Research - Faculty Research

Faculty Research Interests & Representative Publications

Acheson, Evelyn, PhD, RN Community health, distance education in developing countries (e.g., Guyana, South America), research in developing countries, global health	Azzarello, Jo PhD, RN Diabetes education, development of expertise, mental models, structural knowledge, cognitive tutors	Benefield, Lazelle, PhD, RN, FAAN Distance care giving of elders alone at home, distance care giving needs of Alzheimer's patients in nursing homes, case management of community based elders, distance care giving and technology innovation
Booton-Hiser, Deborah PhD, RN, ARNP Nurse Practitioner education, use of technology in education, clinical and educational utility of personal digital assistants, nurse managed center.	Bowers, Beverly, PhD, RN, CNS State of the Science on Pre maturity, Oklahoma ELNEC Training Programs - Hospice Foundation of Oklahoma	Buckner, Sheryl, MS, RN, CM Interdisciplinary relationships between nursing and physical therapy, smoking cessation program, Evidence-based practice and the process nurses use to accept//use EBP as well as SPHM.
Chu, Nancy, PhD, APRN, BC, FNGNA Ethnicity and aging, health, promotion and aging cultural competence, health disparities and community health, health utilization and community-based participatory research	Coon, Sharon PhD, RN, AOCN Oncology, symptom management, evidence-based practice, and staff engagement in practice improvement.	Cuaderes, Elena, PhD, RN New and emerging therapies for diabetic seismometer poly-neuropathy (DSPN), diabetes, foot ulcers and diabetes, pain of DSPN, nursing process.
Dwyer, Kathleen, PhD, RN Oncology, survivorship of cancer patients	Edwards, Karethy (Kay), DrPH, ARNP, BC American Indian and African-American women's health, diabetes management of American Indian and African-American populations, HeartMath	Ellerbee, Susan, PhD, RNC, IBCLC Breastfeeding; Native American breastfeeding practices, mothering experiences of adolescents, cue-based feeding practices with pre term infants.
Eschiti, Valerie, PhD, RN, CHTOP, AHN-BC Circle of Learning: Cultural aspects of HIV prevention in the American Indian community, Experience of healing of indigenous men healers, grandmothers' knowledge and support of breastfeeding, breast health, healing touch and postoperative mastectomy patients, alternative modalities	Forni, Patricia, PhD, RN, FAAN Bridge and fast track programs in nursing for Native American students.	Holtzclaw, Barbara, PhD, RN, FAAN Thermo-regulatory response of vulnerable patients, translational research: physiologically based interventions.
Johnson, Vanessa, PhD, MS, RN, BC Comorbidity of fetal alcohol syndrome and FMRI gene mutation, the epidemiology of fragile X, the accuracy of the BIPSI-fragile X screening tool	Kenner, Carole, DNS, RNC, FAAN Transitioning from hospital to home, palliative and end-of-life care, family context of clinical genetics, perinatal substance abuse, economic indicators - safe motherhood and newborn health, state of the science of pre-maturity, pediatric palliative care.	Leasure, Renee, PhD, RN, CCRN Symptom management, outcomes, evidence-based practice, ventilator-associated pneumonia of adults cared for at the VA.
Loar, Ricki, MS, ARNP, FNP, GNP Use of computer and online technology in nurse practitioner education.	Loving, Gary, PhD, RN Technology-mediated education, healthcare informatics, phenomenal and grounded theory approaches, evaluation research.	MacRobert, Margo, RNC, MC, CNAA, BC (Case Management) Use of a Wellness Center and Healthy Sooners Program for employee screenings campus-wide, smoking cessation with a marginalized population, reducing employee cost for treating obesity and/or diabetes using a disease management model.
Matzo, Marianne, PhD, APRN, BC-GNP, FAAN Palliative care, Russian ELNEC (end-of-life), rural hospice utilization, attitude and knowledge of Oklahomans regarding palliative care, palliative care and disaster planning.	McCleary-Jones, Voncella, PhD, MS, RN, BC Cultural diversity, learning disabilities, administration	Phillips, Rebecca, PhD, RN Fever in the elderly, temperature regulation, inflammatory mediators of core temperature.
Phipps, Su An Arnn, PhD, RN Differences in infant mortality based on rural and urban locations, gestational diabetes in Hispanic Americans, perinatal risk assessment instrument development, family functioning, SES and racial comparisons of infertility experiences.	Pressler, Jana, PhD, RN Pre-term infants transitioning from hospital to home, birth injuries of Native American newborns, establishing confidence intervals for vital signs of pre-term infants, Wee Care developmental care clinical trial, safe patient handling study, mother-baby nursing staff perceptions of nursing students, adolescent peer-focused interventions pertinent to scoliosis surgery.	Weatherby, Francene, PhD, RNC Evaluation research - predicting success of first year BSN nursing students, predicting success on NCLEX, follow-up study of the careers of former accelerated BSN graduates, effectiveness of surrogate simulators.
Wilson, Janet, PhD, RN Intimate partner violence fatality, self-disengagement from violent relationships (cross-cultural), intervention to promote safe disengagement from violent relationships: development of tribe-specific safety plans, mixed methodology, grief, grieving, traumatic death.	Wisnieski, Deborah, MS, ARNP Female adolescent sexuality, women's health issues, planned pregnancies, preventing STDs in adolescent girls, menopausal issues.