Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Relationship between maternal self-esteem and adaptation to parenting, Linda A. Brady
Survey of alcohol and other drug use behaviors and attitudes of Nebraska nursing students : implications for nursing education, prevention and assistance programs, Michelle K. Brester
Telephonic disease management is as effective as home visits for disease management in community dwelling heart failure patients, Rhonda Lynn Dennis
The effects of an individualized feedback intervention on adherence to a home-based exercise program, David Foster
Breastfeeding and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, Lisa M. Halbur
Symptomology of congestive heart failure patients, Kelley A. Hasenauer
Determinants of medicare home health care service use community living older adults, Francese E. Henton
Seniors' need for and use of medicare home health services, Ann O. Hubbert
Determinants of health-promoting lifestyle behaviors in Hispanic adults, Leah S. Jorgensen
Effects of behavioral feedback on adherence to sodium intake for patients with congestive heart failure, Kimberly A. Joy
The Process of evolving motherhood for single, unpartnered, medicaid eligible first time mothers : reformulating life, Rebecca Keating-Lefler
The Barton Hospital picture test : testing reliability and validity, Annette Marget
Reciprocity in functionally impaired and functionally unimpaired adults, Thomas Marx
Health service utilization as a health behavior among low income children with asthma, Andrea K. Mason
Exercise and long-term care residents, Rita McGuire
A Pilot exploratory study of bone mineral density in hip and spine in twenty-three breast cancer survivors, Cindy Nelson
The Relationship of maternal age and reports of depressive symptoms during the first postpartum month, Dianna M. Prokupek
The Effectiveness of a support group for first time mothers returning to work revisited, Shannon R. Stafford
Predictors of alcohol and drug outpatient treatment completion and non-completion, Jennifer Palmer Sutton
Effect of abstinence-only education on adolescent self-reported sexual intercourse in Nebraska, Wendy Wells
Validation of the mobility subscale of the Braden scale for predicting pressure sore risk, Tana Zentner
Effects of abstinence-only education on adolescent attitudes and values about premarital sexual activity in Nebraska, Kelly K. Zinn
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Use of the block 98 health habits and history questionnaire in midlife and older rural women, Gerald W. Abbott
Changes in psychosocial sickness impact profile scores compared to changes in circadian rhythms following surgery, Rosie Townley Bakewell
Closing a gap : creating an expanded socioeconomic index for older southern African Americans, Gina Behr
Use of an Internet website for increasing first-time rural fathers' infant care self-efficacy, Lisa Bewley
How elderly nursing home residents transcend losses of later life, Kathleen A. Bickerstaff
The feasibility of establishing a school linked clinic, Smith Leanna Brooks
Breast cancer screening by Hispanic women : a study of the effects of peer intervention and a mass media campaign, Catherine S. Clark
Cutaneous sensory thresholds of the sacrum and greater trochanter among elders, Lissa D. Clark
Self-esteem enhancement of fifth grade students in rural Nebraska, Lorraine C. Diering
The relationship of actual height loss with health-seeking behaviors and risk factors in perimenopausal and menopausal women, Annette L. Dillon
The restandardization of the Danish translation of the early infant temperament questionnaire, Joanne A. Frankenfield
Influence of a home communication device on self-efficacy of elderly coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients, Penelope F. Gorsuch
Self reported health risk appraisal information and employee medical claims costs : a descriptive study, Teresa Anne Hargis
Testing a community health nursing intervention to enhance health management preventive behaviors, Bonnie S. Harmon
The effects of a companion animal on distress in children undergoing dental procedures, LeAnn Havener
Women's health nurse practitioners' perceptions of screening and diagnostic tests, Toni M. Jones
Peplau's theory of interpersonal relations as applied to nurses' responses to electronic mail through the young parents project web site, Lorrene Jurgens
Self-esteem in elementary school-aged children, Debra Kellberg
Breastfeeding and neonatal jaundice : a literature review, Christina Keller
Meeting the standards of care : a snapshot view of a medicaid managed asthma care population, Margaret J. Labadie
Cost of pressure ulcer prevention in acute care, Lisa M. LaCrosse
Piloting a process for describing family nurse practitioner practice in two urban clinics, Steven K. Lauer
The effect of exercise on heart rate variability in heart failure patients, Barbara J. Lear
Ethical issues confronting nurses in a comprehensive ambulatory oncology treatment center and clinic, Bruce O. Lovejoy
Stigma as a barrier to help-seeking for alcohol abuse and depression, Carol McMahon
Therapeutic effects of healing touch on caregivers of adult autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, Carla Ann Mundt
Effects of sleep disruption following surgery on cardiovascular circadian rhythms, Ernestine L. Olson
The use of a home communication device to enhance cardiac rehabilitation of elderly coronary artery bypass graft patients, Rhonda S. Purdy
Fatigue during key phases of autologous peripheral stem cell transplant for breast cancer, Natalie C. Rasmussen-Mandolfo
Morphine effects on circadian nociception and beta-endorphin, Natalie Ann Rasmussen
Midline complications in the pediatric patient, Debra R. Reeg
The effect of a social support intervention on cardiac patients and their spouses, Stephanie Williams
A community-based study of smokers', former smokers', and nonsmokers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about a genetic basis for smoking, Rhonda M. Wolfe
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Patient and wound factors associated with pressure ulcer healing, Joyce M. Black
Marital satisfaction, depression and fatigue as reported by first-time parents, Carla J. Bouffard
Functional status and risk factor modification of participants and nonparticipants of cardiac rehabilitation, Jana L. Braklow-Whitton
Perceived help-seeking and barriers to help-seeking for depression, Ginger Brasuell
Comparison of the symptom occurrence, problems, and functional status in the early recovery of invasive cardiac intervention, Beth A. Brey
The effects of self-esteem enhancement on school aged children, Susan Caffery
Factors affecting uptitration with carvedilol in congestive heart failure patients, Mary Cammack
Functional status in congestive heart failure patients, Andrew D. Case
Essential patient data elements for documentation of pressure ulcer risk, Beth L. Cecil
Therapeutic effects of massage therapy on the caregivers of patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation, Rexilius Stephanie Jean Comte
Pressure ulcer risk in the critical care population, Janet Gilbert Cuddigan
Temperament and behavioral distress in infants receiving immunization, Anne Marie Johnson Fredrichs
A prenatal maternal attachment during a subsequent pregnancy following perinatal loss, Jerithea D. Goodlow-Tidwell
Comparison of fatigue with circadian sleep disruption in caregivers, John Grandgenett
Perceived help-seeking and barriers to help-seeking for alcohol related disorders, Japheth Hessler
Automating NICU standards of care in the computer-based patient record : implications for nursing classifications, Barbara Hostler
Baccalaureate nursing student experience of first clinical practice, Dawn L. Howley
The feasibility of using the Internet for health assessment surveys by rural older women, Kathryn K. Ickler
An exploration of emotional and functional health in nursing home residents making the pieces fit together, Bonita Krohn
Piloting a process for describing family nurse practitioner practice, Cheryl A. Laux
Pain in children having orthopedic surgery, Rae Ann Lininger
Concordance of risk factors in female spouses of male patients with coronary heart disease, Lynn C. Macken
The impact of a mobile screening program on health behaviors of adults with high cholesterol levels, Janice L. Mathews
Health-promoting lifestyle behaviors of Hispanic adults, Mary G. McGowan
Salivary melatonin and pain perception in response to graded acute pain stimuli, Francine Ann Vana Nelson
Ethical issues confronting hospice nurses, Kathleen O'Hearn Pepin
Predictors of breast self-examination in community-residing women, DeAnne R. Smith
Why do adult clients drop out of alcohol and drug outpatient treatment? : implications for advanced practice nurses, Karen Stoos
Pain and functional status in the early post-discharge period following a total knee arthroplasty, Kelly L. Thelen
The relationship between temperament and hemoglobin A1c levels in school-age children with type 1 diabetes, Rebecca M. Villeneuve
Comparison of physiological and self report measures of physical activity, Jill R. Von Seggern
African-American women's early detection practices for breast and gynecological cancers, Cheryl G Marks Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Characteristics of vulnerability, developmental status, powerlessness, and preventive health behavior in a sample of obese women living in poverty, Karla Melville Blackwood
Fathers' responses during their children's hematopoietic stem cells transplant, Toni A. Blazek
Effects of a therapy dog in alleviating the agitation behaviors of sundown syndrome for persons with Alzheimer's disease, Mary Churchill
Development of self-esteem in Girl Scouts, Sue Emmerich
Barriers and facilitators to breast cancer screening for Hispanic women, Janell Grant
Nursing interventions : effects of subjective well-being on early discharged obstetric patients, Priscilla Hamilton