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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Integrating patient safety in nursing education: An analysis of pre-registration nursing curricula in Kenya, Nickcy Nyaruai Mbuthia
Intergenerational health promotion in African-Americans, Donna Behler McArthur
Breastfeeding self-efficacy in women of African descent, Deborah Elaine McCarter
Physical activity as an intervention for pain based on Gate Control Theory, Martha E. McDonald
Home apnea monitoring: Family functioning, concerns, and coping, Betsy Mickey McDowell
The relationship of denial of illness and compliance with inhaled preventive medications in adults with asthma, Elizabeth F. McGann
Exploring older adults' perceptions of the utility and ease of the use of personal emergency response systems, Patrica Ann McLean
Critical care performance in a simulated military aircraft cabin environment, Margaret McNeill
Academic achievement in children with new-onset seizures or asthma, Angela Marie McNelis
The lived experience of women who quit assisted reproductive technology without the birth of a live child and remained childless, Linda L. Millenbach
Development of an instrument to measure hope, Judith Fitzgerald Miller
African-American baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of nursing programs and factors that support or restrict academic success, Sharon Marie Mills-Wisneski
Widowhood: The first anniversary spousal bereavement-related stress, coping, and well-being in older women, Mary Elizabeth Minton
The use of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit on patients undergoing a hip or knee joint replacement or revision, Kathleen Mitchell
Family health in the families of the young chronically mentally ill, Mary Molewyk-Doornbos
Effects of self-esteem, threat appraisal, and coping responses on the somatic components of illness: A test of a proposed causal model with professional women, Linda Langley Moneyham
Testing the effect of a resident-focused hand hygiene intervention in a long-term care facility: A mixed methods feasibility study, Kathleen Aumann Morales
The relationship among health locus-of-control, value of health, and health behavior in adolescents, Phyllis K. More
Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) and the efficacy of tip placement confirmation with ECG ultrasound-guided technology and chest radiography, Elizabeth A. Morrell
Retrospective analysis of a breast health program on routine annual mammography in low-income, uninsured women, Theresa L. Morrison
Increasing patient engagement in the pre-operative patient population, Toni Morris
The effect of social support on women's perception of perimenstrual changes, Gwen G. Morse
A study of the relationship between leadership of chief nurse administrators of baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education programs and selected organizational variables, Patricia Gonce Morton
