Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Use of formal support services in dementia caregiving: benefits, barriers, and outcomes, Role: PI, University of California, (01/1997) Status: Completed

Federal

  • Placement decisions for relatives with dementia., Role: PI, Department of Health & Human Services, (04/2011 - 04/2012) Status: Completed
  • Placement decisions for relatives with dementia, National Institutes of Health/DHHS, (07/2002 - 06/2007) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Nursing care of the marital couple at end-of-life in the critical care setting: Nurses' perspectives, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Undergraduate, (01/2016 - 01/2017) Status: Completed
  • Factors influencing systolic blood pressure among rural hypertensive adults in China, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2015 - 10/2016) Status: Completed
  • The lived experience of aging: Listening to the oldest-old, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (07/2015 - 07/2016) Status: Completed
  • The effect of health literacy skills on self-care practices in older adults in Manchester, Jamaica, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (08/2013) Status: Completed
  • Measuring the Quality of Communication and Information Transfer During the Informed Consent Process for Perinatal Research: A Pilot Study, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (04/2013 - 04/2014) Status: Completed
  • A mixed methods study exploring risk perceptions of international students related to non-sexually transmitted communicable diseases, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (08/2012 - 08/2013) Status: Completed
  • Self-care and health literacy in Jamaica elders: a pilot study, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (03/2012) Status: Completed
  • Establishing the foundation for developing an evidence based guideline for evaluating a firefighter's ability to return to work after a lower extremity injury, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, (08/2010) Status: Completed
  • Neobladder hand irrigation: using simulation for competency assessment, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (11/2009) Status: Completed
  • An interprofessional acculturation process for the transition into a new hospital using high-fidelity medical stimulation, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2008 - 10/2009) Status: Completed
  • Maternal-fetal/infant attachment in pregnancy following perinatal loss, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2008 - 10/2009) Status: Completed
  • A pilot study of the experience of God's presence and guidance in the nurse patient relationship in christian parish nursing, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2008 - 10/2009) Status: Completed
  • An evaluation of burden, perceived health status and resourcefulness among caregivers enrolled in community based care management programs., Role: Investigator, LLU School of Public Health, (11/2006 - 11/2007) Status: Completed
  • Nursing skill mix and quality of care in home care settings, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2006) Status: Completed
  • Development of an evidenced based protocol for assessing fire fighters returning to work after a lower extremity musculoskeletal injury, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (10/2006) Status: Completed
  • Family caregiver placement decision-making measurement reliability & feasibility pilot study., Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (02/2006) Status: Completed
  • Attitudes of nursing students toward the elderly, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (11/2005) Status: Completed
  • Breast feeding education in nursing programs, Role: PI, LLU School of Nursing, (11/2003) Status: Completed
  • The experiences of nurses and midwives during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, West Africa, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Nursing - Graduate, Status: Completed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Re-imagining Nursing Practice to Improve Population Health in the 21st Century, Role: Other Professional, Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation, (09/2016 - 05/2017) Status: Closed
  • Small troubles, adaptive responses: frontline nurse engagement in quality improvement, Role: Investigator, Improvement Science Research Network, (12/2011 - 12/2012) Status: Completed

Other Research

  • Pilot Study (02/2006 - 02/2007)