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Dissertations
An interpreted journey of professional growth among female baccalaureate nursing students: A Hermeneutic study of mindfulness practices, Lorraine Santangelo
An interpretive study of the bulimic woman's experience of relationships, Mary Tantillo
An intervention to increase intentions and behavioral skills to postpone sexual activity in Cameroonian preadolescent female students, Comfort C. Enah
An investigation of burnout in New Jersey staff nurses: The effects of fear of success in nursing and narcissism, Kathleen M. Burke
An investigation of hope as manifested in the physically ill adult, Edith H. Raleigh
An investigation of how spirituality supports smoking cessation, Lenora D. Follett
An investigation of multiple roles influencing the participation of students enrolled in a college nursing program, Carol T. Avery
An investigation of parenting competency and sense of belonging in a sample of mothers with and without mental illness, Janet Salerno D'Arcangelo
An investigation of pattern manifestations in substance abuse-impaired nurses, Margaret M. West
An investigation of suffering through the examination of the lived experiences of hospice patients, Junko M. Mills
An investigation of the ability of the Minnesota Early Childhood Screening Program to predict educational achievement in third grade children, Martha Dewey Bergren
An investigation of the relationship among social support, motivation, perceived competence, and pursuit of a baccalaureate degree among associate degree nurse graduates, Margaret Joyce Reilly
An investigation of the relationship between lightwaves and cardiac rate, Tara S. Cortes
An investigation of the relationship between the magnitude of life stress, appraisal of adjustment to life stress and the occurrence of conception among women of childbearing age, Marianne T. Roncoli
An investigation of the relationship of power and empathy in nurse executives, Patricia J. Moulton
An investigation of the relationship of self-disclosure, interpersonal dependency, and life changes to loneliness in young adults, Noreen E. Mahon
Annotation in nurse education: Towards a hermeneutic understanding, Paul J. Regan
A non-weight centered approach to modifying eating attitudes in polycystic ovarian syndrome, Jo'Quishia A. Lethermon
An outcome evaluation of an evidenced-based leadership framework on nursing retention in a tertiary medical center, Robbie G. Rabe
Antecedents of control over nursing practice, Marla Jean Weston
Antecedents of three-year-old child health status, Candice C. Bowman
Anticipating mothering in the Mexican origin woman, Susan M. Baxley
A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of military spouses of veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder, Teresa W. Yambo
