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Dissertations
Outcomes of Minnesota nursing home residents and their relationship to facility structural and process-related attributes, Mary Bliesmer
Out of the briar patch: Diffusion and sustainability of nurse-managed practice, Linda Campbell
Oxytocin: Biomarker of affiliation and neurodevelopment in premature infants, Ashley Marie Weber
Pain and postoperative health-related quality of life in inguinal hernia patients, Cheryl B. Rowder
Pap smear guideline adherence among non-immigrant Hispanic women of Mexican origin, Dulce M. Warren
Parental attitude and parental adjustment to epilepsy in a child, Joan K. Austin
Parental influences on late adolescents' autonomous motivation and sexual risk knowledge and behavior, Bettina Hornbuckle Riley
Parental perceptions of family management styles in families with a child with asthma, Annette Hines
Parental perceptions of family social supports in families with children with epilepsy, Kim Alexander Decker
Parental self-efficacy, feeding practices, and weight gain during infancy: A secondary analysis, Jessica S. Bahorski
Parent education needs of infants with complex life-threatening illnesses, Jennifer Marie Wells
Parenting a lone twin: When one twin dies, Kelly L. Grady
Parenting behaviors, perceived competence, and exercise of girls in middle childhood, Jane Cerruti Dellert
Parents' experience raising a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Charlotte D. Strahm
Parents' impressions of their child's minor surgical procedure with nitrous oxide, Tina J. Shapiro
Parent transition from the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) to home, Carole Ann Kenner
Participant experiences in phase I pediatric oncology clinical trials, Stacey M. Crane
Participation in an online faculty development program to support novice nursing faculty, Janis Longfield McMillan
Partners together in health: Health-related quality of life outcomes in coronary artery bypass patients and partners, Lynda C. Macken
Patient-consumer perceptions and responses to professional nursing care: Instrument development, Mary B. Killeen
Patient decision-making regarding life-sustaining treatment for end-stage renal disease, Mary Lucia Feild
Patient-generated health-data information needs in pediatric asthma, Victoria L. Tiase
Patient/provider concordance: Instrument development, Amanda Jane Flagg
Patient responses to COPD symptoms: The relationship of dyspnea and fatigue to activities of daily living, inhaler use, and self-care capability, Mary G. Cantley
