Carolyn Nickerson, EdD, RN, CNE

Funded Research Grants

2009

Reflective Judgment and Evidence-Based Practice Readiness Across Educational Program Levels - National League for Nursing, 2009-2011, $7807. Funded. Carolyn Nickerson(Co-PI, Mary Ann Thurkettle (Co-PI), Gibbs Kanyango (Co-I)

2008

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women: Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study) - Center for Nursing Research, Duquesne University School of Nursing, 2008. $5000.  Funded. Carolyn Nickerson (PI), Alison  Colbert (Co-I), Rick Zoucha (Co-I).

2007

Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula. - Phase I. Epsilon Phi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2007. $1000. Funded. Carolyn Nickerson (PI), L. Resick (Co-I), M. Leonardo (Co-I), E. Zungolo (Co-I).

Proposals submitted but not funded

2008

Reflective Judgment Among Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students: Epistemic Cognition for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice; submitted to Duquesne University Faculty Development Grant Program; unfunded

2007

Daily Spiritual Experiences: A Secondary Analysis to Inform Nursing Theory and Practice; submitted to the American Nurses Foundation in May; unfunded

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS 

2012

An issues paper, In the Interest of Healing: Mending Cultural Divides, accepted for publication in CHAUSA's Hospital Progress.

2010

A data-based manuscript entitled, Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula accepted for International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 7(1). http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol7/iss1/art35

2010

An opinion manuscript entitled Discerning Leadership accepted for NLN Nursing Education Perspectives Volume 31(2, April 2010), 118-119.

2009

A data-based manuscript entitled Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women: Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence, revised and re-submitted to Health Care for Women International, December, 2010.

2011

Poster presentation at the National League for Nursing Education Summit, Leading Academic Progression: Advancing the Health of the Nation, Orlando, FL 21-24 September 2011, of findings of a quantitative study, Reflective Judgment and Evidence-Based Practice Readiness Across Educational Program Levels.

2011

Poster presentation at Sigma Theta Tau International 22nd International Nursing Research Congress: Leading the Global Practice-Research Interface in the New Millennium Cancun, Mexico 11-14 July 2011 of findings of a quantitative study, Reflective Judgment and Evidence-Based Practice Readiness Across Educational Program Levels.

2010

Podium and poster presentation at the First Annual Rita M. McGinley Symposium on Health for Vulnerable Populations, Cultivating a Rich Interior Life: The Long and Winding Road to Solidarity, September 23, 2010.

2010

Podium presentation at the IAFN Annual Conference, final findings of a mixed methods study, Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women: Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study); C.  Nickerson (PI), A. Colbert (Co-I), R. Zoucha (Co-I). Accepted for presentation on October 27, 2010.

2010

Podium presentation of the final findings of a mixed methods study, Daily Spiritual Experiences: Exploring the Impact if Intimate Partner Violence, at the Eastern Nursing Research Society 21^st Annual Scientific Session in Providence, RI on March 24, 2010.

2009

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women: Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study); podium presentation of the final findings of a mixed methods study at the 10^th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing & Midwifery, The University of Dublin, Trinity College, November 4-5, 2009.

2009

Presentation of findings of a qualitative study at Duquesne University Adjunct Faculty Orientation, August 18, 2009. L. Resick (Co-I).Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula.

2009

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women: Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study); poster presentation of interim findings at the American Holistic Nurses' Association 2009 conference. A. Colbert (Co-I) & R. Zoucha (Co-I)

2009

Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula. Presentation of findings at Duquesne University BSN Committee Meeting, May 19, 2009. L. Resick (Co-I).

2009

Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula. Presentation of findings at the Duquesne University Scholarship Day, April 25, 2009. L. Resick (Co-I).

2009

Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students from Two Different Curricula. Presentation of findings at the spring meeting of Epsilon Phi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International, Duquesne University, March 25, 2009. L. Resick (Co-I).

2009

Reflective Judgment in Nursing Students: Epistemic Cognition for Evidence Based Practice; podium presentation at the NLN Research Conference in New Orleans on January 9, 2009.

2008

Daily Spiritual Experiences and Perceived Quality of Life of Young Adult Women:

Exploring the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence (A Pilot Study), Poster presentation, June 2008 at the First Annual Meeting of the Society for Spirituality, Theology, and Health, Duke University, Durham, NC

2007    

A Comparison of Role Perceptions of Nursing Students in Two Different Curricula - Phase I - Poster Presentation at Pittsburgh Regional Nursing Research Conference in Cranberry, PA

2007

"How can we respond to Infinite Love?" Ignatian Retreat Conference Presentation, January & May, 2007, Faulkner retreat house, Faulkner, MD

2007

"Ignatian Examen" Ignatian Retreat Conference Presentation, January & May, 2007, Faulkner retreat house, Faulkner, MD

2006

Report on the First National Conference on the Development of a Research Agenda in Telehealth, at the 9^th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, Seoul, South Korea