Faculty Research Interests

Betty Broom, PhD, RN

• School-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
• Assessing The Value Of The Follow-through Family Project For Students And Families

Beverly Carlson, MS, RN, CNS

• Patient Response To Myocardial Infarction Following A Teaching Intervention Offered By Nurses
• Evaluating The Economic And Clinical Impact Of Medley Medication Smart IV System With The Guardrail Safety Software
• Development Of A National Heart Failure Registry
• Co-Developer Of The Self-Care Of Heart Failure Index
• Effectiveness Of Telephonic Case Management In Decreasing Rehospitalization In Hispanics With Heart Failure.
• Evaluation Of Ethnic Differences In Quality Of Life In Persons With Heart Failure
• Computer-Supported Telephonic Case Management Intervention For Heart Failure Patients.
• Multidisciplinary Disease Management Program For Patients With Heart Failure
• Development And Testing Of A Measure Of Self-Care For Heart Failure Patients
• Peer Mentoring To Improve Self-Care Of Heart Failure
• Evaluation Of The Sensitivity Of The Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire
• Development And Testing Of An Intervention For Confused Heart Failure Patients study

Willa Fields, DNSc, RN

• The effect of healthcare medication safety technology on medication errors and adverse drug events
• Implementation of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) Systems

Rosemary Gaines, MN, RN, CS

• Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes In Fifth Grade Students

Lauren Hunter, PhD, RN, CNM

• The Use Of Mantra Repetition To Decrease Anxiety, Stress And Depression In Childbirth
• How The Workplace Environment And Moral Distress Affect The Retention Rate Of Midwives In A Large Teaching Hospital
• Characteristics Of Effective And Ineffective Preceptors Identified By Midwifery Students
• Women's Perceptions Of Midwives Presence During Childbirth
• Occupational Stress And Midwifery
• Ways Of Knowing And Midwifery

Young-Shin Lee, PhD, RN

• Factors Influencing Regular Physical Activity Behavior Of Older Adults With Prehypertension And Mild Hypertension
• Medication Adherence/compliance Of Elderly Hypertensives

Rebecca Long, MSN, APRN, FNP

• Critical Care Providers' Perceptions Of The Use Of Vasopressin in Cardiac Arrest
• Patient Safety And Smart Infusion Technology
• Using Simulation To Teach Resuscitation: An Important Patient Safety Tool

Jaynelle Stichler, DNSc, RN, FACHE

• Nursing Unit Evolution And Developments In Design And Planning
• Quality From Multiple Perspectives
• Computerized Patient Classification System Using Research Methodologies
• Principal Investigator- Faculty knowledge, attitudes, practice and barriers to teaching evidence-based practice
• Principal Investigator - The relationship among evidence-based practice, collaborative behaviors and the professional practice environment
• Principal Investigator - Nurse Manager Stress: An exploratory study

• The Breakfast Eating Habits Of Inner City High School Students
• A Universal Mid-Morning Nutrition Break At An Inner City School
• The Healthy Hoover Project: A Study Of Student Nutrition And Physical Activity Patterns
• Assessment Of The Community-Dwelling Elderly In A Rural Area
• Nutrition And Physical Activity In Fallbrook Schools

• Share The Care Dental Health Initiative: A Grant Aimed At Providing Oral Health, Education, Dental Assessments And Dental Care To The Children Of San Diego County