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Overview
The University of Mississippi
School of Nursing hosts this web site featuring a virtual network of nursing
scholars from around the state. Collaboration exists with the Mississippi
Nurses Association, the Mississippi Nurses Foundation, all Schools of
Nursing within the state and other organizations/agencies committed to
nursing research.
Mississippi Nursing Scholars
are featured noting their research interests, grant writing experiences,
willingness to serve on thesis and/or dissertation committees and contact
information. This web site serves as a model for the rest of the country,
setting the standard for linking this valuable resource in a time of shortage
– the pool of nursing scholars.
Mississippi Research
Scholars
Berry,
Tobi C.
William
Carey College
(601)
318-6481
E-mail:
tobi.berry@wmcarey.edu
BS,
BSN
Thesis/Dissertation:
Patients' Perceptions of Nurses Caring Behaviors.
Interests/Priorities
: Prayer in healing; caring behavior; retention and competency.
Bingham,
Vicki
School
of Nursing
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4257
E-mail:
vbingham@tecinfo.com
MSN
Interests/Priorities
: Spirituality in acute and chronic illness; caregiving; families
and chronic illness.
Blanchard,
Diane
Alcorn
State University
(601)
304-4352
E-mail:
diblanchard@aol.com
MSN
(Psych Mental Health), PhD, Vocational Ed.
Thesis/Dissertation:
Factors Influencing Seclusion and/or Restraint of In-house Clients
; The Success of BSN Students Who Have Not Progressed in the
BSN School Without Failures ; Retention and Progression of BSN
Students in the Four-year Program .
Interests/Priorities
: Alzheimer's Disease—caregivers and/or clients; seclusion and/or
restraint—mental health clients; rural health issues; end-of-life issues;
legal consulting; forensics.
Boss,
Barbara J.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)984-6216
E-mail:
bboss@son.umsmed.edu
RN,
PhD, CFNP, CANP
Thesis/Dissertation:
Perceived Dimensions of Nursing Practice: A Factor Analytic Study
.
Interests/Priorities
: Mercy Delta Express Project; outcome research, particularly NP-generated
outcomes; neuroscience nursing research including pain.
Carlson,
Lizabeth
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4265
E-mail:
lcarls@deltastate.edu
BSN,
MSN, DNSc
Thesis/Dissertation:
Maternal Attachment in the Early Postpartum Period: Relationships
with Adult Attachment Style and the Partner Relationship .
Interests/Priorities
: Maternal attachment; innovative teaching methods; phenomenology.
Christian,
Dora
Delta
State Univeristy
(662)
846-4256
E-mail:
dchristn@deltastate.edu
BSN
, MS
Thesis/Dissertation:
Adolescents .
Interests/Priorities
: Adolescent peer influence and dating education; minorities in nursing
leadership; minorities' success in SON and recidivism rate in the Delta.
Davis,
Sheila P.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
815-4010
E-mail:
sdavis@son.umsmed.edu
MSN,
PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
Health Locus of Control and Recovery from an Uncomplicated Acute Myocardial
Infarction; The Phenomenon of Biculturalism and Stress Among Ethnic Minority
Nurse Faculty.
Interests/Priorities
: Childhood obesity—CV risk reduction in children; biculturalism;
health promotion, disease prevention.
Elliott,
Rowena W.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6252
E-mail:
relliott@son.umsmed.edu
PhD,
RN, CNN , BC , CLNC
Thesis/Dissertation:
Teaching Methodologies Utilized by Nurse Educators to Enhance Critical
Thinking in Nursing Students.
Interests/Priorities
: Nephrology; critical thinking; adult learners.
Fletcher,
Audwin
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6210
E-mail:
afletcher@son.umsmed.edu
CFNP,
PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
Pathophysiological Changes Associated with Conventional and Sustained
Delivery of Glucocorticoids Using RAW RAW/LPS as a Model.
Interests/Priorities
: STDs/HIV/AIDS; immunosuppression.
Glenn,
Francine
Mississippi
University for Women
(662)
328-1596
E-mail:
FrncnGlnn@cs.com
BSN,
MSN
Thesis/Dissertation:
The Effect of Chelation Therapy upon the Perceptual Quality of Life
and the Perception of Pain in Clients Receiving Infusions.
Interests/Priorities
: Perioperative nursing; nutrition and children; prevention/alternative
therapies.
Gruich,
Maureen A.
School
of Nursing
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4268
E-mail:
mgruich@deltastate.edu
BSN
, MN , PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
The Relationship Between Satisfaction with Graduate Nursing Education
and Psychological Types in Graduate Nursing Education.
Interests/Priorities
: Caring/phenomenology; affective component in learning.
Haynes,
Avis
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
815-7448
E-mail:
aehaynes@son.umsmed.edu
PhD,
MSN, FPNP, CNM, RN
Interests/Priorities
: Adolescent pregnancy; impact of abstinence program on adolescent
pregnancy; perception of adolescent fathers/males as it relates to the
“father role”--assumption of responsibility for their children.
Kelley,
Jane H.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
594-6235
E-mail:
jkelley@son.umsmed.edu
BA,
BSN, MSN, PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
Contrast in Blood Pressures in Juvenile Yucatoc Maya .
Nursing
research: Nursing diagnosis classification; intercultural language; concepts.
Interests/Priorities
: Nursing language and classification; taxonomy; transcultural nursing;
assessment (esp. social isolation; spiritual, family diagnoses); international
nursing (variations in nursing practice, international nursing education).
Lamar,
Dana (retired)
School
of Nursing
Delta
State University
(601)
276-4247
E-mail:
dlamar5@aol.com
EdD
, MN , BSN, BA
Thesis/Dissertation:
Traditional versus Nontraditional Methods of Teaching CPR: Is There
a Difference in Outcome?; Roles, Responsibilities, and Attitudes of MS
Public School Administrators, Health Educators, and Classroom Teachers
Related to Implementation, Maintenance, and Evaluation of a Comprehensive
K-12 School Health Education Curriculum .
Interests/Priorities
: School health (CSHEP) coordinated health programs; pediatric health
issues; curriculum and instruction issues in nursing.
Lobert,
Sharon
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6242
E-mail:
slobert@son.umsmed.edu
MSN,
PhD, RN
Nursing
research: Chemotherapy Resistance in Tumors .
Interests/Priorities
: Drug resistance; lung cancer; breast cancer.
McCrory,
Janette S.
School
of Nursing
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4274
E-mail:
jmccrory@deltastate.edu
MSN,
BSN, RN, BC
Thesis/Dissertation:
Mentoring .
Interests/Priorities
: School health; diabetes/hypertension; sexually transmitted infections.
Northington,
LaDonna
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6207
E-mail:
lnorthington@son.umsmed.edu
DNS
Thesis/Dissertation:
Chronic Sorrow in Caregivers of School Age Children with Sickle Cell
Disease.
Interests/Priorities
: Pediatrics—particularly caregivers; chronic sorrow; issues related
to stress, social support (psychosocial issues).
Oswalt,
Lisa J.
School
of Nursing
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4259
E-mail:
loswalt@deltastate.edu
MSN
Thesis/Dissertation:
Diabetes Self-care Perceptions .
Interests/Priorities
: Online learning; teaching in distance learning modalities; diabetes
self-care and role of lifestyle in rural areas on childhood development
of DMII.
Raines,
Marion
Delta
State University
(662)
846-4264
E-mail:
mraines@deltastate.edu
BSN
, MS
Nursing
research: Delta Health Initiative.
Interests/Priorities
: Mentoring; any adult health area; retention of motivated high-risk
students.
Rogers,
Barbara P.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6233
E-mail:
brogers@son.umsmed.edu
BSN
, MS , MN, PhD
Nursing
research: Role of epidermal keratinocytses wound healing effect of
selected therapeutic agents on wound healing .
Interests/Priorities
: Effect of diabetes mellitus on keratinocyte function; role of aging
on keratinocyte function; effect of selected therapeutic agents of all
migrations.
Stewart,
Mary W.
William
Carey College
(601)
318-6478
E-mail:
mary.stewart@wmcarey.edu
RN,
BSN, MSN, PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
Self-esteem as a Function of Urinary Continence in Post-menopausal
Women.
Interests/Priorities
: Aging adult—transitions and reactions to change; control and feelings
about self; nursing education.
Stiner,
Evelyn
Alcorn
State University
(601)
304-4303
E-mail:
stiner@lorman.alcorn.edu
PhD,
FNP
Thesis/Dissertation:
Trends in Ethical and Moral Issues in Nursing, 1900-1985.
Interests/Priorities
: Institution effectiveness, quality management; productivity indices;
outcome research.
Sullivan,
Linda
Mississippi
University for Women, Children's Health Center
(662)
329-2955, (662) 329-7323
E-mail:
1sullivan@muw.edu
BSN,
MSN, DSN, Family Pediatric N.P. certified.
Thesis/Dissertation:
The Impact of Homelessness on a Child: A Phenomenological Iinquiry
.
Interests/Priorities
: Autism/ pervasive developmental disorders; homeless children; underserved
populations/uninsured children.
Wilkerson,
Robin R.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
984-6253
E-mail:
rwilkerson@son.umsmed.edu
PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
The Adolescent's Experience of Having a Sibling with Down Syndrome
.
Interests/Priorities
: The experience of having a family member with a disability or chronic
illness; genetics; psychosocial issues related to genetically transmitted
developmental disabilities.
Wysocki,
Annette B.
School
of Nursing
University
of Mississippi Medical Center
(601)
815-4142
E-mail:
awysocki@son.umsmed.edu
PhD
Thesis/Dissertation:
The Effect of Intermittent Noise Exposure on the Rate of Wound Healing
in Albino Rats.
Nursing
research : Wound healing; matrix degradation; matrix metalloproteinases;
all adhesion and migration.
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