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Dissertations
An evaluation of the 1987 Texas Senate Bill 1160: The effectiveness of legislated accountability requirements for nurses, Alexia E. Green
An evaluation of the healthfulness of the hospital food environment, Cynthia E. Horton Dias
An evaluation of the molecular species of CA125 across the three phases of the menstrual cycle, Monica Rose McLemore
An evidence-based evaluation tool to assist healthcare providers in their assessment of effective mHealth applications for the management of chronic health conditions, Sara Belle Donevant
An examination of faith community nursing interventions in the promotion of successful aging, Lina B. Hixson
An examination of freshman non-nursing students' attitude toward nursing as a career choice for males in the Southeastern United States, Tiffany Gordon Cox
An examination of influential factors of academic dishonesty and ethical decision-making among community college nursing students, Roshelle L. Lemon-Howard
An examination of the behavior patterns of two Utah male adolescents who committed suicide: Comparative case studies, Marlene P. Bacon
An examination of the relations amongst power, uncertainty, self-transcendence, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors, Arlene T. Farren
An examination of the role discrepancy, depressive symptoms, and turnover intention among the Jordanian nursing workforce, Muhammad Waleed Darawad
An exploration of how new registered nurses construct their professional identity in hospital settings, Denise I. Deppoliti
An exploration of nurses' knowledge of right hemisphere stroke associated communication impairments, Susan K. Brooks
An exploration of perceived learning activities and assignments preferred by millennial nursing students in an online RN-BSN nursing program, Holly R. Farley
An exploration of registered nurse preparation for safe medication management, Catherine Illman Sykes
An exploration of the first year of nursing practice: Continued formation as registered nurses in the 21st century, Carol A. Sheldon
An exploration of the influence of nursing education culture on the integration of nursing informatics competencies into a collaborative nursing program curriculum, Stephanie Atthill
An exploration of the parental and spousal experiences of fathers/husbands in families of children with chronic illness, Amy M. Nulsen
An exploration of the relationship of cue identification and problem framing in nurses' clinical decision making, Kereen F. Mullenbach
An exploratory study of the barriers of pediatric palliative care programs and their relationships to funding, Mary Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin
An exploratory study to shape a disaster nurse practitioner scope of practice, Frances Dunniway
An historical analysis of the Frontier Nursing Service: History, organization and the changing culture of care, Edith A. West
An innovative strategy to increase patient hand hygiene autonomy of hospitalized adults, Shanina C. Knighton
An inquiry into the use of the case method instruction to support nursing students learning transfer from classroom instruction to clinical practice, Kathleen Dorman Wagner