A collection of published articles from members of the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2010
Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition (WE CAN) - A Pilot Project With Latina Mothers, Kathy S. James, Cynthia D. Connelly, Luz Gracia, Nicole Mareno, and Janice Bietto
Developing Critical Thinking in the Perioperative Environment, Jackie H. Jones
Concierge Medicine, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
Concierge Medicine: The Perfect Storm? Implications for Nurse Practitioners, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
When the 5 Rights Go Wrong: Medication Errors from the Nursing Perspective, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
Teacher Thinking Associated With Science-Specific Mentor Preparation, Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Julie Kittleson, Leslie U. Bradbury, and Michael J. Dias
The Use of Audience Response Systems in Nursing Education: Best Practice Guidelines, Nicole Mareno, Marie Bremner, and Christie Emerson
Further Validation of the Body-Mind-Spirit Wellness Behavior and Characteristic Inventory for College Students, Nicole Mareno and Kathy Shadle James
The Wisdom of Retaining Experienced Nurses at the Bedside: A Pilot Study Examining a Minimal Lift Program and Its Impact on Reducing Patient Movement Related Injuries of Bedside Nurses, Diana Meeks-Sjostrom, Stephanie A. Lopuszynski, and Annette Bairan
The Essence of the Family Critical Illness Experience and Nurse-Family Meetings, Tommie P. Nelms and Sandra K. Eggenberger
Bringing an Ethical Culture to the High-Stress ICU, Lois R. Robley
The Experience of Stress for Open Heart Surgery Patients and Their Caregivers, Lois R. Robley, Nancy Ballard, Debbie Holtzman, and William Cooper
Men Seeking Sex on an Intergenerational Gay Internet Website: An Exploratory Study, Richard L. Sowell and Kenneth D. Phillips
Understanding and Responding to HIV/AIDS Stigma and Disclosure: An International Challenge for Mental Health Nurses, Richard L. Sowell and Kenneth D. Phillips
Utilizing Evidence-Based Design in a Community Hospital ICU, Telisa Spikes and Kathie F. Aduddell
Devastatingly Human: An Analysis of Registered Nurses’ Medication Error Accounts, Linda A. Treiber and Jackie H. Jones
Patient Safety Chiller: Unplanned Perioperative Hypothermia, V. Doreen Wagner
A Mentor-Protégé Program for New Faculty, Part I: Stories of Protégés, Anne White, Jane Brannan, and Carol Wilson
A Longitudinal Study Of Cultural Competence Among Health Science Faculty, Astrid H. Wilson, Susan Sanner, and Lydia E. McAllister
An Evaluation Study of a Mentoring Program to Increase the Diversity of the Nursing Workforce, Astrid H. Wilson, Susan Sanner, and Lydia E. McAllister
A Mentor-Protégé Program for New Faculty, Part II: Stories of Mentors, Carol Wilson, Jane Brannan, and Anne White
Submissions from 2009
The Effect of Low-Mobile Foot Posture on Multi-Segment Medial Foot Model Gait Kinematics, Stephen C. Cobb, Laurie L. Tis, Jeffrey T. Johnson, Yong "Tai" Wang, Mark D. Geil, and Frances A. McCarty
Tales of Resistance and Other Emancipatory Functions of Storytelling, Jane S. Grassley and Tommie P. Nelms
Off-Therapy Headaches in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients: A Retrospective Review, Ann H. Johnson, Cathy Jordan, and Claire M. Mazewski
Medical Futility: Where Do We Go from Here?, Lois R. Robley
POLST Sweeps the Nation, Lois R. Robley
Reigniting the Debate over Assisted Suicide, Lois R. Robley
20 Years Old and Going Strong, Richard Sowell
Almost Normal: Experiences of Adolescents With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Vicki L. Zeigler and Tommie P. Nelms
Submissions from 2008
Experiences of Women in Obtaining Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Healthcare Services, Barbara J. Blake, Gloria A. Jones Taylor, Paula Reid, and Margaret Kosowski
Simulator Effects on Cognitive Skills and Confidence Levels, Jane D. Brannan, Anne White, and Judy L. Benzanson
Evidence-Based Practices Related to the Human Patient Simulator and First Year Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Anxiety, Marie Bremner, Kathie F. Aduddell, and Janeen Amason
Parent-Adolescent Communication and Diabetes: An Integrative Review, Carol Dashiff, Traci Hardeman, and Rhonda McClaim
The Breast-feeding Conversation: A Philosophic Exploration of Support, Jane S. Grassley and Tommie P. Nelms
Understanding Maternal Breastfeeding Confidence: A Gadamerian Hermeneutic Analysis of Women's Stories, Jane S. Grassley and Tommie P. Nelms
Essential Steps in Implementing a Comprehensive Testing and Review Program, Jackie H. Jones and Marie N. Bremner
A Study to Develop a Disclosure to Children Intervention for HIV-Infected Women, Tommie P. Nelms and Vicki L. Zeigler
From Ethics to Palliative Care: A Community Hospital Experience, Lois R. Robley
The Experiences of International Nursing Students in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program, Susan Sanner and Astrid Wilson
HIV Infection Returning to Mexico With Migrant Workers: An Exploratory Study, Richard Sowell, Carol S. Holtz, and Gabriela Velasquez
Submissions from 2007
Global Health of Children, Kathie F. Aduddell
Health and Environmental Design: The Relationship Between Health and Place in a Philippine Urban Setting, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers and Timothy A. Akers
Global Health Research Methods, Timothy A. Akers and Mary Anne Alabanza Akers
Infectious Diseases from a Global Perspective, Timothy A. Akers, Barbara J. Blake, and Robert A. Hanson
A Model of HIV Disclosure: Disclosure and Types of Social Relationships, Annette Bairan, Gloria Ann Jones Taylor, Barbara J. Blake, Timothy Akers, Richard Sowell, and Rick Mendiola
Building Cultural Competence: A Nursing Practicum in Oaxaca, Mexico, David Bennett and Carol Holtz
Reducing the Spread of HIV and Male Circumcision, Barbara J. Blake
Global Perspectives on Mental Health, Mary Ann Camann
Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Multiple Regression Models Using Environmental Characteristics an a High Diesel-Use Area of Baguio City, Philippines, Brandon E. Cassidy, Mary Anne Alabanza-Akers, Timothy A. Akers, Daniel B. Hall, P. Barry Ryan, Charlene W. Bayer, and Luke P. Naeher
Family Interviews as a Method for Family Research, Sandra K. Eggenberger and Tommie P. Nelms
Ethical Decision Making with Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP): HIV/AIDS' Double Edged Sword, Deborah Gritzmacher, Debra Cody, Ptlene Minick, and Richard Sowell
Developing Countries: Mexico, China, and South Africa, Carol Holtz
Global Health Care: Issues and Policies, Carol Holtz
Global Health in Developed Societies: Examples in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and Israel, Carol Holtz
Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Occupational Healthcare, Carol Holtz
Global Health in Reproduction and Infants, Carol Holtz and Suzanne Grisdale
Global Perspectives on Nutrition, Carol Holtz, Kathy Plitnick, and Marvin Friedman
Patient Illiteracy, Jackie H. Jones
Special Needs Populations: Patient Illiteracy, Jackie H. Jones
Evaluation of Critical Thinking Skills in an Associate Degree Nursing Program, Jackie H. Jones and Libbie V. Morris
Global Perspectives on Diabetes and Respiratory and Orthopedic Chronic Diseases, Janice Long, Betsy Rodriguez, and Carol Holtz
Communication Techniques for Patients With Low Health Literacy: A Survey of Physicians, Nurses, and Pharmacists, Joanne G. Schwartzberg, Allison Cowett, Jonathan B. VanGeest, and Michael S. Wolf
International Research Ethics, Jonathan B. VanGeest and Deborah S. Cummins
Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians: A Systematic Review, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Timothy P. Johnson, and Verna L. Welch
Impact of Managed Care on Physicians' Decisions to Manipulate Reimbursement Rules: An Explanatory Model, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Saul Weiner, Timothy Johnson, and Deborah Cummins
Submissions from 2006
Patients’ Recollections of Therapeutic Paralysis in the Intensive Care Unit, Nancy Ballard, Lois R. Robley, Darcy Barrett, Danielle Fraser, and Inocencia Mendoza
A Portrait of HIV Infection Among Men in the United States, Barbara J. Blake and Gloria A. Jones Taylor
The Use of Human Patient Simulators: Best Practices With Novice Nursing Students, Marie Bremner, Kathie F. Aduddell, David N. Bennett, and Jonathan B. VanGeest
A Survey of Female Nursing Students’ Knowledge, Health Beliefs, Perceptions of Risk, and Risk Behaviors Regarding Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer, T. Denny-Smith, Annette Bairan, and Melanie C. Page
Collaborative Development of an Insulin Nomogram for Intensive Insulin Therapy, Danielle D. Fraser, Lois R. Robley, Nancy M. Ballard, and Laura A. Peno-Green
Barriers and Facilitators to Prenatal Care for Pregnant Latina Women in Cobb County, Georgia, Carol Holtz and Annette Bairan
Religion, Relationships and Mental Health in Midlife Women Following Acute Myocardial Infarction, Lucia Kamm-Steigelman, Laura P. Kimble, Sandra Dunbar, Richard Sowell, and Annette Bairan
When Protocols Are Not Enough: Intuitive Decision Making by Novice Nurse Practitioners, Margaret M. Kosowski and Vanice W. Roberts
Validating the Utility of the Spanish Version of the American Diabetes Association Risk Test, Janice Long, Astrid Rozo-Rivera, Timothy Akers, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Annette Bairan, Kieran J. Fogarty, and Richard Sowell
Evaluation of an EOL Critical Care Nurse Liaison Program, Lois R. Robley and Sherry S. Denton
The JANAC Debate: Clinical, Research, or Relevance?, Richard Sowell
Avoiding Free Care at All Costs: A Survey of Uninsured Patients Choosing Not to Seek Emergency Services at an Urban County Hospital, Saul J. Weiner, Jonathan B. VanGeest, Richard I. Abrams, Arthur Moswin, and Richard Warnecke
Submissions from 2005
Sleep Quality and Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV-Infected African-American Women of Childbearing Age, Kenneth D. Phillips, Richard L. Sowell, Mary Boyd, Wesley D. Dudgeon, Gregory A. Hand, and Mind-Body Research Group
Outcomes-Based Research: Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Online Nurse Refresher Course, Vanice W. Roberts, Jane D. Brannan, and Anne White
The Benefits of Serving on a Hospital Ethics Committee: A Faculty Perspective, Lois R. Robley
Evaluating a Health Literacy Kit for Physicians, Joanne G. Schwartzberg, Missy Fleming, Carrie Oliver, Katherine C. Vergara, and Jonathan B. VanGeest
It's Leadership--Stupid!, Richard Sowell
What Does Sport Have to Do With AIDS?, Richard Sowell
Submissions from 2004
A Conceptual Model for Planning and Designing Healthy Urban Landscapes in the Third World: A Study of Street Vendors in the Philippines, Timothy A. Akers, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, and Richard Sowell
A Comparison of Three Measures of Elder Abuse, Diana Meeks-Sjostrom
Physiological and Psychological Correlates of Fatigue in HIV Disease, Kenneth D. Phillips, Richard L. Sowell, Michele Rojas, Abbas Tavakoli, Laura J. Fulk, and Gregory A. Hand
This New House: Building Knowledge Through Online Learning, Lois R. Robley, Beverly J. Farnsworth, Janice B. Flynn, and Christina D. Horne
Access for All: Time to Make a Theme the Reality, Richard Sowell
Social Service Needs and Case Management Implications for Individuals Accessing a Faith-Based Suburban Homeless Shelter, Richard L. Sowell, Annette Bairan, Timothy A. Akers, and Carol Holtz
Submissions from 2003
Why Classification for HIV/AIDS Prevention Interventions?, Timothy A. Akers and William G. Hervey
"Homelessness Is Not a Choice!" The Plight of Homeless Women With Preschool Children Living in Temporary Shelters, Sandra S. Averitt
Developing an Accelerated BSN Program: The KSU Partnership Model, David N. Bennett, Marie N. Bremner, and Richard K. Sowell
A Partnership Model to Address the Nursing Shortage: The KSU Accelerated BSN Program, David N. Bennett, Marie N. Bremner, and Richard L. Sowell
Using Peplau's Theory to Examine the Psychosocial Factors Associated with HIV-infected Women's Difficulty in Taking Their Medications, Janet Lynn Douglass, Richard Sowell, and Kenneth D. Phillips
Disclosure of HIV Infection: How Do Women Decide to Tell?, Richard L. Sowell, Brenda F. Seals, Kenneth D. Phillips, and C. H. Julious
Returning Nurses to the Workforce: Developing an Online Refresher Course, Anne White, Vanice W. Roberts, and Jane Brannan
Submissions from 2002
Factors Affecting Reproductive Decisions of African American Women Living with HIV, Donna L. Richter, Richard L. Sowell, and Delores M. Pluto
Attitudes Toward Antiretroviral Therapy Among African American Women, Donna L. Richter, Richard Sowell, and Delores M. Pluto
Incidence and Correlates of Physical Violence Among HIV-Infected Women at Risk For Pregnancy in the Southeastern United States, Richard L. Sowell, Kenneth D. Phillips, Brenda Seals, Carolyn Murdaugh, and Charles Rush
Effects of a Culturally Sensitive Breast Self-Examination Intervention, Gloria A. Jones Taylor