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FACULTY RESEARCH AREA AND
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| Last Name |
First Name |
Credentials |
Extension |
Office# |
Email |
Research areas
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Current Projects
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| Adams |
Phyllis |
Ed.D,
FNP, RN |
7334 |
526 |
pcadams@uta.edu |
Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait across the life
span, HIV in the elderly, needs of homelessness persons, GI studies |
articles - development for submission; grant - to be developed for adolescent transitions |
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Aguilar |
Dolores |
RN, MSN |
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aguilar@uta.edu |
Child Abuse; Occupational Health Nursing: Substance Abuse in
the Workplace; Cultural issues especial among Hispanics |
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| Anderson |
Cheryl |
PhD,
RN, CNS |
4820 |
639 |
c.anderson@uta.edu |
Violence-(family & work place); Addictions; post partum depression (Adolescent) |
1)Intervention
study for training module reducing workplace violence 2)National study on
interpersonal characteristics of nurses and vulnerabilities for workplace
violence 3) Portpartum depression among adolescents 4) Completion of
articles on workplace violence among Hispanics and ending abuse |
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Ashe |
Mary Jane |
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ashe@uta.edu |
recruitment and retention of students |
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| Baker |
Joy Don |
PhD,
RN,
CNOR, CNAA, BC |
4874 |
513 |
jdbaker@uta.edu |
Meaning - making: Late in Life
Transitions; Home laundered scrubs in the OR; Management - Administrator; Distance
Education; Informatics |
Inventory
Development regarding the Baker Connection Model relative to Life
Transitions with an initial focus on the Late-in-Life population; Home
laundered scrubs in the OR |
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Barnes |
Donelle |
PhD, RN |
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Refugees, immigrants, social support,
depression |
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| Barr |
Wendy |
PhD,
RN |
4858 |
518 |
barr@uta.edu |
Nursing interventions to improve quality of life, morbidity and mortality
in critical care patients, use of restraints in critical care, the
correlation of cultural immersion experiences and health care outcomes for
underserved populations. |
Planning stage: measuring outcomes related to cultural immersion in
Mexico |
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Behan |
Deborah |
PhD(c) |
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behan@uta.edu |
Health of Nurses - staffing |
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| Bond |
Mary Lou |
PhD,
RN |
5295 |
518 |
mlbond@uta.edu |
Health Promotion- Hispanic population; Acculturation and health patterns (Mexican immigrant); Promotion of Cultural Competence among health professionals; Health literacy among Mexican population |
Relationships of acculturation, health promoting behaviors, health outcomes of Mexican immigrant pregnant women; Attitudes, Knowledge and skill of Nurse faculty toward caring for patients of diverse cultures |
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| Cason |
Carolyn
L |
PhD,
RN |
5781 |
504 |
clcason@uta.edu |
Nursing Care Outcomes; Quality/Performance indicators; evidence-based practice |
Partners in action for teen health, AISD; School-based dental health, DHA |
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Cleary |
Donna |
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Respiratory asthma (pediatric and adult) COPD,
pulmonary rehab including education patient , family and clinical practice
guidelines |
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| Courtney |
Reni |
PhD, RN, CFNP |
4876 |
533 |
maureen@uta.edu |
Cardiocascular risk reduction, Lipid disorders management, Weight loss clinical programs, Diabetic management/metabolic syndrome, Prevention in primary care |
Work-site cardiovascular risk management. 1) Game of health - group education for weight loss and CVD prevention 2) Personal counseling and medical management for high-risk individuals. |
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Daniel |
Kathryn |
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renal disease in the indigent elderly,
estimation of GFR in the elderly, models of care delivery in geriatric
practice, practice models in geriatric practice, ambulatory and long term
care, medication adherence in the elderly, nutrition in frail elderly living
in nursing homes, potentially inappropriate medication prescribing in the
elderly, transitions in care for geriatric patients and families across the
continuum of healthcare and residential living |
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Dihigo |
Sharolyn |
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infant colic, childhood termperament, and
learning disabilities |
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Gainer |
Cheryl |
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Celiac Disease research, especially lifestyle
change and breastfeeding in prevention of chronic disease |
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| Gray |
Jennifer |
PhD,
RN |
4840 |
625 |
jgray@uta.edu
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HIV/ AIDS - Spirituality, psychosocial
factors medication adherence; Spirituality of Nurses |
Needs Assessment of E.TX Health Care Providers r/t Perinatal Transmission of HIV; Nurses Learning Needs Assessment r/t HIV/Aids Care Secondary Analysis of learning Needs of Nurses in the Dominican Republic r/t HIV; Aids Outreach Center- Forth Worth- Outcomes research for provided services; Focus Group Validation of Qualitative Themes- Successful Medication Adherers |
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| Handy |
Nancy |
PhD,
RN |
4039 |
516 |
nhandy@uta.edu |
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Hanks |
Robert |
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nursing advocacy and instrumentation |
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| Hegstad |
Lorrie |
PhD,
RN |
7341 |
633 |
hegstad@uta.edu |
Evaluation
techniques, Teaching and testing critical thinking |
Currently
nothing formal. |
| Heusinkveld |
Karen |
PhD, RN,
FAAN |
4791 |
517 |
heusink@uta.edu |
Community/public health nursing educational needs, Tobacco control, Role delineation for oncology practice |
Role delineation for oncology nursing practice, Tobacco control models |
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John |
Lauri |
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developing and testing interventions to
promote quality of life in people with lung cancer |
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| Judkins |
Sharon |
PhD, RN,
CNAA |
2291 |
646 |
judkins@uta.edu |
Hardiness and Stress, Leadership, Rural nursing administration |
Hardiness Home Care Nurses, Hardiness ICU Nurses/Patient outcomes, Hardiness Training among Nurse Managers |
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LeFlore
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Judy |
PhD,
RN
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4760 |
514 |
jleflore@uta.edu |
Very
low birth weight and extremely low birth weight neonates. Two areas
specifically are assessing blood pressure and vascular volume and its
determinants, and neurologic outcome and its predictors |
Capillary
refill time in term neonates and the use of frontal-occipital
circumference as a predictor of neurologic outcome at 18-22 months
corrected age |
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Mancini |
Mary E (Beth) |
PhD, RN, FAAN, CNA |
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mancini@uta.edu |
Resuscitation, simulation |
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Michael |
Jackie |
PhD, RN |
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michaels@uta.edu |
Culture, Sprituality, Higher education
methods, strategies, techniques strategies, techniques and curriculum
development-revision, simulation, clinical decision making, clinical
judgment |
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Mintz-Binder |
Rhonda |
PhD, RN |
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social support and job satisfaction of nursing
program directors; simulation based academic outcomes |
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Nelson |
Kristine |
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active learning including simulation (using
human patient simulators and and standardized patients) and computer based
teaching tools and approaches. |
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| O'Quinn |
Josie |
PhD, RN |
7344 |
668b |
oquinn@uta.edu |
health
promotion |
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Patrick |
Vicki |
MSN, RN |
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Clinical simulation, core and advanced trauma
education acquisition and and evaluation of basic trauma skills for
emergency nurses |
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| Poster |
Liz |
PhD,
RN |
4792 |
669 |
poster@uta.edu |
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Editor: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing |
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| Raudonis |
Barbara M |
PhD,
APRN, BC |
4876 |
540 |
raudonis@uta.edu
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Gero-oncology; hospice and palliative care
nursing; symptom management in life-limiting illnesses;impact of genotypic
variation on the symptom experience of oncology patients treated with
chemotherapy |
Symptom study: finishing up; Use of prognostic indices in palliative care; establishing a state-wide hospice dataset |
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Roye |
Jennifer |
MSN, RN |
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simulation, pedi and genetics |
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Top |
| Schira |
Mary |
PhD, RN, CS,
ACNP |
7337 |
635 |
schira@uta.edu |
ANP
Privileging, especially related to hospital privileges, chronic kidney
disease, cognitive function |
as stated in Research Areas |
| Schmelzer |
Marilee |
PhD,
RN |
4838 |
620 |
schmelze@uta.edu |
Medical Surgical Nursing; Critical Care; I especially enjoy clinical research |
My research is about
enemas. |
| Snow |
Diane |
PhD, RN, PMHNP |
7087 |
641 |
snow@uta.edu |
Cooccurring substance abuse, anxiety disorders
and bipolar disorder;PMHNP outcomes of practice; Genomics |
Relationship among bipolar disease; Substance abuse and anxiety |
| Stiller |
Janeth |
PhD,
RN |
2644 |
532 |
janethstiller@aol.com |
Cardiac Rehabilitation; Med- Surg Nursing; Critical Care |
Women's Referral into Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs |
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Top |
| Turpin |
Patricia |
PhD, RN |
4817 |
645 |
pturpin@uta.edu |
Development of a Minimal Data Set for specific procedures in
gastroenterology. |
Study to see if there is a difference between on-line and traditional
classroom learning of nurses in perinatal internships. Study to see if
there is a difference between patient outcomes and nurse proficiency in
MSICU following implementation of Daily Goals Rounds. |
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| Weber |
Mary |
PhD,
RN, APRN,
BC, PMHNP |
4829 |
636 |
mweber@uta.edu |
medical co-morbidities in schizophrenia;
genomic variants to predict risk of diabetes and cardiac problems; risk
factors for medical co-morbidities for African American, Hispanic females
with schiozphrenia. |
NIHM/ NIMR mentorship program ADA junior faculty grant submitted; stanley foundations(to be submitted), NARSAD (submitted), ROI (January submission) |
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