Browsing Doctoral Papers by Posting Date
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The development and testing of the Codependency-Overeating Model in undergraduate social science students in a Mississippi college
(2013-02-13)Overeating is a common eating disorder and often leads to obesity and to significant physical, emotional and social problems often warranting nursing care. The psychological and behavioral factors surrounding overeating ... -
Psychometric testing of Cooper Parental Self-Efficacy Scale-Child Health Behavior
(2013-07-15)Although numerous self-efficacy scales grounded in Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy were available, no specific scale that measured the concept of parental self-efficacy to influence child health behavior existed. ... -
Discovering the Current Wound Management Practices of Rural Africans
(UTMB Repository (The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston), 2013-05)Unrelenting heat, poor sanitation, lack of knowledge, and poverty contribute to a disabling wound prevalence that often exceeds 20% in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Wounds in this environment are usually ... -
Best practice guidelines for uncomplicated urinary tract infections to reduce rates of antibiotic resistance: A CE module for clinicians
(3/17/2015)Uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) accounted for over 8 million visits to ambulatory clinics. The annual cost of evaluation and treatment for uncomplicated UTIs on the health care system is estimated to be ... -
Effects of high fidelity simulation on knowledge acquisition, self-confidence, and satisfaction with baccalaureate nursing students using the Solomon-Four Research Design
(3/24/2015)High Fidelity Simulation is a teaching strategy that is becoming well-entrenched in the world of nursing education and is rapidly expanding due to the challenges and demands of the health care environment. The problem ... -
The relationship of education, years of experience, and school nursing practice
(10/31/2013)Problem: Because of the complex nature and autonomy of school nursing practice, multiple professional organizations recommend a Bachelor of Science in Nursing as the minimum level of education for entry into this specialty. ... -
Exploring holistic comfort in children who experience a clinical venipuncture procedure
(2015-09-03)Introduction: Children often experience the uncomfortable effects of invasive procedures as a part of primary health supervision and during times of illness. Inadequate procedural comfort management can lead to numerous ... -
Adverse drug reactions and resultant health-related quality of life during multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in South Africa
(2015-10-02)Background/Significance: The incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is on the rise globally. MDR-TB takes a minimum of 2 years to treat and the treatment regimen produces many adverse drug reactions (ADRs). ... -
Planning for a community supported farmers market in a rural USDA food desert
(11/12/2015)A community initiative to develop and sustain a farmer's market can address insufficient access to fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables for individuals working and residing in a United States Department of Agriculture ... -
Oxytocin: Biomarker of affiliation and neurodevelopment in premature infants
(2016-06-14)Extremely premature infants, born at 28 weeks gestation or less, are at greatest risk for poor neurodevelopmental outcomes. While survival of these infants has improved in the past decade, neurodevelopmental outcomes have ... -
Perceptions of faculty preparedness for developing, evaluating and revising BSN curriculum
(2016-10-03)Nurse educators are barraged with competencies, standards, outcomes, and initiatives to consider when developing, evaluating, or revising curriculum. The constructivist grounded theory study discovered and compared the ... -
Women and men's preferences for delivery services in rural Ethiopia
(2016-10-18)Aims: This study aims to determine the combination of facility-based delivery care attributes preferred by women and men; if gender differences exist in attribute preferences; and key demographic factors associated with ... -
Evaluating cultural competency: A theory-driven integrative process/outcome evaluation of an associate degree program
(2014-09)Accreditation organizations have identified specific program outcomes that each nursing program must meet to maintain accreditation, including standards on cultural competence. However, research has shown there is ... -
High-fidelity simulation influences on novice baccalaureate nursing students
(2016-12-22)Current research supports high-fidelity simulation use as a method for educating junior and senior nursing students. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship that existed between the use of evidence-based ... -
Enhancing critical thinking disposition and clinical judgment skills in senior BSN students via electronic interactive simulation
(2017-01-09)The problem investigated in this study was the lack of empirical evidence available regarding the effectiveness of electronic interactive simulation (EIS) for developing critical thinking disposition and clinical judgment ... -
Socialization, Black school-age children and the Color Caste Hierarchy
(2017-01-10)The purpose of the descriptive research was to investigate the relationship between an adherence to the Black community's belief and value system about Black skin tones and Black school-age children's skin tone preferences ... -
Coordination of care: Strategies, lessons, & implications
(2017-01-11)Background: Care Coordination was identified as a fundamental process that can decrease care fragmentation. IOM and ANA identified Registered Nurses as capable of spearheading care coordination initiatives that will ... -
Combating childhood obesity with provider education: A quantitative study
(2017-01-23)The study included an educational program to providers and nurse practitioner students in order to evaluate whether an increase in knowledge and accuracy occurred based on knowledge of evidenced-based responses ... -
The hidden morbidity of cancer: An exploratory study of burden in caregivers of cancer patients with brain metastases
(2017-01-27)Caregiving is a highly individualized experience. While numerous papers have been published on caregiver burden in the context of a variety of diagnoses and conditions, this paper presents the unique features of ... -
Examining constructs of the health belief model as predictors of Haitian men's intention regarding prostate cancer screening
(2017-01-27)Background: The most recent report of Global Burden of Cancer (GLOBOCAN) indicated the incidence rate of prostate cancer in Haiti as 38.6 and the mortality rate as 32.3 per 100,000. The literature supports a high ...