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Selected Works of Cathy H. Abell

Professor (retired), School of Nursing and Allied Health

Dr. Abell is a Professor in the School of Nursing at WKU. She earned an AS in Nursing from Somerset Community College and a BSN, MS, and MSN from WKU. She received her PhD from the University of Louisville.

Dr. Abell currently teaches in the MSN and DNP programs. Courses she teaches include Leadership and Management, Testing Assessment for Nurse Educators, Curriculum Development, Population Health, Quality Improvement and Research. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Kentucky Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, Kentucky League of Nursing, Faith Community Nurses, and American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Her research interests include issues related to nursing education, change process, leadership, spirituality, and care of older adults.

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About Cathy H. Abell

Dr. Abell is a Professor in the School of Nursing at WKU. She earned an AS in Nursing from Somerset Community College and a BSN, MS, and MSN from WKU. She received her PhD from the University of Louisville.

Dr. Abell currently teaches in the MSN and DNP programs. Courses she teaches include Leadership and Management, Testing Assessment for Nurse Educators, Curriculum Development, Population Health, Quality Improvement and Research. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Kentucky Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, Kentucky League of Nursing, Faith Community Nurses, and American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. Her research interests include issues related to nursing education, change process, leadership, spirituality, and care of older adults.

Nursing Alumni: Continuing Education Preferences

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing (2019)

Maire M Blankenship, Cathy H. Abell, Maria E. Main and Kim Elaine Young Vickous

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there are 2.9 million registered nurses in the U.S who practice in a ...

Osteoporosis Education: Success in a Community Setting

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing (2019)

Cathy H. Abell, Maria E. Main, Maire M Blankenship and S. Renea Watkins

The purpose of the quasi-experimental study was to examine the effect of a community educational offering on attendees’ knowledge of ...

Informatics: RN to BSN Students’ Perceived Competence

Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics (2018)

Cathy H. Abell, Tonya M Bragg-Underwood and Lori J Alexander

Background: Nurses utilize informatics to aide in providing safe, quality care to patients across the lifespan in a variety of ...

Job Satisfaction of Nursing Home Administrators

The Director: Journal of the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (2018)

Background: The older adult population, age 65 and older, in the United States has increased 30% since 2005 and is ...

Nurses’ Perceptions of Competence in Providing Spiritual Care

Journal of Holistic Nursing (2018)

Cathy H. Abell, Dawn Garrett-Wright and Caitlyn Abell

Purpose: The study examined nurses’ perception of competence in providing spiritual care. Design of Study: A descriptive correlational research design ...

A Unique Clinical Experience for RN to BSN Students Providing ...

Journal of Nursing Education (2016)

Cathy H. Abell, Carol Evans, Lori Alexander, Kim Bourne, et al.

A Partnership to Enhance Community Health Education for RN to ...

Kentucky Nurse (2014)

Cathy H. Abell, Lori J Alexander and Tonya M Bragg-Underwood

This article shares a unique model of collaboration between a school of nursing and a community business to offer an ...

Engaging RN-To-BSN Students in Medical Reserve Corps Training

The Journal of Nursing Education (2013)

Cathy H. Abell, Tonya M Bragg-Underwood and Lori Alexander

The events that occurred on September 11, 2001, changed the lives of many Americans. This disaster influenced nursing education by ...

Measurement of Critical Thinking for the RN to BSN Student

Kentucky Nurse (2013)

Cathy H. Abell, M. Susan Jones, Deborah Williams and Grace Lartey

Transforming a RN to BSN Program to an On-line Delivery ...

Kentucky Nurse (2012)

Cathy H. Abell, Deborah Williams and M. Susan Jones

St. Mary's Backpack

The Western Kentucky Catholic (2011)

Poster Presentations as a Teaching Strategy in Web-Based Courses

Nursing Education Perspectives (2011)

Beverly Siegrist, Dawn M Garrett-Wright and Cathy H. Abell

Using YouTube to Bridge the Gap Between Baby Boomers and ...

Journal of Nursing Education (2011)

Dawn M Garrett-Wright and Cathy Hoots Abell

The Accuracy of Referral for Portable Lipid Analyzers in an ...

Online Journal of Rural Nursing (2010)

Maria E. Main, M. Susan Jones and Cathy H. Abell

The primary purposes of this study were to: 1) examine the accuracy for referral of two portable lipid analyzers (PLAs) ...

The Effects of an Educational Program on Faculty Stages of ...

Kentucky Nurse (2010)

Cathy H. Abell, Dawn M Garrett and M. Susan Jones

The Power of a "Word Cloud" in Marketing a Nursing ...

Kentucky Nurse (2010)

Cathy H. Abell and M. Susan Jones

Preparing for CNE Certification: A Journey to Excellence

Kentucky Nurse (2009)

Dawn Garrett-Wright, Crista Briggs and Cathy H. Abell

Using Role-modeling and Professional Socialization to Develop Future Leaders in ...

Kentucky Nurse (2008)

Dawn Garrett-Wright, Cathy H. Abell and Audrey Cornell

Health Promotion in 7 Minutes

Journal of Nursing Education (2007)

Cathy Abell, Maria Eve Main and M. Susan Jones

Enter the Health Zone: How Summer Camps Introduce Students to ...

Kentucky Nurse (2007)

Cathy H. Abell, Maria Eve Main, Liz Sturgeon, Deanna Hanson, et al.

Church-based Health Education: Topics of Interest

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Seventy-seven percent of American adults identify with a specific church affiliation (Pew Research Center, 2015). This offers support for the ...

Critiquing Quantitative Research Reports: Key Points for the Beginner

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Cathy H. Abell and Dawn M Garrett Wright

Nursing research has a long history, beginning with the first nursing researcher--Florence Nightingale. As research continues to evolve, the dissemination ...

Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Implementation of Electronic Medical Records

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Cathy H. Abell, Tonya Bragg-Underwood, Lori Alexander, Caitlyn Elizabeth Abell, et al.

With the growth of Faith Community Nursing (FCN), one topic that needs further exploration is documentation. This includes the use ...

Serving as a Peer Reviewer: Rewards and Challenges

International Journal of Faith Community Nursing

Cathy H. Abell and Kim Elaine Young Vickous

The practice of peer review is essential to ensure academic quality of articles published in professional journals. Nurses with expertise ...