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Scholarship from 2006

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Defining Health and Health-Related Behaviors Following a Near-Death Experience, Suzanne C. Robertson PhD

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Access to Care: The Experience of Community-Dwelling Older Adults Receiving Medicare and Medicaid, Mary Ann Simanello PhD, MSN, RN

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A Retrospective Evaluation of the Planetree Patient Centered Model of Care Program's Impact on Inpatient Quality Outcomes, Susan Stone PhD

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Navigating the Rules of Clinical Practicum Work: An Interpretive Study of the Experiences of Associate Degree Nursing Students, Leonie L. Sutherland PhD

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The Relationship between Coping, Anxiety, and Quality of Life for Taiwanese Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients, Heng-Hsin Tung PhD

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Effects of Organizational Trust, Pablo Velez PhD, MSN, RN

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Exercise Self-Efficacy, Stages of Exercise Change, Health Promotion Behaviors, and Physical Activity in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women, Pamela Wolfe Kohlbry PhD

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Male Arab-Muslims Health and Health Promotion Perceptions and Practices, Abdel-Raheem O. Yosef PhD, MSN, RN

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Homeless Mothers' Perceptions of Parenting in Shelters, Sarah E. Young Whitaker DNSc, MSN, RN

Scholarship from 2005

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Seeking Life Balance: The Perceptions of Health of Cambodian Women in Resettlement, Olivia Catolico PhD, MSN

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Unintended Pregnancy Prevention and Active Duty Women, Min S. Chung-Park PhD, MSN, WHNP

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Chronically Ill Adolescents' Involvement in Health Treatment Decision Making, Edna B. Domingo PhD

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From Presence to “E-Presence” in Online Nursing Education, Lisa M. Kaiser PhD, MSN, BSN, RN

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Incidence and Clinical Predictors of Risk Factors for Inappropriate Shock in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Shu-Ling Lo PhD

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Reconciling Temporalities: A Substantive Explanation of the Origins of Difficulty in the Nurse Patient Encounter, Marilyn Theresa Macdonald PhD

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Navigating the Change of Life: The Menopausal Transition of Thai Immigrant Women, Bulaporn Natipagon-Shah PhD, MSN, RN

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Managing Susceptibility to Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Cynthia E. Perry PhD, MSN, RN

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Psychosocial Responses by Adolescent Male Victims to Peer Bullying, Karin Eve Reuter-Rice PhD

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Being Whole: Aligning Personhoods to Achieve Successful Childbirth with a History of Childhood Sexual Abuse during Perinatal Services, Karla Kendall Richmond PhD, MSN, RNC, CNS

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Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain and Pain Management, Ruth L. Schaffler PhD

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An Exploratory Study of Functional Status in Post Cardiac Arrest Survivors Discharged to Home, John J. Whitcomb PhD

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Think First for Kids (TFFK): A Longitudinal Analysis of a School-Based Injury Prevention Curriculum, Dorothy L. Zirkle PhD

Scholarship from 2004

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The Effect of a Nurse Practitioner Intervention on Women Referred for Screening Mammography, Susan Renee Carlson PhD

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Functioning among Taiwanese Families with a Child Having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Jih-Yuan Chen PhD, MSN, RN

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Keeping Safe: Field Public Health Nurses' Perceptions, Karen Nielsen-Menicucci PhD, MS, RN, PHN

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Postpartum Fatigue in the Active Duty Military Woman, Jacqueline D. Rychnovsky PhD

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The Efficacy of a School-Based Support Group on Adolescent Self-Esteem and Social Support, Julia Ann Smith PhD

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Factors Influencing Middle-Aged and Older Latin American Women's Participation in Physical Activity, Stephanie Vaughn PhD

Scholarship from 2003

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Managing Stigma in Planned Lesbian-Parent Families, Natalie Cheffer PhD, MN, CPNP

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The Lived Experience of Latina Women Giving Birth in the United States, Ana-Maria Gallo PhD

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The Effect of Professionally-Facilitated Group Support on Psychological Well-Being among Clients with Cancer, Joann C. Harper PhD, MS, RN

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An Interpretive Exploration of the Meaning of Being with Women during Birth for Midwives, Lauren P. Hunter PhD

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Exercise Level and Age as Related to Self-Perceived Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Health in Older Adults, Barbara Jean Leach PhD, MSN, RN

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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Wikoff Spiritual Focus Questionnaire, Karen Luther Wikoff PhD

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Justifying Coercion: Nurses' Experiences Medicating Involuntary Psychiatric Patients, Paula K. Vuckovich PhD, RN

Scholarship from 2002

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Resilience: The Lived Experience of Elderly Widowers Following the Death of a Spouse, Dorothy Battersby Crummy PhD, MSN, RN

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Role Perceptions of School Nurses Who Work with Medically Fragile Students, Cay Chapman Casey PhD

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Getting Back: Successful Rehabilitation after a Hip Fracture, Carole Florek Hair PhD, MS, RN

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Development of the Postpartum Smoking Questionnaire (PPSQ), Cynthia J. Gantt PhD, MSN, C-FNP, RN

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The Development and Psychometric Testing of an Instrument Measuring the Use of Intuition by Nursing Students, Anita Joel Smith PhD, MN, RN

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Protective Care: Mothering a Child Dependent on Parenteral Nutrition, Lorie H. Judson PhD, MN, RN

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Prenatal Maternal Attachment: The Lived Experience, Regina Ann Leva-Giroux DNSc

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A Study of Quality of Life Issues in Community-Dwelling Elders, Kimberly S. McClane PhD

Scholarship from 2001

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Women's Experiences With Chronic Heart Failure, Denise M. Boren PhD, MSN, CNS

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Exploring the Effects of Guilt, Spousal Support, and Role Conflict on the Psychological Well-Being of the Educated Full-Time Stay-at-Home Mother, Susan Donley DeSimone PhD

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Therapeutic Alliance: Development, Evaluation, and Application of the Kim Alliance Scale, Son Chae Kim PhD, MSN, FNP, RN

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Crossing Myriad Borders: A Dimensional Analysis of the Migration and Health Experiences of Indigenous Oaxacan Women, Sharon McGuire PhD, OP, MSN, RN-C

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Factors Related to Resilience Abilities and Self-Care Practices in Adolescents, Sandra L. Solem PhD, MSN, RN

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Effect of Relaxation on Neuro-Immune Responses of Persons Undergoing Chemotherapy, Patricia K. Taylor Pothier PhD, MS, RN

Scholarship from 2000

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Missionary Nurse Dorothy Davis Cook, 1940–1972: "Mother of Swazi Nurses", Susan Elaine Elliott PhD

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Comparison of Health Promotion Behaviors and Performance on the Navy Physical Readiness Test among Active Duty Shipboard Personnel with and without Anterior Knee Pain, Robin Theresa McKenzie PhD, MSN, RN

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Noneconomic Barriers to Health Care Utilization by African-Americans, Johnie M. Tarver PhD, MSN, RN

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Adolescent Perceptions of Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Pregnancy, Susan L. Tohm Lloyd PhD, MS, RN

Scholarship from 1999

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Crossing the Line: Experiences of the Formerly Homeless Living Past Homelessness, Susan Marie Bennett DNSc, MSN, FNP, RN, CS

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Factors Related to Stage at Diagnosis in African-American and Caucasian Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer in the Military Health System, Sandra C. Garmon Bibb DNSc, MSN, RN

Scholarship from 1998

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Major Trauma Outcomes: At What Cost? And for Whom? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, A. Elaine Bond DNSc, MSN, APRN, CCRN

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Being Alone: The Experience of Elderly Homebound Females, Sharon Davis Burt DNSc, MSN, RN

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Relationships between Posttraumatic Stress, Acculturation, and Maternal Sensitivity in Vietnamese and Hmong Mothers, Gwendolyn F. Foss DNSc

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Acts of Resistance: Nurses' Personal Narratives, Maryanne Garon DNSc

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Conceptual Metaphor in the Health Care Culture, Cheryl D. Glennon DNSc, MS, RN

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The Journey through Perspective Transformation: Learning Nursing Theory, Judith R. Heggie DNSc, MS, RN

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The Experience of Decision-Making among Telephone Advice/Triage Nurses, Ann Mayo DNSc, MSN, RN

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The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Learned Resourcefulness and Social Support to Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Cancer Survivors, Leli W. Pedro DNSc, MS, RNC, OCN

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Ethnographic Inquiry of Social Support throughout Women's Labor and Childbirth Experiences, Nancy Jane Pinder Saks DNSc, MSN, RN

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Testing a Theoretical Model of Critical Thinking and Cognitive Development, Jane Rapps DNSc, MS, MSEd, RN

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History of the United States Air Force Nurse Corps, 1949-1954, Sharon A. Vairo DNSc

Scholarship from 1997

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The Perspectives of the Woman/Nurse/Executive Working in the Managed Care Environment of Southern California, Cheryl Lynn Brandi DNSc, MS, MSN, RN

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The Experiences of Taiwanese Women Caregiving for Parents-in-Law, Shu-Yuan Chao DNSc

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The Process of Ending Domestic Violence among Latinas: Aguantando No Mas, Nancy A. Coffin-Romig DNSc, MSN, RN

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Correlates of Staff Nurse Work Satisfaction in Hospitals with Shared Governance, Mary Kay Flynn DNSc, RN, CCRN

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Role Expectation of Chief Nurse Executive Officers in Integrated Healthcare Systems Located in Highly Managed Care Markets, Daniel L. Gross DNSc

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The Lived Experience of Women Prior to Hospitalization for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Llamae R. Hughes DNSc

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The Work of Living with HIV: A Study of Binational Groups, Christina Joy DNSc

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Cultural Discovery in Nursing Practice: The Experience of Nurses' Who Work with Vietnamese, Evelyn Labun DNSc, MScN, RN

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A Phenomenological Inquiry of Nurse Transition to Family-Centered Perinatal Nursing, Paula Kaye Lilja DNSc, MSN, RN

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Igniting the Mind: Engaging Nursing Students in the Process of Learning, Jo-Ann L. Rossitto DNSc, MA, RN

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An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Selected Nonpharmacologic Pain Interventions in Infants, Cindy Smith Greenberg DNSc, MS, RN, CPNP

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Living with Changing Health: Perimenopause among Chinese Women in Taiwan, Lee-Ing Tsao DNSc, MNSc, RN

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Determinants of Health-Promoting Lifestyle among Nurses in Taiwan, Chou Chuan-Chiang Yao DNSc, MS, RN

Scholarship from 1996

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Young Adult Women's Responses to Undergoing Treatment for Early Breast Cancer, Donna Abrashoff Schutte DNSc

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The Effect of Written Information and Reassurance on Patient Satisfaction, Anxiety, and Intent to Return for Emergency Care, June Andrea DNSc

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Ethical Decision-Making among Critical Care Unit Nurses, Mary Ellen Bowen DNSc, MN, RN, CNAA

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Nursing Faculty Connecting with Students: A Heideggerian Hermenteutical Study, Debra I. Craig DNSc, MSN, RN

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The Journey from Nonexerciser to Exerciser: A Grounded Theory Study, Keri Kuniyoshi Medina DNSc, MS, RN

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Children with HIV: How they Feel About What Parents Say, Susan Pease Instone DNSc, MSN, CPNP

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Helper Woman: A Biography of Elinor Delight Gregg, Jacqueline S. Pflaum DNSc, MPH, MS

Scholarship from 1995

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A History of the Concept of Creativity in Western Nursing: A Cultural Feminist Perspective, Karen K. Fritz DNSc, MS, BA, RN

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Development and Testing of an Explanatory Model of Registered Nurse Empowerment, Marilyn D. Klakovich DNSc, MSN, RN, CNAA

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A Model of Patient Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention in Managed Care, Diane Sturdy Greeneich DNSc, MS, RN

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Care of Aging Parents: The Experiences of Middle-Aged Filipino Women, Carmen B. Toledo Galang DNSc, MSN, RN

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Illness Impact and Adjustment to Parkinson's Disease: Before and After Treatment with Tolcapone, Mickie D. Welsh DNSc, RN

Scholarship from 1994

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Effects of Family Stress, Family Social Support, and Family Balance on Maternal Adaptation in Post Birth Families, Constance H. Blake Hansen DNSc, MN, RN

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"Well-Growness" of the Newborn and Factors Contributing to Low Birth Weight, Diane Buck Kruse DNSc

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Factors Associated with Women's Decisions to Obtain Routine Cervical Cancer Screening in a Prepaid Health Care System, Vicki DeBaca DNSc

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The Environment: Alive, Whole, Interconnected and Interacting, Dorothy Kleffel DNSc, MPH, BSN, RN

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Integrating Chronic Illness into One's Life: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Susan Rush Michael DNSc, MS, RN

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The Lived Experiences of Nurses' Interactions with Ethnically Diverse Clients: A Phenomenological Perspective, Colette R. York DNSc, MSN, RN

Scholarship from 1993

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From Untrained Nurses Toward Professional Preparation in Montana, 1912-1987, A. Gretchen McNeely DNSc, MSN, RNC

Scholarship from 1992

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Sociolinguistic Dimensions of Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Question of Power, Merrily J. Allen DNSc, MN, RN

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Being Pregnant and Using Drugs: A Retrospective Phenomenological Inquiry, Merry A. Armstrong DNSc, MSN