Browsing Doctoral Papers by Issue 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. ... -
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 ... -
Implementing a Monitoring and Feedback Program for Major Depression
(2015-10-05)Abstract Background Depression is a significant public health concern and deeply affects both the depressed person’s life and the lives of their family members. The purpose of this project is to improve the monitoring ... -
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 ... -
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 close ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The effect of the developing nurses’ thinking model on clinical judgment in nursing students
(2017-02-14)Critical thinking and clinical judgment are essential competencies for professional nursing practice. These abilities are used continually, enabling nurses to provide safe nursing care to increasingly complex patients in ... -
Medication Dosage Calculation: A Mathematical Intervention for Nursing Students
(2017-02-17)Nurse educators continue to express concern over the struggle that nursing students have with mathematical calculations necessary to compute medication dosage. This applied dissertation designed, implemented, and evaluated ... -
Nurses' Perceptions of the Image of the Profession of Nursing
(2017-02-22)The purpose of this study was to understand the evolution of nurses’ perceived image of nursing from the time nurses begin their career and through various phases of nursing experience. The image of nursing as perceived ... -
Information Literacy Competencies of Registered Nurses at Magnet Hospitals
(2017-03-01)More patients are turning to the Internet as as source of health information. Nurses occupy the frontline of healthcare and must have information literacy (IL) competencies to guide themselves and their patients to the ... -
The effect of a promotora-guided educational intervention and partner presence in improving condom use self-efficacy amongst partnered Latino adults
(2017-03-01)This study examined the effect of a promotora guided educational intervention in order to improve condom use within the Latino community. Effective and culturally appropriate strategies for promoting condom use within the ... -
A comparative study of pain intensity, information seeking, and adjustment to prostate cancer in Japanese American and European American men
(2017-03-01)Adjustment to illness is a multi-dimensional and difficult process for many patients facing a life-threatening illness, such as prostate cancer. Adjustment encompasses changes in social interactions, physical limitations ... -
Patients' perception of the use of motivational interviewing for childhood obesity treatment: A qualitative study
(2017-03-03)The purpose of this qualitative interpretive descriptive study was to better understand children’s perceptions of the use of motivational interviewing (MI) as a communication style for childhood obesity ... -
RN perceptions of coworker incivility and collective efficacy as influential to hospital structures and outcomes
(2017-03-29)Background: An aging population and retiring workforce might affect United States health delivery care and could threaten the quality of care in hospitals. Nurses, as the largest profession in healthcare, can buffer these ...
