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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
The influence of type of healthcare provider on clinical practice guideline adoption, Vallire D. Hooper
Confidence in crises: School nurses' perceptions of self-efficacy in active shooter emergency preparedness, Titilayo Idowu
Effect of activities, social environment, and psychotropic medication use on behavioral symptoms of persons with dementia in nursing homes, Ben R. Inventor
Exploring home health nurse decision making: Development and implementation of the visit plan, Elliane Irani
Instructor characteristics that increase self-efficacy in nursing students, Kaycee J. Jacobson
Use of Outcome-Present State Test Model of Clinical Reasoning with Filipino nursing students, Susy A. Jael
Prostate cancer screening survey among African-American and their partners, Angela James
Improving adjunct nursing instructors' knowledge of student assessment in clinical courses, Kelly Vowell Johnson
A study of the effect of human patient simulation on critical thinking and confidence skills of baccalaureate junior nursing students, Yanick D. Joseph
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
Implementation of Tai Chi fall prevention program in a community-based setting, Shabnampreet Kaur
Evaluation of reported level of clinical confidence in student nurses using deliberate practice, Leslie Kirkwood
Nurse faculty perceptions of role stress and faculty-to-faculty incivility, Anne K. Kleinhesselink
Emotional intelligence and critical thinking in practical nursing students: A quantitative study, Jennifer L. Knaack
Undergraduate nursing students' test anxiety and performance based on testing time limits, Miranda E. Knapp
Uncovering the lifeworlds of college students who are food insecure: An interpretive phenomenological inquiry, Amber L. Kolesar
A correlational study of the relationship of nurses' pain assessment and patients' history of substance abuse, Valerie A. Esposito Kubanick
Caring behaviors of nursing students and their attitudes toward older adults, Jacquelyn D. Lambert-Davis
The experience of pregnant adolescents living in a group home, Mary Ellen LaSala
The effect of the heart failure nurse navigator on 30-day hospital readmissions of older adults, Mary Ann Leavitt
A non-weight centered approach to modifying eating attitudes in polycystic ovarian syndrome, Jo'Quishia A. Lethermon
