The Nursing Faculty Research and Publications Series is comprised of books and articles published by Marquette University's nursing faculty.
Submissions from 2008
Refinement of the Shared Care Instrument-Revised: A Measure of a Family Care Interaction, Margaret Sebern
Sense of Coherence and Quality of Life in Women Family Members of the Seriously Mentally Ill, M. Jane Suresky, Jaclene Zauszniewski, and Abir K. Bekhet
Readiness for Discharge in Parents of Hospitalized Children, Marianne E. Weiss, Norah Louise Johnson, Shelly Malin, Teresa Jerofke-Owen, Cecilia Lang, and Eileen Sherburne
Factors Associated With Perceived Burden, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Family Members of Adults With Serious Mental Illness, Jaclene Zauszniewski, Abir K. Bekhet, and M. Jane Suresky
Submissions from 2007
Factors Influencing Cancer Screening Practices of Underserved Women, Kelly Ackerson and Kimberlee A. Gretebeck
Midwest Nursing Research Society Sage Best Paper Award: Milieu Change and Relocation Adjustment in Elders, Abir K. Bekhet, Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, and May L. Wykle
When I Was in My Home I Suffered a Lot: Mexican Women’s Descriptions of Abuse in Family of Origin, Ruth Ann Belknap and Nancy Cruz
Continued Professional Competence and Portfolios, Michelle Byrne, Teresa Delarose, Cecil A. King, Jane Stover Leske, Kathryn G. Sapnas, and Kathryn Schroeter
Influence of Music on the Stress Response in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Support: A Pilot Study, Linda L. Chlan, William C. Engeland, Anita Anthony, and Jill L. Guttormson
The Influence of Religiosity on Contraceptive Use and Abortion in the United States, Richard J. Fehring and Jennifer Ohlendorf
Efficacy of Cervical Mucus Observations Plus Electronic Hormonal Fertility Monitoring as a Method of Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring, Mary Schneider, Kathleen Raviele, and Mary L. Barron
Physical Activity and Function in Older Adults: Theory of Planned Behavior, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, David R. Black, Carolyn L. Blue, Lawrence T. Glickman, Sally A. Huston, and Randall J. Gretebeck
Clinical Focus Program: Enhancing the Transition of Senior Nursing Students to Independent Practice, Tondi Harrison, Stephanie Stewart, Katie Ball, and Marilyn Meyer Bratt
Legislation and Policy Development, Kathryn Shisler Harrod, Lisa Hanson, and Kathryn Osborne
Engaging Students Through Collaboration: How Project FUN Works, Michael Havice, Shelly Malin, Heidi Schweizer, and Marilyn Frenn
The Bath Environment, the Bathing Task, and the Older Adult: A Review and Future Directions for Bathing Disability Research, Susan L. Murphy, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, and Neil B. Alexander
The Influence of Religiosity on Contraceptive Use among Roman Catholic Women in the United States, Jennifer M. Ohlendorf and Richard J. Fehring
Clinical Patient Safety—Achieving High Reliability in a Complex System, Kathryn Rapala and Julie Cowan Novak
Integrating Patient Safety into Curriculum: The Purdue University Doctor of Nursing Practice, Kathryn Rapala and Julie Cowan Novak
Best Practices in Second Stage Labor Care: Maternal Bearing Down and Positioning, Joyce Roberts and Lisa Hanson
Skin Integrity in Critically Ill and Injured Children, Christine A. Schindler, Theresa Mikhailov, Kay Fischer, Gloria Lukasiewicz, Evelyn M. Kuhn, and Linda Duncan
Advocacy: The Tool of a Hero, Kathryn Schroeter
Dyadic Relationship Scale: A Measure of the Impact of the Provision and Receipt of Family Care, Margaret Sebern and Carol J. Whitlatch
Post‐Exercise Substrate Utilization after a High Glucose vs. High Fructose Meal During Negative Energy Balance in the Obese, Thomas J. Tittelbach, Richard D. Mattes, and Randall J. Gretebeck
Diagnosis, surveillance, and screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: methods and dilemmas, Marianne E. Weiss and Christine E. Cronk
Perceived Readiness for Hospital Discharge in Adult Medical-Surgical Patients, Marianne E. Weiss, Linda B. Piacentine, Lisa Lokken, Janice Ancona, Joanne Archer, Susan Gresser, Sue Holmes Baird, Sally Toman, Anne Toy, and Teri Vega-Stromberg
Book Review of Grieving Mental Illness: A Guide for Patients and Their Caregivers (2nd ed.) by V. LaFond, Jaclene A. Zauszniewski and Abir K. Bekhet
Effects of Teaching Resourcefulness and Acceptance on Affect, Behavior, and Cognition of Chronically Ill Elders, Jaclene Zauszniewski, Abir K. Bekhet, Chien-Yu Lai, Patricia McDonald, and Carol M. Musil
Moving from Tradition to Evidence: A Review of Psychiatric Nursing Intervention Studies, Jaclene Zauszniewski, M. Jane Suresky, Abir K. Bekhet, and Lori Kidd
Submissions from 2006
Creating Technology-enhanced Practice: A University-Home Care-Corporate Alliance, Patricia Flatley Brennan, Laura Burke, Gail Casper, Margaret Sebern, Carolyn Krause, Susan Kossman, Delores Severtson, and Judy Murphy
Correlates of Cigarette Smoking Among Low-income African American Women, Jorge Delva, Marisol Tellez, Tracy L. Finlayson, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Kristine Siefert, David R. Williams, and Amid I. Ismail
Rhythm Method as Cause of Embryonic Death Based on Flawed Assumptions, Richard J. Fehring
Scientific Foundations of Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring
The Present State of NFP Science, the Challenges we Face, Richard J. Fehring
Variability in the Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, Richard J. Fehring, Mary Schneider, and Kathleen Raviele
Inhibitors of COX Activity Preserve Muscle Mass in Mice Bearing the Lewis Lung Carcinoma, But Not the B16 Melanoma, Erin Graves, Edward Ramsay, and Donna O. McCarthy
Recommendations for Sexuality Education for Early Adolescents, Kristin Haglund
Understanding Sexual Abstinence in African American Teens, Kristin Haglund
Pushing for Change, Lisa Hanson
The National Children's Study, Waukesha Country, Wisconsin, Vanguard Center, Jeanne B. Hewitt, Steven R. Leuthner, Marianne E. Weiss, David Whelan, Leslie Athey, Jane A. McElroy, Maureen S. Durkin, and Christine E. Cronk
The National Children’s Study Waukesha County, Wisconsin Vanguard Center, Jeanne B. Hewitt, Steven R. Leuthner, Marianne E. Weiss, David Whelan, Leslie Athey, Jane A. McElroy, Maureen S. Durkin, and Christine E. Cronk
The Power of Collaboration With Patient Safety Programs: Building Safe Passage for Patients, Nurses, and Clinical Staff, Karlene M. Kerfoot, Kathryn Rapala, Patricia R. Ebright, and Suzanne M. Rogers
Peripheral Blood Pressure Changes Induced by Dobutamine Do Not Alter BOLD Signals in The Human Brain, Heng Liu, Charles Rainey, Kathryn K. Lauer, Linda B. Piacentine, Alan S. Bloom, Robert C. Risinger, B. Douglas Ward, Elliot Stein, and Shi-Jiang Li
Conjugated Linoleic Acid Preserves Muscle Mass in Mice Bearing the Lewis Lung Carcinoma, but not the B16 Melanoma, Donna O. McCarthy and Erin Graves
Girls on the Move Program to Increase Physical Activity Participation, Lorraine B. Robbins, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Anamaria S. Kazanis, and Nola J. Pender
Matching a Graduate Curriculum in Public/Community Health Nursing to Practice Competencies: The Rush University Experience, Susan M. Swider, Pamela F. Levin, Sarah Ailey, Susan Breakwell, Julia M. Cowell, Diane McNaughton, and Marilyn O'Rourke
Psychometric Properties of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale, Marianne E. Weiss and Linda Piacentine
Validity and Reliability of the Perceived Readiness for Discharge After Birth Scale, Marianne E. Weiss, Polly Ryan, and Lisa Lokken
Submissions from 2005
A Systematic Review of Mammography Educational Interventions for Low-Income Women, Tatiana Bailey, Jorge Delva, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Kristine Siefert, and Amid I. Ismail
Basal Body Temperature Assessment: Is It Useful to Couples Seeking Pregnancy?, Mary Lee Barron and Richard J. Fehring
Aiming for Zero Errors: Clarian’s Safe Passage Program Improves Infusion Safety, Dawn Daniels and Kathryn Rapala
Cigarette Smoking Among Low-Income African Americans: A Serious Public Health Problem, Jorge Delva, Marisol Tellez, Tracy L. Finlayson, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, Kristine Siefert, David R. Williams, and Amid I. Ismail
Promoting Healthful Diets and Exercise: Efficacy of a 12-Week After-School Program in Urban African Americans, Hermann-J. Engels, Randall J. Gretebeck, Kimberlee A. Gretebeck, and Linda Jimenez
Adaptation to Cesarean Birth: Implementation of an International Multisite Study, Jacqueline Fawcett, Cynthia Aber, Marianne E. Weiss, Susan Haussler, Sheila Taylor Myers, Charlette King, Jennifer Newton, and Virginia Silva
Attitudes, Intentions, and Ethical Stance of Advanced Practice Nursing Students toward Abortion Provision: Part One B Quantitative Findings, Richard J. Fehring
New Low- and High-Tech Calendar Methods of Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring
Protocol for Determining Fertility While Breastfeeding and Not in Cycles, Richard J. Fehring, Mary Lee Barron, and Mary Schneider
Changing the Tide: An Internet/Video Exercise and Low Fat Diet Intervention with Middle School Students, Marilyn Frenn, Shelly Malin, Roger L. Brown, Yvonne Greer, Jaime Fox, Jennifer Greer, and Sarah Smyczek
Determinants of Physical Activity and Low-Fat Diet Among Low Income African American and Hispanic Middle School Students, Marilyn Frenn, Shelly Malin, Antonia M. Villarruel, Kimberly Slaikeu, Stephanie McCarthy, Joan Freeman, and Erinn Nee
Conjugated Linoleic Acid Preserves Muscle Mass in Mice Bearing the Colon-26 Adenocarcinoma, Erin Graves, Andrew Hitt, Michael W. Pariza, Mark E. Cook, and Donna O. McCarthy
Medical Students' Knowledge of Midwifery Practice After Didactic and Clinical Exposure, Lisa Hanson, Jackie Tillett, and Russell S. Kirby
Indomethacin Preserves Muscle Mass and Reduces Levels of E3 Ligases and TNF Receptor Type 1 in the Gastrocnemius Muscle of Tumor-Bearing Mice, Andrew Hitt, Erin Graves, and Donna O. McCarthy
Mentoring Staff Members as Patient Safety Leaders: The Clarian Safe Passage Program, Kathryn Rapala
Patient Safety. From Metaphor to Model: The Clarian Safe Passage Program, Kathryn Rapala and Karlene M. Kerfoot
Psychometric Evaluation of the Shared Care Instrument in a Sample of Home Health Care Family Dyads, Margaret Sebern
Shared Care, Elder and Family Member Skills Used to Manage Burden, Margaret Sebern
Shared Care Instrument, Margaret Sebern
Effects of Caffeine on Linear and Nonlinear Measures of Heart Rate Variability Before and After Exercise, Vikram K. Yeragani, Siddartha Krishnan, Hermann J. Engels, and Randall J. Gretebeck
Submissions from 2004
Connecting New Nurses and Home Care, Susan Breakwell
Change in Diet, Physical Activity, and Body Weight in Female College Freshman, Scott M. Butler, David R. Black, Carolyn L. Blue, and Randall J. Gretebeck
The Future of Professional Education in Natural Family Planning, Richard J. Fehring
A Comparison of the Fertile Phase As Determined by the Clearplan Easy Fertility Monitor™ and Self-Assessment of Cervical Mucus, Richard J. Fehring, Kathleen Raviele, and Mary Schneider
Southeast Asian refugee children: Self-esteem as a predictor of depression and scholastic achievement in the U.S., Patricia G. Fox, Kenneth R. Burns, Judith M. Popovich, Ruth Ann Belknap, and Marilyn Frank-Stromborg
Conducting Life History Research With Adolescents, Kristin Haglund
Dietary Recommendations: Where Are We Now?, Donna O. McCarthy
Indomethacin and Ibuprofen Preserve Gastrocnemius Muscle Mass in Mice Bearing the Colon26 Adenocarcinoma, Donna O. McCarthy, Pamela Whitney, Andrew Hitt, and Sadeeka Al-Majid
Psychometric Testing of the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index, Barbara Riegel, Beverly Carlson, Debra K. Moser, Margaret Sebern, Frank D. Hicks, and Virginia Roland
Orthopedic Surgery, Lisa Thiemann
Couples' Views of the Effects of Natural Family Planning on Marital Dynamics, Leona VandeVusse, Lisa Hanson, Richard J. Fehring, Amy Newman, and Jaime Fox
The Wisconsin Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Screening Project, Marianne E. Weiss, Christine E. Cronk, Sandra Mahkorn, Randall Glysch, and Sara Zirbel
Length of Stay after Vaginal Birth: Sociodemographic and Readiness-for-Discharge Factors, Marianne E. Weiss, Polly Ryan, Lisa Lokken, and Magdalen Nelson
Submissions from 2003
Beneficial Effects of Flexible Insulin Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Ramin Alemzadeh, P. Palma-Sisto, Elaine Parton, Joan P. Totka, and Mary De Sales Kirby
Te Contaria Mi Vida: I Would Tell You My Life, if Only You Would Ask, Ruth Ann Belknap and Pilar Sayeed
Beliefs of Blue-collar Workers: Stage of Readiness for Exercise, Carolyn L. Blue, David R. Black, Karen Conrad, and Kimberlee A. Gretebeck
Blame--Do You Know It When You See It?, Patricia R. Ebright and Kathryn Rapala
Teaching, Practice, and Research: An Integrative Approach Benefiting Students and Faculty, Jacqueline Fawcett, Cynthia Aber, and Marianne E. Weiss
An Analysis of the Majority Report “Responsible Parenthood” and its Recommendations on Abortion, Sterilization and Contraception, Richard J. Fehring
The Benefits of Nurse-Led Secondary Prevention Clinics for Coronary Heart Disease Continued After 4 Years, a commentary, Marilyn Frenn
Diet and Exercise in Low Income, Culturally Diverse Middle School Students, Marilyn Frenn and Shelly Malin
Stage Based Interventions for Low Fat Diet with Middle School Students, Marilyn Frenn, Shelly Malin, and Naveen K. Bansal
The Perceived Value of Certification by Certified Perioperative Nurses, Kathleen B. Gaberson, Kathryn Schroeter, Aileen R. Killen, and Wendelny A. Valentine
Change in Quality of Life from Before to After Discharge Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation, Kathleen L. Grady, Peter M. Meyer, Annette Mattea, Diane K. Dressler, Sophia Ormaza, Connie White-Williams, Suzanne Chillcott, Annemarie Kaan, Alice Loo, Barbara Todd, Annette Klemme, William Piccione, and Maria Rosa Costanzo
Sexually Abstinent African American Adolescent Females' Descriptions of Abstinence, Kristin Haglund
Rh Negative Status and Isoimmunization Update: A Case-Based Approach to Care, Kathryn Shisler Harrod, Lisa Hanson, Leona VandeVusse, and Patricia Heywood
Rethinking Nutritional Support for Persons with Cancer Cachexia, Donna O. McCarthy
Localization of Transfected B7-1 (CD-80) in Human Melanoma Cells after Particle Mediated Gene Transfer, Donna O. McCarthy, Lorraine F. Meisner, Jeanne Bourdeau-Heller, Timothy R. Roberts, Shi-Qi Wu, Thomas F. Warner, and Mark R. Albertini
Editorial: Are you a prime mover?, Kathryn Schroeter
Donation after Cardiac Death: The Reinvention of a Forgotten Procedure, Gloria Taylor, Karen Samartan, and Kathryn Schroeter
Effect of Dietary Sodium on Fluid/Electrolyte Regulation During Bed Rest, W. Jon Williams, Suzanne M. Schneider, Randall J. Gretebeck, Helen W. Lane, Charles A. Stuart, and Peggy A. Whitson