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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
High risk medication regimens and medication related predictors of hospital readmission in elderly home care patients, Mary T. Dierich
Splanchnic oxygenation and feeding intolerance in the very low birthweight infant, Melissa C. Dollings
Development and evaluation of a nurse-leader driven restorative break initiative on medical surgical unit and its impact on burnout and stress, Heike Miriam Doody
A quantitative correlational study of job satisfaction among critical care nurses in Hawai'i, Hazel Downing
Understanding social determinants of healthcare access from the perspective of Hispanic Latino immigrants in Louisville, KY, Jean S. Edward
The effect of guideline education on anticoagulatin management and professional collaboration in ECMO patients, Luis E. Farfan
Concept-based debriefing and concept mastery: A pilot study linking debriefing to nursing concept mastery, Crystel L. Farina
The relationship of a dominant teaching perspective and student perception of the classroom learning environment, Cindy L. Farris
Families and the life transition of first time mental illness: Swept along on the waves, Diane M. Forsyth
The impact of disaster tabletop exercise on the nursing knowledge of emergency preparedness and the influence on professional quality of life, Vivian Fuentes
Assessing the impact of a pre-high-fidelity simulation orientation on associate degree nursing (ADN) students' simulation-related anxiousness, Diana C. Galvez
Built environment and rural women: A case study approach, Jeanine E. Gangeness
The lived experience of registered nurses and registered midwives in St. Kitts and Nevis, Raiden Gaul
The relationships between work-family conflict, job satisfaction and psychological well-being among African American nurses, Trina L. Gipson-Jones
Vulnerability, self-transcendence, and the professional well-being of new graduate registered nurses, Jo Ann K. Gottlieb
Improving the experience of culturally diverse nursing students: A qualitative study, Miriam L. Griffin
Mothers' resourcefulness, postpartum depression, perception of child vulnerability, and perceived stress after preterm infant's discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, Christine A. Grippi
Nurse educators' perceptions regarding faculty participation in university governance, Janet J. Gross
Student nurse perspectives on the impact of longitudinal home visits to people with dementia and their carers, Wendy J. Grosvenor
Using ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous access in difficult intravenous access patients, Diana Hampton
