Browsing Nursing-Dissertations by Title
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A descriptive phenomenological study of nursing student experiences of clinical data use in clinical rotations
(2017-11-09)Clinical learning experiences are important opportunities for nursing students in that they gather and synthesize data of patients’ conditions, provide appropriate nursing interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes, ... -
Access to a home monitor and hypertension among Mexican American women: A randomized controlled trial
(2009-12)Hypertension is widespread and often uncontrolled and untreated among Mexican-American women leading to possible morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease. Recent studies indicate that home blood ... -
Adaptation experiences of internationally educated Filipino nurses employed in the United States
(2014-01-01)The nursing shortage is a global issue and countries throughout world, the United States (U.S.) more than others, are consistently challenged to meet their nursing needs. Recruitment of internationally educated (IE) Filipino ... -
Adult life crises, sexism, and moral reasoning in female nurses
(Texas Woman's University, 1983-12-30)The question whether female nurses utilize the same pattern of decision making across personal, professional and moral conflict situations was major in this study. The association of sexist attitudes with decision patterns ... -
Anxiety, coping, and post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses who cared for victims of Hurricane Katrina
(2012-05)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between anxiety, coping, and PTSD in nurses 30-36 months after providing care in New Orleans during and immediately after Hurricane Katrina. Lazarus and Folkman's ... -
Arriving at readiness: how women deal with sexual assault
(1997-08-30)Few sexual assault survivors seek the resources developed to help them with recovery from emotional consequences of sexual assault. A lack of knowledge of helpseeking endeavors hampers nurses' efforts to develop strategies ... -
Assertiveness and adolescent drug use
(Texas Woman's University, 1982-11) -
The association between interdisciplinary team development and patient length of stay
(2010-05-31)There are very few studies in the literature that have examined the outcomes of healthcare interdisciplinary teams. Most existing studies have measured attributes of healthcare teams, however, none have implemented and ... -
The association of depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein and cortisol among women with acute coronary syndrome
(2009-08)Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) coupled with depressive symptoms and elevated inflammatory markers can result in poorer health outcomes than ACS alone. To enhance understanding of the relationships between depressive symptoms ... -
The behavioral intent model and exercise: a study of attitudes, intent, and behavior
(Texas Woman's University, 1982-12) -
Behavioral outcomes of an educational program for male veterans with peripheral artery disease
(2009-12)Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 8 to 12 million Americans. Untreated PAD results in leg pain, decreased quality of life, and amputation of the legs. Walking has been shown to improve functional impairment and ... -
Biorhythmic patterns of blood pressure in non-surgical patients in an intensive care unit
(2001-05)Blood pressure is a biorhythm that is primarily exogenous, responds to cues, and has a diurnal pattern characterized by a daytime peak and a nighttime trough. The effect of changing environmental cues such as light-dark ... -
Capability beliefs to access research-based knowledge in emergency department registered nurses who provide direct care: A two-group randomized control trial
(2019-01-11)The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an evidence-based practice video on capability beliefs of emergency nurses to access research-based knowledge for everyday practice. A randomized, two-group, experimental ... -
Child rearing practices: child with chronic illness and well sibling
(Texas Woman's University, 1980-08-31)The purpose of this study was to identify and compare child-rearing practices of children with chronic illness as compared to their siblings and answer the following question: What are the differences in combined patterns ... -
Chronic pain: reduction through hypnosis and tens
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Combat in the Gulf War II: The lived experience of female veterans
(2013-12)Purpose: The purpose of this dissertation inquiry is to discover the experiences of female veterans in order to understand the impacts of combat on their physical and mental health, and to shed light on directions for ... -
Comfort: voices of adolescents with metastatic cancer
(2012-12-30)Published studies documenting adolescents own descriptions of their comfort experiences while undergoing treatment for metastatic cancer is limited. Expanded knowledge of how young patients explicate the meaning and ... -
The comfortable interpersonal distance of the aged
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Comparing two identification methods of missed nursing care
(2011-08-30)The purpose of this study was to compare two methods for identifying missed nursing care. The two identification methods were: ( 1) Self-reporting by nursing staff using the MIS SCARE survey and (2) a 1nedical record ...