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Cynthia K. Russell, PhD, RN, CS

A little bit about me . . .

My educational trail has taken me from the lushness of rural southeastern Ohio (Gallipolis and Athens), to the beautiful mountains of West Virginia (Morgantown), to the wondrous desert of Arizona (Tucson). A variety of places, experiences, mentors, and friends.

PhD with a major in nursing research and a minor in sociology from the University of Arizona. Check out the home page for the College of Nursing -- a very fine college indeed!

MSN from the School of Nursing at West Virginia University, with another minor in sociology. It was here that I completed the requirements for certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner.

BSN from the School of Nursing in Ohio University's College of Health and Human Services.

Diploma in Nursing from the Holzer Medical Center School of Nursing. Unfortunately, this diploma program was changed to an associate degree program -- but not before I finished!

My program of research has a broad focus on persons' perceptions of and experiences with health, the health care system, formal care providers and other informal caregivers. The recent studies are more narrowly focused on self care and the health care experiences and decision-making of persons with chronic illnesses. Throughout most all of the studies you'll note (1) a focus on the perceptions of the care recipients, (2) the use of qualitative methods, and (3) a concern for cultural issues.

Here are some of my current and recent research studies. I've included those where I am (or have been the) principal investigator, as well as those in which I've played a consultant role. Beneath each study (where applicable), I've also noted the publications and presentations that arose from the study. At the conclusion of this section is a listing of presentations and publications (recent ones) that aren't attached to one of the listed studies. For any titles that are underlined, you can click on it to be taken to additional information about the item.

Current Projects

• Paterson, B.L., Thorne, S.E., & Russell, C.K. Principal Investigators. (1998, December - 2000, March). Investigation of Quality Decision-Making in the Everyday Self-Managment of Chronic Illness. Descriptive study to investigate self-care decision-making of individuals with chronic illness to develop a comparative base between chronic diseases, and to identify criteria to measure the quality of self-care decision-making across various disease conditions. Funded by the British Columbia Medical Services Foundation. $32,193.
  • Paterson, B.L., Russell, C.K., & Thorne, S.E. (1999, April). A Critical Analysis of Self-Care Decision-Making. Paper presented at the International, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Health Research Conference. Australia.
  • Paterson, B.L., Russell, C.K., & Thorne, S.E. (1999, February). Conceptualization of Self-Care Decision-Making in Chronic Illness. Paper presented at the Xi Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society's Fourth Annual Ethel Johns Nursing Research Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• Russell, C.K. Principal Investigator. (1998, July - 1999, February). Symptom Self-Care of Older Adults with Heart Failure. Descriptive pilot study to identify best data collection procedures and protocol for larger study on this topic. Supported by the College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
  • Russell, C.K. (1999, February). Use of Telephone Health Diaries and Diary-Interviews in Research on the Symptom Self-Care of Older Adults with Heart Failure. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society. Charleston, SC.

• Russell, C.K., Consultant & Campbell, M.L., Gregory, D.M., & Velnes, J. Principal Investigators. (1998, September - 1999, September). Mealtime in the Home: The Experience of Caregivers and Persons Living with Alzheimer Disease. Micro-ethnography exploring home-based caregivers' experiences with managing the eating/feeding situation of persons diagnosed with AD. Funded by the Alzheimer Society of Canada. $27,208.

• Russell, C.K., Principal Investigator & Smith, R., Farst, D., Ayubi, M., Brint, M., Justice, P., Cushman, W., & Sousoulas, M., Co-Investigators. (1998, January - 1998, December). Fostering Patient-Centered Care. Descriptive study focusing on improving patient-clinician communication through the use of focus group feedback and clinician training. Funded by the Veterans Integrated Service Network. $16,553.
  • Russell, C.K., Drumwright, C., Harrison, S., Holt, J., Matlock, L., Morris, L., Smith, R., & Sousoulas, M. Using patients' perspectives to develop an intervention to improve outpatient-provider communication. Paper presented at the National Association of Veteran Affairs Ambulatory Care Managers' (NAVAAM) Conference, Chicago, IL, August, 1999.

   

• Russell, C.K., Principal Investigator & Bunting, S.M., Hartig, M.T., Graney, M., & Sargent, S., Co-Investigators. (1997, September - 1998, August). Medication Decision-Making of Persons with HIV/AIDS. Exploratory descriptive study of the factors influencing medication decision-making of persons with HIV/AIDS. Funded by the GlaxoWellcome Research and Development Center. $18,293.05.
  • Hartig, M.T., Russell, C.K., Kisner, P., Brown, B., Bunting, S.M., Graney, M., & Sargent, S. Facilitators and barriers to medication-taking among persons living with HIV/AIDS. Paper presented at the Advanced Practice Nurse Conference, Keystone, CO, July, 1999.
  • Russell, C.K., Bunting, S.M., Graney, M., Hartig, M.T., Sargent, S., Kisner, P., & Brown, B. (1999). Factors that Influence the Medication Decision-Making of Persons with HIV/AIDS. Manuscript pending publication in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.
  • Kisner, P., Brown, B., Bunting, S.M., Russell, C.K., Wilkerson, R., Graney, M., Hartig, M.T., & Sargent, S. (1998, April). Factors Facilitating HIV Medication Adherence. Poster presented at the Beta Theta Chapter-At-Large Sigma Theta Tau Research Day. Memphis, TN.
  • Brown, B., Kisner, P., Russell, C.K., Bunting, S.M., Wilkerson, R., Hartig, M.T., Graney, M., & Sargent, S. (1998, April). Barriers to Taking HIV Medications. Poster presented at the Beta Theta Chapter-At-Large Sigma Theta Tau Research Day. Memphis, TN.

Completed Projects (last 5 years or so)

• Russell, C., Consultant, & Gregory, D.M., and the Action Research Consortium (ARC), Principal Investigators. (1997, September - 1998, March). Primary Care Plan for the NOR-MAN (Northern Manitoba) Regional Health Authority. Development of a primary care plan for The Pas catchment area of the NMRHA. Funded by a grant from the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority. $26, 608.

• Russell, C., Consultant, & Gregory, D. M., Wooton, D., Hawranik, P., & McKay, M., Principal Investigators. (1995, January - 1995, June). ACTION: A Community Analysis of St. Boniface and St. Vital. Ethnographic and epidemiological community health analysis of two urban communities located within Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, aimed at assessing and empowering the community's residents in relation to their health. Funded by a grant from the Ministry of Health through Youville Clinic. $50,000.
  • Russell, C. K., Gregory, D. M., Wooton, D., Murdoch, E., & Counts, M. M. (1996). ACTION: Application and extension of the GENESIS III community analysis model. Public Health Nursing, 13(3), 27-34.

• Russell, C. (1994, September - 1995, December), Principal Investigator. Care Experiences of Persons with Dementia. Qualitative study exploring the care experiences, i.e., care receiving and caregiving, of persons with dementia. Funded by the American Nurses Foundation. $2,699.
  • Russell, C.K., Hartig, M.T., & Rourke, L.F. (1998, February). Evaluating Methods for Accessing the Subjective Perspectives of Persons with Dementia. Paper presented at the 1998 Southern Nursing Research Society Conference. Fort Worth, TX.
  • Russell, C.K., Hartig, M.T., & Rourke, L.F. (1997, December). Evaluating the Usefulness of Methods for Eliciting Perspectives of Persons with Dementia. Paper presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of Sigma Theta Tau International. Indianapolis, IN.
  • Russell, C.K., Hartig, M.T., & Rourke, L.F. (1997, November). Methods for Accessing the Perspectives of Persons with Dementia. Poster presented at the 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Cincinnati, OH.
  • Russell, C.K., Hartig, M.T., & O'Rourke, L.F. (1997). Evaluation of methods for accessing the perspectives of persons with dementia. [Abstract] The Gerontologist.
  • Russell, C.K. (1997, April). Tensions Between Conformity and Agency in the Care Experiences of Persons with Dementia. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference. Norfolk, VA.
  • Russell, C.K. (1996, November). Passion and heretics: Meaning in life and quality of life of persons with dementia. [Invited editorial]. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 44, 1400-1402.
  • Russell, C.K. (1996, March). Tensions Between Conformity and Agency in the Care Experiences of Persons with Dementia. Poster presented at the University of Tennessee, Memphis Research Day, Memphis, TN.
  • Russell, C.K. (1995). Care experiences of persons with dementia. [Abstract] The Gerontologist, 35(special issue 1), 258.
  • Russell, C. K. (1995, November). Care Experiences of Persons with Dementia. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Russell, C.K., & Phillips, L.R. (1994). Conducting research with cognitively impaired elders: Challenges and strategies. [Abstract] The Gerontologist, 34(special issue 1), 298.
  • Russell, C., & Phillips, L. (1994, November). Conducting Research with Cognitively Impaired Elders: Challenges and Strategies. Paper presented at the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.

• Russell, C., Principal Investigator & Hooper, A., Geraci, T., Miller, B., & O'Brien, L., Co-Investigators. (1994, August - 1995, August). Health Outcomes and Quality of Living in Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Heart Failure. Descriptive study of the health outcomes of hospitalization and quality of living in persons with either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure. Supported by the Research and Development Fund of the College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Memphis. $5,000.00.
  • Russell, C.K., Hooper, A., Geraci, T., Shull, L, & Gregory, D.M. (1998). Patients' explanatory models for heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. Clinical Nursing Research, 7, 164-188.
  • Russell, C. K., Geraci, T., Hooper, A., & Shull, L. (1996, April). Client-Provider Perspectives of Health Outcomes and Quality of Living. Poster presented at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Research Day. Memphis, TN.
  • Russell, C. K., Geraci, T., Hooper, A., & Shull, L. (1996, Feb.-Mar.). We're Not as Close as We Think: Client-Provider Perspectives of Health Outcomes and Quality of Living. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference, Miami Beach, FL.
  • Shull, L., Geraci, T., Hooper, A., & Russell, C. K. (1995, October). The Importance of Learning Needs as Identified by Clients with Heart Failure or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Their Nurses. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Nursing Research Conference, Nashville Veterans Administration Medical Center and Iota, Xi Alpha, Beta Theta, and Nu Phi Chapters, Sigma Theta Tau and Belmont University Honor Society, Nashville, TN.
  • Russell, C. K., O'Brien, L., Miller, B., Geraci, T., & Hooper, A. (1995, June). Refocusing primary care practice for older adults with heart failure or pulmonary disease. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

• Russell, C. (1992, August - 1993, March), Principal Investigator. Care Seeking and Elders' Dependency Work: "My Time Is Occupied Trying to Live." Dissertation Research. Funded by an Individual National Center for Nursing Research National Research Service Award - #NR06596-02. $26,100.
  • Russell, C.K., Phillips, L.R., Cromwell, S.L., & Gregory, D.M. (1999). Elder-caregiver care interactions as dances of dependency. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, 13(4), (in press).
  • Bunting, S.M., Russell, C.K., & Gregory, D.M. (1998). Use of Email for concept synthesis: An international, collaborative project. Qualitative Health Research, 8, 128-135.
  • Bunting, S.M., Russell, C.K., & Gregory, D.M. (1997, June). Use of Emerging Technology in Knowledge Synthesis: An International Collaborative Project. Paper presented at the International Council of Nurses 21st Quadrennial Congress. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Gregory, D. M., Russell, C. K., & Phillips, L. R. (1997). Beyond textual perfection: Transcribers as vulnerable persons. Qualitative Health Research, 7, 294-300.
  • Russell, C.K., Bunting, S., & Gregory, D.M. (1997). Protective care-receiving: The active role of care recipients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25, 532-540.
  • Russell, C. K. (1996). Elder care recipients' care seeking process. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 44-63.
  • Russell, C. K. (1994). Older adult care recipients’ insight into their caregivers: "Beware the stone-faced elephant!" Geriatric Nursing, 15, 308-312.
  • Russell, C. (1994, June). Development and Consequences of Elder Care Recipients Insight into their Caregivers: Beware the Stone -Faced Elephant! Paper presented at the 2nd International, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Health Research Conference, Hershey, PA.
  • Russell, C. (1994, April). Care Recipients' Creativity: Protective Care Receiving. Roundtable conducted at the 15th Annual Southern Gerontological Society Meeting - Enjoying your age: Positive models of aging, Charlotte, NC.
  • Russell, C. K. (1994). Care recipients' voices: Elders' dependency work. In D. A. Gaut and A. Boykin (Eds), Caring as healing: Renewal through hope (pp. 111-132). New York: National League for Nursing.
  • Russell, C. K. (1993). Doctoral dissertation. Care seeking and elders' dependency work: "My time is occupied trying to live." University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ.

Other Recent Research Publications and Presentations (last 5 or so years)

Publications

Book

• Gregory, D.M., & Russell, C.K. (1999). Cancer Stories: On Life and Suffering. Published for Carleton University Press by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Canada. ISBN: 0-88629-359-6 (cloth) and 0-88629-354-5 (paperback).

Journal Articles

• Gregory, D.M., Whalley, W., Olson, J., Bain, M., Harper, G.G., Roberts, L., & Russell, C.K. (1999). Exploring the experience of Type 2 diabetes among urban Aboriginal people. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 31, 101-115.
• Russell, C. K., Gregory, D. M., & Gates, M. (1996). Aesthetics and substance in qualitative research posters. Qualitative Health Research, 6, 544-554.
• Cromwell, S., Russell, C.K., Lim, Y.M., Luna, I., Torres de Ardon, E., & Phillips, L.R. (1996). Uncovering the cultural context for quality of family caregiving for elders. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 284-298.
• Phillips, L.R., Luna, I., Russell, C.K., Baca, G., Lim, Y.M., Cromwell, S., Torres de Ardon, E. (1996). Toward a cross-cultural perspective of family caregiving. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 236-251.
• Lim, Y.M., Luna, I., Cromwell, S., Phillips, L.R., Russell, C.K., & Torres de Ardon, E. (1996). Toward a cross-cultural understanding of family caregiving burden. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 252-266.
• Luna, I., Torres de Ardon, E., Lim, Y.M., Cromwell, S., Phillips, L.R., & Russell, C.K. (1996). The relevance of familism in cross-cultural studies of family caregiving. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 267-283.
• Phillips, L. R., Morrison, E., Chae, Y. M., Cromwell, S. L., & Russell, C. K. (1995). Effects of the situational context and interactional process on the quality of family caregiving. Research in Nursing and Health, 18, 205-216.
• Russell, C. K. (1995). Critical issues in qualitative research [Review of the book Critical issues in qualitative research]. Contemporary Sociology, 24, 141-142.
• Russell, C. K., & Gregory, D. M. (1993). Issues for consideration when choosing a qualitative data management system. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18, 1806-1816.
• Gregory, D. M., Russell, C. K., Hurd, J., Tyance, J., & Sloan, J. (1992). Canada’s Indian health transfer policy: The Gull Bay Band experience. Human Organization, 51, 214-222.
• Guzzetta, P. J., Russell, C. K., & Bell, L. (1990). An evaluation of immunization mall programs. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 7, 159-166.

Presentations

• Russell, C.K. (1998, April). Qualitative Research. Roundtable presentation at the Beta Theta Chapter-At-Large Sigma Theta Tau Research Day. Memphis, TN.
• Russell, C.K., & Thomas, J. (1998, February). Lifting the Veil on Care Recipients' Perspectives of Illness and Care Through the Use of Pathographies. Poster presented at the 1998 Southern Nursing Research Society Conference. Fort Worth, TX.
• Gregory, D.M., Russell, C.K., & McCrae, K. (1997, November). Fallen Angels: Analysis of the Disciplinary Committee Minutes of the College of Nurses of Ontario, 1992-1996. Paper presented at the Health Sciences Centre, Centrewide Research Committee and Xi Lambda, Sigma Theta Tau International Research Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• Russell, C.K., Carter, S.A., & Shaw, M. (1997, August). Casemix Severity of Ambulatory Care Providers. Poster presented at the 10th Annual National Association of Veterans Affairs Ambulatory care Managers (NAVAAM) Conference. Memphis, TN.
• Gregory, D.M., Russell, C.K., Nelson, F., & Fudge, P. (1997, June). Death Reviews: Exploring Nurses' Talk on Death and Dying. Paper presented at the International Council of Nurses 21st Quadrennial Congress. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Russell, C.K., Gregory, D.M., Nelson, F., & Fudge, P. (1997, April). Nurses' Talk: Exploring Language on Death and Dying. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Southern Nursing Research Society Conference. Norfolk, VA.
• Whiffen, R. J., Windham, A. J., & Russell, C. K. (1995, November). Participants' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of a Low Back Pain Program. Poster presented at the 9th Nursing Research Day of Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Nursing and Epsilon Nu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, New Orleans, LA.
• Russell, C., & Gregory, D. (1994, June). Qualitative Gerontological Researchers Use of Computer Data Management Programs. Poster presented at the 2nd International, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Health Research Conference, Hershey, PA.
• Phillips, L., Berran, D., Dominguez, S., Forbes, M., Kim, M. Y., Komnenich, P., Russell, C., & Torres de Ardon, E. (1994, June). Caregivers' Stories: Explorations of Caregiving in Two Ethnic Groups. Paper presented at the 2nd International, Interdisciplinary Qualitative Health Research Conference, Hershey, PA.

My practice is two-fold. First is the portion of my practice that relates to my advanced practice role as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. Second is the portion of my practice that relates to the Internet. Both of these practice areas are challenging, yet fulfilling!

Adult Nurse Practitioner Role

• Since July, 1993, I have worked as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in the Chronic Cardiac Clinic at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Enacting this role, I have a primary care clinic that operates 8 hours per week in the Orange Firm of the Ambulatory Care Service at the Memphis VA. All of the veterans enrolled in my clinic have some type of underlying cardiac problem. In the clinic I provide primary care for these veterans, many of whom have complex chronic multisystem diseases.

• As one of several advanced practice nurses in the Primary Care Department of the College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Memphis, I coordinate my efforts of enacting and examining faculty practice with my colleagues. We believe that it is critical to have exemplary faculty practices if we are to be exemplary teachers of advanced practice nurses. Some of the presentations noted below focus on this aspect. Certainly several of the research studies noted in the preceding section focus on issues of relevance to an advanced practice role.

• Here are some of the publications and presentations that relate to this advanced nursing practice role.

  • Hartig, M.T., Russell, C.K., Mills, B., & Stegbauer, C.C. (1999, July). An Innovative Examination of Faculty Practice. Paper presented at the 3rd Biennial International Nursing Conference. Madison, WI.
  • Hartig, M.T., Russell, C.K., Panicucci, C., Larrabee, J.H., Mills, B., Stegbauer, C., Wood, M.H., Thompson, C.L., Beachum, D., & Veeser, P.I. (1998, April). Examining Faculty Practice: Planning Phase. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). Savannah, GA.
  • Russell, C.K. (1997, May). Hypertension Update. Invited workshop presentation at the Tennessee Nurses Association Advanced Practice Nursing Conference. Nashville, TN.
  • Wicke, W., & Russell, C. K. (1996, April 5). Mixing gastric drugs with prescriptions can lead to liver toxicity. Memphis Health Care News, 3A.

Internet Practice Role

• In the fall of 1993, I was introduced to the potential that the Internet held for educating advanced practice nurses. As sort of a sideline (chuckle), I fell into the role of promoting the Internet in our college's courses. I've also been an active member of the University of Tennessee, Memphis' workgroups for (1) designing a new web page, (2) developing policies and procedures for using the university's web pages, and (3) examining and promoting telemedicine (telehealth, perhaps?) on our campus.

• While part of the Internet work that I've done falls into this category, some of it also falls into my teaching activities -- look in both of them if you want to see what I've done related to the Internet.

• Russell, C.K., Murrell, V.S., & Stegbauer, C.C. (2000, April). From dogmatic to dynamic: Using technology in teaching. Workshop symposium for the 26th Annual Meeting of the National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). Washington, DC. 
• Russell, C.K. (1998, October). Technology and Nursing Education. Invited keynote presentation for the Research Day of Lambda U Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, Union University. Jackson, TN.
• Panicucci, C. & Russell, C.K. (1998, April). The Effectiveness of Internet/WWW Learning Activities in a FNP Curriculum. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). Savannah, GA.
• Russell, C.K. (1997, March). Creative Uses of the Internet as an Instructional Tool. Invited workshop presentation at the 22nd Annual Workshop of the Creative Teaching for Nursing Educators' Conference, sponsored by the University of Memphis. Memphis, TN.
• Russell, C.K. (1996, July 26). Internet offers clinicians a world of ideas. [Invited commentary] Memphis Health Care News, 4, 6.
• Russell, C.K. (1996, May). World Wide Web: Cruising for Info. Invited presentation at Tennessee Nurses Association Advanced Practice Nursing Conference. Nashville, TN.
• Russell, C.K. (1996, May). Exploring the World Wide Web. Invited presentation at Baptist Memorial Hospital's Nursing Faculty Development Session. Memphis, TN.

I teach in numerous courses, while coordinating or having primary responsibility for two courses. The focus of my teaching is two-fold: on advanced practice nursing and on qualitative research methods. I also strive to incorporate the Internet into course activities and have designed some course materials (links below).

Courses as Primary Faculty 

• FNP 826: Primary Care II: This course is the second of two advanced practice nursing courses focusing on specialization, expansion, and advancement of research-based knowledge and skills related to the advanced practice of nursing in primary care. Emphasis is on the continuing development of a knowledge base necessary for clinical decision-making and the beginning refinements of a model of practice with the family as the unit of service. Needs of families in rural or urban medically underserved areas are important components of the course.

• NSG 913: Qualitative Research: This course is designed to provide the student with a firm grounding in qualitative research methodologies and approaches to data analysis and interpretation.

Courses Where I Have Secondary Responsibilities (doing a discussion/lecture or two!)

PHARM 815: Advanced Pharmacology	2 case study sessions on hypertension and cardiovascular content
FNP 816: Primary Care I	2 (3 hour) lectures/discussions on hypertension and diabetes mellitus
FNP 817: Primary Care I Clinical	coordinate student placements at Memphis VAMC and serve as clinical preceptor for students in their primary care rotations during term 2
NSG 822: Research Design	3 hour lecture/discussion on qualitative research methods
NSG 823: Physical Diagnosis	2 hour lecture/discussion on differential diagnosis of chest pain
FNP 827: Primary Care II Clinical	coordinate student placements at Memphis VAMC and serve as clinical preceptor for students in their primary care rotations during term 3
NSG 919: Nursing Science Seminar	along with other faculty, participate each semester and offer 1 (1 hour) lecture/discussion each semester
NSG 933: Research Seminar	along with other faculty, participate each semester the course is offered and lead 1 (2 hour) lecture/discussion

Presentations and Publications Related to My Teaching Role

• The following reflect presentation or publication of innovative ideas related to education. You'll note that they each have multiple authors -- this is one aspect of the faculty in our College of Nursing that I've found so rewarding . . . everyone's got such great ideas and they're all so willing to share.

• Russell, C.K., & Panicucci, C.L. (1999, April). Pathographies in APN Education: An Innovative Method for Understanding Patients' Health Care Experiences. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF). San Francisco, CA.

• Veeser, P.I., Stegbauer, C.C., & Russell, C.K. (1999). Developing a clinical doctorate to prepare nurses for advanced practice. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 31, 39-41.

• Russell, C.K., Stegbauer, C., & Tagg, P.I. (1997, June). Education for the Future: The Timeliness of the Nursing Doctorate Model. Paper presented at the International Council of Nurses 21st Quadrennial Congress. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• Albrecht, M., & Russell, C. K. (1994, November). Students as Partners in the Learning Process: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Health Promotion. Paper presented at the 122nd Scientific Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.

Innovative Internet Course Materials

• What follows are some of the course materials that I've created for use on the Internet. While I do much more on the Internet than what these reflect, these are some of the more refined course materials I've developed. I'm really interested in your comments and suggestions for improving them.

Russell, C.K., & Geraci, S. (originally created 1996; significant revision 1998). Differential Diagnosis of Chest Pain. WWW presentation for advanced practice nursing students and others to learn differential diagnosis of chest pain. Now refined for CE presentation and conducted on-line using Blackboard course delivery software. Contact me if you would like to have a preview of the course.

• URL: http://www.blackboard.com/courses/CE100

Russell, C.K. (1998). Self-Assessment Pharmacology Case Studies. WWW site for case study presentation and self-assessment quizzes on advanced practice pharmacology content for angina, hypertension, and heart failure.

• URL: contact me if you're interested in reviewing these

Russell, C.K. (1998). Qualitative Research. WWW site for course materials for doctoral students' qualitative research course. Now being taught through the use of "Blackboard" -- a system for on-line course delivery. Contact me if you would like to have a look at the materials.

• URL: http://www.blackboard.com/courses/N913

The footnote stuff!

Other Pages of Potential Interest if you've read this far!	URL
This page	http://www.utmem.edu/~crussell/russellactivities.htm
Index page for other activities of mine	http://www.utmem.edu/crussell/index.htm
College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, Memphis	http://www.utmem.edu/nursing

This page first developed January 23, 1999; last updated 05/30/00.

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