PhD Dissertations
Completed Dissertations
This chart includes a listing of dissertation titles and chairpersons by PhD students who have completed the program. The dissertation is an original research study that is required for the PhD degree.
| Year | Name | Title | Committee Chair |
| 2022 | Fatima A. Alzyoud | That Influence Nurse Disrespect and Abuse Toward Laboring and Child-Birthing Women in Healthcare. | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2022 | Julianne Walsh | The Effects of a Reflective Journaling Activity on Critical Reflective Thinking in Prelicensure Baccalaureate Nursing Students Post-Simulation-Based Education: A Quasi-Experimental Model-Guided Study | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2021 | Dennis Doherty | Exploring the Charge Nurse Leadership Role and Practice Transition: A Qualitative Study of the Novice’s Perspective | Dr. Susan Hunter Revell |
| 2021 | Susan Wareing | Transition to Long-Term Care for Elders with Dementia | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2021 | Terri Legare | Novice Nurse Educators’ Perception of Reflection | Dr. June Horowitz |
| 2021 | Christine Ann Fournier Bell | Examination of Factors Affecting Therapeutic Attitude and Empowerment of Perianesthesia Nurses Who Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2021 | Chimizie Agomoh | Home Health Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Adults with Schizophrenia in Home Settings in the United States: A Qualitative Descriptive Study | Dr. Maryellen Brisbois |
| 2021 | Lisa VanCott | Identifying the School Administrator’s Understanding of the School Nurse Role | Dr. June Horowitz |
| 2021 | Kathryn Sabo | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Primary Healthcare Providers with Assessing and Supporting Older Informal Caregivers | Dr. Elizabeth Chin |
| 2021 | Destiny Brady | Exploring the Implicit Ethical Values in Nurse Faculty Stories: A Qualitative Descriptive Study | Dr. Susan Hunter Revell |
| 2020 | Christine Devine | Nursing Student Perceptions of Academic and Clinical Integrity | Dr. Elizabeth Chin |
| 2020 | Jane Murphy | Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurse Spirituality, Stress, Coping, Spiritual Well-Being and Intent to Leave the Discipline: A Mixed- methods Study | Dr. Elizabeth Chin |
| 2019 | Melissa Lynn Desroches | Nurses’ Attitudes and Emotions Toward Caring for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Cross-Sectional, Correlational-Predictive Research Study | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2019 | Mirinda Gaye Brown Tyo | Predictors of Resilience and Burdening Family Caregivers of Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2019 | Mary Elizabeth Coughlin | Chronic Sorrow in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2019 | Karen Quinn Doherty | In Search of the Art of Nursing Within Nursing Education: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nursing Faculty Perceptions | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2019 | Shannon Avery-Desmarais | Minority Stress and Problematic Substance Use in a Population of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Nurses | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2018 | Jennifer Angela Fearon-Lynch | Effects of Guided Reflection on Diabetes Mellitus Self-Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2018 | Lisa Jean Thomas | Perceptions of Resilience Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2018 | Rachel Allen | The Roles of Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Formulating the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2018 | Mary-Elizabeth Sosa | Physical Activity in Women to Prevent Cardiac Disease: A Qualitative Study to Investigate Self-Management of Cardia Disease Risk Through Physical Activity | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2018 | Maria Virgen Vasquez | A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Experiences of Living Kidney Donors | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2018 | Susan Lynn Taylor | Development and Validation of a Service-Learning Outcomes Assessment Instrument for Pre-Licensure Nursing Students | Dr. Elizabeth Chin |
| 2017 | William Deane | Transitioning to Concept-based Teaching: A Qualitative Descriptive Study from the Nurse Educator’s Perspective | Dr Marilyn Asselin |
| 2017 | Robbin Dawn Miraglia | Exploring the Reflective Practices of Newly Graduated Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2017 | Marva V. Foster | Heart Failure Self-care with the Aid of a Smartphone Application | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2017 | Kristen Corey | Predictors of Psychological Outcomes in Former Caregivers of People with Dementia | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2017 | Sharon Keating | Text Messaging as in Intervention for Weight Loss in Overnight and Obese Emerging Adults | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2017 | Rayna Letourneau | The Effect of Transition to Practice Programs on the Self-Assessment of Newly Licensed Registered Nurses’ Confidence in Quality and Safety Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Attainment in the Hospital-Based Setting | Dr. Mary McCurry |
| 2017 | Andrea S. Hansen | Living with Uncertainty: Perspective of Those Living with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Qualitative Descriptive Study | Dr. Susan Hunter Revell |
| 2016 | Nancy Murphy | Nursing Assessment and Interventions to Manage Acute Pain in the Preterm Neonate: Practice Analysis | Dr. Gail Russell |
| 2016 | Patricia Dwyer | Multilevel Influences on New Graduate Nurse Burnout and Turnover Intent | Dr. Susan Hunter Revell |
| 2016 | Amy E Bruno | Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study Exploring the Individual’s Perspective | Dr. Susan Hunter Revell |
| 2016 | Kathleen Plante | RN-BS Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Caring in Online Nursing Courses: A Mixed-Method Study | Dr. Maryellen Brisbois |
| 2016 | Coleen Toronto | Health Literacy Competencies for Registered Nurses: An E-Delphi Study | Dr. Barbara Weatherford |
| 2015 | Jennifer Dunbar Viveiros | The testing effect phenomenon as an intervention to improve memory performance in heart failure patients | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2015 | Margaret Sheridan Mock | Health Literacy Measurement in Hospitalized Community Dwelling Adults with Heart Failure: A Feasibility Study | Dr. Kristen Sethares |
| 2015 | Patricia Rice Willis | Caring for Women who Experience a Perinatal Loss: A Qualitative Descriptive Study from the Nurses’ Perspective | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2014 | Kristine Batty | Factors Affecting Resilience in Families with an Adult Member with Diabetes | Dr. James Fain |
| 2014 | Kathleen M. Downey | Perceptions of Transition to Nurse Among Accelerated Graduate Entry Students: A Qualitative Descriptive Study A Dissertation in Nursing | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2014 | Louise J Sullivan | Thriving: Explicating the Concept for Elder Residents in Long Term Care: A Qualitative Study | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2013 | Michelle McMahon | Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning on the Clinical Judgment Abilities and Ambiguity Tolerance of Baccalaureate Nursing Students During High Fidelity Simulation | Dr. Marilyn Asselin |
| 2012 | Janet Lusk Monagle | Effect of Modeling on Clinical Judgment in Nursing Students During Simulation | Dr. Kerry Fater |