Dr. Schoenfelder's areas of teaching and clinical interests are health
promotion for older adults and care of frail elders. She currently teaches the clinical
undergraduate courses Gerontological Nursing Practicum, and Clinical Nursing Internship.
Additionally, Dr. Schoenfelder teaches an interdisciplinary online course titled
"End of Life Care for Adults and Families."
Dr. Schoenfelder has worked with large research teams, such as the Nursing Outcomes
Classification (NOC) group, with which she has studied caregiver outcomes, and the
Nursing Diagnosis Extension Classification (NDEC) group, with which she developed
diagnoses related to caregivers and to fall-related trauma/injury. Dr. Schoenfelder is an
Associate Director for the College of Nursing Hartford Center for Geriatric Excellence
(HCGNE), and she is Series Editor for the evidence-based practice guidelines published
through the HCGNE.
Articles
Books
OpenURL
Iowa outcomes project: Nursing outcomes Ccassification (NOC) (with Marion Johnson, Meridean Maas, Sue Moorhead, M. A. Anderson, M. Aquilino, S. Bellinger, V. Brighton, M. Clarke, R. Cox, M. P. Donahue, Jo Eland, B. Head, L. Marshall, C. Prophet, M. A. Rankin, Janet K. Specht, Elizabeth A. Swanson, B. Wakefield, M. Willits, and G. Woodworth), Nursing Publications (1999)
Contributions to Books
Sleep pattern disturbance (with Kennith R. Culp), Nursing care of older adults: Diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes (2001)
