Nursing Research Faculty

Raymonde A. Brown, PhD, APRN-BC, CNE
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Outreach
  • Heart disease in older women
  • Physiological and psychological risk factors (such as anger and depression)
Mona M. Counts, PhD, CRNP, FNAP, FAANP
The Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Associate Professor
  • Primary care delivery to underserved areas
  • Outcomes of health care by nurse practitioners
  • Rural health care delivery
  • Cultural competence in delivery of primary care
Sharon Falkenstern, PhD, MSN, CRNP
Assistant Professor and Coordinator NP Program
  • The praxis of health as expanding consciousness with families
Donna Fick, PhD, APRN-BC
Associate Professor
  • Delirium in persons with dementia
  • Inappropriate medication use
  • Clinical and health outcomes in managed care
Kim Kopenhaver Haidet, PhD, RN, CRNP
Assistant Professor
  • Developmental psychobiology
  • Perinatal/neonatal care
  • Infants' biobehavioral responses and health outcomes
  • Parent-infant interactions and family dynamics
  • Women's health issues
 
Judith E. Hupcey, EdD, CRNP
Associate Professor
  • Family support/caregivers
  • Palliative care and heart disease/critical care
  • Qualitative methodology
  • Concept advancement/analysis
  • Health care interactions
Rita Jablonski, PhD, RN, ANP
Assistant Professor
  • Oral health in older adults residing in long-term care communities
  • Reducing pneumonia in older adults residing in long-term care communities
  • Interventions to improve the type of care provided by nursing assistants
  • Care transitions between nursing homes & tertiary care setting
Ann M. Kolanowski, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of The School of Nursing
  • Complex care issues in the health of the elderly
  • Dementia behavior in the elderly
  • Non-pharmacological interventions for behavioral symptoms in persons with dementia
Susan J. Loeb, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
  • Elders with multiple chronic conditions
  • Health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of community-dwelling and incarcerated older men
  • Older adults coping with multiple chronic health conditions
Dee McGonigle, PhD, RNC, FACCE, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing and Information Sciences & Technology
  • Human/technology interface
  • Distance learning climates
  • Effectiveness of collaborative learning and teaming
  • Ethical use of technologies in health care and learning environments
Paula Milone-Nuzzo, RN, PhD, FAAN, FHHC
Dean and Professor of Nursing
  • Medication adherence in the elderly
  • Management in home health care
Janice L. Penrod, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
  • Geriatric nursing
  • Informal caregiving
  • State of uncertainty
  • End of life
  • Family caregivers
  • Qualitative methods: techniques for concept analysis and advancement
  • Theory-building strategies
Deborah Bray Preston, PhD, RN
Professor Emerita
  • The relationship of social context to health
  • Health behaviors of rural at-risk populations
  • Attitude measurement
Carol A. Smith, DSN, CRNP, FNAP
Associate Professor
  • Cross-cultural health care
  • Health improvement strategies in vulnerable populations
  • Qualitative research methods