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 2012
Meaningful Pattern Recognition and Leadership, Quinn Bissonette
The Perspectives of Reverse Transfer Students at Two-Year Technical Colleges, Ross A. Brower
Job Satisfaction and the Relationship to Ethnicity, Carrie M. Carroll
Access To Higher Education For Undocumented Students, Meghan Flores
Food Security in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: A Nursing Educational Module, Beth E. Grund
A Personal Inventory of Transformative Experiences Resulting in the Development of an Authentic Leadership Style, Trudy Hochradel
How Nursing Impacts Nursing: Using Metaphor to Understand the Perinatal Nurse's Role, Kathleen Guinee Holman
Strengths-Based Leadership and its Effect on Intrinsic Motivation and Employee Performance within a Corporate Setting, Kimberly A. Jatko
A Study of the Crisis Leadership Model at Marshall University, Michele Kidwell
Perspectives of Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders about their Experiences with Social Stories, Jason Kram
Corporate Adaptation: from Wholesale to Direct to Consumer Shipments, Gretchen A. C. Kroll
Beginning Teachers' Knowledge of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Classroom Interventions, Summer Beth LaMontagne
Image and Ability: the Role of Image in Female Leadership, Emily Loiacano
Study of Leadership Characteristics During Transformational Change in Health Care Organizations, Susan Long
The Identification of Leadership Strategies among Leaders of Successful Mergers or Acquisitions, Andrew F. Luce
The Influence of Resonant Leadership Styles on Employee Engagement Within a Financial Services Organization, Ryan D. Maddux
Integrating Archaeology into a Standards-Based, Fifth Grade Classroom, Lindsey Lee Elizabeth Mieras
Driving Employee Engagement: Contemporary Trends in Engagement, Sarah A. Nelson
Current Reading Methodologies used in Classrooms: Grades K-6, Brett Ott
"Build from the Inside Out": Integrating Difference into Feminist Coalition Leadership, Erin E. Parrish
A Case Study Examining Gender and Self-Efficacy in a Newsroom, Kathryn Eileen Parry
Collaborative leadership strategies: A look into the funding models of Alternative Service and Nonprofit Organizations, Charles H. Pratt
Staff Retention in Small Non-Profit Organizations, Michelle A. Redding
Self-efficacy Issues Through Curriculum for Teachers of Students Labeled With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Eduardo Adolfo Regalado
Development of an Educational Module for Novice ED Charge Nurses, Tobi R. Sanetra
Lateral Violence: An Education Module, Amos M. Schonrock
Experiences of Suburban Students in a Social Justice Literacy Program, Jillian L. Scott
Father Angel Torrellas and Leadership through Music at Batahola Norte Center in Managua, Nicaragua, Carolyn Spargo
The Semantic Differential: a Measurement of Meaning in one School's Mission, Emily A. Stull
Assessing the Adolescent Perceptions of the Role Nonparent Adult Relationships Have on Character Development, Colin Thomas
The Product Issues Tracking System: An Educational Module for Staff Nurses, Jane Torzewski
Teaching Entrepreneurs, James R. Traeger
Does Intercultural-Based Professional Development have an Influence on Employees of a Multicultural Urban College, Richard Everett Webb
Coaching for Nursing Success for the First Year Generation Y Nurse, Lindsey Worden
Growing Our Own: A Proposal for the Development of a Nurse Mentoring Program, Dawn M. Zeches
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Impact of Test Format Familiarity on Reducing Test Anxiety, William P. Aamodt
How to Successfully Recruit Students in the Rapidly Changing World of Higher Education: Ethical Leadership for Enrollment Managers of Private Non-Profit Institutions, Charles R. Abbott
Introducing Integrative Medicine at the Bedside to Patients with Post-traumatic Headache Pain, Melissa E. Allard
Innovation Through Social Networking in Communities of Practice, Patricia K. Brill
Complexity Theory and Local Government Application, Scott A. Brink
A Call to Action After a Patient Fall, Lisa D. Bungum
The Bible and the Ballot: the Christian Right in American Politics, Terence L. Burns
Advancing a Culture of Safety Through the Creation of a Unit-Based Safety Team, Lynda K. Carr
Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs: Writing the Major Paper or Thesis as a Graduate Student with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Judy L. Chucker
Development, Implementation and Analysis of a Project-Based Model In a Special Education Setting, Joel Dimock
Frequent Users of the Emergency Department: Guiding Patients to Comprehensive and Coordinated Care, Anne L. Draeger
Creating an Environment That Fosters Feedback Among Nurses, Anne M. Egan
Creating a Healing Environment in the Intensive Care Unit, Elissa Egbers
Empowering and Retaining New Graduate Nurses Through a Structured Mentoring Program, Kelly O. Gamble
Perspectives of Students Labeled with Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders on Their Transition Programs, Allison E. Gardner
Leadership Program Outcomes Study: Essential elements of leadership trainings offered to marginalized populations, Emily Halbur
Facilitating the Staff Nurse's Role in Creating a Culture of Care on an Obstetrical Care Unit, Laura Struve Hanson
Public Health Nursing and the Community: Partnering to Improve Health By Improving the Environment, Anna Haubrich
Let Your Life Speak: Exploring the Lived Experience of Graduate Nurses In an Emergency Department Setting, Mary Margaret Healy
Executive Turnover in the Chamber of Commerce Industry, Lori R. Higgins
Developing a Conceptual (Mosaic) Transcultural Model of Nursing Care for Use at a Pediatric Inner-City Hospital, Lani Hollenbeck
Students' Perceptions of Read 180 at the Middle School Level, Erica L. Johnson
Motivational Interviewing with Patient Education to Promote a Safe Sleep Environment for Lakota Infants, Kari Johnson
Student Perceptions of Responsive Classroom in an Urban Setting, Jeremy Lee Jones
A Bridge to One World: An Indigenous Wisdom-Based Approach to Designing a Transcultural Patient Family Advisory Council, Julie Lundberg
Communication In A Digital Age, Natalie M. Miller
Care of Self: How Reiki is used by Nurses to Reduce Stress on an Acute Care Unit, LeAnn Olson
Health and Wellness Coaching for Older Adults within a Faith Community, Julie K. Philbrook
Youth Leadership Development in the Activism Context: a Case Study of the Wilder Youth Leadership Initiative, Susan Marie Phillips
The Effect Frequent Organizational Restructure has on Employee Perceptions, Lisa Sabasteanski
Creating Community With Homeless and Marginally Housed Women, Judy Schlaefer
According to Secondary Female Science Students, What Creates an Engaging and Interesting Science Class, Colleen Victoria Quinn Schroeder
The Self- Caring Tree: A Model of Nursing Self-Care, Cynthia M. Severson
Can Leading Change Catalyze Innovation in the Workplace, Rebecca L. Smithwick
Comparison of Registered Nurse Job Satisfaction to Patient Satisfaction and the Link to the Role of the Nurse Manager, Deborah M. Spotts
New Graduate Nurse Orientation Program, Darcie L. Thies
Case Study Scenario and Simulation: Supplementing a Student Nurse's Missed Foundational Clinical Nursing Experience, Lori Versaguis
A Qualitative Study on how Dialogue, Discussion, and Debate Manifest in a Corporate Setting, Lisa Wocken
A Conceptual Framework for Providing Healthy Meals for a Marginalized Population, Hoching Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Migrant Workers Remittances: Building Futures and Forging Leadership Back Home, Mohamed Abdinur
Strict Isolation Compliance: A Quality Improvement Initiative Implementation Process, Debra Apenhorst
A Secondary Data Analysis of the Practice Intervention Designed to "Wipe out C. difficile", Kimberly Aronhalt
Identifying Institutional Barriers to Addressing Health Disparities, Julia Ashley
The Experience of Internationally Born Nurses Working in Twin Cities Hospitals, Jolene C. Baker
The Perspective of Bullying According to Students with Asperger Syndrome, Ryan B. Barnick
Caring Beyond Constraint: A Nursing Model of Presence in a Time Limited Procedural Practice, Laura Becker
An Examination of the Impact of Social Influences on Followers' Assessments of Male and Female Leadership Behaviors, Mary L. Brown
Leadership and the Theory of Metacommunication, Regina M. Brown
Differences and Commonalities in Adult Expectations Regarding ADHD Referral, Nate Christopherson
Generational Perspectives in Public Health Nursing: Workplace Conditions That Impact Job Satisfaction and Retention, Marilyn Kittleson Deling
Integrative Literature Review Emotional Intelligence and its Relationship to Transformational Leadership, Katharine Ellingson
Thinking Differently: Developing a Fall Risk Assessment for the Emergency Department Setting, Carissa K. Fauks
Nurse to Nurse Communication: Conveying the Patient's Story, Cheryl Fisher Laine
Women's Indirect Intra-Gender Aggression: A Study of Workplace Relationships, Deborah Friedman
Rounding of the Administrative Supervisor and the Engagement of Charge Nurses in an Acute Hospital Setting, Kellie J. Geiger
The Impact of a Writing Center on Cross-Curricular Writing: Teacher Perspectives, Whitney M. Gonzales
The Persistence of the Glass Ceiling, Lora B. Holland
Does Customer Service Training Influence Patient Satisfaction Scores?, Beth Holman
Best Practices in the use of Employee Assessment Instruments in Leadership Development, Yvonne Kinney-Hockert
Leadership Philosophy and Practice Which Drive Improved Chemical Health Outcomes, Denise St. Peter McAlpin
Staying Alive: A Nursing Care Model in the Technical Delivery of Dialysis, Sylvia Moe