Completed Dissertations

william f. connell school of nursing

2009

Chia-Chuan Chang, PhD, RN "Development and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Professional Practice Environment Scale in Taiwan"
Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN
 
Heidi Collins Fantasia, PhD, RN, WHNP-BC "Late Adolescents' Perceptions of Factors that Influenced Their Sexual Decision Making: A Narrative Inquiry" Advisor: Sandra R. Mott, PhD, RN
 
Kathleen Ahern Gould, PhD, RN "A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Discharge Nursing Intervention to Promote Self-Regulation of Care for Early Discharge Interventional Cardiology Patients" Advisor: Barbara Hazard, PhD, RN, FAAN
 
Allyssa L. Harris, PhD, RN "Factors that Influence Contraceptive Decision-Making in African American Women, an Intergenerational Perspective" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins RN, WHNP-BC, PhD, FAAN, FAANP
 
Yi-Hui Liu, PhD, RN "Translation and Psychometric Validation of the Chinese Version of the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale" Advisor: Judith A. Vessey, PhD, CRNP, MBA, FAAN

Jacqueline Gannon Somerville, PhD, RN "Development and Psychometric Evaluation of Patients' Perception of Feeling Known By their Nurses (PPFKN) Scale" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN


2008

Jeffrey M. Adams, PhD, RN "Validation of the Adams Influence Model (AIM)" Advisor: Dorothy Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Nola Raye Della-Monica, PhD, RN
"Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurse Caring Patient Scale" Advisor:  Dorothy Jones, Ed.D., RNC, ANP, FAAN

Margaret Oot Hayes, PhD, RN "The Lived Experience of Mothering After Prison" Advisor:  June Andrews Horowitz, PhD, RNCS, FAAN

Katharine M. Larsson, PhD, RN, CS "Understanding the Lived Experience of Patients who Suffer from Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Using a Rogerian Perspective" Advisor: Dorothy Jones, Ed.D., RNC, ANP, FAAN

Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD, MPH, NP-BC "When Push Comes to Show: Screening Mothers for Intimate Partner Violence During a Pediatric Visit" Advisor:  Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Nadine Marie Linendoll, PhD, MDiv, NP
"Family Caregivers' Perceived Symptom Distress of Persons with a Primary Malignant Brain Tumor" Advisor:  Ellen Mahoney, D.N.S., RN

Sara Elizabeth Dolan Looby, PhD, APRN "Influences on Adherence in African American Women with HIV" Advisor:  Anne E. Norris, PhD, RNCS, FAAN

Carrie Edgerly MacLeod, PhD, FNP-BC "Nurses Transforming the Spousal Caregiving Experience: Health as Expanding Consciousness and Patient Recovery at Home Following Cardiac Surgery" Advisor: Dorothy Jones, Ed.D., RNC, ANP, FAAN

2007

Elizabeth G. Shannon, PhD, RN "Understanding School-Aged Children’s Postoperative Experience Following Spinal Fusion with Instrumentation" Advisor: Sandra R. Mott, PhD, RNC

Donna Joan Perry, PhD, RN
"Transcendent Pluralism and the Evolution of the Human Spirit: A Philosophical Nursing Inquiry using Lonergan’s Transcendental Method of Transcendent Pluralism in Catholics who Support Same-Gender Marriage" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

2006

Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN "Optimizing Stewardship: A Grounded Theory of Nurses as Moral Leaders in the Intensive Care Unit" Advisor: Pamela J. Grace, PhD, APRN

Katherine Elizabeth Gregory, PhD, RN
"The Influence of Physiologic Factors and Clinical Interventions on The Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Infants" Advisor: Barbara Hazard, PhD, FAAN

Mary McCurry, PhD, RNC, ANP
"Nursing Intuitive Clinical Decision-Making: Development and Testing of the McCurry Synergistic Process Model Using the Relaxation Response" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Angelleen R. Peters-Lewis, PhD, RN
"How the Strong Survive: Health as Expanding Conciousness and Life Experiences of Black Caribbean Women" Advisor: Dorothy Jones, EdD, RN, FAAN

2005

Berger, Anne, PhD, MBA, RN "Identification of Factors Associated With Postoperative Pneumonia Using a Data Mining Approach" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Boersma, Rachel R., PhD, RN
"Depression and Somatization in Community Based Asylum-Seekers" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Elliott, J. Carol, PhD, RN, CS
"The Father-Daughter Relationship in Anorexia Nervosa: A Narrative Analysis" Advisor: June Andrews Horowitz, PhD, RNCS, FAAN

Giuliano, Karen K., PhD, RN, FAAN
"Physiologic Monitoring for Critically Ill Patients: Testing A Predictive Model for the Early Identification of Sepsis" Advisor: Barbara Hazard, PhD, RN, FAAN

Goodman, Janice H., PhD, APRN, BC
"Influences of Maternal Postpartum Depression on Fathers and the Father-Infant Relationship" Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RN, CS

Hill, Adele C., PhD, APRN, BC, CEN, CFRN, EMT-P
"Determinants of Quality of Life in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Nursing Investigation" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Lee, Susan M., PhD, RN, NP-C
"Participation in Diabetes Education" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Lopez, Ruth Palan, PhD, APRN, BC
"Playing Both Sides: Negotiating for Comfort or Immortality A Grounded Theory of Treatment Decisions in Nursing Homes" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN, CS, FNP

Magee, Tracy, PhD, RN, CPNP
"Behavior Problems in Childhood: Testing an Interactive Model" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Onwanna, Wilaiporn, PhD, MSN, RN
"Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Attitudes Toward Psychiatric Patient Rights Scale of Psychiatric Nurses in Thailand" Advisor: Pamela J. Grace, PhD, RNCS, ANP

Tyer-Viola, Lynda A., PhD, RNC
"Obstetrical Nurses' Attitudes and Nursing Care Intentions Regarding care of HIV-Positive Pregnant Women" Advisor: Margaret Kearney, RNC, PhD

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2004

Carroll, Stacey Marsha, PhD, APRN-BC "Silent, Slow Lifeworld: A Phenomenological Study of the Communication Experience of Nonvocal Ventilated Patients" Advisor: Patricia A. Tabloski, PhD, RNC

Chayaput, Prangtip, PhD, RN
"Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Thai Version of the Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Gleason, Alexander Mark, PhD, RN
"Racial Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Testicular Cancer" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, ANP, FAAN

Hanson, Monica J., PhD, RNC, WHNP
"Characteristics of Health Behavior in Adolescent Women Reporting and Not Reporting Intimate Partner Violence: A Secondary Analysis Nursing Study" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Kelly, Ursula Kelly, PhD, APRN-BC
"Si Me Preguntas, Te Lo Contaré Todo, If You Ask Me I will Tell You Everything: Battered Latina Women’s Experiences of Health Care" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

McGee, Eileen Mary, PhD, RN
"I'm Better for Having Known You: Exploring Self-Transcendence in Nurses" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Roberts, Teresa Margit Eliot, PhD, RN
"The Cultural Milieu of Brazilians Residing in Massachusetts and Their Experiences with US Healthcare" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Rosa, Katherine Cowen, Phd, APRN-BC
"Newman’s Research as Praxis: Health as Expanding Consciousness and Living with Lower Extremity Chronic Skin Wounds" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, ANP, FAAN

Senesac, Pamela M., PhD, SM, RN
"The Roy Adaptation Model: An Action Research Approach to a Pain Management Organizational Change Project" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

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2003

D'Avolio, Deborah A. , PhD, ARNP-BC, ACNP, ANP "Time is Money: An Ethnographic Study of Organizational Responses to Intimate Partner Violence" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Dylis, Ann M, PhD, RN “Effects of Personal and Environmental Factors, Uncertainty Stress, and Coping on Family Functioning in Parents of Children with Neurofibromatosis 1: A Nursing Path Analytic Study” Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RN, CS

Haleem, Diane Marie , PhD, RN "Factors Influencing At-Risk College Drinking: A Secondary Analytic Nursing Study" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Lew-Snider, Diane Marie, PhD, RN "Moral Judgment, Satisfaction with Values Conflict Resolution, Perceived Intuitiveness and Clinical Decision Making in Nursing"” Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Morgan, Betty D., PhD, APRN-BC “Knowing How to Play the Game: Hospitalized Substance Abusers’ Strategies for Obtaining Pain Relief"” Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RN, CS

O'Sullivan, Joanne, Ph.D, ARNP-BC, FNP "My Family is the PIT (s)”: An Ethnographic Study of Homeless Adolescents" Advisor: Pamela J. Burke, PhD, RNCS, FNP, PNP

Ruka, Susan Marie, PhD, RN "Effects of Reminiscence in Promoting a Comfort Zone: A Single Subject Study of People with Dementia in a Nursing Home"” Advisor: Ellen K. Mahoney, DNS, RNCS

Sethares, Kristen A., PhD, RN "Supporting the Self-Care Behaviors of Women with Heart Failure through a Tailored Nursing Intervention"” Advisor: Ellen K. Mahoney, DNS, RNCS

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2002

Diane Cheryl Berry, PhD, CANP, APRN "Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness in Women Maintaining Weight Loss" Advidor: Dorothy Jones, EdD, RNC, ANP, FAAN

Lingyu Lenny Chiang-Hanisko, PhD, RN "Creating a Cultural Fit: A Grounded Theory of Decision-Making about Living Arrangements among Older Adult Taiwanese Immigrants" Advisor: Ellen K. Mahoney, DNS, RNCS

Sandra Louise Creamer, PhD, RNCS, OCN "The Lived Experience of Family Caregivers at Recurrence and Progression of Cancer" Advisor: Susan K. Chase, EdD, RNCS, FNP

Jane M. Flanagan, PhD, RNC "Nurse and Patient Perceptions of the Pre-Admission Nursing Practice Model: Linking Theory to Practice" Advisor: Dorothy Jones, EdD, RNC, ANP, FAAN

Debra R. Hanna, PhD, RN "Moral Distress Redefined: The Lived Experience of Moral Distress of Nurses Who Participated in Legal, Elective, Surgically-Induced Abortions" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Nancy P. Hanrahan, PhD, RN, CS “What Mental Health Services do Older Adults Use and who Provides These Services?” Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Gary S. Schultz, PhD, RN “A Phenomenological Study of Mental Health Nurses Practicing with
Assaultive Inpatient Populations” Advisor: Sara T. Fry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sharyl Eve Toscano, PhD, RN, FNP "Adolescent Females' Perceptions of the Dating Experience" Advisor: Joellen Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

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2001

Roseann Barrett, PhD, RN " The Stages of Change and Physical Activity in Midlife Women" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Anne-Marie Barron, PhD, RN "Life Meanings and the Experience of Cancer" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN, CS, FNP

Coakley, Amanda, PhD, RN "Exploration of energy expenditure between provider and recipient during a therapeutic touch treatment and the response to (TT) on healthy individuals" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Jeung Ok Choi, PhD, RN " Predictors of Physically and Verbally Aggressive Behavior in Korean Nursing Home Residents with Dementia" Advisor: Ellen K. Mahoney, DNS, RN, CS

Pay-Fan Lin, PhD, RN " Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Caring Behaviors Scale for Baccalaureate Nursing Students in Taiwan" Advisor; Susan K. Chase, EdD, RN, CS-FNP

Ellen Ruth Long-Middleton, PhD, RN " HIV Risk Reduction Behaviors in Adolescent Females: The Influence of Mastery & Self-Esteem" Advisor: Pamela J. Burke, PhD, RN, CS-FNP, PNP

JoAnn Teresa Trybulski, PhD, RN " Women's Long Term Responses to Elective Pregnancy Termination: A Phenomenological study" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

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2000

Capasso, Virginia C. "Arterial and Diabetic Wound Healing: A Comparison of the Cost and Efficacy of Two Wound Treatments" Advisor: Barbara Hazard Munro, PhD, RN, FAAN

Castle, Jane E. "Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: A Description of the Disease Trjectory in the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment in Critically Ill Adults (SUPPORT)" Advisor: Barbara Hazard Munro, PhD, RN, FAAN

Collopy, Kate S. "Playing God: A Phenomenological Study of Women's Decision-Making Regarding Selective Reduction of Higher Order Multiple Pregnancies" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Currier, Sarah "Life-sustaining Treatment decisions for Critically Ill Infants: The Views of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NNPs)" Advisor: Sara Fry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Greenwood, Rebecca "Living with Heart: A Study of Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease" Advisor: Sally H. Rankin, PhD, RN, FAAN

Mylott, Laura A. "Weaning Patterns in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction" Advisor: Susan K. Chase, PhD, RNCS, FNP

Polcari, Ann "Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Child Activity and Attention Tool (CAAT)" Advisor: June Andrew Horowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN

Segraves, Mary M. "Riding the Waves: Midlife Women's Narratives of Living Alone" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Whittemore, Robin "A Coaching Interention to Integrate Lifestyle Change in Adults with Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN, CS, FNP

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1999

Agretelis, Joan M. "Correlates of Quality of Life in Women Receiving Radiation for Breast Cancer" Advisor: Mary Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Beoglos, Aris "Sustaining a Precarious Existence: A Grounded Theory of Nurses' Experiences Caring for Very, Very Low Birthweight Infants" Advisor: Susan K. Chase, EdD, RNCS, FNP

Chao, Hsiao-Chuang "Self-Regulating Care Behavior " Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Hayes, Carolyn M. "Deciding to Withhold/Withdraw Life-sustaining Treatments from Incompetent Adults Following Unanticipated, Catastrophic Illnesses: A Phenomenological Study of Surrogate Decision-Makers' Experiences " Advisor: Sara T. Fry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Horvath, Kathy "Recovery Process and Outcomes After Gynecologic Laparoscopic Day Surgery" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Kane, Anne T. "Finding a Way to Get Help and Paying the Price: Women and Infants in Medicaid Managed Care" Advisor: Sally Rankin, PhD, RNC
FAAN

McFarland, Ditsapelo M. "Cervical Cancer and PAP (Papanicolaou) Smear Screening in Botswana: Knowledge and Perceptions" Advisor: Karen J. Aroian, PhD, RN, CS

Spross, Judith A. "The Influence of Selected Societal, Institutional, and Individual Characteristics on Nurses and Physicians' Pain Managment Knowledge" Advisor: Mary Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Stewart, S. Anne "The Lived Experience of Dealing with Health for Adults Who are Homeless" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, RN, FAAN

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1998

Blood, Joyce S. "Resilience, Coping Style and Health Status in Older Adults: A Descriptive, Explanatory Study" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Bova, Carol C. "Women with HIV Infection: Adjustment to Chronic Illness and Adherence to Health Care Recommendations" Advisor: Anne E. Norris, PhD, RN

Buselli, Elizabeth F. "Biopsychosocial Health Three or More Years After a Cardiac Event" Advisor: Sally H. Rankin, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Christopher, Kimberly A., "Determinants of Psychological Well-Being in Immigrants" Advisor: Karen Aroian, PhD, RNC

Costa, Mary Jane "The Perioperative Experience of Ambulatory Surgery Patients" Advisor: Susan K. Chase, EdD, RNC

Damato, Elizabeth G. "Maternal Prenatal Attachment to Twins" Advisor: Margaret H. Kearney, PhD, RNC

Johnston, Lisabeth E. F. "Psychiatric Treatment Experiences that Affect Premature Termination of Treatment in People with Symptoms Related to Borderline Personality Disorder" Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Kazanowski, Mary K. "Commitment to the End: Family CaregiversÕ Medication Management Near Death" Advisor: Laurel A. Eisenhauer, PhD, RN, FAAN

Killen, Aileen R. "Morality in Perioperative Staff Nurses: Relationships Among Moral Motivation, Moral Character, Moral Action, Nurse Outcomes and Patient Outcomes" Advisor: Sara T. Fry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Pattison, Ivor "How Expert Nurses Engage with Clients Who Present with Challenging Behavior" Advisor: Miriam Gayle Wardle, PhD, RN

Picard, Carol L. "Uncovering Pattern of Expanding Consciousness in Mid-Life Women: Creative Movement and the Narrative as Modes of Expression" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

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1997

Anderson, Gwenievere W. "Narrative Ethics in Prenatal Genetics: Unheard Voices Listening to Unspoken Assumptions" Advisor: Loretta Higgins, EdD, RN

Arnstein, Paul M. "Pain Intensity and Self Efficacy as Predictors of Disability and Depression in Chronic Pain" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RNC

Chaowalit, Aranya "Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Ethical Issues Scale (EIS) for HIV/AIDS Patient Care in Thailand" Advisor: Sara Fry, PhD, RN, FAAN

Curley, Martha A. Q. "Clinical Predictors of Progress in Weaning Pediatric Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure from Mechanical Ventilation" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Morris, Nancy S. " Patterns of Recovery During the First Three Months After Distal Radius Fracture" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Neary, Susan R. "Achieving Resilience: A Grounded Theory of a Life Process" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Robinson, Ellen M. "Surrogate Experience: End of Life Treatment for Alzheimer Patients" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

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1996

Arcari, Patricia Martin "Efficacy Of A Worksite Smoking Cessation Program: Mindfulness Mediation vs. Cognitive Behavioral Interventions" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, FAAN

Craney, Joan Marie "Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators And Their Physical And Psychosocial Outcomes" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN

Field, Lucy "Patient Decision Making Regarding Life- Sustaining Treatment for End-Stage Renal Disease" Advisor: Marjory Gordon, PhD, FAAN

Jurchak, Martha Kay "A Study To Examine The Process Of Ethics Case Consultation" Advisor: Catherine P. Murphy, EdD, RN

Michaud, Paula L. "Independent Older Persons Managing Medications At Home: A Grounded Theory" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Noveletsky-Rosenthal, Hollie "Pattern Recognition in Older Adults Living With Chronic Illness" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Sato, Shigemi "Diagnostic Concept Development: Content Validation of North American Nursing Diagnoses in Japan" Advisor: Marjory Gordon, PhD, FAAN

Schmelz, Joseph Otto "Computerized Lung Sound Analysis As An Indicator Of The Need For Endotracheal Suctioning" Advisor: Margaret A. Murphy, PhD, RN

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1995

Glod, Carol "Circadian Dysregulation in Abused Children" Advisor: Carol R. Hartman, DNSc, RN, CS

Herdman, Tracy "A Nursing Inquiry Into The Phenomenon of Healing: The Discovery of Spirituality Through The Voices Of Traditional Native American Sioux Indians" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Ladden, Maryjoan "Preterm Infant And Family Characteristics And Their Impact On Family Health Care Utilization" Advisor: Mary E. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN

Meares, Candace Jans "The 'Dinnerhour' And Other Losses: Caring For A Hospice Patient Who Ceased Nutrition" Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN

Medich, Cynthia "Healing Through Integration: The Experience of Cardiac Rehabilitation Advisor: Carol Lynn Mandle, PhD, RN

St. Pierre, Cathy M. "Human Response Patterns of Childbearing And Non Childbearing Females" Advisor: Carol R. Hartman, DNSc, RN,CS

Wangerin, Gail Beaven "Maternal Protective Behaviors Regarding Sexual Abuse in Women With A History of Childhood Sexual Abuse" Advisor: Carol R. Hartman, DNSc, RN,CS

Wolfe, Barbara "The Effects Of Dieting On Plasma Tryptophan And Satiety In Healthy Women Advisor: Carol R. Hartman, DNSc, RN, CS

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1994

Corliss, Carolyn "Universals Of Nursing: Consensus And Action" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

Radwin, Laurel "Knowing The Patient: An Empirically Generated Beginning Process Model for Individualized Interventions" Advisor: Marjory Gordon, PhD, FAAN

Gervasini, Alice "Classification Of Trauma Patients Utilizing A Predictor Model"Advisor: Victoria Mock, DNSc, RN, OCN

Murphy, Susan "Women's Experiences - Balancing Multiple Roles" Advisor: Joellen Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Olsen, Doug "The Measurement of Variability in the Cognitive Structures Used by Nursing Students to Give Meaning to the Personhood of Patients" Advisor: Catherine Murphy, EdD, RN

Sheehan, Paula "Body Image, Decision-Making and Breast Cancer Treatment" Advisor: Victoria Mock, DNSc, RN, OCN

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1993

Abate, Maureen "Pregnant Adolescent Daughter - Mother Relationships" Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RN

Baer, Carol "Elders Views of Life Sustaining Technology" Advisor: Catherine Murphy, EdD, RN

Barone, Stacey Hoffman "Adaptation To Spinal Cord Injury" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

Carroll, Diane L. "Recovery in the Elderly After Coronary By-pass Surgery" Advisor: Ellen K. Mahoney, DNSc, RN

Gibson, Cheryl H. "A Study of Empowerment in Mothers of Chronically Ill Children Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

McCarty, Ellen F. "Daughter Caregiver Stress Associated with The Care of a Parent with Alzheimer's Disease" Advisor: June A. Horowitz, PhD, RN

Newby, Donna Huntley "Intergenerational Caregiving: Transition from Grandparent to Parent" Advisor: Loretta P. Higgins, EdD, RN

Pearce, Carole W. "Hispanic Women's Views Of Pregnancy and Prenatal Care" Advisor: Joellen Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Zhan, Lin "Cognitive Adaptation Processing And Self Consistency in the Hearing Impaired Elderly" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

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1992

Dow, Karen Hassey "Surviving and Having Children After the Breast Cancer Experience" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

DeRaps, Penny Bresnick "Women's Perceptions of Tubal Ligation" Advisor: Hendricks, Constance "Perceptual Determinants of Early Adolescents Health Promoting Behaviors in One Black Belt County" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, RNC, PhD, FAAN, NAP, FAANP

Johnson, Gale Ann "Sense of Coherence, Perceived Health and the Performance of Health Promoting Behaviors" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Mahoney, Margaret "Family Decision Making for Advanced Alzheimer Patients" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAAN

Wilson, Christine "Balancing: An Expanding Concept of Health" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

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1991

Beyea, Suzanne "Factors Influencing Adult Participation in Health Enhancing Behavior" Advisor: Dorothy A. Jones, EdD, RNC, FAAN

Cady, Patricia "An Analysis of Moral Judgment in Registered Nurses: Principled Reasoning vs. Caring Values" Advisor: Catherine Murphy, EdD, RN

Carson, Margaret "The Effect of Discrete Muscle Activity on Stress Response" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

Lamb, Margaret "Sexual Adaptation of Women Treated for Endometrial Cancer" Advisor: Sr. Callista Roy, PhD, FAAN

Matteson, Peggy "Advocating for Self: A Grounded Theory of Women's Process of Fertility Regulation" Advisor: Joellen W. Hawkins, PhD, RNC, FAA


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