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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Factors affecting the relocation and transition of internationally educated nurses migrating to the United States of America, Kristina S. Ibitayo
The paradox of respect and risk: Six Lakota adolescents speak, Mary J. Isaacson
The lived experience of mothering during incarceration, Barbara Marie Jackson
Factors related to self-care agency and self-care practices of obese adolescents, Kathy S. James
Statistical modeling approaches and user-centered design for nursing decision support tools predicting in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest, Alvin Dean Jeffery
Low income African American adolescent girl's eating choices, Sandra Kay Jenkins
A comparison of pain perception between elderly African-Americans and Caucasians, Janice M. Johnson-Umezulike
Culture change and quality of life in elderly persons living in long term care, Carol S. Jones
The lived experience of chronic pain in nurse educators, Moniaree Parker Jones
Quality of life of parental caregivers of children (1-36 months) with a tracheostomy, Rachel Abraham Joseph
Distress after preterm birth: A discourse analysis of parents' accounts and photographs, Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon
United States resident, Jordanian and Palestinian women's participation in breast cancer screening, Lina N. Kawar
Self-management and self-management support on functional ablement in chronic low back pain, Jennifer Kawi
College smoking and psychosocial correlates among college students, Mavra E. Kear
Life after prematurity: Special health care needs, working memory, and health-related quality of life among 9- to 11-year-old children born prematurely, Michelle L. Kelly
Si me preguntas, te lo contaré todo: If you ask me, I'll tell you everything. Battered Latina women's experiences of health care, Ursula A. Kelly
The relationship between patients' perceived quality of life, expectations of nursing care, and level of satisfaction with nursing care, Lois L. Kercher
Patient-consumer perceptions and responses to professional nursing care: Instrument development, Mary B. Killeen
Exploring the relationships between and among registered nurses' spiritual well-being, spiritual care perspectives, and their provision of spiritual care in acute care settings, Barbara J. Kitchener
Development and testing of an explanatory model of registered nurse empowerment, Marilyn D. Klakovich
Improving transitional care in rural health using a standardized discharge time-out process, Lori Koethe
Self-care management of African American men with type 2 diabetes, Kevin Konstantinos
Development and evaluation of a nursing psycho-educational program focused on communication for family caregivers in early Alzheimer's disease, Krystyna Klodnicka Kouri
Increasing provider awareness to detect, treat, and reduce sexually transmitted infections in male service members, Vincent E. Krause
Teaching the spiritual dimension of nursing care: A survey of associate degree nursing programs in the Southeast United States, Nancy L. LaBine
