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Dissertations
Adolescent resilience following parental death in childhood and its relationship to parental attachment and coping, Marjorie M. Heinzer
Adolescents' responses to single mothers' chronic physical illness, Sheila S. Green
Adolescent victims' experiences with cyberbullying: A grounded theory study, Melvina Sue Brandau
Adoptive parents' lived experience of bonding with their adopted infants: A phenomenological study, Sharon M. Bator
A double-edged sword: Lived experiences of Hispanic/Latino nursing students who speak English as an additional language, Esmeralda A. Clark
Adult ambulatory care visits for illness-related complaints in the United States, 1995/1996, Ann M. Williamson
Adult daughters' relationships with their institutionalized mothers, Valerie Matthiesen
Adult patient perceptions of nurse listening behaviors in an acute care setting, Nancy E. Loos
Adult postoperative open-heart patients: Anemia and 30-day hospital readmission, Lindsey J. Ryan
Advance care planning in advanced heart failure: A relational exploration of autonomy, Tieghan Killackey
Advanced nursing education: Critical factors that influence diploma and associate degree nurses to advance, Rose L. McGhie-Anderson
Adverse drug reactions and resultant health-related quality of life during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in South Africa, Ana Maria Kelly
A focused ethnographic study of nurses' role in the Early Mobilization Program in the pediatric intensive care unit, Chelsea E. Noone
A focused ethnography: Nursing students' perceptions of cultural competence and social justice, Wanda Elizabeth Thuma-McDermond
A focused ethnography of healthcare transition among persistent asthmatic/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) adult Pennsylvania Medicaid beneficiaries, Agnes Marie M. Cummings
African-American baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of nursing programs and factors that support or restrict academic success, Sharon Marie Mills-Wisneski
African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian parents' perception and management of chronically ill children in the home, Patricia D. Joffe
A fundamental cause approach to intimate partner violence in marginalized populations, Nicholas S. Metheny
Age appropriate treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, Brittney Jayne Sullivan
A grounded theory approach to explore the experience of involuntary childlessness in couples with infertility, Taylor L. Grube
A grounded theory of directors' of nursing perceptions on caring: Post-Francis paradoxes, Maggie Ann Davies
A grounded theory study exploring lesbian patient self-disclosure of sexual orientation in acute care, Margaret Ruth Neese
A grounded theory study of nurse advocacy in health policy, Marilyn Longo Dollinger
A grounded theory study of nurses who care for patients who are victims of sexual violence, Dara M. Whalen
A grounded theory study of the grief process in women who experienced perinatal loss prior to 1980, Tina L. Saunders
