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Submissions from 2023
Nurse Knowledge and Confidence in the Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Emergency Department, Susan S. Hendrix and Haresh Rochani
Submissions from 2022
Physical Assessment Skills (PAS) in Nursing Courses: Are we Teaching the Right Things?, Mary E. Bester
Submissions from 2019
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
Quality Improvement in Clinical Nutrition: Screening and Mealtime Protection for the Hospitalized Patient, M. Yordy, S. Roberts, and Helen M. Taggart
Submissions from 2016
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen
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
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
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
Assessing DNP Impact Using Program Evaluations to Capture Healthcare System Change, Ursula A. Pritham and Patricia White
Accuracy in Emergency Department Triage for Symptoms of AMI, Susan F. Sanders and Holli A. DeVon
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
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 2015
Health Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease and High Blood Pressure Among Adults in Rural Underserved Communities, William Amponsah, Marian M. Tabi, and Godfrey A. Gibbison
International Family Nursing Association: Family Nursing Practice Survey Findings, Kathryn H. Anderson
Providing Family-Focused Care, Kathryn H. Anderson
In Response to the Commentary to Our Systematic Review 'Does Adherence Therapy Improve Medication Adherence Among Patients with Schizophrenia', Kathryn H. Anderson and Sharon A. Denham
Stressors in the Working Environment of Registered Nurses, K. E. Canady and Deborah Allen
Practice CCRN/CCRN-K Exam Questions Pediatric, Sheri K. Carey, M. Madden, J. Mullen, and L. Williams
Improving Transition of Care for Veterans after Total Joint Replacement, U. Green, V. Dearmon, and Helen M. Taggart
Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Update: Women’s Health Program Manual, Ursula A. Pritham and Margaret Fitzgerald
Health Professionals’ Attitudes and Beliefs About Breastfeeding, Sharon Radzyminski and Lynn Clark Callister
Submissions from 2014
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
Blended Group and Individual Prenatal Care for Improved Care of Low Income Women, Breanna Lathrop and Ursula A. Pritham
Suicide Prevention in Neurology Patients: Evidence to Guide Practice?, D. Lewis, Kathryn H. Anderson, and J. Feutchinger
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
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
Safe Management of Chronic Pain in Pregnancy in an Era of Opioid Misuse and Abuse, Ursula A. Pritham and Laura McKay
His Name Is Alton, Susan Sanders-Sammons
Making Better Decisions During Triage, Susan F. Sanders and Ptlene Minick
APRN Prescribing in Georgia: An Evolving Environment, Dellarie L. Shilling and Donna R. Hodnicki
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
Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Rural Women in NE Alabama, Brenda Talley, Rose M. Gee, and Alison M. Rushing
Submissions from 2013
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen
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
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
Homeless Clients, Melissa K. Garno
Personality Disorders, Melissa K. Garno
Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno
A Comparison of Student Academic Motivations across Three Course Disciplines, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges
Breastfeeding Promotion for Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Ursula A. Pritham
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
Lost and Found, Alison M. Rushing, Rose Marie Gee, and Christy J. Dubert
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
Supporting Breastfeeding to Reduce Newborn Readmissions for Hyperbilirubinemia, Kendra Seagraves, Amanda Brulte, Karen McNeely, and Ursula A. Pritham
Increasing College Student Obtainment of Influenza Vaccine via Mass Media, Ali Shropshire, Renee B. Hotchkiss, and Urkovia Andrews
Mass Media Campaign Impacts Influenza Vaccine Obtainment of University Students, Ali M. Shropshire, Renee Hotchkiss, and Urkovia K. Andrews
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
Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Deborah Allen
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
Making key clinical assessment tools accessible for global nursing practice, Lucia Gonzales, Rose M. Gee, and Anne Floyd Koci
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
Students’ Academic Motivations in Allied Health Classes, Trent W. Maurer, Deborah Allen, Delena Bell Gatch, Padmini Shankar, and Diana Sturges
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
Book Review: Handbook of Home Health Standards Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement, by Tina M. Marrelli, Ursula A. Pritham
Opioid Dependency in Pregnancy And Length of Stay For Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Ursula A. Pritham, Jonathan A. Paul, and Marie J. Hayes
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
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
Writing for Publication: a Scholars’ Group Approach, Christy J. Dubert, Rose Marie Gee, Annie M. Graf, and Alison M. Rushing
An Educational Project for Patients on Hemodialysis to Promote Self-Management Behaviors of End Stage Renal Disease, Kim L. Lingerfelt and Kathy Thornton
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
Enhancing Reflectivity in Undergraduate Allied Health Majors, Diana Sturges, Melissa K. Garno, and Starla McCollum
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
Are Saline Irrigations Effective in Relieving Chronic Rhinosinusitis Symptoms? A Review of the Evidence, Kathy Thornton, Marion Alston, Herbert Dye III, and Suzannah Williamson
Topical vs. Systemic Treatments For Acute Otitis Media, Kathy Thornton, Francie Parrish, and Christine Swords
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
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
Mental Health: Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno
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
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
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
Homeless Clients, Melissa K. Garno
Personality Disorders, Melissa K. Garno
Substance Abuse, Melissa K. Garno
Abstract for "A clinical practice guideline for treatment of septic arthritis in children", Helen M. Taggart
Submissions from 2008
Children With HIV/AIDS: A Vulnerable Population With Unique Needs for Palliative Care, Deborah Allen and Elaine S. Marshall
Arch Support Use for Improving Balance and Reducing Pain in Older Adults, D. Mulford, Helen M. Taggart, A. Nivens, and C. Stern
The Unitary Life Pattern of Persons Experiencing Serenity in Recovery From Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Alison M. Rushing
Submissions from 2007
Determinents of Lifestyle Physical Activity in Older Rural Adults: Testing of Four Questionnaires, Rose M. Gee and Sandra B. Dunbar
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
Nutritional Counselling: An Intervention for HIV-Positive Patients, Marian M. Tabi and Robert L. Vogel
Traditional and Modern Medicine in Ghana, Marian Tabi, M. Powell, and M. Hodnicki
Submissions from 2005
Rural Parents Communication with Middle – and High-School Teens on Sexual Health Issues: A Pilot Investigation in a Private School, Joanne Chopak-Foss, Anthony V. Parrillo, Marlo Rouse-Arnett, and Marian Tabi
Community assessment using Cowling's Unitary Appreciative Inquiry: a beginning exploration, R. Talley, Alison Rushing, and Rose M. Gee
Submissions from 2004
Approaches for patient education, Sandra B. Dunbar, Rose M. Gee, and Patricia C. Clark
Nursing Recruitment: Exploring Populations, Helen M. Taggart
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
