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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Emergency preparedness curriculum: Essential skills for nurses responding in disasters, Sallie J. Shipman
Ethnic identity as a mediator of mental health in New Mexico's Genizaro population at the Pueblo of Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1930-2017: A critical ethnography, Annabelle X. Gutierrez Sisneros
The influence of mentoring on goal attainment and role satisfaction for registered nurses in acute care facilities, Christine B. Smith
Implementation of evidence-based hourly rounding to improve fall rates of adult patients on a medical-surgical nursing unit, David W. Smith
Health-promoting behavior as a predictor of Bachelor of Science in Nursing faculty intent to remain in academe, Felisa Haywood Smith
Evaluating the impact of post discharge callback on patients with COPD exacerbation, Stephanie L. Staten
Use of flipped classroom learning activities in nursing: A basic qualitative study, Tamara J. Steele
A secondary analysis to inform a clinical decision rule for predicting skull fracture and intracranial injury in children under age two, Elizabeth L. Stone
Perceptions of graduate nurse practitioner faculty on the use of simulation in lieu of traditional clinical hours, Virginia Strong
An analysis of a governance model in nursing service, Linda R. Stumpf
Using the home health OASIS to promote advance care planning among community-dwelling, frail older adults, Suzanne S. Sullivan
Nursing leadership characteristics: Effect on nursing job satisfaction and retention of Baby Boomer and Generation X nurses, Sandra L. Swearingen
Respiratory treatments in post-COVID patients to improve physical activity, Pamela Tarver
Nursing student perceptions of presence in a virtual learning environment: A qualitative description study, Jason R. Thrift
Patient-generated health-data information needs in pediatric asthma, Victoria L. Tiase
Gerontological continuing education needs of nurses employed in nursing facilities in North Carolina, Sandra J. Todd-Atkinson
Clinical nurse experts' experience of transitioning to the novice nurse educator role, Crystal Toll
Reducing the use of multiple restraints in the psychiatric emergency department, Juliet Nneka Udo
Assessment of knowledge and health behavior in a Spanish diabetes self-management education, Isioma Utebor
Loss of resources and depressive symptoms after traumatic injury, Elizabeth Van Horn
Evidence based practice among primary care nurse practitioners, Stephen Van Roper
