or alive. There are legal, ethical, medical and administrative issues to procure organs and to transplant them. Howeve...

Quality of Working Life and Turnover Intentions: Implications for Nursing Management

Ali Mohammad Mosadeghrad — 2013-12-02

International Journal of Research in Nursing, Published online: 2 December 2013; doi:10.3844/ijrnsp.2013.47.54

The main purpose of this study was to explore the status of Quality of Working Life (QWL) among hospital nurses in Isfahan, Iran. A survey study was conducted based on a sample of 296 hospital nurses ...