Department of Graduate Nursing

Dissertations

The College of Nursing dissertation list is comprised of dissertations authored by South Dakota State University College of Nursing doctoral students.

Dissertations from 2020

Student	Advisor	Committe members	Dissertations title
Brandon Varilek	Dr. Mary Isaacson	Dr. Mary Minton and Dr. Sarah Mollman	Gibing Voice to Adults Living with Cystic Fibrosis: A Phenomenological Study
Danielle Schievelbein	Dr. Heidi Mennenga	Dr. Thomas Stenvig, Dr. Mary Kay Nissen and Dr. Djira	Follow-Up Nurse Phone Calls for Heart Failure Patients: A Case Study

Dissertations from 2019

Student	Advisor	Committee members	Dissertations Title
Tamara Keefner	Dr. Thomas Stenvig	Dr. Marylou Mylant and Dr. Kay Foland	Searching for a Sense of Place: The Process of How Adolescent Girls Escape Suicide
Shannon O'Connell-Persuad	Dr. Mary Minton	Dr. Heidi Mennenga, Dr. Djiria and Dr. Mary Isaacson	Spirituality, Religiosity, and Perceived Ability to Provide Spiritual Care in Nursing Student
Jessica Stadick	Dr. Nancy Fahrenwald and Dr. Heidi Mennenga	Dr. Mary Isaacson	Assessing the Impact of Interprofessional Education on the Attitudes and Interprofessional Competencies of Health Care Professionals: A Mixed Methods Study
Heidi Meyer	Dr. Heidi Mennenga	Dr. Mary Isaacson and Dr. Lori Hendrickx	Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Its Relationship to Clinical Reasoning in Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study

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 Mylantand 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 Psychiatry 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. Christina Lammers and Dr. Howard Wey	A Multi-Media Preventative Reproductive Health Intervention in a Family Planning Setting

Dissertations from 2014

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 Human becoming 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. Kay Foland	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. Thomas Stenvig	Dr. Paula Carson, 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.Thomas Stenvig	Living on the Edge: A Human becoming 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. Thomas Stenvig, 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

Dissertation 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