Nursing

Newly graduated Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) encounter significant challenges without formal mentor support and guidance. While mentoring is crucial fo [...]

This Dissertation includes 5 chapters comprising an introduction to the field of nature-based interventions including Shinrin Yoku and the impacts of these interventions [...]

Two primary research questions guide the specific aims of the three manuscripts in this dissertation. They are as follows:

1. What are the pain, depressive, anx [...]

Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) require uninterrupted lifelong specialized cardiac care, yet the transition years are a vulnerable time for these patients. T [...]

The field of public health has long named unintended pregnancy a problem concentrated in people of lower social class and associated with negative outcomes. A main strate [...]

In this dissertation, I explore the mechanisms by which providing end-of-life care labor to parents harms women’s subjectivities. Subjectivity encompasses a person’s posi [...]

Maternal self-efficacy (MSE) plays an important role during the transition to motherhood since it can affect both maternal and infant health outcomes. However, research o [...]

Palliative care (PC) is an interdisciplinary specialty focused on symptom relief and quality of life (QOL) for people and families living with serious illnesses from diag [...]

OHSU nursing students in Southern Oregon have discovered that women on community supervision in Jackson County are experiencing barriers to obtaining health care. The hig [...]

The diversity of activities and role titles has produced confusion within the nursing and medical professions. This paper addresses the problem of these diverse activitie [...]