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J Austin

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Becoming parents: feelings of adoptive mothers.

In a research study to determine feelings and reactions of first-time adoptive mothers, 24 adoptive mothers and 24 birth mothers were interviewed and the findings compared. Adoptive mothers react to their babies in much the same way that birth mothers do, but are often less prepared for parenting. Nurses can counsel them about the range of feelings normally experienced by both adoptive and birth mothers to allay many concerns and facilitate the process of becoming parents.

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Cross-cultural comparison of images of nurses and physicians.

This study investigates attitudes related to the image of nurses and physicians across 30 cultures, using six concepts. Significant differences were found between physician and nurse with respect to power. Moreover, although the physician was highly correlated with knowledge and independence the nurse was correlated with kindness. Nurses' ability to influence health care decision-making may be limited if they are viewed as powerless, and they must address this deficit in their public image.

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Interim heart replacement with a mechanical device: an adjunct to management of allograft rejection.

Acute heart rejection; unresponsive to immunosuppressive therapy, results in cardiogenic shock and death. In the absence of another donor heart, a total artificial heart can be used as a suitable bridging device to re-transplantation. A thirty-three year-old man rejected his allograft forty-eight hours after transplantation. A total artificial heart was used for eleven hours until another donor heart became available and was transplanted. During the bridging period, the hemodynamic performance of the mechanical prosthesis was satisfactory. The patient died forty-eight hours after re-transplantation of donor right heart failure due to pulmonary edema. This edema was felt to be related to the long periods of cardiopulmonary bypass. This unique experience illustrates the need for a prompt decision to proceed with cardiac replacement, avoiding long periods of cardiopulmonary bypass, the need for a suitable mechanical device availability, technical expertise in device implantation and allograft transplantation.

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