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Dissertations
Self-efficacy, social support, therapeutic support and the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in adolescent mothers, Deborah L. Birk
Self-management and self-management support on functional ablement in chronic low back pain, Jennifer Kawi
Self-management by adolescents and young adults following a stem cell transplant, Caroline F. Morrison
Self-management experiences of community-dwelling adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Wendy S. Bauer
Self-managment and breastfeeding in women with preexisting type 2 diabetes mellitus from Thailand, Ratchanok Phonyiam
Self-regulation and exercise maintenance in older women, Joanne K. Schneider
Self-reported health status and health determinants in low income midlife women aged 40 to 64, Teresa L. Barry Hultquist
Self-selected distraction for acute procedural pain in adolescents: An intervention feasibility study, Debra A. Jeffs
Self-transcendence: A phenomenological perspective of the mother's experience of having a child with a disability, Joyce F. Wright
Senior nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceived competency about older adults, Deborah Denise Brabham
Senior nursing students' perception of faculty caring and the caring milieu in two associate degree nursing programs, Martha A. Desmond
Sepsis early recognition and response: Education and simulation to increase knowledge and confidence in associate degree nursing students, Susan G. Bryant
Service learning: A case-study examining positive and negative influences on higher education faculty, Kathleen Reavy
Service-learning's impact on the development of undergraduate nursing students' soft skills, Cheryl A. Passel
Sex, drugs, and religion: A multi-ethnic analysis of health behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions of childbearing women, Robin L. Page
Shining a light: Compassion fatigue in psychiatric nursing and nursing students, Kathryn M. Chachula
Shipboard nursing on aircraft carriers: The lived experience of twelve Navy nurses, Catherine Wilson Cox
Siblings of children with Down Syndrome: Voices heard, Kimberlee A. Sutter
Silenced in history: A historical study of Mary Seacole, Bonnie M. Harmer
Si me preguntas, te lo contaré todo: If you ask me, I'll tell you everything. Battered Latina women's experiences of health care, Ursula A. Kelly
Simple wellness: Perceptions of health in persons who practice voluntary simplicity, MaryAnne C. Murray
Simulated clinical experience: An investigation of emotion understanding and management, Neena W. Jones
Simulation and improving clinical judgment in prelicensure nursing students: A mixed method approach, Lizabeth J. Reents
