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Jennifer Gray, RN, PhD
George W. and Hazel M. Jay Professor
Associate Dean, PhD in Nursing Program
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The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing
411 S Nedderman Drive
UTA Box 19407
Arlington, TX 76019-0407
Telephone: (817) 272-5295
FAX: (817) 272-2950
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| Since I love both nursing and teaching, I have the perfect
job. Nursing education gives me the opportunity to combine the best of
both worlds into my life's work. I enjoy
teaching and believe learning can be fun. I
am thrilled to be working with doctoral students, helping them become
nurse scientists. I love theory and want to make it more applicable to
clinical practice and research. Research must be based on theoretically
sound principles. Theory, research, and practice - together - form the
foundation of nursing as a profession. I
believe we have a commitment as a profession and as individual nurses to
promote health for persons around the globe. I am especially passionate
about persons who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. I lived in
Cameroon, West Africa, when I first graduated from my BSN program. More
recently, I have made trips to the Dominican Republic and Tanzania on
mission trips. I am also working with a team that is developing a
project for Uganda. Just like you, I also have a couple of other roles that make my life
interesting -- wife, mother, Christian, friend, just to name a few. My
E-Mail address: jgray@uta.edu.
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Research Interests
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Measuring outcomes of HIV/AIDS education for health
care professionals in the U.S. and internationally
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Self management and health seeking behaviors of African
American women linving with HIV
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Medication adherence among persons living with HIV/AIDS
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Personal resources such as spiritual perspective and social support that
facilitate successful coping with life-threatening illnesses, especially
HIV/AIDS.
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Spiritual perspective and attitudes of nurses towards spiritual care.
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Current Research
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Seeking funding for multiple methods study of self management
and health seeking behaviors of African American women living with HIV
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Assessing HIV Knowledge of Nurses in the U.S.,
Dominican Republic , Haiti and other countries
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Barriers and Supports for the Success of Hispanic Students in
Health Professional Education
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Factors Influencing Medication Adherence in Persons Living with HIV/AIS
(quantitative study)
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Successful Medication Adherence in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (qualitative
study)
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Spiritual Perspective and Attitudes of Nurses toward Spiritual Care.
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Special Achievements
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Southern Nursing Research Society Scholar 1999-2000, American Nursing Foundation
Grant
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Recipient of the President's Award for Excellence in
Distance Education Teaching
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Recipient of Faculty Development Leave, funded by
the University
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Recipient of the Chancellor's Award in 1998
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One of UTA's nominees for the state-level Piper Teaching Award in 1996
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Selected as a Great 100 Nurse in 1994
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Teaching Responsibilities
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Theoretical Evolution in Science (N6301)
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Qualitative Methodologies (N6305)
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Faculty Internship (N6315)
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Analysis of Theories for Nursing (N5327)
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Education
- PhD, in Nursing, at Texas Woman's University, Denton, in August, 1997
- MSN, in Adult Health, Educator Role, The University of Texas at Arlington
School of Nursing, in 1989
- BSN, in Nursing, at University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK, in 1977
Prerequisites for nursing at Oklahoma Christian University of Science
and Art, Oklahoma City, OK
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