University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Dissertations UMSL Graduate Works 12-17-2009 Soothability and Growth in Preterm Neonates Holly Johanna Diesel University of Missouri-St. Louis,
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[email protected]. Soothability and Growth in Preterm Neonates by Holly Johanna Diesel B.A., Sociology, Southern Methodist University, 1974 B.S.N., Nursing, University of Missouri – St. Louis, 1987 M.S.N., Nursing, University of Missouri – Kansas City, 1992 A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Graduate School of the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI- ST. LOUIS In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Nursing December 2009 Advisory Committee Dawn Garzon, Ph.D. Chairperson Donna Taliaferro, Ph.D. Co-chair Kathy Borcherding, Ph.D. Thomas Burroughs, Ph.D Wilma Calvert, Ph.D. Leigh Tenkku, Ph.D. Copyright 2009 by Holly Johanna Diesel All Rights Reserved i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my heart-felt appreciation to all who assisted in the completion of this dissertation. My particular thanks go to the members of the dissertation committee, and the entire University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Nursing faculty who have supported and sustained me through my doctoral studies.