Dr. Jane Grassley came to Boise State University in 2010 from Texas Woman’s University, in Denton, TX, where she was affiliate faculty in Women’s Studies as well as an Assistant Professor of Nursing. Dr. Grassley received her Ph.D. in Nursing from Texas Woman’s University, a master’s degree in Maternal-Child Nursing from the University of Washington, and B.S. in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma. Her dissertation was titled, “Understanding Maternal Breastfeeding Confidence: A Gadamerian Hermeneutic Analysis of Women’s Stories".
Articles
The Development and Psychometric Testing of the Supportive Needs of Adolescents Breastfeeding Scale (with Becky S. Spencer and Deborah Bryson), Journal of Advanced Nursing (2013)
Aim. To report the development and psychometric testing of the Supportive Needs of Adolescents Breastfeeding...
African American Women and Breastfeeding: An Integrative Literature Review (with Becky S. Spencer), Health Care for Women International (2013)
The purpose of this article is to present a review of literature regarding factors that...
The Lived Experience of Giving Spiritual Care: A Phenomenological Study of Nephrology Nurses Working in Acute and Chronic Hemodialysis Settings (with Belinda Deal), Nephrology Nursing Journal (2012)
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of nephrology nurses giving...
A Grandmothers' Tea: Evaluation of a Breastfeeding Support Intervention (with Becky S. Spencer and Becky Law), The Journal of Perinatal Education (2012)
This study's purpose was to evaluate an intervention to facilitate grandmothers' knowledge and support of...
Evaluation of the Supportive Needs of Adolescents During Childbirth Intrapartum Nursing Intervention on Adolescents’ Childbirth Satisfaction and Breastfeeding Rates (with Donna J. Sauls), Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing (2012)
Objective
To evaluate the effect of the Supportive Needs of Adolescents during Childbirth (SNAC) intrapartum...
Presentations
A Mother's Guidance: Grandmother Breastfeeding Support for Mothers [podcast], International Program of Psycho-Social Health Research (IPP-SHR) (2009)
To talk about her study on grandmothers' breastfeeding support for mothers, Dr Jane Grassley talked...