Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Knowledge of Stroke Warning Symptoms and Risk Factors: Variations by Rural and Urban Categories
Stroke continues to have a devastating disabling effect on Americans while remaining the third leading cause of death in the United States. Most Americans do not recognize the symptoms of stroke causing delay in receiving ... -
Examining Burnout in Direct Care Personnel in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to examine burnout in direct care personnel in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR). Burnout exacts high personal costs from direct ... -
The Determinants of a Health-promoting Lifestyle in Older Adults
Health promotion for the older adult is of critical concern for nursing. Health promotion activities may help this group maintain their health, experience optimal functional capacity, remain independent, and lower medical ... -
The Impact of Stress, Coping, Constructive Thinking and Hardiness on Health and Academic Performance of Female Registered Nurse Students Pursuing a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretically-derived model of hardiness, constructive thinking, coping complexity and perceived stress level in predicting academic performance and perceived health status among ... -
The Early Socialization Process of Critical Care Nurses: Implications for Administration, Education, and Practice
Critical care nurses provide care to the most ill patients in hospital settings; yet, little is known about the processes by which critical care nurses are socialized into their roles. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Investigation of the Effect of IVI with Three Modes of Instruction on Learning and Attitude Towards the Instructional Media
Social Cognitive Theory proposes educational perspectives believed to facilitate the learning process. Social learning focuses on the interactive function of person, behavior, and environment. The mechanism for learning ... -
Folklore as a Health Patterning Modality
The lived experience of folklore practices as a health patterning modality may have meaning for nursing science. This hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative study was designed to uncover and understand the meaning and ... -
Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the Smoking Behavior of Men During Their Partner's Pregnancy
This study describes the smoking behavior and selected characteristics of men during their partner's pregnancy. Constructs of the transtheoretical model of behavior change were used to describe socio-demographic characteristics ... -
A Comparison of Two Gastric Feeding Approaches in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients
More than 30% of children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are malnourished and are at risk to develop new or worsened malnutrition during their hospitalization. Delivery of enteral nutrition (EN) during ... -
Navigating Through Uncertainty: Breastfeeding the High-risk Infant
The purpose of this study was to understand the breastfeeding process mothers' face with their high-risk infants. Grounded theory methodology was used in this qualitative study to capture the richness of this experience. ... -
The Relationship Between Faculty Research Productivity and Organizational Structure in Schools of Nursing
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between faculty research productivity and the organizational structure in schools of nursing. The need for nursing research has been widely recognized by members ... -
A Grounded Theory Study Exploring Lesbian Patient Self-disclosure of Sexual Orientation in Acute Care
Background: Lesbians are a vulnerable population that has experienced discrimination in health care. Evidence-based strategies for supporting lesbian self-disclosure of sexual orientation have been developed for primary ... -
Effect of Conversation on Nursing Student Outcomes in a Web-based Course on Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation
The demand for professional nursing care is expected to rise dramatically during the next 20 years. Decreased enrollments in nursing programs and an aging RN workforce will exacerbate the shortage of nurses. One clear ... -
The Relationship Between Hardiness and Burnout in Female Nursing and Liberal Arts/Science Faculty
The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between hardiness and burnout in female liberal arts/science faculty and female faculty in nursing. Degrees of hardiness were determined for each group ... -
An Interpretive Study of the Bulimic Woman's Experience of Relationships
The purpose of this dissertation was to access the meanings of the bulimic woman's experience of relationships in everyday life, in order to reveal a contextual understanding of this experience. Literature review revealed ... -
Influence of Stress, Cognitive Appraisal, Resilience, and Social Support on Coping of Older Women Whose Spouses Have Undergone Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Purpose. To describe the influence of stress, cognitive appraisal, resilience and social support on coping of older women in relation to the coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) of their spouse. Many older men are ... -
Factors Related to Mexican-American Workers' Use of Hearing Protection
Significant numbers of Mexican Americans work in jobs where they are exposed to harmful noise, therefore they are vulnerable to noise-induced hearing loss. Use of hearing protection is often the only way to prevent exposure ... -
An Analysis of a Governance Model in Nursing Service
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of governance type on culture, nurse work satisfaction, nurse retention, and patient satisfaction with care in acute care hospitals. A theoretically derived path ... -
A Study of Family Decision-making About Life Support Using the Grounded Theory Method
The grounded theory method was used to study the process of life support decision making in 16 families in a critical care setting. Semi-structured interview and observation techniques were employed to gather data from 30 ... -
Research Utilization of Registered Nurses in United States Army Hospitals
The use of research findings in clinical nursing practice has been studied extensively in civilian institutions or with civilian nurses. However, little research utilization study has been done in US military facilities. ...