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Dissertations
Retention of experienced nurses: A phenomenological approach to understanding workplace challenges, Janice Sinoski
Retention, structural empowerment, and dialysis nursing: Integrating Kanter's Theory and the Refined Nurse Worklife Model, Richard C. Scepura
Rethinking safe nurse staffing in the post-COVID ICU: A comparative analysis of the nurse-to-patient ratio and mixed model approach for state policies, Emilie A. Maxie
Retrospective analysis of a breast health program on routine annual mammography in low-income, uninsured women, Theresa L. Morrison
Revalidation of the Hung Postpartum Stress Scale, Chich-Hsiu Hung
Reversing the script: Six African American women living with HIV/AIDS who are winning a losing battle, Allan Weidenbaum
Right heart hemodynamics during weaning from mechanical ventilation, Susan Kay Frazier
Risk perception, safe work behavior, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders among critical care nurses, Soo Jeong Lee
Risk-taking behavior of alcohol use among young adults who have aged out of foster care, Elizabeth Ana Borroto Levine
RN perceptions of coworker incivility and collective efficacy as influential to hospital structures and outcomes, Jessica G. Smith
Roles and strategies of nurses facilitating diabetes support groups: An exploratory study, Joanne F. Costello
Rural daughter/daughter-in-law caregivers' interactional patterns, Sharon P. Ridgeway
Safe opioid prescribing through proper screening, Joelle M. Carson
Salvaging self: A grounded theory study of pregnancy on crack cocaine, Margaret H. Kearney
Saudi adults in vaso-occlusive crisis accessing healthcare for pain management: A phenomenological inquiry, Jawhrah Alqahtani
Saving face: Expressing and negotiating vulnerability in culturally mis-matched home care nurse-patient dyads, Judith A. Spiers
Seeking life balance: The perceptions of health of Cambodian women in resettlement, Olivia Catolico
Selected African American first-time teenage mothers' perceptions of nurse caring behaviors during the postpartum period, Danita R. Potter
Selected factors affecting nurse-perceived reciprocity in nurse-patient relationships, Elnora P. Mendias
Self-care agency and wellness behaviors of baccalaureate nursing students, Kathleen T. Flaherty
Self-concept cognitive perception and adherence to recommended health regimes in adults with heart failure, Christine M. Thomas
Self-directed simulation: Examining self-efficacy in nursing students using innovative video strategies, Kristen L. Mattox
Self-efficacy for childbirth: A qualitative study of pregnant women planning homebirth, Anne Bienvenu Broussard
Self-efficacy, knowledge, and social support on self-care among senior Korean immigrants with diabetes, Jung Eun Kim
Self efficacy, self reliance, adherence to self care, and glycemic control among Cherokee with type 2 diabetes, Diana D. Mashburn
