Completed Doctoral Dissertations
| 2023 | |
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| Aric Bunch | High Versus Low-Fidelity Ultrasound Phantoms in the Acquisition of Needle to Vascular Target Contact Skill During Simulated Central Venous Line Placement |
| Jessie Reich | Medical-surgical Nurses’ and Nursing Assistants’ Attitudes and Beliefs towards Young Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and their Perceptions of Barriers to Providing Quality Care to this Population |
| Megan Moyer | Early Patient Mobilization in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit. |
| Caroline Ortiz | Decia mi Mama: Traditional Medicine from Mexico Among Mexican Women American in the Texas Rio Grande Valley |
| Gwen Hamid | The Association of Functioning, Relationship Quality and Community Reintegration to Depressive Symptoms in Miliary Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury |
| 2022 | |
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| Kathleen Williams | An Examination of the Relationship of Mandated Reporting to Pediatric Up-to-Date Immunization Status |
| Marcia Gamaly | Comparing the effectiveness of self-directed and interactive online educational interventions to reduce obesity bias in nurses in the hospital setting. |
| Carol Devlin | The Relationship Between Preoperative Smoking Status and Postoperative Surgical Site Infections: A Secondary Analysis of the American College of Surgeons’ 2019 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data |
| Kimberly Hampton | Survey of Baccalaureate Nursing Faculty About Non-Clinical Transition-to-Practice Courses and Their Perceived Effectiveness |
| Tanya Carmichael | Effect of an Educational Intervention on Nursing Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Caring for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People |
| Waad Ali | The Influence of Undergraduate Informatics Education on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Use |
| Marin Jacobwitz | Predictors of Poor Oral Feeding in Infants with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Following Surgical Intervention with Cardiopulmonary Bypass |
| Patricia Griffith | The Effect of Structured Reflection on Diagnostic Reasoning Competency and Accuracy of Nurse Practitioner Students Who Experience Cognitive Bias: A Mixed Methods Experimental Study |
| Mary Ann Zimmer | Enhancing Communication Skills of Pre-Licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students Through the Use of Standardized Patients in Clinical Simulation |
| Melissa Bourne | Clinical Nursing Faculty Perceptions about Teaching Pre-Licensure BSN Students to Provide Care for Adults with Developmental Disability in the Clinical Setting |
| 2021 | |
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| Melissa Leisen | Exploration of the Learning Experiences of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Relation to the Care of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Home-Based Respite Care |
| Jodi Erickson | How Older Adults Perceive the Terminology “Allow Natural Death”: A Qualitative Dissertation |
| Meg Kloster | Measuring Knowledge and Behavior after an Educational Program on Air Pollution as a Health Risk Reduction Strategy |
| Emily Sheff | Factors Associated with Work Engagement among Doctorally Prepared Nursing Faculty |
| Joseph Vena |
The Lived Experience of Young Adults with Lymphoma During Acute Survivorship |
| Megan M. Walsh |
The Emotional Experience of Women with Multiple Sclerosis in the Postpartum Period |
| Lyn Starrs-Zorn | The Lived Experience of Civilian, Female Spouse Caregivers of Community-Dwelling U.S. Veterans Who Sustained Polytrauma Injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan |
| 2020 | |
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| Heiddy DiGregorio | Organizational Skill Development Using Simultaneous Multiple Patient Simulation |
| Laura Klenke-Borgmann | The Effect of Interprofessional Simulations in the Classroom on Pre-Licensure, Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Clinical Judgment Development |
| Sister Jackline Mayaka |
Risk Factors Associated with Low-Birth-Weight Infants Among HIV-Positive Women and Related Outcomes of HIV-Exposed Low Birth Weight Infants at 18 Months Follow-up in Western Kenya |
| Claire McKinley-Yoder |
The Relationships Among Individual and School Characteristics and Long-Term Educational Outcomes for Students with Disabilities |
| Ginger Schroers |
Interruptions During Simulated Medication Administration: An Examination of Errors and Interruption Management Strategies |
| Caitlin Yeager | The Role of Nurses in Surveillance of New and Emerging Infectious Disease to Enhance Global Health Security: A Delphi Study |
| Cynthia Hambach | Using Standardized Patients in Simulated Learning Experiences to Develop Clinical Judgment and Clinical Competence of Sophomore Baccalaureate Nursing Students in a Foundations in Nursing Course |
| 2019 | |
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| Amal Alqahtani | Workplace Incivility and Work Ethic Across Three Generations of Saudi Nurses |
| Zainab Al-Maqbali | Pre-gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1 & Type 2), Gestational-Diabetes, and Pre-eclampsia with Preterm Birth Among Omani Women |
| Susan Moyer | Fruit and Vegetable Intake of Young Adult Millennials |
| Serah Nthenge | Perinatal Experiences of Women with Physical Disabilities |
| Christine Pariseault | Nurse Practitioners Experiences of Polypharmacy in Older Adults in the Primary Care Setting |
| Tara Sacco | The Relationship of the Work Environment to Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue in Critical Care Nurses |
| Mia Waldron | Relationship of Parental Health Literacy (PHL) and Perceptions of Home Discharge Readiness in NICU Parents of Black Preterm Infants |
| 2018 | ||
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| Lisa Aiello | Assessment of Genomic Knowledge among Nurses in an Online RN to BSN Completion Program |
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| Zaina Al Harmali | Nurse characteristics and perceptions about safety and error reporting in Omani hospitals |
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| Abdullah I. Al Salmi | Self-Management Behaviors & Quality of Life of Patents with Sickle Cell Disease | |
| Al Cadavero | Nurse Graduates’ Perceived Educational Needs after Experiencing the Death of a Patient |
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| Mandy Kirkpatrick | Development of Palliative Care Competence in Nursing Students Using Simulation | |
| Brittany Koons | Factors Related to Travel for Transplantation Among U.S. Kidney Transplant Candidates | |
| Michelle McKay | The Relationship of Frailty, Fear of Falling, and Depression with the Risk for Falls and Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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| Susan Myers | Postpartum Nurses’ Perceptions of Identifying and Providing Care for Mothers at Risk for Postpartum Depression |
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| Jennie Ryan | Parents’ Experience Using Medical Marijuana | |
| Cathy Sargent | The examination of nursing students’ attitudes towards chronic pain in the older adult. |
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| 2017 | ||
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| Saira Al-Bulushi | A Pilot Study of Standardized Patient Simulation Teaching Strategies and Instruments to |
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| Khamis Al-Mamari | Omani Nurses’ Attitudes Towards Clients with Mental Illness in General and Psychiatric Hospitals in Oman |
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| Faith Atte | Factors Related to Caregiver Burden in Family Members of Military Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury |
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| Adaorah Azotam | The Intention of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Report Child Maltreatment | |
| Susan Birkhoff | Examining the Usability and Acceptability of a Patient-Centered Mobile Health Tracking App for Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment |
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| Deborah Byrne | Evaluating the Level of Cultural Competence in Undergraduate Nursing Students Using Standardized Patients in Simulation |
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| Michael Conti | A Descriptive Study Exploring the Perceptions of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists about Collaboration with Physician Anesthesiologists |
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| Becky Coyle-Mueller | Family Nurse Practitioners’ Use of mHealth Apps for Health Promotion with Patients | |
| Patricia Gellasch | The Developmental Screening Behaviors, Skills, Facilitators and Constraints of Family Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care |
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| Stacy Hohenleitner | New Nursing Graduates’ Perceptions of Support | |
| Amanda Jenkinson | The Relationships Among Inner Strength, Depression, and Time Since Diagnosis to Quality of Life and Health Promoting Behaviors in Female Cancer Survivors |
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| Sue Lynch | The Lived Experience of Newly Qualified Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) Who Have Transitioned to the Hospital Operating Room Surgical Setting: A Phenomenological Perspective |
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| Carlene McLaughlin | The Effect of Debriefing with Good Judgment on Nurse Anesthesia Students’ Critical Event Recognition, Response, and Treatment | |
| Jacquelyn McMillion-Bohler | Nurse Educators’ Perceptions of the Characteristics and Behaviors of Master Teachers in Nursing |
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| Kathleen Monforto | A Comparison of Outcomes in Patients with Common Pediatric Diagnoses Admitted on Weekends to Those Admitted on Weekdays |
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| Hanan Saca-Hazboun | Knowledge and Health Beliefs about Breast Cancer Screening among Rural Palestinian Women: A Pilot Study |
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| Jenna Thate | Leveraging Documentation in the Electronic Health Record to Support Interprofessional Communication: A Delphi Study |
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| Susan Vacca | Patient Delivered and Expedited Partner Therapy for Chlamydia Trachomatis among Adolescent Females Using School Based Health Centers |
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| 2016 | |
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| Eilleen Feehan Choi | Development and Analysis of the Sodium Knowledge and Skills Index for Heart Failure (SKASI-HF) |
| Katie Hooven | Development and Testing of the Collaboration in the Clinical Learning Environment (CCLE) Tool |
| Christina Lam | Nurse Faculty Members' Experiences Teaching Chronic Illness Self-Management Concepts: An Exploration Study |
| Patricia Ann Oertwich | Emotional Intelligence as a Component of Leadership Development in Traditional Undergraduate BSN Students |
| Kelly Reilly | The Use of Simulation in Transformational Leadership Development in the Nurse Manager Role |
| Robin Weingarten Wood | Workplace Bullying Between Registered Nurses: Occurrence and Perceived Effects on Work Productivity. |
| Christina Whitehouse | From Hospital to Home: Aiding in Patient Transitions Through Education for Obese Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| 2015 | |
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| Lisa Broughton | An Examination of the Relationship among Nurses’ Work Environment, Nurses’ Education Level and Patient Outcomes. |
| Karen Goldschmidt | Perspective Transformation and Professional Values of Students Enrolled in an Online RN-to-BSN Degree Completion Program |
| Jana Goodwin | The Lived Experience of non-English and limited English speaking Hispanic persons associated with a past inpatient hospitalization in the United States: A phenomenological study. |
| Carey Heck | A Study of Moral Distress in Novice and Experienced Nurses. |
| Virginia Jones | Perception of Graduates from Online Accelerated Pre-Licensure Second-Degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs on Quality of Educational Experience and Readiness for Clinical Practice. |
| Danielle Kohler | Assessment of Nurse Faculty’s Acceptance and Intent to Use Social Media Using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 Model |
| James Mendez | The Role of Perceived Social Support in the Transition to Life after Lung Transplantation |
| Maria Van Pelt | The Aftermath of Perioperative Catastrophe: A National Study of Nurse Anesthetists |
| Nancy Wise | Nutritional Knowledge, Healthy Eating Behaviors and Personal Self-Efficaciy in Pregnant Adolescents |
| 2014 | |
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| Sherry Burrell | Exploring Symptom Clusters and Quality of Life in Individuals Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer |
| Jaqueline Meyer | Part-time Baccalaureate Clinical Nursing Faculty in U.S. Schools of Nursing: Factors Related to Work Engagement, Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction |
| Nada Al Moosa | A Quality Study of Change: Implementing Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Profession Education during a Period of Transition |
| Raja Jadelhack | Assessment of a Patient Satisfaction Survey and its Relationship to Hospital Sector and Nurses’ Level of Education in One Region in Saudi Arabia. |
| Amanda Klockars-McMulle |
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Somatic Awareness Scale of Women with Spontaneous Preterm Labor. |
| 2013 | |
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| Majed Alamri | Motivational Factors and Barriers Related to Saudi Arabian Nurses’ Pursuit of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree |
| Hilal Alrahbi |
Diabetes Self-Management (DSM) in Omanis with Type-2 Diabetes |
| Terri Ares | The Professional Socialization of Students in Clinical Nurse Specialist Programs |
| Ann Fronczek | The Lived Experience of the Primary Family Caregiver of a Person with Head and Neck Cancer |
| Karen May | Assessing Faculty Knowledge of Disability-Related Law and Providing Academic Accommodation |
| JoAnn Platko | Nursing Students’ Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Pain Management Knowledge Across Educational Levels |
| Michele Damas Smith | Utilization of Secondary Preventive Screenings (HIV, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol) Among African-American Men in Comparison to Non-Hispanic Caucasian Men |
| Amy Weaver | The Effect of a Model Demonstration During Debriefing on Students’ Clinical Judgment, Self-Confidence, and Satisfaction During a Simulated Learning Experience |
| 2012 | |
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| Pennie Sessler Branden | The Nurse as Advocate: A Grounded Theory Perspective |
| Margaret Hattori-Uchima | Chuukese Migrant Women in Guam: Perceptions of Barriers to Health Care |
| Michelle Kelly |
Life After Prematurity: Special Health Care Needs, Working Memory, and Health-related Quality of Life Among 9- to 11-year old Children Born Prematurely |
| Catherine Morse | The Effect of Debriefing with Good Judgment on Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Students' Reflective Ability and Perspective Transformation. |
| Lisa Thiemann | Nonsurgical Pain Management Infection Prevention Competencies |
| 2011 | |
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| Teresa Conte | Pediatric Oncology Nurses’ Lived Experiences of Loss and Grief |
| Anne Fink | Primiparous Puerto Rican Women’s Self-Reports of Postpartum Infant and Self-Care Knowledge Acquisition |
| Janet Fogg | The Experience of Parenting for Single, Unpartnered Mothers of Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) |
| Suzanne Foley | The First Months at Home: The Perceived Needs of an American Sample of Postpartum Women |
| Catherine Heilferty | The Balance We Seek: A Sequential Narrative Analysis of Childhood Cancer Blogs |
| Stephanie Jeffers | Nurse Faculty Perceptions of End-of-Life Education in the Clinical Setting: A Phenomenological Perspective |
| Kelly Kuhns | Nursing Faculty Members' Use of Web 2.0 Technology and Perceptions of Importance of Online Faculty Presence |
| Jennifer Gunberg Ross | The Effect of Simulation Training on Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Competency in Performing Intramuscular Injection |
| Joanne Schwartz | A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Graduates of an Accelerated Second-Degree Baccalaureate Nursing Program and Graduates of a Traditional Baccalaureate Nursing Program in Demographics, Nursing Professional Development and Nursing Career Satisfaction |
| Jodie Szlachta | The Effect of a Peer-Instruction Model in Nurse Anesthesia Student Learning in the High Fidelity Patient Simulator |
| 2010 | |
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| Ruth Crothers | The Development of Organized Continuing Education for Registered Nurses in the United States 1957-1974: Challenge for a Maturing Profession |
| Elizabeth M. Romeo | The Predictive Ability of Critical Thinking, Nursing GPA and SAT Scores on First-Time NCLEX-RN® Performance |
| Cynthia Rubenstein | Assessing and Improving Child Feeding Practices through "Take Charge of Your Family’s Health" |
| Lorraine Rusch | Exploring Clinical Reason and Decision Making in Nursing Students. |
| Jennifer Specht | Use of Mentoring to Ease Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity in Neophyte Nursing Faculty. |
| 2009 | |
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| Tamara M. Kear |
An Investigation of Transformative Learning Experiences during Associate Degree Nursing Education Using Narrative Methods |
| 2008 | |
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Bonnie Baloga-Altieri |
Comparison of Staff Nurse Perceptions of Nurse Executive and Nurse Manager Leadership in Magnet and non-Magnet Hospitals |
| Catherine Lovecchio | On-Line Alcohol Education: Impact on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of First-Year College Students |
| Ruth McDermott-Levy | The Lived Experience of Female Arab-Muslim Nurses Studying in the United States |
| Amy McKeever | Female College Students’ Self-Reported Behavioral Change After an Educational Intervention to Reduce Behaviors Associated with Cervical Cancer Risk |
| Ann T. Vitale | Nurses’ Lived Experience of Reiki for Self-Care |