Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Utilizing Watson's Theory of Caring to Develop a Palliative Care Proposal for Olmsted Medical Center, Tammie Johnson
Vaccinating Vulnerable Populations, Paula B. McNabb
Empowering Home Care Nurses to Begin End-of-life Conversations, Angela Oujiri
Advance Directives Educational Program for Nurses, Rose R. Pappas
Creation of Care Coordination Team, Linda Peterson
Development of an Education Module on Conflict Resolution for Charge Nurses, Robert H. Petersson
Healthy Choice, Healthy Life, Dawn M. Sanderman
A Healthy Work Schedule: Improving Dynamics for Nurses’ Health, Amy Schei
Advanced Practice Care Model in a Midwestern Allergy Clinic, Bernie Theobald
Advanced Practice Care Model in a Midwestern Allergy Clinic, Bernie Theobald
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Promotion of Mental Health Wellness Among Second Generation Immigrants in the Cedar Riverside Neighborhood, Caroline Abenakyo
Advocacy for the Perioperative Patient, Patricia R. Ballinger
Nursing Leadership Team Orientation Program, Sheryl Capelle
A Standardized Wound Care Nursing Education Program, Craig Cardel
Creating a Healing Environment in the Operating Room by Reducing Noise, Emily Grimshaw
Leading the Way to Comprehensive and Compassionate Care of Bariatric Patients, Wendy Kay Grimshaw
Communication Metaphor of Patient Prognosis in the Spirit of Hope, Dory Hanks
Support of the Informal Kinship Care Family, Emily J. Hansen
Education and Opportuntty: Creating a Scholarship Program in Ecuador, Holly Hanson
Influenza Vaccination: an Educational Module for Health Care Workers, Lisa A. Hogan
Feeding the homeless through collaboration: A proposal for consideration, Valetta M. Johnson Massaquoi
The bus Stops Here: Mobile Education Program, Katie Juskewitch
Weight Bias: Promoting Nurses' Awareness, Beverly A. Kaehler
Creating a Culture Change Through a Unit-Based Coaching Model for Improved Effectiveness of a Safe Patient Handling Program, Nancy Kirchner
Who Do You Think You Are? And Who Would You Like to Become?, Sandra Koeller
Culturally Appropriate Nursing Care for International Patients, Kate Larson
Proposal of a Caring Companion Program for Emotional and Spiritual Wellness, Lori A. Larson
Reviving the Dream: Giving Form to a Faith-based Holistic Clinic at an Urban Lutheran Church, Kathy Leu
PICC Education for the Discharging Patient, Angela S. Lowrie
Shift to Shift Report: Improving Handoffs in Care in the NICU, Karen Martin
Floattng Through Uncharted Waters, Amanda Moscatelli
Intentional Rounding on a General Surgical Unit, Lisa M. Patterson
Innovative Pain Management of the Post-operative Patient, Debra Perry
RN Study Coordinator: The Role and Education, Karlyn E. Pierson
Quiet Please: our Patients are Healing!, Evie Pochardt
Self-care for Native American People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Creative Approach to Enhance Their Well-being, Manuela Przybyszewska-Wosiek
Breast Milk for Preterm Infants: a Nursing Education Program, Lynn Root
Community Gardening and the Somali Immigrant Community, Sarah Sanford
Patient-family Centered Advisory Council for the Emergency Department, Kelly Sanocki
Integrating Mindfulness Meditation into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula, Michelle Yankowiak
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Creating a Culture of Caring in the Perianesthesia Practice, Tammy S. Bergan
Meaningful Pattern Recognition and Leadership, Quinn Bissonette
Food Security in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: A Nursing Educational Module, Beth E. Grund
How Nursing Impacts Nursing: Using Metaphor to Understand the Perinatal Nurse's Role, Kathleen Guinee Holman
Bridging the Gap: Nurse Mentorship Program, Jacqueline J. Johnson
Enhancing Cultural Awareness: Building Relationships Between Non Native American Nurses and Native American Lakota Patients, Sharon Mercill
Development of an Educational Module for Novice ED Charge Nurses, Tobi R. Sanetra
Lateral Violence: An Education Module, Amos M. Schonrock
The Product Issues Tracking System: An Educational Module for Staff Nurses, Jane Torzewski
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
Introducing Integrative Medicine at the Bedside to Patients with Post-traumatic Headache Pain, Melissa E. Allard
A Call to Action After a Patient Fall, Lisa D. Bungum
Advancing a Culture of Safety Through the Creation of a Unit-Based Safety Team, Lynda K. Carr
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
Facilitating the Staff Nurse's Role in Creating a Culture of Care on an Obstetrical Care Unit, Laura Struve Hanson
Let Your Life Speak: Exploring the Lived Experience of Graduate Nurses In an Emergency Department Setting, Mary Margaret Healy
Developing a Conceptual (Mosaic) Transcultural Model of Nursing Care for Use at a Pediatric Inner-City Hospital, Lani Hollenbeck
Motivational Interviewing with Patient Education to Promote a Safe Sleep Environment for Lakota Infants, Kari Johnson
A Bridge to One World: An Indigenous Wisdom-Based Approach to Designing a Transcultural Patient Family Advisory Council, Julie Lundberg
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
Creating Community With Homeless and Marginally Housed Women, Judy Schlaefer
The Self- Caring Tree: A Model of Nursing Self-Care, Cynthia M. Severson
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 Conceptual Framework for Providing Healthy Meals for a Marginalized Population, Hoching Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
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
Caring Beyond Constraint: A Nursing Model of Presence in a Time Limited Procedural Practice, Laura Becker
Generational Perspectives in Public Health Nursing: Workplace Conditions That Impact Job Satisfaction and Retention, Marilyn Kittleson Deling
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
Staying Alive: A Nursing Care Model in the Technical Delivery of Dialysis, Sylvia Moe
Replicating Success: Developing an Educational Process for Improving Nursing Accuracy When Using a Patient Classification System, Dewey M. Moulton
Awareness Cultivation: Designing a Transcultural Patient Family Advisory Council, Lisa G. Peterson
Nurturing the Novice: lnitiating the Journey of Transformational Shifts in the Development of Future Nurse Mentors, Brenda Ranstrom-Llambes
A Matter of Trust: The Impact of Transcultural Communication Between Culturally Diverse Nursing Staff, Patricia Reed
The Use of Physical Activity to Promote Effective Coping and Life Skill Development in Minneapolis Sheltered Youth, Kathleen M. Welle
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Developing a Community Clinic to Address the Health Needs as Experienced by a Small Rural Village in Sierra Leone, Doris K. Acton
Nurse Influence in Policy Development: A Model Using Storytelling, Michele Anderson
Theory, Research & Practice of a Comprehensive Teen Sexuality Education Curriculum, Dawn M. Bowker
The Value of Creating a Culture of Caring, Lisa C. Carter
Building Trusted Relationships with Female Street Sex Workers: A Nontraditional Approach, Sandra Finn
Giving end of Life Care to Persons With Intellectual Disabilities: a Model of Support for Community Based Caregivers, Emily K. Gress
Teaching Effective Pain Management of Acute Thoracic Postoperative Pain in Chronic Pain Patients, Sheila L. Hoehn
Building Community Among Older Oromo Women Struggling with Sadness in a Large Urban Setting, Fatuma Kotile
A Nursing Educational Program for Recognizing and Managing Emotional Labor, Kathleen Kuzelka
Oncology Nurses' Perceptions of Self-Compassion: a Pilot Study, Miriam R. Lindell
BRAD: A Model of Caring for Persons with Frontotemporal Dementia, Jennifer McGuire
Transformational Nursing Simulation: Bringing Life to Inanimate Objects For the Purpose of Educating and Re-Igniting Passion, Pamela A. Torkkola