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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Exploring the Lived Experience of Self-Care in Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, Holly Berry-Price
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
School Nurses and the Sexual Health and Education of Public-School Students in Tennessee, Amy Wake
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Missed Nursing Care: Accounting for Education, Experience, and Job Satisfaction in Registered Nurses, Jessica Bechard
Advance Care Planning Protocols and Hospitalization, Rehospitalization, and Emergency Department Use in Home Health, Sharon Bigger
“I Done Been Through Hell”: An Existential Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Fathers Who Have Lost a Child, Dynisha Wigginson
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
The Experiences and Well-Being of Mexican Immigrant Women Living in Traditionally non-Latinx Communities in Western North Carolina, Melinda Bogardus
The Relationship of Self-Efficacy and Clinical Reasoning of Undergraduate Nursing Students, Amy G. Holder
The Lived Experience of Obesity, Spirituality, and Health Behaviors in African American Women, Andrea S. Poynter
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Contemporary Nursing in Rural Appalachia: A Hermeneutic Study, Evelyn Brewer
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Rediscovering the Art of Nursing for Nursing Practice, Deborah Henry
Effect of Root Cause Analysis on Pre-Licensure, Senior-Level Nursing Students’ Safe Medication Administration Practices, Kristi Miller
Patients’ Perceptions of Patient-Centered Care and the Hospital Experience Pre- and Post-Discharge, Cheryl Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Job Embeddedess of Nurses Working in South Central Appalachia’s North Carolina Counties, Susan L. Adams Mrs.
Approachability of Nursing Clinical Instructors: Psychometric Assessment of a Scale Development, Angela Collier
Coping Strategies of Prelicensure Registered Nursing Students Experiencing Student-to-Student Incivility, Robin A. Foreman
An Exploration of Dementia Friendly Communities from the Perspective of Persons Living with Dementia, Catherine Hebert
Pre-Licensure Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Safety Culture in Schools of Nursing, Kristen Hershey
The Perceptions of Success of Latino Nursing School Graduates in the Appalachian Region of the United States, Barbara M. Rauscher
Discharge Readiness for Families with a Premature Infant Living in Appalachia, Kathy Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Adult Female Sexual Assault Survivors, Ann N. Hellman
To Foster a Culture of Curiosity: A Hermeneutic Study of the Experienced Nurse Educator and Student Intellectual Curiosity in the Online Learning Environment, Bedelia H. Russell
Psychometric Testing of the Presence of Nursing Scale: Measurability of Patient Perceptions of Nursing Presence Capability of Nurses in an Academic Medical Center, Rebecca L. Turpin
Leadership Practices of Supervisory Employees: An Exploration of Current Practices at a Southeastern Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Melissa M. Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Nurse Educators' Transition to Flipped Classroom: An Interpretive Description Study, Jean S. Bernard
Nurses’ Perceptions of Self as Role Models of Health, Shelia Hurley
Teaching the Spiritual Dimension of Nursing Care: A Survey of Associate Degree Nursing Programs in the Southeast United States, Nancy L. LaBine
Patients' Perception of the Use of Motivational Interviewing for Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Qualitative Study, Penelope L. Neal Dr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Therapeutic Camps and their Impact on the Family of Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Mixed Method Study, Brandi Lindsey
NICU Culture of Care for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Focused Ethnography, Monica M. Nelson
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Associate Degree Nursing Faculty Perspectives about Human Patient Simulation in Nursing Education, Cheryl L. McCall
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Experiences of Success by Minority Students Attending a Predominantly Caucasian Nursing Program, Staci M. Boruff
Expectations and Experiences of Fathers Who Have Parented Children With and Without Intellectual Disabilities, Jane Christina Kusmik Walker
A Measurement of Readiness for Tennessee Hospitals to Implement “Meaningful Use” Criteria Resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009, Kathryn Wallin Wilhoit
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Lived Experience of Mothers Bereaved by the Suicide Death of a Child., Cynthia Walker Lynn
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
"Knowing Where I Am At": The Experience of Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose for People with Non-Insulin-Requiring Type 2 Diabetes., Dana Elisabeth Brackney
Overcoming: A Theory of Accelerated Second-Degree Baccalaureate Graduate Nurse Transition to Professional Nursing Practice., Sandy K. Calhoun
Perceptions of Maternal Stress and Neonatal Patient Outcomes in a Single Private Room versus Open Room Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Environment., Lisa M. Smithgall
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Comparison of Ammonia and Particulate Matter Air Sample Concentrations at Task-Locations within Swine Confinement Buildings., Earl Dan Bembry
Secondary Analysis of Diabetes and Psychological Distress in American Indian Women from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)., Audry Marie Greenwell
Effects of Anxiety Reducing Interventions on Performance Anxiety in Graduate Nurses, Georgita Tolbert Washington
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Feeling Overwhelmed: The Lived Experience of Nurse Managers., Teresa Potter England
Relationship Between Nurse Educators' Cultural Competence and Ethnic Minority Nursing Students' Recruitment and Graduation., Pearl Ngozika Ume-Nwagbo
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Appalachina Women., Melissa Joy Magness
Comeback of Appalachian Female Stroke Survivors: The Interrelationships of Cognition, Function, Self-Concept, Interpersonal, and Social Relationships., Patricia McKenzie Vanhook
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Childhood Reflections of Adult Male Incarcerated Child Sexual Abusers., Linda H. Garrett
The Influence oM mentoring on Goal Attainment and Role Satisfaction for Registered Nurses in Acute Care., Christine Benz Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Effect of Closed versus More Liberal Visitation Policies on Work Satisfaction Beliefs and Nurse Retention., Suzanne M. Boswell
Childhood experiences of Appalachian women who have experienced intimate partner violence during adulthood., Amy L. Reeves
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
A Descriptive Study of the Organizational Attributes of Exemplar Tennessee Hospitals., Sharron Rutledge Grindstaff