Laura L. Feider, PhD, RN, is Lieutenant Colonel, Army Nurse Corps, Nursing Research Service (MCHJ-CN-NR), Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. Pamela Mitchell, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, is Associate Dean for Research, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Accepted for publication March 26, 2009.
This research was supported partially by the University of Washington Hester McLaws Nurse Scholar Program.
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Thank you to the dissertation committee members who assisted with the research process: Drs. Elizabeth Bridges, Lori Loan, and Betty Gallucci. Thank you to the subject matter experts who reviewed the initial survey for content validity: Dr. Betty Gallucci, Mary Jo Grap, and Lieutenant Colonel Marla De Jong.
Corresponding author: Laura L. Feider, PhD, RN, Nursing Research Service (MCHJ-CN-NR), Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431 (e-mail: [email protected]).
