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Dissertations
Development of a scale to measure nursing presence, Carol Toliuszis Kostovich
Development of the woman abuse screening tool, Wendy K. Taylor
Diabetes-related distress experienced by Saudi adults with type two diabetes mellitus, Ibtesam Alqahtani
Dietary risk, readiness to change, and factors related to dietary choices in African-American women, Ellen Beth Daroszewski
Differences in coping between parents of mentally handicapped children and parents of non handicapped children, Cynthia Chatham
Differences in preferred teaching strategies: A quantitative study of nursing student perspectives, Kaela L. Appleman
Differences in satisfaction of nurses related to career track choice, Joan L. Frey
Differences in the frequency of use of breast cancer control methods in Black and white women: An application of the Health Belief Model, Merrian E. Douglass
Differences of weekend versus weekdays, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, patient diagnosis, and direct patient care time, Deborah F. Behan
Differentiating successful and unsuccessful nursing students, Trilla A. Mays
Diffusion of inclusion: Measuring willingness to adopt inclusive teaching strategies in nursing educational environments, Janet A. Levey
Dimensions of quality of care: African-Americans' perspectives, Marie N. Fongwa
Dimensions of racial identity as predictors of physical activity in midlife African American women, Elaine Clarista Hardy
Dimensions of social support and post-stroke depressive symptoms in Saudi Arabia: A mixed methods approach, Lisa Adnan Babkair
Discovering the current wound management practices of rural Africans: A pilot study, Linda L. L. Benskin
Discovering the process of reasonable academic accommodations for pre-licensure nursing students with learning disabilities, Amy Yarbrough
Dispositional mindfulness in senior-level nursing students: Examining the relationship to situation awareness and clinical outcomes, Deborah L. Struth
Distance caregiving a parent with advanced cancer, Polly M. Mazenec
Distress after preterm birth: A discourse analysis of parents' accounts and photographs, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon
Distributive justice and social policy: A case study, Susan Swider
Domains of nursing practice: Application of Benner's Model, Rebecca J. Patterson
Domestic violence screening by nurses in the primary care setting, Karen Hetzel
Down home: An ethnography about community process and health of older persons in a rural setting, Carol A. Craig
Drawing my story: Children's experiences in the hospital, Christy Marguerite Gifford Solorio
