This collection features articles and book reviews written by the Fairfield University Nursing and Health Studies Faculty.
Submissions from 2010
A Concept Analysis of Autonomy for Older People in Residential Care, Claire Welford, Kathy Murphy, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Dympna Casey
Submissions from 2009
Hispanic nursing students’ journey to success: a meta-synthesis, Jessica Alicea-Planas
Self-esteem and risk behaviors of Dominican adolescents, Lynn M. Babington, B. R. Kelley, and C. A. Patsdaughter
Peering: The Essence of Collaborative Mentoring in Critical Care, Sheila Grossman
Integration of end-of-life care content in undergraduate nursing curricula: student knowledge and perceptions, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Sheila Grossman, Suzanne H. Campbell, Tracey Robert, Jean W. Lange, and Joyce Shea
Hypersexuality among cognitively impaired older adults, Meredith Wallace Kazer and Meredith Safer
Effect of an Acute-Care Geriatric Educational Program on Fall Rates and Nurse Work Satisfaction, Jean Lange, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Sally O. Gerard, Kathleen Lovanio, Nina Fausty, and Susie Rychlewicz
Validation of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Knowledge Assessment Test: An Abbreviated Version, Jean Lange, Joyce M. Shea, Sheila Grossman, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Betty R. Ferrell
Robert the cat, Diana Mager
EMDR Treatment of Workplace Trauma: A Case Series, Christine Rost, Arne Hofmann, and Kathleen Wheeler
Reflective Strategies in the Neonatal Clinical Area, Dorothy Vittner
Submissions from 2008
Understanding Child Feeding Practices of Vietnamese Mothers, Lynn M. Babington and B. Patel
Teaching about Cardiac Emergencies: Implications for Maternal/Child Nurse Educators, Jennifer Cooper and Sheila Grossman
Active surveillance for early‐stage prostate cancer, Marc A. Dall'Era, Matthew R. Cooperberg, June M. Chan, Benjamin J. Davies, Peter C. Albertsen, Laurence Klotz, Christopher A. Warlick, Lars Holmberg, Donald E. Bailey, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Philip W. Kantoff, and Peter Carroll
Managing the Threat of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Home Care, Sheila Grossman and Diana Mager
Uncertainty and Quality of Life Among Men Undergoing Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer in the United States and Ireland, Josephine Hegarty, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Harry Comber
Assessment of Sexual Health in Older Adults, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Integrating Spirituality into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Sheila Grossman, Joyce M. Shea, Jean W. Lange, and Theresa T. Quell
Reliability and Validity of Katz ADL Index, Meredith Wallace Kazer and Mary Shelkey
Interconnectedness in Nursing: A concept analysis, Katie L. Love
NIDCAP Profile: Bjorn Westrup, Dorothy Vittner
NIDCAP Profile: Vicky Youcha & Tracy Price-Johnson, Dorothy Vittner
Challenges and realities of teaching psychotherapy: A survey of psychiatric‐mental health nursing graduate programs, Kathleen Wheeler and Kathleen Delaney
Submissions from 2007
Creating effective advisory boards for schools of nursing, Marie-Noel Appel, Suzanne H. Campbell, N. Lynch, and Jeanne Novotny
Comparing child-feeding practices of Dominican mothers, Lynn M. Babington
Risk Behaviors of Dominican Adolescents in Their Homeland and in the United States, Lynn M. Babington, B. R. Kelley, and C. A. Patsdaughter
Critical Review: Is Watchful Waiting a Viable Management Option for Older Men with Prostate Cancer?, Donald E. Bailey and Meredith Wallace Kazer
Watching, waiting and uncertainty in prostate cancer, Donald E. Bailey, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Merle H. Mishel
Preceptor rewards: How to say thank you for mentoring the next generation of nurse practitioners, Suzanne H. Campbell and JoEllen Hawkins
A Comprehensive Guide to Patient-Focused Management Strategies for Crohn Disease, Jennifer Fow and Sheila Grossman
Assisting critical care nurses in acquiring leadership skills: Development of a leadership & management competency checklist, Sheila Grossman
Educating RNs regarding palliative care in long-term care generates positive outcomes for patients with end-stage chronic illness, Sheila Grossman
Watchful waiting versus prostatectomy for prostate cancer. (Protocol), Josephine Hegarty, Paul Beirne, Harry Comber, and Meredith Wallace Kazer
A profile of Irish and US nursing homes: evidence for change, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Kathy Murphy, Adeline Cooney, and Eamon O'Shea
Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care among Older Nursing Home Residents at the End of Life, Meredith Wallace Kazer and Eileen R. O'Shea
The needs of men with prostate cancer: results of a focus group study, Meredith Wallace Kazer and Sherri Storms
Promoting Spiritual Knowledge and Attitudes: A Student Nurse Education Project, Kathleen Lovanio and Meredith Wallace Kazer
Goodbye my friend, Diana Mager
Medication errors and the home care patient, Diana Mager
The effect of genetic polymorphisms in the vinyl chloride metabolic pathway on mutagenic risk, Jennifer M. Schindler-Ruwisch, Yongliang Li, Marie-Jeanne Marion, Arianne Paroly, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf
NIDCAP Profile: Kathleen A. VandenBerg, Dorothy Vittner
NIDCAP Profile: Laurie Mauridian, Dorothy Vittner
Psychotherapeutic strategies for healing trauma, Kathleen Wheeler
Submissions from 2006
Understanding Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices of Mothers in the Dominican Republic Related to Feeding Infants and Young Children, Lynn M. Babington
An Adult with Childhood Medical Trauma Treated with Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and EMDR: A Case Study, Robert D. Broad and Kathleen Wheeler
Consultant’s Corner: Recurrent Plugged Ducts, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell
Challenges of breastfeeding preterm infants: A case study. What goes right, what goes wrong, and what can nurses do?, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell and C. Guttman
Theories of aging as basis for assessment, Sheila Grossman and Jean W. Lange
Hospice Care in Nursing Homes: Does It Contribute to Higher Quality Pain Management?, Jeanie S. Kayser-Jones, Alison E. Kris, Christine A. Miaskowski, William A. Lyons, and Steven M. Paul
Development, Implementation & Evaluation of a Geriatric Nurse Certificate Program, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Philip Greiner, Sheila Grossman, Jean Lange, and Doris T. Lippman
Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study, Alison E. Kris, Emily J. Cherlin, Holly Prigerson, Melissa DA Carlson, Rosemary Johnson-Hurzeler, Stanislav V. . Kasl, and Elizabeth H. Bradley
The journey toward geriatric excellence in a non-research intensive university, Jean W. Lange, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Sheila Grossman, Doris T. Lippman, and Jeanne Novonty
The Playroom Is Clean, Diana Mager
Submissions from 2005
Pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis implications for critical care nurses, Sheila Grossman and Lisa C. Grossman
A model long-term care hospice unit: care, community, and compassion, Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Joyce Chan, and Alison E. Kris
Finding more meaning: The antecedents of uncertainty revisited, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Isolation followed by integration: A model for the development of a separate geriatric course, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Jean Lange, and Sheila Grossman
Hyperlactation - How left-brained 'rules' for breastfeeding wreak havoc with a natural process, C. M. Smillie, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, and S. Iwinski
Clinical lactation practice: 20 years of evidence, Karen Wambach, Suzanne H. Campbell, Sara Gill, Joan Dodgson, Titi Abiona, and M. Jane Heinig
Guest Editorial: The Primacy of Psychotherapy, Kathleen Wheeler
Exploring Alexithymia, depression, and binge eating in self‐reported eating disorders in women, Kathleen Wheeler, Philip Greiner, and Martha Boulton
Submissions from 2004
Prostate cancer update: when to screen, how to treat, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Watchful waiting: The state of the science, Meredith Wallace Kazer, Donald E. Bailey, Maureen O'Rourke, and Michael Galbraith
Development of psychiatric–mental health nurse practitioner competencies: Opportunities for the 21st century, Kathleen Wheeler and Judith Haber
Submissions from 2003
Factors that influence end-of-life care in nursing homes: the physical environment, inadequate staffing, and lack of supervision, Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Ellen Schell, William A. Lyons, Alison E. Kris, Joyce Chan, and Renee L. Beard
Is there a nurse in the house? The role of nurses in assisted living: past, present, and future, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Sexuality and Aging in Long-Term Care, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Uncertainty and quality of life of older men who undergo watchful waiting for prostate cancer, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Submissions from 2002
Collaboration Yields Cost‐effective, Evidence‐based Nursing Protocols, Sheila Grossman and Cynthia Bautista
Using evidence-based practice to develop a protocol for postoperative surgical intensive care unit patients, Sheila Grossman, Cynthia Bautista, and Lisa Sullivan
Submissions from 2001
Computer addiction: When monitor becomes control center, M. H. Christensen, M. H. Orzack, Lynn M. Babington, and C. A. Patsdaughter
Health care providers' experiences with problem gamblers, M. H. Christensen, C. A. Patsdaughter, and Lynn M. Babington
A transitional feeding protocol for critically ill patients, Sheila Grossman and Cynthia Bautista
Pain in Older Adults, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Submissions from 1999
From recipes to recetas: health beliefs and health care encounters in the rural Dominican Republic, Lynn M. Babington, Barbara R. Kelley, Carol A. Patsdaughter, Ruth M. Soderberg, and James E. Kelley
Assessment and management update: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease., Meredith Wallace Kazer
Submissions from 1998
Pressure ulcers among terminally ill nursing home residents., Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Alison E. Kris, Kyung-Choon Lim, Ronald J. Walent, Elizabeth Halifax, and Steven M. Paul
Health teaching needs of clients with serious and persistent mental illness: Client and provider perspectives, Amy A. Payson, Kathleen Wheeler, and Thomas A. Wellington
Submissions from 1997
Predicting patients' deterioration and recovery, Sheila Grossman and Kathleen Wheeler
Submissions from 1995
Strategies for teaching research: A survey of baccalaureate programs, Kathleen Wheeler, Nancy Fasano, and Laura Burr
Submissions from 1994
Assessment and management of pain in the elderly, Meredith Wallace Kazer
Submissions from 1993
CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE: Assessment and Management, Meredith Wallace Kazer