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Submissions from 2021

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Technology During A Pandemic: Friend or Foe?, Mary E. Bester

Submissions from 2019

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An Examination of Factors Affecting Quality of Life for Children With Asthma and Their Caregivers in Southeastern Georgia, Sheri K. Carey, Crystal Edds-McAfee, Valeria Martinez, Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume, and Kathy Thornton

Submissions from 2017

Scope and Standards of Practice, Kelly A. Bouthillet

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Quality Improvement in Clinical Nutrition: Screening and Mealtime Protection for the Hospitalized Patient, M. Yordy, S. Roberts, and Helen M. Taggart

Submissions from 2016

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen

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Trends in the Use of Volunteers in US Hospices: 2000 to 2010, Bettye A. Apenteng, Daniel F. Linder, Samuel T. Opoku, Raymona H. Lawrence, and Linda A. Upchurch

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Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation among Nursing Students: Investigating the Mediation Effect of Working Memory Capacity, Christy Dubert, Autumn M. Schumacher, Lawrence Locker Jr., Antonio P. Gutierrez de Blume, and Vernon Barnes

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Is Adherence Therapy an Effective Adjunct Treatment for Patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Richard Gray, Daniel Bressington, Ada Ivanecka, Sheila Hardy, Martin Jones, Michael Schulz, Suparpit von Bormann, Jacquie White, Kathryn H. Anderson, and Wai-Tong Chien

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Assessing DNP Impact Using Program Evaluations to Capture Healthcare System Change, Ursula A. Pritham and Patricia White

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Accuracy in Emergency Department Triage for Symptoms of AMI, Susan F. Sanders and Holli A. DeVon

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Academic Performance in Human Anatomy and Physiology Classes: A 2-yr Study of Academic Motivation and Grade Expectation, Diana Sturges, Trent Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, and Padmini Shankar

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Assessment of Barriers to Screening Mammographs for Rural, Poor, Uninsured Women and a Community Plan of Action, Muna Wagner, Kathryn H. Anderson, and Lee Broxton

Submissions from 2014

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Family Nursing Practice Across the World: Executive Summary of the 2011 IFNA Practice Committee Survey, Kathryn H. Anderson, F. DeMontigny, M. C. Barbiere-Figueredo, J. M. Bell, F. Dupuis, L. C. Chiang, and M. Moriyama

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Blended Group and Individual Prenatal Care for Improved Care of Low Income Women, Breanna Lathrop and Ursula A. Pritham

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Suicide Prevention in Neurology Patients: Evidence to Guide Practice?, D. Lewis, Kathryn H. Anderson, and J. Feutchinger

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Development of Auditory Event-related Potentials in Infants Prenatally Exposed to Methadone, Jonathan A. Paul, Beth A. Logan, Ramesh Krishnan, Nicole A. Heller, Deborah G. Morrison, Ursula A. Pritham, Paul W. Tisher, Marcia Troese, Mark S. Brown, and Marie J. Hayes

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Understanding Factors Related to Women's Adherence to Colposcopy, Ursula A. Pritham

Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Update: Women’s Health Program Manual, Ursula A. Pritham and Margaret Fitzgerald

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Safe Management of Chronic Pain in Pregnancy in an Era of Opioid Misuse and Abuse, Ursula A. Pritham and Laura McKay

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His Name Is Alton, Susan Sanders-Sammons

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Making Better Decisions During Triage, Susan F. Sanders and Ptlene Minick

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APRN Prescribing in Georgia: An Evolving Environment, Dellarie L. Shilling and Donna R. Hodnicki

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Bedside Management Considerations in the Treatment of Pit Viper Envenomation, Susan Smith, Susan Sanders-Sammons, Jennifer Carr, Thomas R. King, Heather S. Ambrose, Lance Zimmet, and Terri M. Repasky

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Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Rural Women in NE Alabama, Brenda Talley, Rose M. Gee, and Alison M. Rushing

Submissions from 2013

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen

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Religiosity, Depression, and Family Functioning of Mothers of Children with Disabilities (in review), Deborah Allen

‘First Year Experience’: Think Like a Nurse, Kathryn H. Anderson and Annie M. Graf

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Respite Care: Needs and Perceptions of Rural Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs (in progress), Crystal Edds-McAfee, Elaine S. Marshall, Deborah Allen, and Kathryn Anderson

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Homeless Clients, Melissa K. Garno

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Personality Disorders, Melissa K. Garno

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Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno

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A Comparison of Student Academic Motivations across Three Course Disciplines, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges

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Breastfeeding Promotion for Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Ursula A. Pritham

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Migrant and Minority Family Members in the Intensive Care Unit. A Review of the Literature, KettyElena Quindemil, M. Cuple-Nagl, Kathryn H. Anderson, and Hanna Mayer

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Lost and Found, Alison M. Rushing, Rose Marie Gee, and Christy J. Dubert

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Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients and Factors Influencing Institutionalization of Loved Ones: Some Considerations on Existing Literature, J. Sasoni, Kathryn H. Anderson, L. M. Varona, and G. Valera

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Supporting Breastfeeding to Reduce Newborn Readmissions for Hyperbilirubinemia, Kendra Seagraves, Amanda Brulte, Karen McNeely, and Ursula A. Pritham

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Increasing College Student Obtainment of Influenza Vaccine via Mass Media, Ali Shropshire, Renee B. Hotchkiss, and Urkovia Andrews

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Mass Media Campaign Impacts Influenza Vaccine Obtainment of University Students, Ali M. Shropshire, Renee Hotchkiss, and Urkovia K. Andrews

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Minority Nursing Students’ Perception of Their Baccalaureate Program, Marian Tabi, Kathy Thornton, Melissa K. Garno, and Alison Rushing

Patterns of Smokeless Tobacco Use in Rural Women: Their Own Stories, Brenda Talley, Alison Rushing, and Rose M. Gee

Submissions from 2012

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen

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Immersion Research Education: Students as Catalysts for International Collaboration Research, Kathryn H. Anderson, Marie-Luise Friedemann, Andreas Buescher, Julita Sansoni, and Donna R. Hodnicki

Elderly Self Perception of Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Aging, C. Gilbert, Debra L. Hagerty, and Helen M. Taggart

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Making key clinical assessment tools accessible for global nursing practice, Lucia Gonzales, Rose M. Gee, and Anne Floyd Koci

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Patients with Cancer and Family Caregivers: Management of symptoms caused by Cancer or Cancer Therapy at Home, Daniela M. Hazelwood, Sabine Koeck, Martin Wallner, Kathryn H. Anderson, and Hanna Mayer

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Students’ Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges

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Faculty and student perceptions of post-exam attendance, Trent W. Maurer, Laura Frost, Diana Sturges, Simone Charles, Debbie Allen, Michelle Cawthorn, and Cherry C. Brewton

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Book Review: Handbook of Home Health Standards Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement, by Tina M. Marrelli, Ursula A. Pritham

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Opioid Dependency in Pregnancy And Length of Stay For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Ursula A. Pritham, Jonathan A. Paul, and Marie J. Hayes

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Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Rural Women in the S.E. U.S.A., Brenda Talley, Rose M. Gee, Debbie Allen, Alison M. Rushing, and Dellarie L. Shilling

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Hospice Referrals of Patients With Alzheimer Disease in Southeastern Georgia: Implications for Hospice Referral Education, Linda A. L. Upchurch and Kathy Thornton

Submissions from 2011

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Writing for Publication: a Scholars’ Group Approach, Christy J. Dubert, Rose Marie Gee, Annie M. Graf, and Alison M. Rushing

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An Educational Project for Patients on Hemodialysis to Promote Self-Management Behaviors of End Stage Renal Disease, Kim L. Lingerfelt and Kathy Thornton

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Students' Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges

Prevention Measures for Adolescent Suicide: An Evidence Based Review, A. Shropshire and Kathy Thornton

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Enhancing Reflectivity in Undergraduate Allied Health Majors, Diana Sturges, Melissa K. Garno, and Starla McCollum

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Assessment of Smokeless Tobacco Use in the History and Physical Examination by Primary Healthcare Providers Use in the history and Physical Examination by Primary Healthcare Providers, Brenda Talley, Rose M. Gee, Deborah Allen, Elaine S. Marshall, Kendall Encinas, and Sokny Lim

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Are Saline Irrigations Effective in Relieving Chronic Rhinosinusitis Symptoms? A Review of the Evidence, Kathy Thornton, Marion Alston, Herbert Dye III, and Suzannah Williamson

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Topical vs. Systemic Treatments For Acute Otitis Media, Kathy Thornton, Francie Parrish, and Christine Swords

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Comparison of Two Different Resistance Training Intensities on Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption in African American Women Who Are Overweight, Kathy Thornton, Stephen J. Rossi, and Jim McMillan

Submissions from 2010

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Spirituality as a Coping Resource for Parents with a Child with Chronic Illness, Deborah Allen and Elaine S. Marshall

An Examination of Care Provided to Hospitalized Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Rural Healthcare Setting, Margaret Davis, Deborah Allen, and R. Scott

Hospitalized Diabetes Care for People with Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Georgia, Margaret Davis, Deborah Allen, and R. Scott

Mental Health: Pharmacology and Parenteral Therapies, Melissa K. Garno

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Mental Health: Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno

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Transforming Nursing through Dialogical Relationships: A Pedagogy of Connectedness, Melissa K. Garno

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Comments—Invited Portraits, Trent W. Maurer, Debbie Allen, Diana Botnaru, Padmini Shankar, Saida Akbarova, and Timothy Cairney

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A Faculty Learning Community on the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning: A Case Study, Trent W. Maurer, Diana Sturges, Padmini Shankar, Deborah Allen, and Saida Akbarova

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A Qualitative Study of Women in Polygynous Marriages, Marian M. Tabi, C. Doster, and T. Cheney

Project Success: Workforce Diversity Grant, Helen M. Taggart and M. O'Mallon

Submissions from 2009

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Homeless Clients, Melissa K. Garno

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Personality Disorders, Melissa K. Garno

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Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno

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Abstract for "A clinical practice guideline for treatment of septic arthritis in children", Helen M. Taggart

Submissions from 2007

Determinents of Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Adults: Testing of Four Questionnaires, Rose M. Gee and Sandra B. Dunbar

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Lifestyle physical activity in hypertensive rural elders: Association with self-efficacy related constructs, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, C.K. DiIorio, Patricia Cason Clark, Laura P. Kimble, and M.E. Sweeney

Submissions from 2006

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Nutritional Counselling: An Intervention for HIV-Positive Patients, Marian M. Tabi and Robert L. Vogel

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Traditional and Modern Medicine in Ghana, Marian Tabi, M. Powell, and M. Hodnicki

Submissions from 2004

Approaches for patient education, Sandra B. Dunbar, Rose M. Gee, and Patricia C. Clark

Nursing Recruitment: Exploring Populations, Helen M. Taggart

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Caring for the Orthopaedic Patient Who Is Obese, Helen M. Taggart, A. B. Mincer, and A. Thompson

Submissions from 2003

Reliability and validity of the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) in heart failure patients, Rose M. Gee, Sandra B. Dunbar, and Patricia C. Clark