Elaine Marieb College of Nursing Dissertations Collection
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Dissertations from 2023
Mental Health Burden and Attitudes and Intention to Seek Mental Health Services in Saudi Women Living in the United States, Wjdan A. Almutairi, Nursing
THE MEANINGS OF DAILY ACTIVITIES AND ATTITUDES OF OLDER BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: A CASE STUDY RESEARCH, Wadha Alquraini, Nursing
A Grounded Theory of Patient Flow Management within the Emergency Department, Ellen Benjamin, Nursing
Care With Honor And Dignity In A Long-Term Care Facility For Veterans, Sabine Clasen, Nursing
Tablet-based Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention to Improve Step Count, Fatigue, Self-efficacy and Quality of Life in Arthritis Patients, Sarah M. Fiske, Nursing
Patterns of Substance Use and Buprenorphine Utilization to Predict Treatment Utilization for Opioid Use Disorder, Nicole M. Kent, Nursing
A Mixed Methods Comparative Case Study of the Relationship Between Community Engagement Practices, Maternal and Neonatal Health Services Utilization, and Health Outcomes, Tegemea P. Mwalingo, Nursing
AN EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER IN A MEDICATION TREATMENT PROGRAM: WITH A FOCUS ON PREGNANT WOMEN, kristy pereira, Nursing
THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STRENGTHS-BASED RESILIENCE PROGRAM FOR NURSES, Cynthia Peterson, Nursing
Dissertations from 2022
Intravenous Smart Infusion Pump Safety and Flow Rate Accuracy, Jeannine Blake, Nursing
Physical Activity, Daily Step Counts and Functional Ability in Older Adults: Using NHANES Database, Chunfang(Maggie) Chen, Nursing
The Experiences and Needs of Individuals With a Variant of Uncertain Significance (VUS) on Genetic Tests for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A Grounded Theory Study, Danielle Gould, Nursing
Use of a Checklist as a Decision Support Aid for Heart Failure Assessment and Management, MaryAnn Hogan, Nursing
A Plant-Based Culinary Intervention to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Improve Self-Efficacy in Latino/a/x Adults, Linda M. Koh, Nursing
THAI NOVICE NURSES’ LIVED EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES OF BREASTFEEDING AND HUMAN MILK IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU), Tippawan Srichalerm, Nursing
Dissertations from 2021
NURSE-DELIVERED SHOE-LACING INTERVENTION: EFFECT ON COMFORT AND TOE PRESSURES FOR ACTIVE COMMUNITY-DWELLING ADULTS (AGE 65+), Mary C. Clayton-Jones, Nursing
LOST IN TRANSLATION: A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON NURSE PEER RELATIONSHIPS, Maud B. Low, Nursing
Young Adult Cancer Survivors and Physical Activity: An Expert Consensus Study, Ann Marie Moraitis, Nursing
Perseverance: A Focused Ethnographic Study of the Emergency Triage Nurse, Ellen C. Smithline, Nursing
Examining a Fatigue Management Model That Identifies Risk Factors and Consequences of Fatigue in Older Individuals, Maral Torossian, Nursing
Hospital Assessment and Response to Environmental Pollution as a Population Health Need: Identifying Prevalence and Predictors in Community Benefit Practices, Sarah Valentine, Nursing
Dissertations from 2020
DEVELOPING A HANDHELD APPLICATION: A TABLET-BASED CLINICAL EVALUATION TOOL (TABCET) FOR NURSING STUDENT EVALUATION BY CLINICAL INSTRUACTORS, Mohammed Alghenaimi, Nursing
Geographical Disparity of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Diseases in Saudi Arabia, Fahad Alhowaymel, Nursing
Mediation and Moderation of Sleep in Arthritis Fatigue, Jean L. Cody, Nursing
Dietary Transition, Food Choice Process, and Food Practices in Sub-Saharan African Pregnant Women Living in Massachusetts, Favorite Iradukunda, Nursing
Older Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence: A Phenomenological Study, Lourdes Irene, Nursing
PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF ADOPTING A TECHNOLOGY BASED INTERVENTION FOR ALCOHOL SCREENING AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT IN PRIMARY CARE, Sonya L. Lachance, Nursing
The Impact of Psychosocial Treatment on Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, Tara Mariolis, Nursing
CORE CONTENT ITEMS AND CONSTRUCTS TO INFORM STUDENT NURSE HANDOFF COMMUNICATION, Kelley McAfee, Nursing
USE OF STAY S.A.F.E. STRATEGY DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION IN REDUCING ERRORS, Cidalia J. Vital, Nursing
Dissertations from 2019
Transgender Young Adults, Sibling Relationships, and Mental Health, Jordon Bosse, Nursing
Social Factors that Exacerbate Features of Borderline Personality Disorder in Young Adult Women Between 25 and 35 years of age Living in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Erika M. Carrasquillo, Nursing
MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: ADOLESCENT CAREGIVER EXPERIENCES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, Renee Crizer, Nursing
Cultural and Family Challenges in Type Two Diabetes Self-care for Puerto Rican Identified Hispanic Adults, Jalil Johnson, Nursing
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ABUSE AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN MALAWI, Nellipher Lewis Mchenga, Nursing
THE SOCIAL PROCESS OF DYING IN THE HOSPITAL: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY, Alyson Prokop, Nursing
THE IMPACT OF PTSD AND HISTORY OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON MEDICATION TREATMENT SUCCESS IN OPIOID USE DISORDER, Kirk Sanger, Nursing
Use of a Checklist to Facilitate the Recognition of a Transfusion Associated Adverse Event, susan scott, Nursing
Dissertations from 2018
IPMTC- AN EMERGING NURSING THEORY ON TRANSITIONING INDIVIDUALS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FROM LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY UNDER MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS, Sylvia Abbeyquaye, Nursing
Exploring How Nurse Beliefs and Attitudes Influence End-of-Life-Care Practice, Cara Chandler, Nursing
“Tell Me A Story®”: Promoting Resiliency in Military Children, Katherine-Marie Conover, Nursing
MATERNAL OUTCOMES OF WOMEN WHO PREFER TO COMMUNICATE IN ENGLISH COMPARED TO WOMEN WHO PREFER TO COMMUNICATE IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH IN NEW ENGLAND, Katharine Green, Nursing
The Experience of Living With Breast Cancer: Puerto Rican Women Tell Their Stories, Madeline Hernández-Ramirez, Nursing
Using Motivational Interviewing to Increase Walking and Functional Ability in Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Erin Lamoureux, Nursing
The Effect of Social Networks on Self-Care Behaviors and Health Outcomes among Older People Living with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Raeann G. LeBlanc, Nursing
The lived experience and factors affecting disclosure of pregnant victims of domestic violence, Pedro Vargas Ortiz, Nursing
Dissertations from 2017
Relational-Cultural Perspectives of African American Women with Diabetes and Maintaining Multiple Roles, Ayesha Ali, Nursing
Tablet-based Self-management Intervention for Diabetes Mellitus Type II Patients: Usability and Efficacy of The ASSISTwell Tool, Mohammad Alkawaldeh, Nursing
COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF ARV MEDICATIONS ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH HERBAL MEDICATIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF HIV AMONG NIGERIAN HIV+ PATIENTS, Abdulfattah Durojaiye, Nursing
CANCER PAIN PROCESSES IN THE HOSPICE CARING TRIAD: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY, Olga Ehrlich, Nursing
RELATIONAL COORDINATION: A PREDICTOR OF NURSE JOB SATISFACTION, ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT, AND TURNOVER INTENTION, Rawaih Falatah, Nursing
Lesbian Veterans Experiences in the Military: A Case Study, Carolyn Gustason, Nursing
EXPLORING THE BALANCE: A Path Analysis Examination of the Maintaining the Balance Model, Sheila Pennell, Nursing
Group Process, Communication, and Relating as a Core Phenomenon in an Older Adult Support and Learning Group on Aging and Health, Lisa Rose White, Nursing
Influence of Work Environment Conditions on the Ability of Critical Care Nurses to Provide Efficacious Nursing Care in Puerto Rico, Yolanda M. Torres, Nursing
Dissertations from 2016
Motivations and Barriers for Saudi Nurses to Pursue a Doctoral Degree, Abdualrahman Alshehry, Nursing
Knowledge Development in Undergraduate Clinical Nursing Education, Nancy A. Craig-Williams, Nursing
Acute Pain Symptom Assessment and Management in Nonverbal Puerto Rican Patients in the Early Postoperative Period, Sherily Pereira, Nursing
Dissertations from 2015
Injection Drug Users’ Perceptions of Received Nursing Care: A Case Study, Kimberly Dion, Nursing
Cup Feeding In the Neonatal ICU: The Influence of Country, Belief, Preference, and Past Behavior, Sameh Ghareeb, Nursing
A Grounded Theory Study of Social Process that Influence a Child being Overweight in Thailand, Jumpee Prasitchai, Nursing
Dissertations from 2014
A Preliminary Model of Dignity Management in Hospice, Qiaohong Guo, Nursing
NEEDS OF PATIENT’S FAMILIES IN THE HOSPITAL TELE-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, Mary L. Jahrsdoerfer, Nursing
Relational Coordination: The Perception and Experiences of Student Nurses and Nursing Faculty in a Hospital Setting, Clare Lamontagne, Nursing
Dissertations from 2012
The Theory of Compromised Eating Behavior, Ellen Frances Furman, Nursing
Dissertations from 2011
Nurse clinician self-disclosure: A qualitative study, Kathryn Rising Baldor
Nurse Clinician Self-Disclosure: A Qualitative Study, Kathryn Rising Baldor, Nursing
Puerto Rican Teens' Perceptions of Teen Pregnancy and Births in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Nancy J. Gilbert, Nursing
Living With a Depressed Partner, Bridget Logan, Nursing
Characteristics of patients on telehealth that influence their heart failure outcomes in the home-care setting, Kavita Radhakrishnan
Characteristics Of Patients On Telehealth That Influence Their Heart Failure Outcomes In The Home-Care Setting, Kavita Radhakrishnan, Nursing
Healing experiences of Chinese Americans with cancer illness in the United States, Jui-Wen Wu
Healing Experiences Of Chinese Americans With Cancer Illness In The United States, Jui-Wen Wu, Nursing
Dissertations from 2010
The Lived Experience of College Sudents Who have Been Medicated with Antidepressants, Pamela Joan Aselton, Nursing
Transition to Fatherhood: A Puerto Rican Perspective, Suzanne Barenski, Nursing
What Women Want to Know: Assessing the Value, Relevance, And Efficacy of a Self-Management Intervention for Rural Women with Coronary Heart Disease, Holly Evans Madison, Nursing
Familiar Physical Activity to Familiar Music: The Effects on Apathy, Agitation, Eating Ability, and Dietary Intake in Institutionalized Older Adults with Dementia, Janet Ruth Moore, Nursing
Dissertations from 2009
Contentment In “Songs Of The Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism”: A Humanbecoming Hermeneutic Study, Susan A Bonis, Nursing
Contentment in “Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism”: A humanbecoming hermeneutic study, Susan A Bonis
Feasibility of Family Participation in a Delirium Prevention Program for the Older Hospitalized Adult, Deborah Rosenbloom-Brunton, Nursing
Dissertations from 2008
Nurse decision making and the prevention of adverse events, Priscilla K Gazarian
The cycle of substance misuse and victimization, Karen A Kalmakis
Qi Gong exercise to improve balance for Parkinson fall prevention, Sheree Loftus Fader
Dissertations from 2007
Maternal prenatal attachment in women who conceive through in vitro fertilization, Jean Evelyn Pelski
Pain management documentation: The effects of the perception of the practice environment and clinical expertise, Joanne Goodman Samuels
Participatory action research among Thai women and girls involved in prostitution, Nicharee Thiemklin
Dissertations from 2006
Transcendence in successful aging: A grounded theory of older women's strategies to age successfully, Kristal Imperio
The role of professional nursing in the origin of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 from a feminist perspective, 1981–1996, Jan-Louise Leonard
Dissertations from 2005
The effects of a walking program on older Chinese American immigrants with hypertension, Chun-Ying Chiang
Recovery from bulimia nervosa: A transformational journey to the sacred space within, Kathryn A Proulx
Dissertations from 2004
Practitioner characteristics associated with psychosocial care for patients with fibromyalgia, Patricia M Bruckenthal
Self -selected distraction for acute procedural pain in adolescents: An intervention feasibility study, Debra A Jeffs
Stolen adolescence: The experience of adolescent girls with endometriosis, Karen M Plotkin
Health impact of intimate partner violence and abuse among Puerto Rican women living in shelters in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Yadira Regueira
Work empowerment, work relationships and expertise in experienced acute care nurses, Joan P Roche
Predictors of capacity to direct attention in cardiac surgery patients, Marilyn S Stapleton
Dissertations from 2003
Family functioning, hope, and quality of life of school -age children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Thomas William Connelly
Somatic awareness, uncertainty, and delay in care -seeking in acute heart failure, Corrine Yvonne Jurgens
Building a story: Word patterns in writing and quality of life in women with advanced breast cancer, Margaret Saul Laccetti