Honors Research is a hallmark of an IWU liberal arts education. Eligible students are invited to embark upon a year-long research or creative arts project with a faculty mentor and a committee of faculty from within and outside of their major department.
Any entry that does not have a pdf attached has been withheld from the repository at the author’s request. Bona fide researchers may be consult these works by visiting the University Archives in Tate Archives & Special Collections; contact archives@iwu.edu or visit Tate Archives and Special Collections for details.

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Submissions from 2023

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Accurate Pulse Assessment by Radial Artery Palpation: A Pilot Study, Abigail Mathis

Submissions from 2022

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Accurate Methods in Pulse Rate Assessment by Palpation: Pilot Study, Emilija Stankute

Submissions from 2020

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Improving Timing of Capillary Blood Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Administration through Patient Education, Emily Lezcano

Content Validity: A Measure of Knowledge, Attitude, Behaviors, and Experiences of Muslims from the Nurse Perspective, Sydney Shanks

Submissions from 2019

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Effects of Weighted Blankets on College Students’ Anxiety, Amy Clapp

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Nursing Students' Knowledge of Alcohol - Interactive Medications, Andrew Coop

Submissions from 2018

A Prefeeding Oral Motor Therapy and its Effect on Feeding Efficiency in a Thai NICU, Victoria Drake

Health Literacy and Knowledge of Female Reproduction in Undergraduate Students, Ashley Sons

Submissions from 2017

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Nurses’ Knowledge of Alcohol-Interactive Medications, Kyle Serafico

Submissions from 2015

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Levels of Empathy in Undergraduate Healthcare Professions Students, Ashley M. Tegge

Submissions from 2014

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Development of a Measure of Nurse Vigilance from the Patient ' s Perspective: A Content Validity Study, Jennifer Boll

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School Nurse Job Satisfaction, Provision of Health Education, and Student Attendence, Molly G. Guenette

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Evidence-Based Practice in Action: Ensuring Quality of Pediatric Assessment Frequency, Katelyn McDonald

Submissions from 2013

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Examining Disparities in Care in an Uninsured, Diabetic Population, Emily R. Manninen

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Assessing Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Cultural Competence in Caring for LGBT Patients, Kristy L. Strong

Submissions from 2012

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Trends of Emergency Department Use by Uninsured Individuals for Non-Urgent Health Care Conditions, Kelly A. Cantlin

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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Educational Techniques, Katherine R. Racanelli

Submissions from 2010

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Reliability Measurement of the Premature Infant Oral Motor Intervention, Clare A. Goebel

Submissions from 2008

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Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Exploring Reliability and Validity and Evaluating the Clinical Utility of its Use in Treatment, Kathleen M. Hoff

Submissions from 2006

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A Survey of Foreign-Educated Nurses: Workforce Experience, Melissa Giegerich

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Detecting Suicide Risk in Adolescents in an Emergency Department: An Implementation Study, Rebecca L. Hahn

Submissions from 2004

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Nurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use of Nonpharmalogical Pain Management Techniques and Therapies, Erin Bicek

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Detecting Suicide Risk in Adolescents and Adults in an Emergency Department: a Pilot Study, Katie N. Davis

Submissions from 2003

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On vs. Off: Coronary Bypass Surgery from a Patient's Perspective, Ann Steele

Submissions from 1999

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The Effects of Personality Characteristics and Stress on Physical Illness, Carly A. Andersen

Submissions from 1996

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Living With Unstable Coronary Artery Disease, Marcie M. Tempel

Submissions from 1995

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The Scope and Practice of Rural Nurse Practitioners in Central Illinois, Lisa L. Lovegren

Submissions from 1994

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Identification of Inner-City, African-American Caregivers' Informational Needs in Providing Care for Their Children, Stacie De Lair

Submissions from 1993

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Factors Affecting Communication Between Emergency Department Nurses, Malynnda Wright

Submissions from 1992

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Feelings and Concerns of New Fathers When Their Spouses Have Epidural Anesthesia During Childbirth, Susan M. Monger

Submissions from 1991

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Student Attitudes Toward Their Role as Patient Advocate, Jacquelyn Heinlein Graven

Submissions from 1982

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The Father's Role During Childbirth and the Neonatal Period in Three Cultures, Sarah J. Bucknell

Submissions from 1981

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A Study of the Relationships Between the Admission Criteria and Success/Failure at the Illinois Wesleyan University School of Nursing, Patty Warters

Submissions from 1978

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A Content Analysis of the Advertisements in Three Nursing Journals: What are They Saying About the Aged?, Ann Temborius

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The Emotional Care of the Dying Patient and His Family, Denise Williams

Submissions from 1976

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The Extent to which the Nursing Process is Acknowledged by I.W.U's Baccalaureate Nursing Graduates as Compared to Other Nursing Graduates Employed in this Community, Debra S. Schwieman

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Sensory Perceptions of the Resusitation Recalled by Post Resuscitated Patients in the Post Resuscitation Period, Michael James Sutter

Submissions from 1975

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A Study of the Relationships Between Attitudes of Student Nurses and Graduate Nurses Toward Death and the Type of Care Student Nurses and Graduate Nurses Give or Would Give Dying Patients, Paula Raibley

Submissions from 1974

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The Questionnaire: A Method of Evaluation for Illinois Wesleyan Brokaw Collegiate School of Nursing, Carol A. Leverich

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Preparation of Childbirth as a Behavior Modifier in Relation to the Viewing of a Film of Natural Childbirth, Susan B. McCullough

Submissions from 1973

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Pre-Operative Teaching: Does it Make a Difference?, Susan Jane Wykle

Submissions from 1970

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Students . . . and Marijuana, Linda J. Behrins

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Drugs: An Educational Challenge, Linda S. Culver

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One Measure of Success: A Study of the Lamaze Technique of Preparation for Childbirth, Cynthia L. Ketchum

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The nurse-midwife in the midwest: A study of factors that affect her utilization, Gwen Marie Ohlendorf

Submissions from 1969

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An application of crisis theory: The suicide prevention center, Karen Drummet

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A Study of the Degree of Health Awareness Among Members of the Class of 1972 at Illinois Wesleyan University, Ruth A. Mohr

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Effects of Hospitalization Upon the Child, Susan Vanek

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Aerospace Nursing: Implications for Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Diane Wentworth

Submissions from 1967

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LSD: An Analysis of the Literature Concerning its Use in the Therapy of Alcoholism, Patti Lyddon

Submissions from 1966

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A Historical Study of the Growth of Psychiatric Facilities in the State of Georgia from 1959-1965, Carla Bays

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A Chance to Survive: Neonatal Narcoric Addiction, Brenda Morgan