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Dissertations
The relationship between cognitive development and decision-making regarding adolescent sexual activity: Instrument development and validation, Mary E. Auterman
The relationship between discharge planning, satisfaction, and readmission in home care patients, Dawn A. Hohl
The relationship between emotional intelligence, hardiness and job stress among registered nurses, Linda A. Tjiong
The relationship between faculty research productivity and organizational structure in schools of nursing, Eileen M. Kohlenberg
The relationship between hardiness and burnout in female nursing and liberal arts/science faculty, Constance F. Buran
The relationship between health locus of control, perceived self-efficacy, hardiness, and recovery in schizophrenia, Anne W. Bender
The relationship between individual characteristics of registered nurses, characteristics of new graduate nurse transition programs and clinical leadership skill, Kathy B. Chappell
The relationship between new nurses who volunteer and the caring behavior new nurses exhibit in the practice setting, one year post graduation, Nicolette Fiore-Lopez
The relationship between nurse staffing, nursing time, and adverse events in an acute care hospital, Robyn B. Cheung
The relationship between nursing students' test-taking motivation and the exit examination score, Lorraine Coalmer
The relationship between patient satisfaction with nursing care and nurse staffing, Richard Alan Ridge
The relationship between patients' perceived quality of life, expectations of nursing care, and level of satisfaction with nursing care, Lois L. Kercher
The relationship between perceived academic self-efficacy, remediation, and academic performance in pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students, Debra Jean Wilson
The relationship between perceived clinical decision making ability and medication dosage calculation ability of registered nurses, Lynn Marie Stover Nichols
The relationship between perceived self-efficacy and retention of new hospice volunteers, Joann Erb
The relationship between recurrent placental pathology and recurrent poor pregnancy outcome, Cara Krulewitch
The relationship between registered nurses' turnover cognitions, job satisfaction, job search behaviors, selected nurse characteristics and work engagement, Michelle R. Simpson
The relationship between self-efficacy beliefs toward self-management of asthma and asthma self-management behaviors in urban African American children, Teresa Louise Kaul
The relationship between sleep hygiene practices and nocturnal sleep for midlife women with and without insomnia, Rita Elaine Cheek
The relationship between spouses' strength of identification and their patterns of change in perceived body space and articulation of body concept during and after pregnancy, Jacqueline M. Fawcett