Faculty Research and Publications

Our faculty members are scientists and innovators. As such, they are participating in exciting research, educational opportunites, and insightful conversations.

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Institute for Nursing Research & Practice

Begun in 1993, the Institute for Nursing Research & Practice's (INRP) mission is to promote a climate of inquiry within the School of Nursing by coordinating and promoting the research projects and interests of nursing faculty and students to develop innovative models for nursing research, practice, and education.

Find out more about the Institute for Nursing Research and Practice, including details on the INRP's funding opportunities.

Calls for Participation and Input

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Publications and Dissemination

TVFSON faculty members are constantly adding to the body of knowlege about nursing. Check out some of their work, below.

2023

• Needs of Persons Living with ALS at home and their family caregivers: a scoping review

  • TVFSON Faculty Author: Robin Whitney

    Additional Authors: Heather Young, Tina Kilaberia, Janice Bell, Benjamin Link, Orly Tonkikh, Jennifer Mongoven, Bjorn Oskarsson

    Needs of Persons Living with ALS at home and their family caregivers: a scoping review

    "Most persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) live at home with support of family caregivers, with escalating complexity of care over the trajectory of the disease requiring resources and support to mitigate negative physical, social, and emotional outcomes... Most studies demonstrated persistent unmet needs and that available interventions were helpful while needs generally were not met proactively, despite the predictable trajectory."

• Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, 8th Edition Emergency Nurses Association, Elsever, 2023

  • Faculty Author: Dorothy Moore

    Sheehy's Manual of Emergency Care, 8th Edition offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. It is one of the most commonly used reference guides for the emergency room nurse. Dr. Dorothy Moore contributed heavily to this "bible" of emergency care by:
    
    - Authoring an expanded chapter on Substance Abuse and Addiction Emergencies that covers methamphetamines, bath salts, marijuana edibles, opioid abuse/prescription drug abuse, heroin/Narcan, and substance abuse disorder.
    
    - Revising the chapter on Ethical Considerations for the emergency nurse with expanded material on moral distress.
    
    -Creating a revised chapter on care of the patient with pain, emphasizing the use of non-opioid analgesia and nonpharmacologic interventions.

• “Will My Baby Be OK?” A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnant Women’s Suboxone® Online Forum Posts

  • Faculty Authors: Dorothy Moore and Alice Butzlaff

    Dr. Moore and Dr. Butzlaff studied how pregnant women with opioid use disorder feel about their treatment and their interactions with medical professionals. They analyzed some 170 posts made to an online Suboxone forum, each from pregnant women and new mothers who are being treated with Suboxone (a partial-opioid medication used to treat opioid addiction). The researchers found that all women indicated that they were in some way affected by stigma — either self-perceived, from their families, from medical professionals, or from the community at large. Professionals treating these vulnerable patients need to look deeper, not assume, and ask questions about the care process.

• Sudden Cardiac Death in Youth: Update on Practice Guidelines

  • Faculty Author: Ruth Rosenblum

    Sudden Cardiac Death in Youth: Update on Practice Guidelines

    "NPs can identify risk for sudden cardiac death in children during physical exams to prevent tragedy. The updated American Academy of Pediatrics 2021 policy statement on this issue provides guidance on using a combination of elements to determine and manage risk, including the organization's own 4-question screening tool, the American Heart Association 14-Element Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening of Young Competitive Athletes, personal history, family history, physical exam, ECG, and cardiology referral as indicated."

• Development and Implementation of a Game-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Refresher Training Effect on Registered Nurse Knowledge, Skills, Motivation, Engagement

  • Faculty Authors: Renee Billner-Garcia and Arlene Spilker

    Development and Implementation of a Game-Based Neonatal Resuscitation Refresher Training Effect on Registered Nurse Knowledge, Skills, Motivation, Engagement

    "Game-based learning theory and Google Docs Editors suite were used to develop an online, self-directed neonatal resuscitation refresher training for registered nurses to improve their resuscitation knowledge and skills and enhance their learning motivation and engagement. Results indicated that a self-directed, online game-based refresher training was motivating, engaging, and improved nurses’ resuscitation knowledge and skill  performance. Nurse professional development  practitioners can use similar game-based online materials to enhance learning."

• Diverse Demands and Resources among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Caregivers

  • Faculty Author: Robin Whtiney

    Diverse Demands and Resources among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Caregivers

    "Many caregiving demands and tasks are similar by race/ethnicity and represent considerable investment of time, energy and care. Differences in the effects of resources and demands by race/ethnicity should be explored in future research as they may have implications for assessment and planning of culturally and linguistically appropriate interventions.

    The family caregiver population in the US is growing in conjunction with greater numbers of older adults with serious illness and complex care needs, and is becoming increasingly diverse. This study described and compared resources, demands, and health outcomes among diverse family caregivers by race/ethnicity."

2022

• Nursing Program Admission Barriers in the United States: Considerations for Increasing Black Student Enrollment

  • Faculty Authors: Michelle DeCoux Hampton, PhD, RN; Denise Dawkins, DNP, RN, CNL, CHSE; Sheri Rickman Patrick, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Colleen O'Leary-Kelley, RN, PhD

    Student Authors: Raissa Onglengco, RN Student; Brenna Stobbe, RN Student
    Nursing Program Admission Barriers in the United States: Considerations for Increasing Black Student Enrollment
    "The percentage of Black registered nurses (RN) is disproportionate to Black residents in the population, particularly in Southern states... This study's purpose was to identify the potential admission barriers for Black students in RN education in the South versus Midwest, Northeast, and West."

• Scientific writing development: Improve DNP student skill and writing efficiency

  • Faculty Authors: Michelle DeCoux Hampton, Ruth Rosenblum

    Scientific writing development: Improve DNP student skill and writing efficiency

    "Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students lack sufficient opportunities to practice writing. Students and faculty require clear expectations and consistent feedback to improve skills... This study evaluated a rubric-driven scientific writing development program... though quality and rigor did not differ, the intervention group's final papers were more efficiently written with approximately 17 fewer pages and an average review time of eight fewer minutes than the comparison group. Participants identified the rubric, feedback, and scaffolding as helpful program components."

• Professional discrimination toward nurses increases nurse silence threatening patient safety outcomes

  • Faculty Author: Nicole Zhang

    Professional discrimination toward nurses increases nurse silence threatening patient safety outcomes

    "Nursing silence and inability to voice concerns in the professional healthcare development has recently been identified as a significant issue that affects patient safety and ultimately well- being and decreases the standard of care. This area has been poorly researched and there has been a need to identify the elements of this professional silence and discrimination that is present in the nursing work environment. A commentary examining an article by Kritsotakis et al will be conducted with the goal of sharing the findings and broader implications for nursing."

2021 and prior

• 2021

  • TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Alice Butzlaff, PhD, FNP, CNL, RN
    August 2021
    Where's the germs? The effects of using virtual reality on nursing students' hospital infection prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic
    "Virtual reality can be a useful substitute to improve nursing education outside of the hospital setting. In the wake of COVID-19, an opportunity to compare a virtual reality activity for nursing students in the traditional classroom and in an online environment took place... The goal of this study was to examine the effects of incorporating a virtual reality activity into the traditional classroom and in an online environment to enhance nursing education."

     

    TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Denise Dawkins, DNP, RN, CNL, CHSE; Dorothy Moore, DNP, FNP-C; Alice Butzlaff, PhD, FNP, CNL, RN; April Wood, DNP, MS, CRNI, RN
    November 2021
    How to Create a Zoom Escape Room for a Large Didactic Nursing Course
    "Escape rooms are live-action games that require participants to find clues, solve puzzles, and take action to escape a locked room. In addition to mirroring the nursing process steps of data collection and critical analysis, escape room games are usually team based and foster communication and teamwork. During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we adapted the escape room concept to create an online Zoom-based endocrinology game that accommodated 60+ students."

     

    TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Dorothy J. Moore, DNP, FNP-C, CCRN; Alice Butzlaff, PhD, APRN, FNP-C; Sheri Rickman-Patrick, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Bryan K. Dang, BSN, RN, PHN
    May 2021
    Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression: An Immersive Simulation in a Large Lecture Hall
    "How do you teach a topic that is as complex as opioid-induced respiratory depression in a way that engages 60 students through active learning? Our solution was to create a low-cost, high-impact simulation experience using virtual reality (VR) in the classroom. Our goals were to teach risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression, assessment strategies for patients receiving opioids, and how to identify an overly sedated patient." 

     

    TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Sheri Rickman Patrick, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC; Alice Butzlaff, PhD, FNP, CNL, RN
    December 2021
    By utilizing technology can nursing students gain more confidence and decrease anxiety when communicating with chronically ill patients about their sexual relationship?
    "Effective communication is an essential part of nursing care. Nurses need to effectively communicate with patients, families, providers and staff. The purpose of this study was to show how the use of technology (i.e., video conferencing on an electronic device) could assist nursing students to gain more confidence and reduce anxiety when discussing difficult topics such as sexual intimacy."

     

    TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Robin Whitney, RN, PhD
    February 2021
    Overburdened and Underprepared: Medical/Nursing Task Performance Among Informal Caregivers in the United States
    "Informal caregivers are increasingly performing medical/nursing tasks in the home for adult care recipients, often without adequate support... we examined associations between performing medical/nursing tasks and caregiver well-being (e.g., physical strain, emotional stress, burden of care)."

• 2020

  • TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Nancy Dudley, PhD, MSN
    September 2020
    The Impact of Nurse Delegation Regulations on the Provision of Home Care Services: A Four-State Case Study
    "...explore how home care workers and the agencies that employ them interact with their state’s nurse practice act in the provision of care... We conducted interviews [ ] with state leaders, agency leaders, and home care workers to learn how these policies affect the home care workforce’s ability to perform care tasks for their clients in order to allow clients to remain in their own homes."

     

    TVFSON Faculty Member(s): Robin Whitney, RN, PhD
    December 2020
    Managing Home Infusion Therapy
    "This article is part of a series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute." 

    November 2020
    Home Oxygen Therapy
    "This article is part of a series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute."

    February 2020
    Social Determinants of Health: Underreported Heterogeneity in Systematic Reviews of Caregiver Interventions
    "Although most people have some experience as caregivers, the nature and context of care are highly variable... For these reasons, caregiver interventions must consider these factors [caregiving, socioeconomic factors, and caregiver health]. This review examines the degree to which caregiver intervention research has reported and considered social determinants of health."

    February 2020
    Their Last Breath: Death and Dying in a Hmong American Community
    "A qualitative approach was used to explore the beliefs that ultimately determine end-of-life care goals and strategies for Hmong patients... Hmong Americans have typically been unwilling to use biomedical palliative care for end-of-life needs... Hmongs' end-of-life care choices for family members usually involve in-home caregiving provided by the family using a combination of biomedicine and traditional healing methods. Health care decisions are made for the patient by the family and community in this familistic culture."