Glenda N. Lindseth, PhD, RN, is Professor of Nursing in the Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Dawn L. Denny, PhD, RN, ONC, is a Nursing Instructor at Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, Montana.
Correspondence to: Glenda N. Lindseth, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota, 430 Oxford Street, Stop 9025, Grand Forks, ND 58202 ([email protected]).
This research was supported by the University of North Dakota Faculty Research Seed Money Program and the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health (1C06 RR 022088–01).
The study design for this research project was completed by Glenda Lindseth, and data collection and analysis and manuscript preparation were completed by both Glenda Lindseth and Dawn Denny. The authors thank Dr. Eleanor Yurkovich for her expertise in assisting with the analysis of narratives for this qualitative study.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Received March 22, 2013
Accepted June 25, 2013
