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Dissertations
Congruency between parents' actual and desired participation in the care of their hospitalized child, Daria Katherine Romaniuk
Constructing the process of healthcare decision-making by adolescent athletes post sport-related concussion, Jeanette Faith Green
Construction of caring: A study of nurses in a children's hospital, Christine Dooge Milbrath
Contentment in "Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism": A humanbecoming hermeneutic study, Susan Agnes Bonis
Contextual factors influencing the acute care registered nurse's response to clinical alarms, Kathleen M. Stacy
Contributing factors to diaper dermatitis in the NICU, Media S. Esser
Contributions of patient characteristics and organizational factors to patient outcomes of diabetes care in Hualien, Taiwan, Shu-Chuan Chang
Contributions of three nursing leaders to the development of registered nursing education in Jamaica, 1946-1986, Hermi Hyacinth Hewitt
Coping strategies, social support, and self-care among young women with pelvic inflammatory disease, Jessica L. Tillman
Coping with acute myocardial infarction, Kathryn Ambur Scherck
Coping with appraised threat of breast cancer: Primary prevention coping behaviors utilized by women at increased risk, Diane R. Lancaster
Correlates of desire for children among Black women with and without HIV infection, Yvonne Wesley
Correlates of fatigue in lymphoma patients undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, Majeda M. El-Banna
Creative thinking ability of women in nursing, Patricia Leona Richard
Creativity and cognitive style of creativity: A description of graduate nursing faculty and construct validation of the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Theory, Amy C. Pettigrew
Critical care performance in a simulated military aircraft cabin environment, Margaret McNeill
Critical care registered nurses' perceptions of nurse-to-nurse incivility and professional comportment, Kenneth J. Oja
Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of Lung Cancer Screening Health Belief Scale, Fang Lei
Cultural characteristics of a nursing education center of excellence: A naturalistic inquiry case study, Tona L. Leiker
Cultural competence and racist attitudes of direct patient care registered nurses in a Midwestern state, Linda Kay Hardy
Cultural competence in nursing school curricula, Mayra P. Toney
Cultural discovery in nursing practice: The experience of nurses who work with Vietnamese, Evelyn Labun
Cultural practices, knowledge, and beliefs of newborn care and health-seeking in rural Zambia, Julie M. Buser
Culture care values, beliefs and practices observed in empowerment of American Indian community health representatives, Elizabeth A. Tyree
