Health Promotion
Commentary: Nurses as Champions of Health Promotion
Sheila P. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP) Impacts
Kathleen Farrell, DNSc
Advanced Practice Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Health Promotion
Elizabeth Rash, PhD
Relationships Among Types of Social Support and QOL in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Coretta M. Jenerette, PhD, RN, AOCN
Perceptions of Cancer Risk, Risk Management and Family Issues: Views of Women at Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer
Wendy F. Cohn, PhD; Gertrude Fraser, PhD; Susan M. Jones, MS; and Susan Miesfeldt, MD
Original Research
Successful Aging in a Southern Older Adult Sample
Meredith Flood PhD, CNS-BC and Mary Boyd, PhD, RN
The Lived Experience of Nurses Providing Care to Victims of the 2005 Hurricanes
Deborah Frank, PhD, ARNP, MFT
Challenges in Caring for the Morbidly Obese
Daniel J. Drake, RN, MSN, CBN; Gloria Baker, RN, MSN; Martha Keehner Engelke, RN, PhD; Maura McAuliffe; Marie Pokorny; Melvin Swanson; Wanda Waters, RN, ADN; Frank R. Watkins, Jr, RN, BSN; and Mary Ann Rose, MSN, EdD
Loss of Resources and Depressive Symptoms after Traumatic Injury
Elizabeth R. Van Horn, PhD, RN, CCRN and Merle Mishel, PhD, RN, FAAN