A collection of published articles from members of the Wellstar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2023
Knowledge of immediate newborn care and management of complications among midwives in Ghana, Yenupini Joyce Adams, Herman E. Ray, Lynn Sladek, and Janeen Amason
Children in Times of War and World Disorder in the Twenty-First Century: The International Law and Children’s Human Rights, Adebowale Akande, Titilola Akande, Jibola Adetoun, and Modupe Adewuyi
The Moon, the Ghetto, and Clusters of Intelligence: Comparison And Evaluation of Models of Learning Styles And Approaches - Global Settings, Global Samples, Global Syllabi, Adebowale Akande, Titilola Akande, Modupe Adewuyi, and Jibola Adetoun
When a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Human Side of Leadership from the Gestalt Perspective, Adebowale Akande, Titilola Akande, Modupe Adewuyi, and Jibola Adetoun
Characteristics of substance-addicted mothers that predict graduation from the family treatment court, Katherine B. Barnett, Janeen Amason, Doreen Wagner, and Herman E. Ray
Developing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Nursing Leadership Mentoring Pilot Program, Margot L. Hedenstrom, Lee Anna Spiva, Susan Thurman, Regina L. Hale, Sharlene Toney, Jill Case-Wirth, Mumbi Kairu, and Sweta Sneha
Palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families in rural communities of Indiana, USA, Nasreen Lalani, Kawther Hamash, and Yitong Wang
Methodological Challenge: Addressing Bots in Online Research, Patricia Lawrence, Melissa Osborne, Dhruvangi Sharma, Regena Spratling, and Christina J. Calamaro
Cancer treatment-related decision-making among culturally and linguistically diverse older adults with cancer: A scoping review by the International Society of Geriatric Oncology Nursing and Allied Health Interest Group, Bonnie Leung, Sophie Pilleron, Esther Bastiaannet, Lorinda A. Coombs, Rana Jin, Kavita Kantilal, Kumud Kantilal, Cindy Kenis, Francis Kobekyaa, Ludmila Kosmari, Jessica L. Krok-Schoen, Juan Li, Colm Mac Eochagain, Lorelei Newton, Tracy Ruegg, Petra Stolz-Baskett, Yue Zhao, Cara Bradley, Martine Puts, and Kristen R. Haase
The Quality of Care Delivered in a Simulation Center: A Benchmark Study, Mary Beth R. Maguire, Anne White, and Austin Brown
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Telehealth Family-Delivered Mindfulness-Based Health Wellness (MBHW) Program for Self-Management of Weight by Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Rachel E. Myers, Oleg N. Medvedev, Jisun Oh, Karrie A. Shogren, Giulio E. Lancioni, and Nirbhay N. Singh
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Vietnamese version of the evidencebased practice competency questionnaire for registered nurses (EBP-COQ Prof©), Thi Dung Ngo, Miranda Hawks, Maria Ruzafa-Martinez, Thi Kim Chi Le, Thi Thanh Truc Nguyen, Hong Thiep Nguyen, Van Hieu Phan, and Thi Ngoc Han Nguyen
Navigating the Complexities of Dementia Care: The Lived Experiences of Black American Family Caregivers, Mary Dioise Ramos, Jaelyn Spearman, Jarrett Heath, Danielle Lee, and Modupe Adewuyi
Exploring The Transgender Individual's Experience With Healthcare Interactions: A Phenomenological Study, Amy P. Roach
Nurses’ Perceptions of a Novel Rooming-in Program for Infants With Critical Congenital Heart Disease, Jenna Shackleford, Jennifer Nelson, and Susan Brasher
Another Piece of the Practice Environment Puzzle: Development and Validation of a Team Virtuousness Instrument, Lynn Varagona, Nancy Ballard, Peggy McCartt, Kevin K. McEwan, and Kimberly Knotts
Designing an Innovative Ecosystem for Student Success: Kennesaw State University Wellstar College of Health and Human Services’ Conceptual Model, Jennifer A. Wade-Berg, Deborah Baxter, Lanita S. Wright, Kandice Porter, Susan Dyess, and Monica Swahn
Organizational culture and roles in promoting nurse specialty certifications: A qualitative study in the United States, Holly Wei, Lisa M. Haddad, Tricia A. Nwokocha, Margaret Powers, Aaron Wei, Quinton Carroll, and Nancy Ballard
Pecha Kucha: An Innovative Pedagogy to Cultivate Cultural Competency in 21st Century Nursing Students, Anne White and Kaitlyn Louis
Submissions from 2022
Impact of experiential dementia care learning on knowledge, skills and attitudes of nursing students: A systematic literature review, Modupe Adewuyi, Kathleen Morales, and Anna Lindsey
Bonus time: A gay man’s experience as a long-term HIV survivor, Judith L. Hold and Barbara J. Blake
Population health assessment project: An innovative strategy for teaching principles of epidemiology, Diane L. Keen, Johnathan D. Steppe, Mary Katherine White, and Barbara Blake
The Impact of Generation on Nurse Manager Job Satisfaction, Angela C. Keith, Nora Warshawsky, Donna Neff, and Victoria Loerzel
Place Is Power: Investing in Communities as a Systemic Leverage Point to Reduce Breast Cancer Disparities by Race, Matthew Jay Lyons, Senaida Fernandez Poole, Ross C. Brownson, and Rodney Lyn
Raspberry and blackberry act in a synergistic manner to improve cardiac redox proteins and reduce NF-κB and SAPK/JNK in mice fed a high-fat, high-sucrose diet, Rami S. Najjar, Denise Knapp, Desiree Wanders, and Rafaela G. Feresin
Risk for post-operative delirium related to comorbidities in older adult cardiac patients: An integrative review, Mary Dioise Ramos, Franz Henryk Vergara, Jenna Shackleford, Christina Briggs, Carolina Gomez, Mahdi Mofazali, and Jade Preston
A Scoping Review of the Priority of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Health Care Simulation, Benjamin Smallheer, Tiffani Chidume, M'lyn K.H. Spinks, and Denise Dawkins
PRACT: a pragmatic randomized adaptive clinical trial protocol to investigate a culturally adapted brief negotiational intervention for alcohol use in the emergency department in Tanzania, Catherine A. Staton, Siddhesh Zadey, Paige O’Leary, and Monica H. Swahn
The Role of Debriefing in a Community Health Study Abroad, Johnathan Steppe, Mary Katherine White, Diane L. Keen, Barbara J. Blake, and Jon Thompson
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Alcohol Treatment Access and Harm Prevention in West Africa: Reports from NGOs and Community-Based Organizations, Monica H. Swahn, Adelaide Balenger, Franklin Umenze, and Ritu Aneja
Heavy drinking and problem drinking among youth in Uganda: A structural equation model of alcohol marketing, advertisement perceptions and social norms, Monica H. Swahn, Rachel Culbreth, Ari Fodeman, and Cherell Cottrell-Daniels
Perceived stress and salivary biomarkers in educators: comparison among three stress reduction activities, Doreen Wagner and Sharon M. Pearcey
Submissions from 2021
Impact of a digital intervention on perceived stress, resiliency, social support, and intention to leave among newly licensed graduate nurses: A randomized controlled trial, Lisa Concilio, Joan Such Lockhart, Rebecca Kronk, Marilyn Oermann, Jane Brannan, and James B. Schreiber
Immigration status as a health care barrier in the USA during COVID-19, Jessica Hill, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, and Paul N. McDaniel
Immediate Repeat of a Septic Shock Simulation: Nursing Students’ Lived Experience, Mary Beth Maguire and Anne White
Life Course In HEARTS: Enhancing Telehealth Resilience and Mindfulness Intervention in Older Adults Experiencing Abuse and Trauma-A Conceptualization, Mary Dioise Ramos
End-of-Life Care Decisions for Patients with Dementia, Mary Dioise Ramos, Judith Hold, and Rita Mahmoud
“This Wasn’t Pedagogy, It Was Panicgogy”: Perspectives of the Challenges Faced by Students and Instructors during the Emergency Transition to Remote Learning Due to COVID-19, M’Lyn Spinks, Mike Metzler, Stacy Kluge, Jody Langdon, Rachel Gurvitch, Marina Smitherman, Tiffany Esmat, Sylvia Bhattacharya, Laura Carruth, Katy Crowther, Ren Denton, Ordene V. Edwards, Milind Shrikhande, and Ashley Strong-Green
The Relationship of Postoperative Delirium and Unplanned Perioperative Hypothermia in Surgical Patients, Doreen Wagner, Vallire Hooper, Kaitlyn Bankieris, and Andrew Johnson
The relationship of postoperative delirium and unplanned perioperative hypothermia in surgical patients, V. Doreen Wagner, Vallire Hooper, Kaitlyn Bankieris, and Andrew Johnson
Perioperative nurse educators: Rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, V. Doreen Wagner, Daphne Peneza, Karen White-Edwards, C. Bricker, and M. Mahabee-Betts
Submissions from 2020
Challenges in Conducting Online Survey Research of the Relationship Between Unit-Level Perceived Team Trustworthiness and Clinical and Operational Outcomes, Nancy Ballard, Lynn Varagona, Rob Stilson, Kimberly Knotts, and Joan Sacerio
Implementation and evaluation of SBIRT training in a Community Health nursing course, Marie N. Bremner, Mary Beth R. Maguire, Diane Keen, Barbara J. Blake, Heather Santa, and Alexandra Nowalk
An Interdisciplinary Framework for Palliative and Hospice Education and Practice, Susan Mac Leod Dyess, Angela Prestia, Richard Levene, and Faustino Gonzalez
Losing Sight: The Importance of Nurse Leaders’ Maintaining Patient and Staff Advocacy, Angela Prestia and Susan Mac Leod Dyess
Attitudes, perceived competence, and social limitation among older adults with hearing problems, Mary Dioise Ramos
Recognizing Healthcare Needs Among Older Adults With Dementia and With Migrant Background, Mary Dioise Ramos
Outlook in life of older adults and their health and community condition, Mary Dioise Ramos and Austin Brown
Long-Term Care and COVID-19, What’s Next?, Mary Dioise Ramos and Judith Hold
Facilitators and Barriers Influencing Healthcare-Seeking Behavior Among Elderly Filipino Women in the United States, Mary Dioise Ramos and Rita Mahmoud
A Nurses’ Personal Labor and Postpartum Experience during COVID-19, Jenna Shackleford
Nurses’ Perceptions of Rooming-In for Caregivers of Infants with CCHD, Jenna Shackleford, Rebecca Chambers, Jennifer Nelson, and Susan Brasher
The Effectiveness of Charge Nurse Training on Leadership Style and Resiliency, Leeanna Spiva, Stephan Davis, Jill Case-Wirth, Lisa Hedenstrom, Vicky Hogue, Melissa Box, Elizabeth Berrier, Chenille Jones, Susan Thurman, Kimberly Knotts, and Lauren Ahlers
Submissions from 2019
Water insecurity and urban poverty in the Global South: Implications for health and human biology, Ellis A. Adams, Justin Stoler, and Yenupini Adams
Strategies to Improve Patient Care by Increasing Midwives' Knowledge of Postpartum Care, Yenupini Joyce Adams
Strategies to Increase Use of Postpartum Care Services for Women in Rural Malawi, Yenupini Joyce Adams
Knowledge of postpartum care and postbirth warning signs among midwives in Ghana, Yenupini Joyce Adams and Herman E. Ray
Connecting Communities: The Development of an International Partnership, Laura Caramanica, Christie Emerson, Shinunah Al-Harthy, and Huda Al-Awaisi
Healthcare needs of older adults: in their own words, Judith Hold, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Hans Skott-Myhre, and Alix Janke
Applying the Self-Determination Theory to Health-Related Quality of Life for Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease, Jenna Shackleford, Susan Kelley, and Regena Spratling
Nurses’ Perceptions of Quality of Life for Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease, Jenna Shackleford, Ptlene Minick, and Susan Kelley
Nursing Students' Perceptions of Faculty Trustworthiness: Thematic Analysis of a Longitudinal Study, Lynn M. Varagona and Judith L. Hold
Submissions from 2018
Husband's Knowledge and Attendance at Wives' Postpartum Care among Rural Farmers, Yenupini Joyce Adams, Manfred Stommel, Adejoke Ayoola, Mildred Horodynski, Address Malata, and Barbara Smith
Use of Clinical Faculty Input in Development of an Error and Near-Miss Reporting Form, Christie Emerson, Rebecca Shabo, and Jackie Jones
Successful Advance Care Planning in a Rural Nursing Home, Judith Hold, Camille Payne, Jason Lesandrini, and Avery Caz Glover
Meditation on the Soles of the Feet Practice Provides Some Control of Aggression for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease, Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Oleg N. Medvedev, and Rachel E. Myers
Submissions from 2016
Effects of Reiki With Music Compared to Music Only Among People Living With HIV, V. Doreen Wagner, Marie Bremner, Barbara Blake, and Sharon Pearcey
Submissions from 2014
Effectiveness of a Structured Curriculum Focused on Recognition and Response to Acute Patient Deterioration in an Undergraduate BSN Program, Patricia L. Hart, Jane D. Brannan, Janice M. Long, Mary Beth R. Maguire, and Lois R. Robley
Parental Perception of Child Weight: A Concept Analysis, Nicole Mareno
Submissions from 2013
Cultural Aspects of Treating Survivors of Sex Trafficking, Mary de Chesnay
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses and the Sex Trafficking Pandemic, Mary de Chesnay
Hearing the Voices of Newly Licensed RNs: The Transition to Practice, LeeAnna Spiva, Patricia L. Hart, Lisa Pruner, Donna Johnson, Kenzie Martin, Betsy Brakovich, Frank McVay, and Sency G. Mendoza
Cinemeducation: Teaching Family Assessment Skills Using Full-Length Movies, Astrid H. Wilson, Barbara J. Blake, Gloria A. Taylor, and Glenda Hannings
Submissions from 2012
Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury, Svetlana A. Dambinova
Diagnostic Potential of the NMDA Receptor Peptide Assay for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Svetlana A. Dambinova, Kerstin Bettermann, Theodore Glynn, Matthew Tews, David Olsen, Joseph D. Weissman, and Richard K. Sowell
Global Healthcare: Issues and Policies, Carol Holtz
Oaxacan Women with HIV/AIDS: Resiliency in the Face of Poverty, Stigma, and Social Isolation, Carol S. Holtz, Richard Sowell, and Gabriela Velasquez
Postpartum Stressors: A Content Analysis, Cecilia M. Jevitt, Maureen W. Groer, Nancy F. Crist, Lois Gonzalez, and V. Doreen Wagner
When Nurses Become the "Second" Victim, Jackie H. Jones and Linda A. Treiber
Overweight and Obesity Among White, Black, and Mexican American Children: Implications for When to Intervene, Janice M. Long, Nicole Mareno, Rebecca Shabo, and Astrid H. Wilson
Does Yoga Therapy Reduce Blood Pressure in Patients with Hypertension?: An Integrative Review, Nkechi R. Okonta
Intraoperatively Acquired Pressure Ulcers and Perioperative Normothermia: A Look at Relationships, V. Doreen Wagner, Cindy Fred, Sharon Ford, and Louis Van Brackle
Submissions from 2011
Effect of Education on a Chest Pain Mnemonic on Door-to-ECG Time, Nancy Ballard, Annette Bairan, Lorraine Newberry, Lewis VanBrackle, and Gwen Barnett
What to Do When the Busy Day Is Over, Jane D. Brannan, Mary de Chesnay, and Patricia L. Hart
“Get them while they’re young”: Reflections of Young Gay Men Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection, D. Dennis Flores, Barbara J. Blake, and Richard Sowell
Reasons for HIV Disclosure and Non-Disclosure: An Exploratory Study of Rural African American Men, Susan Gaskins, Pamela Payne Foster, Richard Sowell, Antonio Gardner, and Jason Parton
Effects of Nursing Care and Staff Skill Mix on Patient Outcomes Within Acute Care Nursing Units, Patricia Hart and Nancy Davis
Nurses' Knowledge of Heart Failure Education Principles Survey: A Psychometric Study, Patricia Hart, LeeAnna Spiva, and Laura P. Kimble
Four Responsibilities of the Tuberculosis Nurse, Circa 1919, Marilyn Givens King
A Study to Reduce Medication Errors Using Watson's Caring Theory, Tommie P. Nelms, Jackie Jones, and Linda A. Treiber
Using Experienced Clinicians to Facilitate Clinical Education, Christina Ryan, Becky Shabo, and Kathy Tatum
Discovering Ways That Influence the Older Nurse to Continue Bedside Practice, LeeAnna Spiva, Patricia Hart, and Frank McVay
Roaming Through Virginia with the Public Health Nurse, Blanche Webb and Marilyn Givens King
Considerations of Culture in the Health of the Public, Astrid Wilson and Mary de Chesnay
Submissions from 2010
The Development of the Next Generation of Nurse Leaders, Kathie F. Aduddell and Genie E. Dorman
The Psychiatric Nurse's Role in Application of Recovery and Decision-Making Models to Integrate Health Behaviors in the Recovery Process, Mary Ann Camann
Illness Representations, Emotional Distress, Coping Strategies, and Coping Efficacy as Predictors of Patient Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes, Patricia L. Hart and Cecelia Gatson Grindel
Comparative Systems of Health Care Delivery, Carol Holtz
Cortical Representation of Lateralized Grasping in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): A Combined MRI and PET Study, William D. Hopkins, Jared P. Taglialatela, Jamie L. Russell, Talia M. Nir, and Jennifer Schaeffer
The Effect of Payer Status on the Quality of Diabetes Care: Results from a REACH 2010 Project, Charles Hossler, Carolyn Jenkins, and Marilyn Givens King