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Building Resilience And Coping Effectiveness (Brace): A Program For Military Families, Linda Pauline Zarrett
Building Resilience And Coping Effectiveness (Brace): A Program For Military Families, Linda Pauline Zarrett
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Building Resiliency and Coping Effectiveness (BRACE): A Program for Military Families
by
Linda Zarrett
MSN, University of Cincinnati, 2012
BSN, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, 1985
Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Walden University
August 2015
Veterans returning from combat report significant family strain and Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) yet have limited access to care resources. Family members, including children, report very similar symptoms to those of veterans and have yet fewer health care resources. The purpose of this project was to apply principles from existing research on post-traumatic stress …
Can Nurse-Facilitated Support Groups Foster Self-Awareness?, Althea Lenore Phillips
Can Nurse-Facilitated Support Groups Foster Self-Awareness?, Althea Lenore Phillips
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Students with learning disabilities (LDs) represent 9% of students attending college, and college administrators must comply with a large number of federal requirements outlining the provision of educational services for students with LDs, including offering support groups. Nurse-facilitated support groups, held within the university setting, could provide effective social support, increasing likelihood of college success among students with LDs. The purpose of this project was to develop a plan for implementing nurse-facilitated support groups for students with LDs within the student health services (SHS) department at a university designed to improve their coping skills on personal, social, and academic levels. …