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Dissertations
The social organization of women's preterm labour experiences, Karen Ann MacKinnon
The spiritual health of oncology patients: A comparison of nurse and patient perceptions, Martha E. Highfield
The state of missed nursing care in a telemetry nursing unit: A descriptive case study, Ann Marie Svolos
The tenderness process in mother-infant couples: The relationship of maternal perception and anxiety to infant satiety and anxiety, Deidre Marion Blank
The transformation of nursing practice in the acute care hospital, Bernadette M. Forget
The transition from LPN to RN: Perceptions of LPNs considering the transition, Deborah S. Adelman
The unborn one: The human experience of miscarriage, Kristen M. Swanson
The use of complementary and alternative therapies for pain in fibromyalgia, Jennifer Helms
The use of grounded theory to develop a framework for understanding student retention in community college nursing programs, Kimberly S. Priode
The use of guided imagery to enhance power for smoking behavior change, Christine A. Wynd
The use of ice for pain associated with chest tube removal, Jenny L. Sauls
The use of scorecards to improve documentation of obstetrical blood loss, Marilyn Cejka Steinberg
The utilization and effectiveness of the HESI E (square) exit exam as a graduation requirement toward increasing NCLEX-RN® pass rates in baccalaureate nursing programs, Debra Henline Sullivan
The wellness in senior housing (W.I.S.H.) project: Its impact on perceived health status of older adults residing in a government subsidized housing community, Robert A. Wade Koch
Through the looking glass: The lived experiences of deaf people communicating with nurses, the meaning of health, and attitudes toward nurses, Kathleen Lenore Gilchrist
Times past-times present: The midwife, Judith R. Lentz
Tobacco cessation in older adults, Lana M. Brown
Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among women in Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia: An exploratory study of knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors, Anne Berit Petersen
To lift or not to lift: An institutional ethnography of patient handling practices, Hans-Peter de Ruiter
To report or not report: A qualitative study of nurses' decisions in error reporting, Amy R. Koehn
Toward a theory of home health care nursing practice, Leslie J. Neal-Boylan
Toward enhancement of clinical judgment and critical thinking simulation in the classroom, Roxie L. Barnes
Towards a context-sensitive theory of nursing ethics: classification and comparison of nurses' narratives from four time periods (1934, 1979, 1989, and 1995), Judith Marlene Wilkinson
Transactional and transformational leadership styles of chief and associated chief nurses in Department of Veterans' Affairs medical centers: A descriptive study, Terry Walsh Gottlieb
