Theses, Dissertations, and graduate student summative projects submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation from Augsburg University
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Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Enhancing Nurses' Autonomous Caring Practices in Ukrainian Villages Affected by Chornobyl, Lisa Prytula
Mentoring Relationships: An Evaluation of the Benefits That Female Mentors Receive from a Mentoring Relationship, Lori Toborg
Building Bridges to an Environment of Transformational Nursing Leadership: Developing a Program to Enhance Professional Nursing Leadership Skills, Pauline J. Utsesch
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Leadership for Successful Employee Learning and Development, Marilyn D. Anderson
Culture Brokering: A Case Study Resolving Conflict in a Health Care Setting, Katherine A. Baumgartner
Effective Steps to Creating Parent/Teacher Partnerships in Special Education, Danielle Jeanne Bundy
A Replication Study for Comparative Purposes of Evidence-Based Practice Activities in Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospitals, Joann F. Bunke
Healing Model of Nursing Practice in Nursing Homes, Virginia C. Carlson
Teachers as Advocates for Student: Why Some Choose to Go the Extra Mile, Linda Cohen
Military Model of Leadership, Eddie M. Frizell
Political Leadership in Africa: A Case Study of Ghana's Presidents Kwame Nkrumah and Jerry John Rawlings, Johnson N. Gwaikolo
The Defining Characteristics of a Postmodern Church, Judy Niemi Johnson
The War on Drugs is a War on African American Communities, Saundra Denise Massey
Charismatic Leadership and Conductors: Can Charisma Be Learned?, Douglas J. Miller
Beyond the Patient: Nursing Presence With Families During the Perioperative Period, Joyce P. Miller
A Study of Somali Women in the Secular Work Setting, Maria R. Morland
The Birth of a Leader: Personal and Organizational Leadership, Jennifer Peterson
The Effects of Cooperative Learning on the Math Performance in Students with Emotional Behavior Disorders?, Michael Ramboldt
Organization Communication in University and College Public Relations and Marketing Capacities, Kathryn Rumpza
Tribal Workers' Knowledge and Perspectives on the Effectiveness of the Indian Child Welfare Act, Linda L. Strong
Recognition and Treatment of Anaphylaxis by Day Care Providers, Michele Trach Glood
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Cultural Competence in Physician Assistants and Their Associated Characteristics, LeAnn Aldape Burgher
Registered Nurse Satisfaction and Patient Satisfaction as Predictors of Retention, Linda Barnhart
Caring as Catalyst; A Model for Health Possibilities, Brenda A. Becker
Graying Population Employment: Attraction and Retention of Future Older Knowledge Workers, Roseann Becker
The Prevalence of Low Back Pain and its Association with Body Mass Index, Lance Beebout
Hollman v Cisneros: The Hollman Consent Decree, A Policy Analysis, David C. Broberg
Benefits of a Postgraduate Education: The Physician Assistants' Perspective, Jamie Cotter
Evaluation of a Court-Ordered Divorce Education Program in a Suburban Minnesota County, Solveig Erickson
Hospice Care: Physician Assistants' Ratings of Their Knowledge and Attitudes, Karen Farrington
Why Augsburg College? A Look at Major Influences in the College Decision-Making Process for TRIO Eligible Students, Jennifer Feine Hellie
Rural Physician Assistant Job Satisfaction and Factors That Lead to Satisfaction, Jody Ann Giza
Summer Nursing Intern Partnerships: An Education Model for Facilitating the Transition from Student to Practicing Professional, Mary Leanne Hennen
Leading Progressive Women to Victory in Minnesota, 2002-2004: A Journey Back From Electoral Losses for Lawmakers, Glenda Crank Holste
Social Work Burnout and Supportive Supervision, Kathryn J. Jarl
A Model Integrating Transcultural Nursing Concepts and Experiences into a Baccalaureate Nursing Curriculum, Mary Ellen Joswiak
Influences on the Mother's Decision to Breastfeed her Infant, Melissa Rae Kennedy
Access to Care: A Hospice Model of Access to Care for the Homeless, Mary Ann Bridget Kinney
Beyond Ethical Leadership: Striving for Authentic Leadership in a New Corporate Context, Mark N. Langseth
Does Body Mass Index (BMI) Affect the Prevalence of Pap Smears?, Debra Maas
Introduction of Healing Touch into an Established Torture Treatment Center: A Graduate Field Project, Kathleen McCullough-Zander
The Influence of Social and Environmental Support on Diabetes Self-Management, Cheryl McKee
The Quest for Housing, Leslie Moore
Lifestyle Choices of Minnesotan Physician Assistants: An Exploratory Investigation, Paul Mortlock
Pain Expression: lnsights From a Focus Group With Somali Women, Sheryl M. Ness
Effects of a First Responders Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) program on patient Outcomes in a Rural Emergency Medical Service System, Michael D. Olson
The Prevalence of Axis I Mental Disorders in perpetrators of Murder-suicide in Minnesota in a Three-Year Period, Aaron koppel Pitman
Servant Leadership in Healthcare, Sean J. Porter
Determinants of Safety Device Use in Adults Age 18-22 Years., Amanda J. Rajala
What Specific Characteristics Influence Patients To Receive Their Health Care From A Physician Assistant?, Christine L. Rogers
Correlation Between Nutritional Knowledge and Food Choices in Seventh Grade Students, Jennifer Rysavy
Bullying: What Is It, Who Is Involved and Why Should We Care?, Jeffrey A. Schoeberl
Bioterrorisrn Preparednes s of Rural Hospitals Compared to Urban Hospitals in Minnesota, Lee G. Schotzko
Attitudes of Expectant Fathers Regarding Breastfeeding And the Effect of the Expectant Father on the Expectant Mother's Intention to Breastfeed, Danielle M. Semling
Quality of Life in Patients with Graves' Disease, Jennifer L. Smith
Physical Activity Levels and Social Influences In Rural Minnesotan Hmong Children and Adolescents, Kimberly Smith
The Prevalence of Herbal Product use in the Treatment and Management of Diabetes in the Latino Population, Gobind Tarchand
The Female Athlete Triad: Role of the Coach in Prevention and Intervention, Michelle Turner Breiland
Patients' Perceptions of Herbal Medicines and Natural Supplements, Penny L. Vinnedge
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A Qualitative Study to Analyze the Effectiveness of a Researcher Designed Tool in Documenting Outcomes of Caring Encounters, Both Individually and Over Time, Karen S. Ackerman
A Lived Experience of Being a Mother of a Child with Depression: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry, Maralou R. Brose
Service Projects: Developing Shared Servant Leadership Within a Group and the Community, Colleen Anita Healy
Black Women Leaders: The Value of Being in a Mentoring Relationship, Sara B. Masters
A Case Study of Women and Their Philanthropic Roles at the Girl Scout Council of St. Croix Valley, Stephanie Mary Lauinger Pommier
Child Maltreatment and Resilience, Annette M. Strum
A Historical and Policy Analysis of the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-3), James C. Towns
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Leading the Sales Team: Using Greenleaf's Servant Leadership Paradigm to Facilitate Team Building, Patricia A. Campanaro
Collective Healing of Cultural and Historical Trauma: Towards a Model for European Americans As Informed by African American and American Indian Traditions, Elizabeth Christine Carlson
Cultivating Purpose & Meaning in Health Care Employees: A Case Study of Spirituality Integrated Within an Organization, Denise Cleveland
Community Capacity Building: How are Low-Income Families and Communities of Color Engaged in the Process?, Juanita Judie Cutler
Leadership for Inter-organization Collaboration, Dawn Cvengros
Best Practices for Retention of Nursing Assistants in Hospitals: The BUILD Model, Lynda R. Frayne
The Influences of Culture, Socioeconomics, and Migration on the Mexican Immigrant Experience, Jean M. Gunderson
Towards An Understanding of Church Social Work Practice, Luann K. Hanson
Retaining Volunteers, Nancy A. Hudson
Beyond the Mirror, Judith Thyen Jordan
Using Complexity Theory to Select Between Leaders and Managers, Michael W. Jordan
Examining Perceptions about Restorative Justice Among Correctional Managers and Leaders, Sigrun M. Klausen
The Leadership of the Domestic Violence Movement in Minnesota, Suzanne Koepplinger
Practitioner Perspectives on End-of-Life Planning, Katherine M. Krage
An Evaluation of the ISPCAN Inter-Sectoral Training: Child Abuse Protocols in South Africa, Amy Maheswaran
Leadership in Virtual Field Service Organizations, Charley Price
The Elder Family Meeting: Leading to the Heart of the Matter, Kathryn Ringham
Generation Xers and Boomers: How Evolving Work Values, Life Stages, and Generations Explain the Differences, Lucille A. Stoffels
Discipleship: Empowering Followers for the Modern Church, Gordon Thomas
An Exploration of Family Adjustment to Nursing Home Placement as Perceived by Nursing Home Social Workers, Alicia Ann Vandenberg
A Study of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Computer-Based Communication, Luann Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Factors in Childhood that Contribute to the Development of Resiliency: An Exploratory Study of Adult, Female Somalian Refugees, Joyce L. Arends
The 1998 Minnesota Legislation for the Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Policy Analysis, Mary J. Arfmann
A Hermeneutics Study: The Spirituality of Adults with a Terminal Illness in a Hospice Program, Ginny K. Backman
Stride and MFIP: Outcome Differences, Melissa A. Bate
Family Preservation and Reunification : Do our Nations Laws Support this Concept?, Bekah Saliterman Bauer
Public and Private Responses to Infant Abandonment, Jo C. Bauer
Minority Social Workers' Perspective Regarding the Recruitment and Retention of People of Color in the Social Work Profession, Dana M. Bennett
Spirituality and Disability : What are the Dynamics and Significance of Spirituality in the Lives of People with Physical Disabilities, Michele Berndt
An Exploratory Study Of Independent Living Skills Of Emancipated Treatment Foster Care, Christine Marie Beseman Durocher