• HIV testing within emergency departments: A descriptive study assessing barriers and potential solutions 

  Hardwicke, Robin Lynn (2004-12)

  This study examined individual practices of emergency department (ED) health care providers in regard to HIV testing and identified barriers to routine offering of HIV tests and potential solutions to overcoming those ...

• Self-esteem levels in adult insulin-dependent diabetes 

  Grove, Elizabeth M. (1977-08)

• The lived experiences of employed adults with dependent adult caregiving responsibilities 

  Lindy, Cheryl Novak (2006-12)

  It is estimated that about 21% of the adult population provide unpaid care to a family member or friend annually who is chronically ill, disabled, or aged. Fifty nine percent of these adults are employed either full time ...

• The relationship between perceived social support and adherence to antiretroviral medications among adolescents with HIV infection 

  Simon, Cara L. (2004-05)

  The purpose of this descriptive, correlational study was to examine the relationship between perceived social support and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents with HIV infection. A second goal of the study ...

• Academic and non-academic characteristics of successful and non-successful college science students 

  Yantis, Mary Ann (1995-12)

  This study examined the relationship between selected academic and non-academic variables and academic success of college science students. Subjects were 45 volunteers who completed the research questionnaire, and 19 of ...

• Exploration of menopausal women's experiences with hot flashes 

  Hairston, Carla (2006-12)

  Menopause is a biological event that will affect all women who live long enough. Currently, 40 to 45 million in the United States are going through menopause or are postmenopausal. Hot flashes are the most common symptom ...

• Buffered lidocaine's effect on procedure complications, pain, movement, site outcome, and satisfaction with sheath removal in interventional cardiology patients 

  Vish, Nancy Ann (2001-12)

  Arterial and venous sheath removal is primarily performed by trained registered nurses in interventional cardiology units across the United States. A standard of care for pain management for this procedure has not been ...

• Simulation as an educational strategy in the development of critical and reflective thinking: A qualitative exploration 

  Decker, Sharon I. Litke (2007-05)

  Today's health care environment has become exceedingly complex. The new environment mandates graduate nurses make competent clinical judgments while maintaining patient safety (AACN, 1997; Long, 2004). However, multiple ...

• The impact of the economy on employment levels of registered nurses 

  Smith, Sheila Donnaud (2004-05)

  This purpose of this study was to conduct rigorous tests using yearly RN employment data across a thirty-year period to identify the best model of RN employment levels in Texas. The impact of the economy on employment ...

• Birth certificate data quality: Examining the maternal medical risk factor text field 

  Polancich, Shea (2002-12)

  In 2003 the United States Certificate of Live Birth will be changed for the 12th time, excluding the "other" text fields currently on the birth certificate, with only a single study that examined the use of these text ...

• Intimate partner violence and the role of the emergency department nurse 

  Robinson, Ruthie (2006-08)

  The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the registered nurse in the emergency setting as it relates to intimate partner violence. Specifically, the goals of this research were to identify how registered nurses ...

• Comparison of negative affect toward death: Acute and nonacute care nurses 

  Nicholas, Peter (1978-12)

• Compliance with self breast examination related to demographic and psychosocial characteristics and institution of a teaching protocol 

  Heard, Laura Zoe Callen (1978-12)

  A quasi-experimental study of the problem, "What are the factors that influence a woman's reported compliance in monthly breast self examination (BSE)?" investigated the relationships among BSE compliance, demographic ...

• Father's effect on maternal delivery satisfaction 

  Spencer, Nora Frances (1977-08)

• Birth certificate data quality: A study of maternal medical risk 

  Restrepo, Elizabeth Bartley (2002-12)

  Live births in the United States have been registered since 1900, using the Standard Certificate of Live Birth. This form is the means by which uniformity of content in documents used to obtain birth data is accomplished. ...

• The lived experience of giving spiritual care 

  Deal, Belinda (2008-12)

  Health care researchers have suggested a correlation between better mental and physical health and a person's spirituality or religious practices (Koenig, 2002). Indeed, using spiritual and religious resources gives patients ...

• Experiences of adolescents with implanted defibrillators 

  Zeigler, Vicki L. (2006-12)

  Adolescents who are diagnosed with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias requiring placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are at risk for psychosocial adjustment-related difficulties during an already ...

• Methods for evaluating glycosuria 

  Kelly, Barbara (1977-12)

• Breast-feeding and sociocultural influences: a historical study 

  Zausmer, Gladys (1978-12)

• The HESI exit examination as a predictor of employment success 

  Reiter, Margaret (2005-12)

  The study was designed to determine the validity of indicators of competency used to predict success for new graduate registered nurses in the acute care setting. Employment of new graduate nurses is a challenge for ...

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