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Dissertations
A historical overview of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing, 1922-1979, Rebecca Ellen Thomas Markel
A history of the lived experience of nurse-caring by Northern women during the American Civil War, Mary Ann Urban Cordeau
Alert driven rescue: Do in-hospital sepsis interventions following an advanced early warning system alert differ substantially between decedents and survivors?, Daniel T. Linnen
"All for the family:" A case study on the migration of Philippine educated nurses to Ontario through the live-in caregiver program, Oluwabukola Oladunni Salami
A Magnet system implementation of the Hester Davis Fall Reduction Program, Debra A. Bauer
American Association of Diabetes Educators 7 intervention in managing type 2 diabetes in older home health patients, Anne N. Ohakosim
American nursing faculty's experiences with international, ELL, and ESL nursing students in BSN degree programs, Rosalynn Williams Thyssen
A methodological study of self-disclosure in chronically ill patients, Jean M. DeDonder
A mixed methods study of the symptom experience following endovascular treatment for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, Serena Greenhaw Gramling
A mobile phone HIV medication adherence intervention: Care4Today mobile health manager, C. Andrew Martin
A model of factors contributing to perceived abilities for health-promoting self-care of community-dwelling Thai older adults, Porntip P. Malathum
A model to facilitate transformative learning in learner nurses at nursing education institutions, Tebogo A. Tsimane
A mother's lived experience during an acute episodic hospitalization of a child with a chronic condition: A case study, Arleen N. Steckel
A multi-hospital examination of the relationship between hospital nursing resources and hospital quality outcomes, Cheryl A. Patterson
Analysis and observation of the concept of community health, Mary Jo Baisch
An analysis of a governance model in nursing service, Linda R. Stumpf
An analysis of cultural values, religiosity and family member's caregiving on the positive appraisal of caring for the elderly, Fayron R. Epps
An analysis of the costs and effects of three levels of maternity services in West Philadelphia, Ruth Ann Greenway Poliner
A narrative analysis of spiritual coping in individuals with terminal heart failure, Clayton C. Clark
An educational initiative to prevent unnecessary hospitalization for hospice patients, Alkeisha H. Mims
An educational intervention to develop characteristics of transformational leadership in novice nurse managers, Mary Catherine Goetter
An emergency department patient's perception of safety, Paul R. Clark
An ethnography study of HIV positive midlife Black women, Charlotte Stoudmire
An evaluation of a shared leadership training program, Lavonda Ann Allen
