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Dissertations
Quality improvement project to increase referrals to palliative care for heart failure patients, Stephanie D. Crawford
Quality of life among children with physical disabilities, Sharron E. Guillett
Quality of life of adults with congenital heart disease, Lynn M. Simko
Quality of life of parental caregivers of children (1-36 months) with a tracheostomy, Rachel Abraham Joseph
Quality of life, self-transcendence, illness distress, and fatigue in live transplant recipients, Kathy A. Baker
Quality of life: The dyad of caregivers and lung transplant candidates, Cheryl A. Lefaiver
Quality remediation programs lead to successful learning, Katherine T. Ralph
Quasi-experimental study with the undergraduate nursing program using simulation learning to reduce medication errors, Georgette R. Lohrman
Ready or not: Examining the efficacy of the academic preparation of BSN students and readiness to enter practice, Kathleen Anne Diatta
Reclaiming the house: An interpretive study of nurse-family interactions and activities in critical care, Daphne E. Stannard
Recognizing burden in unpaid caregivers of patients with end stage renal disease, Joanne Affinito
Reconnecting: A grounded theory study of formerly homeless mothers, Pamela M. H. Cone
Reconstruction of the professional identity: The mature AD nurse after BSN completion, Constance G. Demmery
Recovery from a coronary event: Understanding the nature of the patient's journey, Laura P. Rossi
Recreating harmony: Stories of Native American women surviving breast cancer, Linda U. Krebs
Reducing stress and burnout in hospice and palliative care through education, Marvet Wint
Reducing the use of multiple restraints in the psychiatric emergency department, Juliet Nneka Udo
Reducing unplanned hospital readmissions: A qualitative exploratory multiple-case study, Kathleen Janet Weatherspoon
Regert and police reporting among individuals who have experienced sexual assault, Carol Anne Marchetti
Registered nurses' perceptions of obesity, Elizabeth Pettifor
Relationship among subjective mental workload, experience, and education of cardiovascular critical care registered nurses, Andrea Crawford Gregg
Relationship between APRN state practice authority perceived autonomy, professionalism, and interprofessional team function among a national sample of APRNs in the U.S., Patricia R. Gilman
Relationship between horizontal violence among registered nurses and falls, Elizabeth D. Rocha
Relationship between nurses' management of pediatric oncology patients' symptoms and job satisfaction, Jennifer Isabelle Rheingans
Relationship between nurses' perception of empowerment, job satisfaction, and intent to stay, Ma Leilani Hall
