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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Ethical issues experienced by primary care nurse practitioners caring for vulnerable patients in nursing centers, Susan M. Beidler
The relationship between health locus of control, perceived self-efficacy, hardiness, and recovery in schizophrenia, Anne W. Bender
Curricular approaches to teaching ethics in baccalaureate nursing programs, Amy S. Bennett
The effect of mirthful laughter on stress and natural killer cell cytotoxicity, Mary P. Bennett
Patterns of fatigue and factors influencing fatigue during adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy, Ann M. Berger
An investigation of the ability of the Minnesota Early Childhood Screening Program to predict educational achievement in third grade children, Martha Dewey Bergren
Self-efficacy, social support, therapeutic support and the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in adolescent mothers, Deborah L. Birk
The relationship between the nurses' work environment and patient and nurse outcomes, Nancy Theresa Blake
The tenderness process in mother-infant couples: The relationship of maternal perception and anxiety to infant satiety and anxiety, Deidre Marion Blank
Outcomes of Minnesota nursing home residents and their relationship to facility structural and process-related attributes, Mary Bliesmer
Influence of HIV mode of transmission on nurses' willingness to care, Jill E. Bormann
Nursing informatics and hospital decision-making: The use of information generated by an automated patient classification system, Mary L. Botter
The perspectives of the woman/nurse/executive working in the managed care environment of Southern California, Cheryl L. Brandi
Spirituality in the homebound elderly, Mary Rosita Brennan
Temporal perspective, professional identity, and perceived wellbeing, Phyllis S. Brenner
Hypertonic lower extremities in infants: Correlation to motor function scores at thirteen months of age, Susan Jean Brillhart
Exit exam testing, stress, and test anxiety in prelicensure nursing education, Lisa D. Brodersen
Development of an instrument to measure quality of nurses' worklife, Beth A. Brooks
An exploration of nurses' knowledge of right hemisphere stroke associated communication impairments, Susan K. Brooks
Development and testing of a scale to measure self-efficacy for pelvic muscle exercises in women with urinary incontinence, Barbara S. Broome
A comparison of two gastric feeding approaches in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients, Ann-Marie Brown
Hospital discharge preparation for homeward bound elderly, Diane Storer Brown
The impact of a competitive healthcare environment on cost and quality, Maureen E. Buckley
The relationship between hardiness and burnout in female nursing and liberal arts/science faculty, Constance F. Buran
