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Dissertations
Iranian-American older adults' attitudes and proactive actions toward planning ahead for end-of-life care, Zahra Rahemi
Irritable infants: Their childhood characteristics, Madalynn M. Neu
Issues influencing medication adherence in Black women with hypertension, Willie M. Abel
It is always the monkey on my back: The diagnosis of cirrhosis, Mary Tiberg
It is what it is...Enduring the never-ending: The lived experiences of parenting adult children with developmental/intellectual disabilities, Siri Gurunam Kaur Khalsa
It's more than nursing: The experience of psychological safety of pre-licensure nursing students who identify as Black, indigenous, and people of color, Melissa M. Anozie
It's nerve racking: The lived experiences of new graduate clinical care nurses using simulation as part of an orientation program, Robert L. Kerner Jr.
"It was a season..." postpartum depression in American Indian/Alaska native women, Jennifer Leigh Heck
Job stress, mentoring, psychological empowerment, and job satisfaction among nursing faculty, Catherine Chung
Joining the academic community: The lived experiences of new teachers in nursing education, Patricia K. Young
Keeping nurses in nursing: Service-learning as a means to enhance grit, Caitlin M. Lofton
Knowing nursing error: Understanding nursing error through nurses' error experiences, Suzanne Edgett Collins
Knowing the patient as a person: Social media listening and Gadamerian analysis of nurses' expressions shared during the COVID-19 Global Health Pandemic, Janusz A. Kaleta
Knowledge and health beliefs about breast cancer screening among rural Palestinian women: Pilot study, Hanan Saca-Hazboun
Knowledge of stroke warning symptoms and risk factors: Variations by rural and urban categories, Kathleen Ann Ennen
Latinas in the pipeline to baccalaureate-prepared nursing: Challenges and supports in persistence to degree and professional licensure, Cheryl A. Sheils
Leadership and political skill preparedness of the doctoral prepared nurse, Wanda Montalvo
Leadership of the pioneers of nursing informatics: A multiple care study analysis, Ann Z. Branchini
Leading change: Generating cultural responsiveness and competence in nursing, Kerstin G. Hudgins
Learned resourcefulness, cognitive processes, and adaptive functioning in depressed adults, Chien Yu Lai
Learning science: Physical and life sciences in curricula across U.S. schools of nursing, Valerie C. Sauda
Learning to educate: A basic qualitative study of the experiences of training from professional nurses, Shanda J. Clark
Learning to respond to thought-disordered speech - Nursing students' experiences: A mixed methods study, Denise E. McGarry
Learning transfer evidence in baccalaureate senior nursing students using a disaster emergency preparedness tabletop exercise, Cathleen A. Evans
Let the circle be unbroken: Health of elderly southern Appalachian widows, Sonya Renae Hardin
