Nursing - People
men
Primary care of women; spirituality; graduate nursing education; care for the homeless
Prostate and testicular cancer research
Minority health issues
Men's health issues
Diversity in nursing issues
Research utilization
Evidence-based practice
Competency-based evaluation
Pain management
Evaluation/outcomes Research
Translation research
Research Interests
An interest in maternal-child health and evidence based care practices
A specific focus on birth practices such as the management of the umbilical cord in term and preterm infants
Research Interests
Health care of women in prison; loss, grief and bereavementMedical Surgical Nursing
Educational issues in the clinical area
Oncology nursing
Pain management
Spirituality, mentoring and health-care in the primary care setting
Research Interests
Dr
Martins' research and scholarly work is with vulnerable populations in the community and includes a descriptive phenomenological study of the homeless person’s health care experiences, analysis of food insufficiency and hunger with homeless families, strategies used to survive in the lives of woman facing adversity, and methods to increase nursing students’ knowledge and appreciation with older adults in the community and with the prison population
Dr
Martins has co-authored articles on critical interactionism, risk and vulnerability, elder abuse, and nursing education strategies
Research Interests
Clinical specialty: Pediatric Nursing, Simulation in Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Health AssessmentResearch Interests
The phenomenon of hope, how patients engage in the hoping process, the relationship of hope to meaning making, experiences with hoping from a global perspective, theory development, qualitative researchPain, anxiety and other central phenomenon experienced by patients across nursing care settings
Community health
Inductive approaches to theory development
Sociocultural influences in health and illness
Med-surg nursing
Pain management
Educational issues in clinical areas
Staff
Patricia Burbank
pburbank@uri.edu
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
401.874.5314
Karin Conopask
kconopask@foundation.uri.edu
Assistant Dean for Development
401.874.5745
Ellen Cuomo
ellenm@uri.edu
Undergraduate Studies Secretary
401.874.5304
Bethany Fay
bfay@uri.edu
Graduate Studies Secretary
401.874.5334
Mary Kazamias
mkazamias@uri.edu
Scientific Research Grant Assistant
401.874.5303
Mary Leveillee
Mleveillee@uri.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies
401.874.5331
Todd W. Madison
tmadison@mail.uri.edu
Senior Information Technologist
401.874.5338
Michaela Mooney
michaela@uri.edu
Assistant Dean
401.874.5302
Mary C. Sullivan
mcsullivan@uri.edu
Professor
Interim Dean
401.874.5339
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