Research Interests
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The research interests of the faculty include a broad range of basic and applied research topics that expand the knowledge base of nursing science, influence public health policy, and promote lifelong patterns of health among individuals, families, and communities (also see individual faculty listing). Topics include:
Geriatric Care:
- Geriatric nursing
- Complex care issues in the health of the elderly
- Older adults coping with multiple chronic health conditions
- Health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of community-dwelling and incarcerated older men
- Dementia behavior in the elderly
- Non-pharmacological interventions for behavioral symptoms in persons with dementia
- Delirium in persons with dementias
- Inappropriate medication use, polypharmacy
- Medication adherence in the elderly
- Palliative care
- End-of-life care
- Heart disease/critical care
Infants, children, and families:
- Developmental psychobiology
- Perinatal/neonatal care
- Low birth weight infants
- Infants’ biobehavioral responses and health outcomes
- Parent-infant interactions and family dynamics
- Children with special health care needs
- Child and family-related issues
Home Health Care:
- Management in home health care
- Informal caregiving
- Family caregivers
Managed Health Care:
- Nursing home placement
- Clinical and health outcomes in managed care
Nursing Theory:
- Qualitative methodology
- Techniques for concept analysis and advancement
- State of uncertainty
- Theory-building strategies
- The relationship of social context to health
- Attitude measurement
Primary Care:
- Primary care delivery to underserved areas
- Outcomes of health care by nurse practitioners
- Rural health care delivery
- Health behaviors of rural at-risk populations
- Health improvement strategies in vulnerable populations
- Cross-cultural health care
Technology/Informatics
- Human/technology interface
- Distance learning climates
- Effectiveness of collaborative learning and teaming
- Ethical use of technologies in health care and learning environments