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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Spirituality and religiosity in adolescents with sickle cell disease: A qualitative study, Dora L. Clayton-Jones
Testing a model of communication, uncertainty, and emotional well-being in older breast cancer survivors, Margaret F. Clayton
The meaning of grieving for families living with AIDS, William K. Cody
The experience of Puerto Rican families who bring their children to the emergency department for asthma care, Jean Sheerin Coffey
The experience of violence and help-seeking among mothers of adult chronically mentally ill individuals, Darcy A. Copeland
An investigation of the relationship between lightwaves and cardiac rate, Tara S. Cortes
Measuring active clinical decision support influence on nursing research utilization, Susan Cortez
Implementing an early mobility protocol for patients in intensive care unit, Allison Nicole Crane
Using a collaborative center for integrative reviews and evidence summaries to narrow the education-practice-research gap, Cecelia Lorayne Crawford
Disparities in health care for the transgender population, Shannon Crowe
Hope in the elderly: Exploring the relationship between psychosocial developmental residual and hope, Eileen Deges Curl
An investigation of parenting competency and sense of belonging in a sample of mothers with and without mental illness, Janet Salerno D'Arcangelo
Dietary risk, readiness to change, and factors related to dietary choices in African-American women, Ellen Beth Daroszewski
A grounded theory of directors' of nursing perceptions on caring: Post-Francis paradoxes, Maggie Ann Davies
The lived experience of non-degreed learners from a time modified traditional baccalaureate in nursing program, Stephanie S. DeBoor
Parenting behaviors, perceived competence, and exercise of girls in middle childhood, Jane Cerruti Dellert
Bedside nurse recognition of delirium in the medical-surgical setting, Bridget Ann Denzik
Primary care-non-profit partnerships: Improving PTSD screening and treatment access for veteran patients, Nickolai Detert
The lived experience of adolescent females with diabetes: A phenomenological approach, Jane K. Dickinson
Perioperative nurses perceptions of moral courage, Georgia A. Dinndorf-Hogenson
Factors that influence health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care among adults at a community-based AIDS service organization, Robert T. Dodge
The effects of a self-efficacy enhancing Internet intervention on the dietary management of cholesterol, Claire P. Donaghy
The role of cognitive and emotional representations in cancer symptom management, Heidi Scharf Donovan
The development of the Simulation Thinking Rubric, Jessica Louise Doolen
