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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Provider-focused LGBTQIA+ education: A quality improvement effort, Amir W. Raad
How do faculty foster the development of nursing student empathy in the clinical learning environment?, Caroline E. Rae
Speaking up or remaining silent: Understanding the influences on nurses when patients are at risk, Jennifer Boice Rainer
Quality remediation programs lead to successful learning, Katherine T. Ralph
Promoting PrEP uptake in primary care practice for the prevention of HIV transmissions, Sokonie S. Reed
Emotional intelligence levels in baccalaureate-prepared early career registered nurses, Glenda Schooler Reemts
Reducing violence in the emergency department, improving perception of safety: An aggression prevention team approach, Marilyn Riley
Exploring higher rates of breastfeeding among civilian military wives: A mixed methods study, Nicole Ann Ringo
Lived experience of being an obese registered nurse: A phenomenological inquiry, Trina Rodgers
The mother's lived experience of breastfeeding in the first 4 weeks postpartum: A Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, Stacy Rosales
The association of patients' analgesic treatment beliefs and trade-offs with analgesic adherence behaviors among outpatients with cancer pain, William E. Rosa
Electronic health record instruction in first-semester nursing students: A comparative study, Angela R. Ruckdeschel
Adult postoperative open-heart patients: Anemia and 30-day hospital readmission, Lindsey J. Ryan
A clinical practice guideline: Hospice care in the emergency room, Samer Saad
Baccalaureate nursing students' attitudes toward end of life care: The impact of simulation-based learning, Kristin M. Sagedy
"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
Stress, anxiety, and depression: Role of campus connectedness, social support, and coping among Nepalese nursing students, Priscilla Samson
Effects of evidence-based relaxation techniques on nurse-patient communication, Deborah Samuel
Retention, structural empowerment, and dialysis nursing: Integrating Kanter's Theory and the Refined Nurse Worklife Model, Richard C. Scepura
Clinical judgment and cue recognition of patient deterioration among novice nurses, Patricia K. Schmehl
The evaluation of graduate nurses' performance gaps in blood administration, Vanessa M. Schott
Evaluation of a school nurse-led intervention for children with severe obesity in New York City schools, Krista Schroeder
Personality characteristics, eating styles and weight in adult women, Frances Gloria Schwartz
Fluctuating cohesion: A grounded theory study of nursing students engaged in a hybrid debriefing format, Carol L. Senette
Clinical decision making of rural novice nurses, Teresa J. Seright
