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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
An analysis of the costs and effects of three levels of maternity services in West Philadelphia, Ruth Ann Greenway Poliner
The effect of self-regulation on breastfeeding duration in primiparous mothers, Deborah L. Pollard
Variables affecting quality of life and adherence in adults with type 2 diabetes, Michele L. Poradzisz
Online faculty mentoring and transition balance in family nurse practitioner students, Cathlin B. Poronsky
Selected African American first-time teenage mothers' perceptions of nurse caring behaviors during the postpartum period, Danita R. Potter
The lived experience of breastfeeding for women with perinatal depression, Beth A. Pratt
Relationships between pressure ulcer risk potential, nursing interventions, and pressure ulcer presence, Suzanne S. Prevost
Effectiveness and cost efficiency of interventions in health promotion, Rosanne H. Pruitt
Interprofessional healthcare provider education on neonatal abstinence syndrome, Mary Puchalski
Pressure ulcers and prevention among pediatric patients and factors associated with their occurrence in acute care hospitals, Ivy J. Razmus
Reproductive decisions in carriers of genetic disease: A survey of parents of children with inborn errors of metabolism, Catherine Yetter Read
The early socialization process of critical care nurses: Implications for administration, education, and practice, Deanna Lynne Reising
Mothers' interpretations of their children's behavior during mother-child interaction, Robin Remsburg
The meaning of health among midlife Russian-speaking women in the United States, Lenore K. Resick
Women with correctable fetal anomaly participating in perinatal team counseling: An exploratory study, Maria R. Reyes
Hopeful adults with advanced stage cancer: nature, influences, focus, and patterns of hope over time, Mary Anne Hales Reynolds
HIV informal caregiving: Role responsibilities and the effects of case management, Nancy R. Reynolds
Creative thinking ability of women in nursing, Patricia Leona Richard
The relationship between patient satisfaction with nursing care and nurse staffing, Richard Alan Ridge
Rural daughter/daughter-in-law caregivers' interactional patterns, Sharon P. Ridgeway
Information retrieval of self-care and dependent-care agents using NetWellness, a consumer health information network, Linda C. Rieg
Developing a scale to measure responses of clients with actual or potential myocardial infarctions, Karen Rae Robinson
Predictors of nurse adoption of a computerized information system as an innovation, Carol A. Romano
Pain and postoperative health-related quality of life in inguinal hernia patients, Cheryl B. Rowder
