Accomplishments: School of Nursing

Paul Thomas Clements (Nursing) published a new chapter in the book Concepts for Nursing Practice (3rd edition). The chapter is about interpersonal violence in the category of maladaptive behavior.      
Andrew Thomas Reyes, Rhigel "Jay" Tan (both Nursing), and Chad L. Cross (Public Health) co-authored, “Resilience, Trauma, and Cultural Norms Regarding Disclosure of Mental Health Problems among Foreign-Born and US-Born Filipino American Women,” which is published in the August issue of the Behavioral Medicine.
Susan McLennon (Nursing) co-authored an article titled "Missing the Mark: The Complexity of African American Dementia Family Caregiving" in the Journal of Family Nursing.
Paul Thomas Clements (Nursing) was named as part of a group of 15 new fellows inducted into the National League for Nursing Academy of Nursing Education for 2020.
Andrew Thomas Reyes (Nursing) published an article, “A Mindfulness Mobile App for Traumatized COVID-19 Healthcare Workers and Recovered Patients: A Response to “The Use of Digital Applications and COVID-19,” in the Community Mental Health Journal.
Alona Angosta and Jinyoung Kim (both Nursing) have been selected to the American Academy of Nursing 2020 Class of Fellows. Inductees were chosen for their contributions to health and health care based on a highly competitive application process and is a significant milestone for nurse leaders everywhere.    
Kelly Ann Garthe (Nursing) successfully defended her dissertation titled "Rejection Sensitivity and the Intent to Seek Medical Help Among Gender Minority Individuals."  She officially earned her doctorate status.  
June Cho (Nursing) and Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article, “Associations Between Hormonal Biomarkers and Preterm Infant Health and Development During the First 2 Years After Birth," on Biological Research for Nursing.
Dieu-My T. Tran and Angela Sojobi (both Nursing) co-authored a new publication "Review of the Scientific Literature on Young Adults Related to Cardiovascular Disease Intervention." Sojobi is a graduate student.
Kristen Grunerud (Nursing) earned her doctoral status after successfully defending her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) project. Her project was titled, ""An Intervention to Increase Nurses’ Knowledge of Non-Opioid Pain Management in Post-Operative Elective Knee and Hip Replacement Patients".
Jay J. Shen, Sfurti Rathi, Kalyn Frost (Healthcare), Catherine Dingley (Nursing), Ji Won Yoo (Medicine), and Soo Kyong Kim (Journalism & Media Studies), along Hee-Taik Kang, a past visiting scholar in the School of Public Health, published a study on "Sociocultural Factors Associated with Awareness of Palliative Care and Advanced…
Tarryn McGhie (Nursing) and UNLV alum Rebekah Piper, '07 BS Education, '09 Master of Education, '15 PhD Education, now of Texas A&M University-San Antonio, have published a chapter titled "Family Discussions of Race Impacting Children's PK-12 Schooling." This chapter was the result of a dual study in which discussions of race and literacy were…