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Dissertations
Variables affecting quality of life and adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes, Michele L. Poradzisz
Variables that influence student nurse progression during sophomore year in a traditional BSN program, Connie McFadden-Chase
Variables that may affect physical activity levels in African American females with type 2 diabetes, Melanie K. Samardzija
Vertical violence and the student nurse: Is this toxic for professional identity development?, Sherri Williams Cantey
Vicarious experience: A source of self-efficacy for birth, Cynthia L. Farley
Vicarious learning and perceived self-efficacy among pre-licensure nursing students during pediatric end-of-life situations, Stephanie Clark
Vigilance experiences: Cancer patients, families, and nurses, Wendy C. Kooken
Violation of personal and professional nursing values: Six case studies of nurses who have left nursing, Robert James Muster
Virtual learning to enhance non-technical nursing skills: A basic qualitative study, Nicole Murtagh
Virtual reality simulation's influence on nursing students' anxiety and communication skills with anxious patients, Tanae A. Traister
Voices from the frontier: Stories of nurse practitioners working in remote settings, Lynn Jakobs
Voices of associate degree nursing RNs about the pursuit of the Bachelor of Science in nursing degree, Christie M. Candelaria
Vulnerability, self-transcendence, and the professional well-being of new graduate registered nurses, Jo Ann K. Gottlieb
"We are strong women": A focused ethnography of the reproductive lives of women in Belize, Carrie S. Klima
Weight change in college freshmen: Personal, interpersonal and situational influences, Kristin L. Kuhlmann
Weight status among prescription opioid users with chronic pain, Teresa Louise Bigand
Wellness promotion quality improvement project, Jacqueline K. Cantor
What is the BSN student's perception of why a nursing course was failed?, Amy M. Owen
When nurse-teachers become ill: A narrative inquiry into the personal illness experiences of three nurse-teachers, Jasna K. Schwind
When the injured nurse returns to work: An institutional ethnography, Laurie Clune
When worlds collide: The meanings of work and fathering among fathers of premature infants, Shawn Pohlman
White (non-Hispanic) nurse practitioner student perceptions of Hispanic patients, Rose Iris Gonzalez
Why we work: Exploring the relationships between work rewards, burnout, and intention to leave for professional nurses, Jacqueline Christianson
Widowhood: The first anniversary spousal bereavement-related stress, coping, and well-being in older women, Mary Elizabeth Minton