Articles

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Explanations of risk in families without identified mutations for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (with Anne L. Ersig, D. W. Hadley, and L. M. Koehly), Journal of Nursing Scholarship (2010)

Purpose: Genetic testing for hereditary forms of cancer does not always identify a causative mutation....

 

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Internal working models of parenting: Motivations of parents of infants with a congenital heart defect (with K. Pridham, T. Harrison, M. Krolikowski, M. E. Bathum, and J. Winters), ANS.Advances in Nursing Science (2010)

Drawing on attachment-caregiving theory, we interviewed parents of 24 infants with a complex congenital heart...

 

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Caregiving by teens for family members with Huntington disease (with Janet K. Williams, Janet K. Specht, K. Sparbel, and M. L. Klimek), Journal of Family Nursing (2009)

The purpose of this report is to describe caregiving by teens for family members with...

 

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The best of both worlds: The interdependence of software and "peopleware" (with K. A. Knafl and Toni Tripp-Reimer), Research in Nursing & Health (2008)
 

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'I'm like you': Establishing and protecting a common ground in focus groups with Huntington disease caregivers... with review by Spencer L (with Janet K. Williams), Journal of Research in Nursing (2007)

Focus group research reflects content contributed by participants and the influence of interactions among participants....

 

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New editorial board member appointment, Journal of Family Nursing (2007)
 

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Qualitative research proposals-part V: Rigor in data analysis, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)
 

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Qualitative research proposals -- part IV: Data management, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)

This article is the fourth in a series designed for WOC nurses who wish to...

 

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Qualitative research proposals-part VI: Potential problems and possibilities, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)
 

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Qualitative research proposals -- part III: Sampling and data collection, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)
 

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Qualitative research proposals -- part II: Conceptual models and methodological options, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)
 

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Qualitative research proposals -- part I: Posing the problem, Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing (2007)
 

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Stigma associated with Ghanaian caregivers of AIDS patients - Commentary by Ayres, Western Journal of Nursing Research (2006)
 

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Inspired by my course... Open Forum, 4 May, Community Care (2006)
 

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Within-case and across-case approaches to qualitative data analysis (with K. Kavanaugh and K. A. Knafl), Qualitative Health Research (2003)

The generalizations developed by qualitative researchers are embedded in the contextual richness of individual experience....

 

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Narratives of family caregiving: The process of making meaning, Research in Nursing & Health (2000)

RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: Further research is clearly indicated to measure, rather than just describe, the components of...

 

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Narratives of family caregiving: Four story types, Research in Nursing & Health (2000)

RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS: This study used a combination of across-case, thematic analysis and within-case, narrative analysis to...

 

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Rhetoric contradictory to scholarship... editorial (Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, First Quarter 1998) (with M. Shelkey), Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship (1998)
 

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Focus on qualitative methods. "Not as bad as it could have been": Assessing and mitigating harm during research interviews on sensitive topics (with K. Kavanaugh), Research in Nursing & Health (1998)

OBJECTIVE: NA. DESIGN: NA. SETTING: NA. POPULATION: NA. INTERVENTIONS: NA. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): NA. RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:...

 

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Defining and managing family caregiving in chronic illness: Expectations, explanations, and strategies, Nursing Publications (1998)

Study findings identified the process by which caregivers made meaning out of their situations. This...

 

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Endings, secrets, and silences: Overreading in narrative inquiry (with S. Poirier), Research in Nursing & Health (1997)

OBJECTIVE: NA DESIGN: NA SETTING: NA POPULATION: NA INTERVENTIONS: NA MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): NA RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:...

 

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Managing large qualitative data sets in family research (with K. A. Knafl), Journal of Family Nursing (1996)

The authors describe two complementary data management techniques -- family case summaries and computer generated...

 

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Virtual text and the growth of meaning in qualitative analysis (with S. Poirier), Research in Nursing & Health (1996)

OBJECTIVE: NA DESIGN: NA SETTING: NA POPULATION: NA INTERVENTIONS: NA MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): NA RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS:...

 

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Learning from stories: Parents' accounts of the pathway to diagnosis (with K. A. Knafl, A. M. Gallo, L. H. Zoeller, and B. J. Brietmayer), Pediatric Nursing (1995)

Although the diagnosis of a child's chronic illness is typically a stressful time for parents,...

 

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Information sharing about the mental illness of a family member (with L. M. Gerace and D. Camilleri), Archives of Psychiatric Nursing (1993)
 

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Sibling perspectives on schizophrenia and the family (with L. M. Gerace and D. Camilleri), Schizophrenia Bulletin (1993)

Intensive audiotaped interviews with 14 adult siblings of schizophrenia patients were used to explore their...

 

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Triangulation in qualitative research: Evaluation of completeness and confirmation purposes (with B. J. Breitmayer and K. A. Knafl), Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship (1993)

The term triangulation has been applied to research strategies intended to serve two distinct purposes,...

 

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Charting the Chart - An exercise in interpretation(s) (with S. Poirier, L. Rosenblum, D. J. Brauner, B. F. Sharf, and A. F. Stanford), Literature and Medicine (1992)
 

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The Copyright Act and keeping up to date, Midwives Chronicle (1991)
 

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Stories of family caregiving: Case studies in moral reasoning (with S. Poirier), Journal of Medical Humanities (1991)
 

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Implications of utility and deontology for the clinical nurse specialist, Clinical Nurse Specialist (1989)

Faced with prospective payment plans and personnel shortages nurses in advanced clinical practice are under...

 

Contributions to Books

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Family response to a child's chronic illness: A description of major defining themes (with K. A. Knafl, A. M. Gallo, B. J. Breitmayer, and L. H. Zoeller), Key aspects of caring for the chronically ill: Hospital and home. (1993)
 

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One approach to conceptualizing family response to illness (with K. A. Knafl, A. M. Gallo, L. H. Zoeller, and B. J. Breitmayer), The nursing of families: Theory/research/education/practice... selected papers from the Second International Family Nursing Conference, Portland, Oregon, 1991. (1993)