Doctoral Student Research

Dissertations

Graduates Title Degree Granted
Jinah Shin Help-Seeking Behaviors by Korean Immigrants for their Depression May, 1999
Barbara Phelan Outcomes of Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation: The Relevance of Tracheostomy Timing May, 2000
Inseon Hwang Factors Influencing Abstinence and Condom Use Behaviors among Asian American Adolescents May, 2001
Andrea Belanus Brassard Outcomes of Home Care Use in Urban Elders May, 2002
Bernadette Capili Testing Acupressure for the Relief of Nausea and Vomiting in Persons with HIV/AIDS May, 2002
Kathleen Leask Capitulo An Ethnography of Perinatal Grieving Online May, 2002
Wei-Ti Chen Acculturation, Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Health Care Practices Regarding Breast Care in Female Chinese Immigrants in New York Metropolitan Area May, 2002
Susan Martin Chemotherapy Handling and Effects Among Nurses' Offspring April, 2003
Nancy Pontes "If I Cry Less I Can Fit in More Play-Dates": Mothers' Experience with Time Famine April, 2003
Hussein Tahan Grounded Theory Construction in Acute Care Nursing Case Management April, 2003
Kris Qureshi E.D. Utilization Patterns for a Sample with Employer Based Health Insurance April, 2003
Jean Connor Initial Outcomes for Infants Born With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome April, 2003
Arlene Smaldone Predictors of Recurrent Ketoacidosis among Children with Type 1 Diabetes Melitus: An Application of Patick's Mode of Health Promotion for People with Diabetes. Dec. 2003
Sarina Petrolino-Roche Factors Influencing Breast Cancer Screening Practices May, 2004
Jeannie Cimiotti Nurse Staffing and Healthcare-Associated Infections in the Neonatal ICU May, 2004
Estelle Pisani Analyzing Talk about Sexuality among Older Adult Visually Impaired Friends May, 2004
Rula Btoush Utilization of Emergency Department Services by Victims of Intimate Partner Violence May, 2004
Kathleen A. Fagan Smoking Cessation Counseling Practices of College/University Healthcare Providers - A Theory Based Approach May, 2004
Judith Aponte Trending of Diabetes Mellitus in the Hispanic US Population May, 2004
Patricia Dykes Adherence to Practice Guidelines and Heart Faliure Outcomes before and after Implementation of the HEARTFELT May, 2004
Leslie Taub Concordance of Selected Self-Reported Provider Recommendations With the Recommendations of the American Diabetes Association's Evidence Based Guidelines Using A National Survey Oct, 2004
Leanne Currie Development and Testing of an Automated Fall and Injury Risk Assessment Instrument Oct, 2004
Loraine Sanders Factors Associated with Depression Screening Across the Lifespan by Certified Nurse Midwives/Certified Midwives Feb, 2005
Ruth Griffin The Effects of Childrens Gender, Race & Level of Attractiveness on Nurses Pain Management Decisions Guidelines Using a national Survey May, 2005
William Dan Roberts A Study of Clinical Practice Guideline-Related Knowledge Representation Models and Comprehension-Generated Inferences of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians at Varying Levels of Expertise Oct, 2005
Jacqueline Merrill A Network Analysis of Information Use in a Public Health Organization Feb, 2006
Nam-Ju Lee Development and Evaluation of a Prototype Personal Digital Assistant-Decision Support System for the Management of Obesity May, 2006
Denise (Myrtle) Pollard Meaning of Maternal Caregiving and Health Perceptions in Ghana, West Africa: A Visual Ethnography May, 2006
Sharon Roche Narratives of Critical Care Nurses Caring for the Dying Elderly May, 2006
Paige Thompson The Relationship of Fatigue and Meaning in Life in Breast Cancer Survivors May, 2006
Charlotte Cabello No Turning Back - A Roller Coaster Marathon of Adult Live Liver Donation May, 2006
Jeeyae Choi Development and Evaluation of a Computer-Interpretable Guideline for Depression Screening and Initial Management in Primary Care May, 2006
Tsai-Ya Lai The Design and Evaluation of HIV TIDES - Tailored Interventions for Management of Depressive Symptoms in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS May, 2006
Cassandra Dobson Guided Imagery for Pain Management by Children with Sickle Cell Disease Ages 6 - 11 October, 2006
Sookyung Hyun Design and Evaluation of a Standards-Based, User-Centered Prototype Electronic Nursing Documentation System February, 2007
Michelle Appelbaum Appreciating Life: Being the Father of a Child with Severe Cerebral Palsy May, 2007
Janet Haas Impact of Wearable Alcohol Gel Dispenser on Hand Hygiene in an Urban Emergency Department May, 2007
Mary Ann Witt Bone Mass in Urban Children with Asthma Receiving Long-Term Inhaled Corticosteroids May, 2007
Andrea Sonenberg State Regulation of Practice and the Utilization of Nurse-Midwives for Medicaid Funded Prenatal Care May, 2007
Diane Pastor Decision Making by Elderly, Community-Dwelling, Spousal Caregivers about Long-term Care Placements for Partners with Alzheimer’s disease February, 2008
Shin Shang Chou Development and Testing of the Chinese Version of the Nurse Work Index–Revised in Taiwan May, 2008
Katherine MacDavitt An Examination of the Relationships between Nurse Outcomes and Patient Outcomes May, 2008
Dennis Graham Dissertation title: Predictors of Inpatient Mortality Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery in New York City 2000-2004 May, 2008
Roland Larkin Challenges to Prison Based Mental Health Research: A Case Study May, 2008
Maryelena Vargas Mother and Clinician Perspectives on the Information needs, Information Seeking Behaviors, Communication Processes, and Resources of First Time Breastfeeding Latina Mothers May, 2008

Funded Research

F-1 Patricia Dykes, BA, MA, RN - Guidelines Adherence After Clinical Pathway Intervention (Funded by an NRSA)
F-2 Susan Martin, MSN, MN, RN – Chemotherapy Handling and Effects Upon Nurses’ Offspring (Funded by the Oncology Nursing Society and the Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Zeta Chapter)