Use of qualitative methods to enhance content validity

VP Tilden, CA Nelson, BA May - Nursing Research, 1990 - journals.lww.com
Qualitative methods to enhance the content validity of a new psychometric measure are
described in this report. Qualitative data collected in interviews with respondents familiar with a …

A prospective study of the efficacy of the physician order form for life‐sustaining treatment

SW Tolle, VP Tilden, CA Nelson… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: The Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST), a
comprehensive, one‐page order form, was developed to convey preferences for life‐sustaining …

Family decision-making to withdraw life-sustaining treatments from hospitalized patients

VP Tilden, SW Tolle, CA Nelson, J Fields - Nursing research, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Background: With a national trend toward less aggressive treatment of hospitalized
terminally ill patients, families increasingly participate in decisions to withdraw life-sustaining …

A comparison of methods to communicate treatment preferences in nursing facilities: traditional practices versus the physician orders for life‐sustaining treatment …

SE Hickman, CA Nelson, NA Perrin… - Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relationship between two methods to communicate treatment
preferences (Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST) program vs traditional …

A histopathologic study of 716 unselected eyes in patients with cancer at the time of death

CC Nelson, BS Hertzberg, GK Klintworth - American journal of …, 1983 - Elsevier
To determine the frequency of ocular metastases in the general population, we conducted a
prospective histopathologic study of 716 eyes obtained from patients who had malignant …

[HTML][HTML] Virus-specific memory T cells populate tumors and can be repurposed for tumor immunotherapy

…, S Wijeyesinghe, JM Stolley, CE Nelson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment limits the success of current immunotherapies.
The host retains memory T cells specific for previous infections throughout the entire …

The consistency between treatments provided to nursing facility residents and orders on the physician orders for life‐sustaining treatment form

SE Hickman, CA Nelson, AH Moss… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the consistency between treatments provided and Physician Orders
for Life‐Sustaining Treatment ( POLST ) orders. Design Retrospective chart abstraction. …

Decisions about life-sustaining treatment: Impact of physicians' behaviors on the family

…, SW Toile, MJ Garland, CA Nelson - Archives of Internal …, 1995 - jamanetwork.com
Background: Despite the growing availability of advance directives, most patients in the
intensive care unit lack written directives, and, therefore, consultation with families about …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of family history, body-fat distribution, and reproductive factors on the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer

…, JD Potter, SA Kaye, CL Nelson… - … England Journal of …, 1992 - Mass Medical Soc
Background. A family history of breast cancer reflects shared cultural factors, genetic
predisposition, or both. There is evidence that the estimated risk associated with a family history of …

The IPR inventory: Development and psychometric characteristics

VP Tilden, CA Nelson, BA May - Nursing Research, 1990 - journals.lww.com
The purpose of this study was to develop, validate, and norm a measure of dimensions of
interpersonal relationships that are salient to nursing: social support, reciprocity, and conflict. …