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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Impact of gamification on engagement of prelicensure nursing students: Faculty perceptions, Elizabeth A. Lucas
Initiating a mobile wayfinding application at a verterans affairs medical center: A current state assessment & needs analysis, James Machauf
The role transition characteristics of new registered nurses: A study of work environment influences and individual traits, Martin S. Manno
Regert and police reporting among individuals who have experienced sexual assault, Carol Anne Marchetti
Genital hair removal and sexually transmitted infections: A history and a systematic review of the literature, Alison O. Marshall
A qualitative exploration of associate degree nurse educators' teaching experiences regarding health literacy, Connie Marshall
Circadian body temperature and activation rhythms and the well-being of independent older women, Diana J. Mason
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
Expediting stroke transfers: Improving door-in door-out times in a community hospital emergency department, Susan E. Maynard
Distance caregiving a parent with advanced cancer, Polly M. Mazenec
Neonatal intensive care nurses' perceptions of nurse leader behaviors and their impact on the workplace environment, Meggan R. McCulley
Nursing faculty experience with current retention strategies and interventions: A qualitative study, Monique McCurvin
Qualitative study: Storytelling for complex concepts and critical thinking. Nurse educators' experience, Carine A. McDonald
Learning to respond to thought-disordered speech - Nursing students' experiences: A mixed methods study, Denise E. McGarry
An exploratory study of the barriers of pediatric palliative care programs and their relationships to funding, Mary Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin
Improving breastfeeding outcomes: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a self-efficacy intervention with primiparous mothers, Karen A. McQueen
A fundamental cause approach to intimate partner violence in marginalized populations, Nicholas S. Metheny
Exploring factors influencing health promoting behaviors among Latino immigrants, Martin J. Mikell
Implementing a Tai Chi exercise program to prevent falls in long-term care, Angela F. Miles
Influence of stressful life events on the development of type 2 diabetes, Joshua T. Minks
Development of a model to guide the implementation of simulation-based education in under-resourced nursing education institutions in Lesotho, Pule Solomon Moabi
Middle class African Americans diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus self-care practices related to their spirituality, self-efficacy, and health literacy, Jacqueline G. Moody
