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Dissertations

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Variables affecting quality of life and adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes, Michele L. Poradzisz

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Variables that influence student nurse progression during sophomore year in a traditional BSN program, Connie McFadden-Chase

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Variables that may affect physical activity levels in African American females with type 2 diabetes, Melanie K. Samardzija

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Vertical violence and the student nurse: Is this toxic for professional identity development?, Sherri Williams Cantey

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Vicarious experience: A source of self-efficacy for birth, Cynthia L. Farley

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Vicarious learning and perceived self-efficacy among pre-licensure nursing students during pediatric end-of-life situations, Stephanie Clark

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Vigilance experiences: Cancer patients, families, and nurses, Wendy C. Kooken

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Violation of personal and professional nursing values: Six case studies of nurses who have left nursing, Robert James Muster

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Virtual learning to enhance non-technical nursing skills: A basic qualitative study, Nicole Murtagh

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Virtual reality simulation's influence on nursing students' anxiety and communication skills with anxious patients, Tanae A. Traister

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Voices from the frontier: Stories of nurse practitioners working in remote settings, Lynn Jakobs

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Voices of associate degree nursing RNs about the pursuit of the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree, Christie M. Candelaria

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Vulnerability, self-transcendence, and the professional well-being of new graduate registered nurses, Jo Ann K. Gottlieb

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"We are strong women": A focused ethnography of the reproductive lives of women in Belize, Carrie S. Klima

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Weaving empathy into simulation pedagogy: Nursing simulation faculty barriers and strategies to cultivating empathy in nursing simulation pedagogy, Tamara Holland

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Weight change in college freshmen: Personal, interpersonal and situational influences, Kristin L. Kuhlmann

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Weight status among prescription opioid users with chronic pain, Teresa Louise Bigand

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Wellness promotion quality improvement project, Jacqueline K. Cantor

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What is the BSN student's perception of why a nursing course was failed?, Amy M. Owen

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When nurse-teachers become ill: A narrative inquiry into the personal illness experiences of three nurse-teachers, Jasna K. Schwind

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When the injured nurse returns to work: An institutional ethnography, Laurie Clune

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When worlds collide: The meanings of work and fathering among fathers of premature infants, Shawn Pohlman

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White (non-Hispanic) nurse practitioner student perceptions of Hispanic patients, Rose Iris Gonzalez

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Why we work: Exploring the relationships between work rewards, burnout, and intention to leave for professional nurses, Jacqueline Christianson

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Widowhood: The first anniversary spousal bereavement-related stress, coping, and well-being in older women, Mary Elizabeth Minton