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Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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A description of the maternal decision-making process regarding circumcision, Cathy L. Rozmus

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Exploring licensed practical nursing graduates' perceptions of activities based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory, Keondra Rustan

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Ideals for nurses: A study of the "American Journal of Nursing" and "RN", 1940-1960, Lembi Saarmann

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The incidence of stoma and peristomal complications during the first three months after stoma creation, Ginger Dawn Salvadalena

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The effects of environmental turbulence on nurse performance, Jeanne Salyer

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Impact of chemotherapy on the quality of life and functional status of older adults with non-small cell lung cancer, Linda Patti Sarna

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The use of ice for pain associated with chest tube removal, Jenny L. Sauls

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Nurses' negotiation processes in facilitating ethical decision-making in patient care, Teresa A. Savage

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A study of the effect of nursing student preceptorship programs on the development of clinical competence in the senior baccalaureate nursing student, Linda Jean Scheetz

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Describing nursing effectiveness through standardized nursing languages and computerized clinical data, Cindy Ann Scherb

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Coping with acute myocardial infarction, Kathryn Ambur Scherck

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Prenatal breastfeeding education: An intervention for pregnant immigrant Hispanic women, Jane W. Schlickau

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Self-regulation and exercise maintenance in older women, Joanne K. Schneider

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Effects of virtual reality on symptom distress in children receiving cancer chemotherapy, Susan M. Schneider

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The effect of ethnicity and residential setting on cultural factors of low-income pregnant adolescents, Cynthia S. Selleck

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Menopausal stage, current life change, attitude toward women's roles, and perceived health status in middle-aged women, Nancy C. Sharts-Hopko

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Quality of life of adults with congenital heart disease, Lynn M. Simko

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Predictors of quality of life in the chronic hemodialysis patient, Pamela B. Simmons

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Qualitative inquiry of nurse educators transitioning from classroom to online teaching, Barbara C. Sinacori

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Access: Effects of a state-funded policy in one community, Betty Smith-Campbell

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A comparison of the effects of cutaneous stimulation and distraction on children's perceptions of injection pain, Laurie G. Sparks

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Factors associated with degree of adoption by hospitals in the central states of the agency for health care policy and research clinical practice guideline for management of cancer pain, Martha A. Spies

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A mother's lived experience during an acute episodic hospitalization of a child with a chronic condition: A case study, Arleen N. Steckel

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Navigating uncharted territory: Experiences of families when a child has a neurodegenerative life threatening illness, Rose G. Steele

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The behaviors of nurses who immunize children, Thomas E. Stenvig