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Research at SN

The faculty of the UMDNJ School of Nursing are conducting collaborative cutting edge research on a variety of significant health concerns of high clinical and public health relevance to the citizens of New Jersey, the United States, and the world.

Faculty Activities in Research

 

Specialization and/or Research Interest

Specialized Skills

Title of Research Project (Role); Sponsor:

Project Period

Caldwell, Barbara, PhD, MA, MSN, RN, CNS, C  
Associate Professor

Sleep; Psychological trauma; Psychiatric issues in nursing; Stress; Burnout

 

Preschool Children & Parental Stress in Inner City Parents (PI); Sponsor: ANF

Final phase

Chen, Huey-Shys, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor

Instrument development, Primary prevention of risk behavior, Cross cultural research

Mixed methods; data analysis by SPSS

HIV Testing Factors among Rural/Small City Black Men (CO-PI).
Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Reducing Health Disparities: Smoking Prevention for African American Children in an Urban Low Income Community (PI)
Sponsor:UMDNJ Foundation

8/2007 - 9/2011

 

 

 

9/2008 - 10/2009

Forrester, D. Anthony, PhD, RN
Professor

HIV/AIDS; Critical family needs; Aggressiveness of nursing at end of life; gender-related health (minority men/women)

Available for peer consultation and review

  1. Efficacy of a Skin Tear Education Program (Co-PI); Sponsor:
  2. Efficacy of Vibracoustic Therapy/adult oncology patients on radiation therapy. (Co-PI); Sponsor:
  3. Vocera: Healthcare provider perceptions & satisfaction (PI)
  4. Efficacy of gum chewing in reducing post-op ileus (PI); Sponsor:
  5. Stroke patient Satisfaction throughout continuum of Care (Co-PI); Sponsor:

 

Holly, Cheryl, EdD, RN
Associate Professor and Director DNP Program

Trauma, Quality, Patient safety; Systematic Reviews; Informatics

Peer review of proposal applications.  Systematic review

Qualitative Systematic Review of Family Experiences in Critical Care (PI); Sponsor: Joanna Briggs Institute.

2007-2008

Mohr, Wanda, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor

Psychiatric, Mental Health

Qualitative, Some Quantitative

PI on two grants

 

Munet-Vilaro, Frances, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

Latino health

Qualitative methodology; Tool/Instrument measures; Human subjects issues;
Quantitative methodology; Grant budget issues;

Data analysis software training; statistical consultants, editor

 

Pacquiao, Dula, EdD, RN, CTN
Professor

Cultural diversity in health care and cultural competency in education

Qualitative research; Nvivo software

  1. Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (Consultant); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
  2. Perception of Culturally competent Care by Hispanic Seniors (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation

2007




To be implemented

Patusky, Kathleen, PhD, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor

Geropsychiatry; Relatedness, Reciprocity, Sense of Belonging; Depression; Self care management; Medical/Psych interface

Instrument development; SPSS; Peer Review of Proposal Applications

Self care Management of Psychiatric Disorders (Co-PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation.

2007-2008

Salmond, Sue, EdD, RN
Dean and Professor

Family Needs in Acute and Critical Illness.
Organizational Work Environment, Satisfaction & Job Strain

Qualitative and quantitative research; SPSS
Systematic Review: meta-analysis and meta-synthesis: method and software

Qualitative Systematic Review of Family Experiences in Critical Care (Co-PI); Sponsor: Joanna Briggs Institute.
Family Needs of Critically Ill Patients: A focus on the “underserved”

2007-2008

 

2008

Ward, Frances Rieth, PhD RN MBe
Assistant Professor

Research ethics; Informed consent; Neonatology

Peer review of proposal applications; Qualitative analysis; Software- qualitative

Parental Beliefs about Neonatal Clinical Trials: a Qualitative Study (PI); Sponsor: NINR & STT.

Completed

Wilson, Rula, DNSc, RN
Assistant Professor

Intimate partner violence, health disparities, cultural attitudes toward family violence

Peer review of proposals and manuscript; SPSS, SAS, Nvivo.

  1. Health Issues Associated with Intimate Partner Violence among Minority Women (PI); Sponsor: UMDNJ Foundation
  2. International collaboration on cultural views towards wife abuse (PI); Sponsor: none.

Ongoing

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