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Dissertations
Nursing students' self-efficacy to care for older adults in acute care settings in Ghana: A mixed method study, Diana Abudu-Birresborn
Nursing students strengthening resiliency through educator relationships: A basic qualitative study, Sandra McDade
Nursing workforce issues: Nursing student enrollment and faculty trends in the state of Maryland, Virginia S. Pichler
Obesity and overweight among black American adolescent females: The role of social influences in everyday dietary practices, Megan R. Winkler
Obesity and the university environment: Assessment of the campus and intervention in the student health services, Tina L. Ortiz
Objective physical activity and sleep characteristics measurements using a triaxial accelerometer in eight year olds, Susan A. Harrington
Older adult caregiving in an Amish community, Helen Mavis Farrar
Older adults' implementation of discharge instructions following an acute care hospital stay, Brenda Miller
Older African Americans perceptions of living with asthma and satisfaction with care, Judith L. Martin-Holland
Older Hispanic women with health care provider diagnosed osteoarthritis: Experience and perceptions of culturally competent care, Claudia A. Oglivie
Online clinical post-conference, face-to-face clinical post-conference: Effects on critical thinking in associate degree nursing students, Kristie A. Berkstresser
Online continuing nursing education: A study of factors related to nurse practitioner participation, Elizabeth A. Friedlander
Online faculty mentoring and transition balance in family nurse practitioner students, Cathlin B. Poronsky
On pills and needles: Students' and clinical nursing faculty's lived experience of a nursing students' first med pass in the clinical setting, Cindy K. Paradiso
On the dimensions of managerial readiness among middle-level academic managers in Philippine colleges of nursing: An exploratory sequential design, Blaise B. Nieve
Optimism and emotional well-being in women with breast cancer: The role of mediators, Ellyn E. Matthews
Oral care practice guidelines for the care-dependent hospitalized adult outside of the intensive care unit setting, Cynthia S. Drapal
Organic buildup and residual blood on clean infant stethoscopes used in maternal-infant areas, Jan Marie Nick
Organizational agents as epistemic agents: Re-examining nurse executives' agency in homecare organizations, Lisa Ashley
Organizational climate, role ambiguity, role conflict and nurse faculty work balance: Influence on organizational commitment and turnover intention, Denise K. Gormley
Organizational context, shared governance structure, and outcomes in Veterans Affairs hospitals, Bonnie J. Charland
Organizational factors as barriers to racially and ethnically diverse nursing students, Janine Lynn Johnson
Organizational incentives and rewards as motivators for registered nurses to obtain a baccalaureate or higher nursing degree, Joan Insalaco Warren
Outcome evaluation of an interdisciplinary care model for children with cystic fibrosis, Roberta P. Pawlak
