Recently added articles from Annual Review of Nursing Research:
Preface
Jan 01, 2008; ... All nursing research and all rural health research contribute to the knowledge base of rural nursing research. Knowledge developed from nursing research in urban areas often informs the development of rural nursing studies. Understandings of clinical problems, systems problems, and rural culture ...
Foreword
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Annual Review of Nursing Research (ARNR) series was launched in 1983, more than a quarter of a century ago. Since the initial volume, throughout the years, I have participated as an editor with a number of distinguished nurse colleagues. I am indebted to them for their commitment to and ...
Diabetes Care Among Rural Americans
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The prevalence of diabetes in the United States is higher among those living in rural/ nonmetropolitan statistical areas than in urban centers. Managing this complex chronic illness is complicated by factors such as limited access to care, low socioeconomic status , aging, and ...
Matters of the Heart: Cardiovascular Disease and Rural Nursing
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Most of the work done on CVD among rural populations uses mortality versus prevalence rates because prevalence data for rural populations is difficult, if not impossible, to ...
Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Environments
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The purpose of this chapter is to review nursing and other research related to rural intimate partner violence. The author presents a review of research in the area of intimate partner violence in the rural setting. The findings indicate that there is limited nursing research ...