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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Community college nursing students' experience of repeating a course after academic failure, Lisa S. Lewis
Alert driven rescue: Do in-hospital sepsis interventions following an advanced early warning system alert differ substantially between decedents and survivors?, Daniel T. Linnen
Young adult nurse work-related well-being, contemporary practice worldview, resilience, and co-worker support during the COVID-19 pandemic, Chloe Olivia Rose Littzen-Brown
The meaning of immigrant women's experience of childbirth for the first time in a United States hospital, Carole A. Lorup
Mentorship program to improve nursing knowledge on prevention of hospital-acquired pressure injuries, Terri Lo
A model of factors contributing to perceived abilities for health-promoting self-care of community-dwelling Thai older adults, Porntip P. Malathum
The influence of nurse manager leadership style factors on the perception of staff nurse structural empowerment, work engagement, and intent to stay, Jennifer Moody Manning
Simultaneous experiences of type 2 diabetes and symptoms of depression and/or anxiety among Latina women 60 and older, Adrienne S. Martinez-Hollingsworth
Development and evaluation of a sepsis simulation with undergraduate nursing students, Kelly Martinez
Self-directed simulation: Examining self-efficacy in nursing students using innovative video strategies, Kristen L. Mattox
Preferred instructional methods of millennial nursing students: A qualitative study, Brooke McAtee
Evidence-based clinical guidelines and their impact on prevention of catheter related blood stream infections, Paula S. McCauley
Determining the needs of fathers of premature neonates, Linda Ann Merritt
Effectiveness of an educational intervention at an academic medical center to reduce stigma of accelerated pre-licensure nursing students toward patients living with HIV, James Strickland Miller
The experiences of internationally educated nurses while preparing for the NCLEX-RN, Jhordin James C. Montegrico
Use of an affective teaching intervention to impact connections between academic and professional integrity, Deborah Morrill
Family nurse practitioners' use of mHealth apps for health promotion with patients, Rebecca Coyle Mueller
Impact of end-of-life education on nurses' moral distress, Jenniffer L. Mullen
The lived experience of students as English language learners in the nursing classroom: A critical hermeneutic inquiry, JoAnn Mulready-Shick
A comparison of evaluation methods of intravenous catheter insertion skills in third-term associate degree nursing students, Dara Jones Murray
Violation of personal and professional nursing values: Six case studies of nurses who have left nursing, Robert James Muster
A qualitative descriptive study of novice and advanced beginner nurse's experiences caring for patients and their families at the end-of-life, Bethany A. Nasser
Heart failure family caregivers: Psychometrics of a new quality of life scale and variables associated with caregiver outcomes, Julie Ann Nauser
Night shift nurses' perceptions on fatigue management approaches: A qualitative case study, Consuelo Nelson
