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Dissertations and Theses

Projects from 2020 2020

Preparing Ambulatory Care Leaders for Service: Onboarding to Mentorship, Kara Simpson

Preparing the Nurse Aide I Student for the Workplace: Combating Burnout and Compassion Fatigue, Patrice Staley

Principal Perceptions: The Impact of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports on Discipline Disproportionality, Courtney K. Johnson

Professional Growth: How do Cooperating Teachers Grow Through the Experience of Having a Student Teacher?, Ashton D. Coppley

Proposal of the Need for Mental Health First Aid Training of Associate Degree Nursing Faculty in a Community College Setting, Amy Kelly

Raising Awareness of Eating Disorders in the High School System: A Community Program Project, Dara Puryear

Reducing Nurses' Communication Anxiety During End of Life Care, Susan Dunbar Wolfrom

Responsive Classroom: A Mixed Methods Study of the Impact on Academic Achievement and Social Skills, Amy Hildenbrand

Shared Governance Council: Improving Staff and Patient Satisfaction, Haley O'Brien Hall

Simulation Impact on Medication Administration Safety: A Simulation Quality Improvement Project, Stacy Simpson

Strengthening Intergenerational Bonds Through the Practice of Learning and Mission at First Baptist Church Valdese, NC, Joshua Lail

Students’ Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, D'Anna Helms

Suicidal Risk Education in Hospice Care, Shannon Jones

Summer Reading Loss: A Program Evaluation on the Impact of a Summer School Program on Reducing Summer Reading Loss in High-Poverty Middle School Students in an Urban School District, Rossi J. Volley

Teacher Reflective Practice and the Influence on Student Achievement, Laura Wyatt

The Impact of Early College Programs on Transitioning to 4-Year Institutions, Tracie Hope Anderson Swilley

The Impact of Number Talks on Kindergarten Math Growth in a Large Private Independent School, Rebecca Knight

The Impact of Research-Based Professional Development on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Collective Efficacy Beliefs with Respect to Applying Techniques from Teach Like a Champion 2.0, Rhonda L. Partin-Dunn

The Impact of the MTSS Framework on Special Education Referral Rates and Eligibility for Specific Learning Disabilities, Tonya Scism Walker

The Intersection of Education and Service: A Phenomenological Study, Jonathan Bryant

Widening the Pipeline: Identifying Practices and Structures That Effectively Recruit and Retain African-American Females in Undergraduate Computer Science Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Martha Haigler

Work Well: Promoting Health Behaviors and Self-Care Amongst Public School Faculty, Staff, & Administrators, Sherri Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Stress, Ariel Starr Tate

Active Shooter Awareness Education and Training Using Best Practices for Nurses in Acute Care Facilities, Amanda Carol Dean

A Descriptive Phenomenological Exploration of Resiliency through Math Curriculum Changes from the Perspectives of Elementary Educators, Shanna Good