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Dissertations
Symptom burden, identity balance, and emotional distress in cancer survivors, Lynne Bentley
Symptoms and self-care strategies in HIV/AIDS: Application of web-based survey, Fang-Yu Chou
Syndemic conditions and medication adherence in older HIV-Positive men who have sex with men, Roland Zepf
Taking responsibility: Toward an understanding of morality in practice. An ethnographic investigation of the social construction of responsibility in the dialectical behavior therapy, Pamela K. Bjorklund
Talk and backtalk: Negotiating cervical cancer screening among Appalachian women in West Virginia, Wendy D. Grube
Talking about patients: Nurses' language use during hand-offs, Yvonne Barthel Ford
Taxonomy of nursing clinical credibility as described by nurses and physicians, Claudia DiSabatino Smith
Teach-back method and brown bag review in the psychiatric population: An evidence-based practice project, Kori M. Pfeiffer
Teacher perspectives and the psychosocial climate of the classroom in a traditional BSN program, Melodie Ann Rowbotham
Teaching professional accountability in nursing: A phenomenological investigation of faculty experiences, Lorretta C. Krautscheid
Teaching the spiritual dimension of nursing care: A survey of associate degree nursing programs in the Southeast United States, Nancy L. LaBine
Team dynamics and learning behavior in hospitals: A study of error reporting by nurses, Lindsay Thompson Munn
Team learning within nurse teams in a home care organization, Carol A. Gavan
Technology in nursing classrooms: A qualitative phenomenological interpretative study, Ose G. Martinez
Telehealth implementation at a spinal cord injury clinic within one veteran affairs medical center in Pennsylvania, Kristina Tait
Temperature instability over time and respiratory morbidity in the very premature infant, Jane L. Harney-Ralphe
Temporal perspective, professional identity, and perceived wellbeing, Phyllis S. Brenner
Temporal sequence and relationships between sleep disorders, mental disorders and traumatic brain injury in deployed military members, Pamela Herbig Wall
Testing a decision making model for nursing, Daniel Bruce Coble
Testing a model of communication, uncertainty, and emotional well-being in older breast cancer survivors, Margaret F. Clayton
Testing and refining an integrated ethically-driven environmental model of clinical decision-making in emergency settings, Lisa Adams Wolf
Testing an intervention to decrease catastrophizing in persons with fibromyalgia, Pamela Jean Nelson
