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Dissertations
The meaning of high-quality nursing care derived from King's Interacting Systems, Mary E. Gunther
The meaning of immigrant women's experience of childbirth for the first time in a United States hospital, Carole A. Lorup
The meaning of informal BMT caregiving, Loretta A. Williams
The meaning of stressful life experiences as described by nine to eleven-year-old children: A phenomenological study, Gloria Jacobson
The meaning, process, and consequences of nurse caring as perceived by spinal cord injured individuals during rehabilitation, Kathleen T. Lucke
The mirror behind the mask: Experiences of five people living with HIV/AIDS who practice Santeria, Theresa A. Varela
The moderating effect of religion on death distress and quality of life among Christian cancer patients in the United States with Muslim cancer patients in Saudi Arabia, Doaa A. Almostadi
The moral certainty or uncertainty of nurses regarding end-of-life treatment decisions, Mary Ellen Wurzbach
The mother's lived experience of breastfeeding in the first 4 weeks postpartum: A Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, Stacy Rosales
The multidimensional kidney transplant self-management scale: Development and psychometric testing, Shu-Yu Chung
The nature of power experienced by individuals manifesting patterning labeled schizophrenic: An investigation of the Principle of Helicy, Laura Cox Dzurec
The neuroendovascular procedures in the cath lab: An educational intervention, Jolly M. Kuruvilla
The nursing classroom climate: Cooler for traditional-age students who are male, Marietta J. Bell-Scriber
The nursing practice environment and job outcomes in Saudi hospitals, Zainab Ambani
The nursing process and allegations of malpractice against perinatal registered nurses in Florida, Genifer Jones Johnson
The orientation phase of the nurse-client relationship: Testing Peplau's theory, Cheryl Forchuk
Theory of quality of life of stroke survivors (TQLOSS), Jenecia F. Fairfax
Theory, reality, survival: An organizational analysis of a nurse-managed neighborhood health center, Sally P. Lundeen
The paradox of respect and risk: Six Lakota adolescents speak, Mary J. Isaacson
The patient's perception of overheard staff laughter, Margery L. White
The perceived effect of a workplace education program on reducing needlestick injuries among sophomore and junior year, Bachelor of Science nursing students attending Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, Texas, Barbara Glenn Covington
The perceived level of self-efficacy of direct care staff who complete person-centered care dementia training in long-term care setting, Tammy B. Retalic
The perception of physical activity and social support for physical activity among Native Hawaiians 55 Years and older, Verna Hanashiro
The perceptions of advocacy behaviors in end-of-life nursing care among novice, experienced and expert nurses, Karen W. Thacker
