The College of Nursing dissertation list is comprised of dissertations authored by South Dakota State University College of Nursing doctoral students.
Dissertations from 2018 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Dawn Bos | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Cindi Elverson and Dr. Victoria Britson | Relationship of Physical Health Risk Screenings in Seriously Mentally Ill with Self-efficacy for Health, Perception of Health Risk, and Intention to Follow-up with Medical Care | |||
Dissertations from 2017 | ||||||
Student | Advisor | Committee Members | Dissertation Title | |||
| Forbes, Amy | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Cindi Elverson and Dr. Linda Burdette | Health-Promoting Behaviors, Hope, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons Impacted by Parkinson's Disease | |||
Dissertations from 2016 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Brown, Robin | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Howard Wey and Dr. Linda Herrick | Determining the Relationship Among Change Fatigue, Resilience, and Job Satisfaction of Hospital Staff Nurses | |||
| Hansen, Julie | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Marylou Mylant and Dr. Linda Burdette | The Nurse As A Family Caregiver: Their Experiences, Their story | |||
| Harmelink, Andrea | Dr. Mary Minton | Dr. Jo Voss and Dr. Heidi Mennenga | Effects of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Perceived Stress, Perceived Coping Ability, and Resilience in Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Students | |||
| Kittelsrud, Julie | Dr. Barbara Hobbs | Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald and Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Depression Outcomes in Care Coordination, Primary Care and Psychiatriy Patients after Pharmacogenetic Testing | |||
| Scherer, Marcia | Dr. Linda Herrick and Dr. Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler | Dr. Mary Isaacson | The Learning Experiences of Immigrants who are Graduates of an Entry-Level Baccalaureate Nursing Program in Minnesota | |||
Dissertations from 2015 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Marckstadt, Sheryl | Dr. Mary Minton and Dr. Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler | Dr. Paula Carson | Reinventing Life: A Glaserian Grounded Theory Study | |||
| Nerud, Kimberly | Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald | Dr. Howard Wey, Dr. Linda Burdette, and Dr. Jessica Meendering | Make a Move: An Intervention to Reduce Childhood Obesity | |||
| Poor Bear, Audrey | Dr. Marylou Mylant | Dr. Mary Isaacson and Dr. Kay Foland | The Lived Experience of Radical, Unexpected, or Unpredicted Healing from a Life-Altering Disease | |||
| Potthoff, Meghan | Dr. Mary Minton | Dr. Cynthia Elverson and Dr. Marge Hegge | Go Wish: A Pilot Study of an Advance Care Planning Conversation Tool in Pediatric Palliative Care | |||
| Smith, Diane | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Margaret Hegge and Dr. Mary Isaacson | Sisters of Mercy: The Walking Nuns' Siouxland Journey and Experiences in Nursing (1890-1965) | |||
| Swan, Marilyn | Dr. Barbara Hobbs | Dr, Thomas Stenvig and Dr. Linda Burdette | Exploring the Relationship of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Lack of Anonymity in Nurses | |||
| Wrede, Jane | Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald | Dr. ChristinaLammers and Dr. Howard Wey | A Multi-Media Preventative Reproductive Health Intervention in a Family Planning Setting | |||
Dissertations from 2014 | ||||||
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| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Berkland, Diana | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Thomas Stenvig,Dr. Kay Foland, and Dr. Barbara Condon | The Experience of Feeling Respected for Rural Nurse Leaders | |||
| Gordon, Dawn | Dr. Kay Foland | Dr. Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler, Dr. Marylou Mylant, Dr. Lois Tschetter | The Voice of the Nursing Student after Experiencing Collaborative Testing | |||
| Hawkins, Kimberly | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Marge Hegge, Dr. Janet Lord, and Dr. Barbara Condon | The Experience of Feeling Disrespected: A Humanbecoming Perspective | |||
| Manz, Julie | Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Dr. Kay Foland, Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald,and Dr. May Kunes-Connell | Patients or Prisoners? A Grounded Theory of How Nurses Provide Care to Inmate-Patients | |||
| Todd, Martha | Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Dr. Paula Carson, Dr. Mary Minton | Discovering Who I am and Who I Want to be as a Woman and Mother: The Process of Transitioning to Homelessness for Single Mothers | |||
| Vander Veen, Kathryn | Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald and Dr. Patricia Shaver | Registered Nurse Support for Patient Activation | |||
Dissertations from 2013 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
Bomgaars, Debbie | Dr. Marge Hegge, Dr. Robin Peterson-Lunch | Reciprocity in Relationships Among Rural Nurses | ||||
| Dinndorf-Hogenson, Georgia | Dr. Marge Hegge | Dr. Thomas Stenvig,Dr. Barbara Hobbs,Dr. Mary Minton, and Dr. Zhoung | Perioperative Nurses Perceptions of Moral Courage | |||
| Haugen-Rogers, Jan | Dr. Marylou Mylant | Dr. Marge Hegge, Dr. Sandra Bunkers, and Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Parental Experience of Coping, Social Support and Uncertainty During Childhood Genetic Testing | |||
| Knitig, Kathy | Dr. Margaret Hegge | Dr. Sandra Bunkers, Dr. Marylou Mylant, and Dr. Janet Lord | The Living Experience of Feeling Playful | |||
| Letcher, Deborah | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Margaret Hegge, Dr. Janet Lord, and Dr. Marylou Mylant | Searching for an Answer: A Human Becoming Research Study | |||
Dissertations from 2012 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Kertz, Nancy | Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Dr. Sandra Bunkers, Dr. Paula Carson, Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald | The Recognition of Child Abuse: Expert Providers' Experience | |||
| Thompson, Shila | Dr. Barbara Hobbs | Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald, Dr. Roberta Olson, and Dr. Thomas Stenvig | Testing of an Instrument for Measuring Nurse Behaviors Related to Safe Patient Handling | |||
Dissertations from 2011 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
Krogh, Mary Anne | Dr. PaulaCarson, Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald, Dr. Jo Voss, Dr. Timothy Muckle | A Psychometric Evaluation of Innovative Item Types Added to the National Certification Examination for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists | ||||
Peterson-Lund, Robin | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Margaret Hegge, Dr. Marylou Mylant, Dr.ThomasStenvig | Living on the Edge: A Humanbecoming Perspective | |||
Dissertations from 2010 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Burdette, Linda | Dr. Marge Hegge | Dr. Kay Foland, Dr. Thomas Stenvig, Dr. Janet Lord | Relationship between Self-Care Agency, Self-Care Practices, and Obesity among Rural Midlife Women | |||
Dissertations from 2009 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Britson, Victoria Lynn Strauser | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Marge Hegge, Dr. ThomasStenvig, and Dr. Tish Smyer | The Lived Experience of Taking a Risk for Persons Who Have Experienced Natural Disaster | |||
Reding, Noreen Eberline | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Kay Foland, Dr. Marge Hegge, and Dr. Thomas Stenvig | The Lived Experience of Feeling Peaceful | |||
Dissertations from 2008 | ||||||
| Student | Advisor | Committee members | Dissertation title | |||
| Condon, Barbara Backer | Dr. Sandra Bunkers | Dr. Margaret Hegge, Dr. Janet Lord, and Dr. Kay Foland | The Lived Experience of Feeling Misunderstood for Persons Living with Vitiligo | |||