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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Congruency between parents' actual and desired participation in the care of their hospitalized child, Daria Katherine Romaniuk
Stress and coping in older women with osteoarthritis: A qualitative study, Charlene M. Romer
An investigation of the relationship between the magnitude of life stress, appraisal of adjustment to life stress and the occurrence of conception among women of childbearing age, Marianne T. Roncoli
The lived experience of higher education for Irish post-registration nursing students: A phenomenological study, Kathleen Bernadette Rooney
Between this world and the next: The lived experience of having a life-threatening illness, Janna C. Roop
A comparison of mother-child interaction between adolescent and adult mothers of preschoolers, Ratchneewan Ross
Structural and psychological empowerment of community/public health nurses, Linda C. Royer
The relationship of illness demands and marital support to psychological adjustment to chronic illness among middle-aged Batswana couples, Motshedisi Boitumelo Sabone
Knowledge and health beliefs about breast cancer screening among rural Palestinian women: Pilot study, Hanan Saca-Hazboun
Variables that may affect physical activity levels in African American females with type 2 diabetes, Melanie K. Samardzija
The biopsychosocial model of metabolic syndrome among U.S. adults, Jennifer L. Saylor
Trying something new: Understanding the common practices of reforming nursing education, Martha M. Scheckel
Computerized lung sound analysis as an indicator for endotracheal suctioning in mechanically ventilated patients, Joseph O. Schmelz
The relationship of coping and family function to outcomes of care in families of tracheostomized infants and children, Judith A. Schmidt
Development and testing of a measure of patient satisfaction with nursing care, Lee A. Schmidt
A pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in an urban medically underserved community, Stefanie Annette Schroeter
The experience of living with hypertension: Lessons from a cohort of older men, Junjira Seesawang
Staffing patterns before and after mandated nurse-to-patient ratios in California's hospitals, Teresa D. Serratt
Parents' impressions of their child's minor surgical procedure with nitrous oxide, Tina J. Shapiro
Relationships among nurses' professional identity, career satisfaction, occupational commitment, and intent to stay, Sheila M. Sharbaugh
The life history of Colice Caulfield Sayer and the effects of generational loss, Melissa McIntire Sherrod
Development of a church-based educational program to increase prostate cancer screening for Black men 40 and older, Dawn Marie Silvera-Ndure
Finding support: Evaluating the use of a virtual DNP final project peer support community in a limited-residency program, Pamela Simon-Card
Taxonomy of nursing clinical credibility as described by nurses and physicians, Claudia DiSabatino Smith
