Below are theses and dissertations completed by graduates of the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing.
For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Meaning of Visual Thinking Strategies for Nursing Students, Margaret M. Moorman
Evaluation of an Educational Intervention on Perceptions of a Patient Safety Culture Among Staff in Acute Care Nursing Units, Cynthia Ann Parkman
Firefighter Fitness-for-Duty Medical screening: A Peer Review Quality Improvement Pilot, Julie Collings Rochefort
Comparison of Study/Article Characteristics and Methodological Quality of International Nurse Workplace Violence Research Published Before and After the Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert on Disruptive Behaviors, Terressa Margarette Stowell Love
School Nurses' Recognition, Attitudes, and Educational Needs Regarding the Care of Children with School Refusal Behavior, Heather Strasser
A Comparison of Nursing Service Demand in Title 1 Schools and Non-Title 1 Schools, Karen Ray Stratford
Implementing a Bystander Awareness Program on a University Campus, Robert Joseph Vadovic
Sickle Cell Disease: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Emergency Department Providers, Pretrescia Marie Walker
Evaluating Shared Governance For Nursing Excellence, Evette Michelle Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Elementary School Based Health Centers as Providers of School Entry Health Exams: Do They Meet the Standards?, Roberta Bavin
Program Evaluation of Preceptor Preparation and Effectiveness in a Local Nurse Residency Program, Margaret Covelli
The Meaning of the Lived Experience of Nursing Faculty on a Dedicated Education Unit, Deborah Ann Demeester
The Relationship between Self-efficacy and Fluid,and Dietary Compliance in Hemodialysis Patients, Ansy Paul John
Nutritional Management of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant: An Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guideline, Dana J. Lunde
Provider Variations in Cesarean Section (CS) and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Practice, Rita Elizabeth Marrero
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Primary Care Providers' Evaluation of Patient Fitness to Fly, Kerry Colleen Palakanis
Program Evaluation of Stroke in Rural Nevada Hospital, Starla Cheri Ricks
Cultural Competence in the Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Curriculum, Angela Elizabeth Silvestri
Improving evidence based asthma management in an urban university student health center, Hedian Cho Swanson
Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Type-1 Diabetes: An Analysis of Wave Form Versus Glycemic Values in the Improvement of Glucose Control and Fear of Hypoglycemia, Tomas Charles Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Job stress, mentoring, psychological empowerment, and job satisfaction among nursing faculty, Catherine Emily Ebersole Chung
Faculty’s Perceptions of Students’ Abilities to Utilize Self-Regulated Learning Strategies to Improve Critical and Reflective Thinking in Making Clinical Decisions: A Methodological Study, Amber Lynn Donnelli
Enhancing the cultural competence of women’s health nurses via online continuing education, Ella T. Heitzler
Methodological quality of quantitative nursing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender research from 2000 to 2010, Michael Johnson
Impact of home hospital program on empowerment and professional practice behaviors, Marcille Jo Jorgenson
Graduating BSN students' EBP knowledge, EBP readiness and EBP implementation, Ludy SM. Llasus
Factors which influence the use of active learning strategies by nursing faculty, Deborah Lowell Shindell
The utilization and effectiveness of the HESI E(square) exit exam as a graduation requirement toward increasing NCLEX-RNRTM pass rates in baccalaureate nursing programs, Debra Henline Sullivan
The development and validation of a tool to measure self-confidence and anxiety in nursing students while making clinical decisions, Krista Alaine White
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Recent Accelerated Second-Degree Baccalaureate Graduates’ Perceptions of Educational Preparation, Susan Candelaria
A Grounded theory approach to faculty’s perspective and patterns of online social presence, Rebecca A. Cox-Davenport
Attitudes of young adults about breastfeeding and the association of breastfeeding exposure, Cheryl Lynn Darby-Carlberg
The Live experience of non-degree learners from a time modified traditional baccalaureate in nursing program, Stephanie S. DeBoor
The role of visual, vestibular, and somatosensory systems in postural balance, Mary Grace Gaerlan
The Interim window: Women’s experiences during in vitro fertilization leading to maternal embryo attachment, Tammy MacKinnon Lampley
Team-based learning: Engagement and accountability with psychometric analysis of a new instrument, Heidi Ann Mennenga
Application of a judgment model toward measurement of clinical judgment in senior nursing students, Tiwaporn Pongmarutai
Cultural competence of RN to BSN students, Dierdre Michelle Riley
Self-efficacy and the predictors for NCLEX-RN® success for baccalaureate nursing students, Linda Anne Silvestri
Nursing compliance with standard fall prevention protocol among acute care hospital nurses, Anuradha Thirumalai
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Asthma severity in school-children and the quality of life of their parents, Noelle S. Cerdan
From school to practice: The meaning of nurses' holistic comfort, Michal Goodwin
Advance practice nurses readiness to change assessment methods in parents of obese children, Carolyn Leach
Implications for nursing practice: Delivering the folic acid message, Kimberly Townsend Little
Biofeedback assisted relaxation training program to decrease test anxiety in nursing students, Catherine Andrea Prato
The Meaning of being a primary nurse preceptor for newly graduated nurses, Jennifer Richards
Filipino physician-turned nurses: A phenomenological study, Victor Rey Cui Vapor