HPNF has collaborated with Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) to offer a research grant in the amount of $10,000. The goal of this grant is to encourage qualified nurse contribution to the advancement of nursing care through research.
Proposals for pilot and/or developmental research may be submitted for the grant.
For details about this collaborative grant, including application submission, visit the STTI website.
Sigma Foundation for Nursing/HPNF End-of-Life Nursing Care Research Grant Recipients
2022
Megan C. Thomas Hebdon, PhD, DNP, RN, NP-c . ““A Dual Role: Nurses as Family Caregivers”
2021
Marlena Fisher, MSN, BSN. “Informal Advance Care Planning With Family in Blacks on Dialysis”
2020
Carrie Henry, MSN. “Relationships Among Strong Black Womanhood Belief, Coping Behaviors, Social Support, and Psychological Distress for Black Mothers After Stillbirth”
2019
Elisa Conant Tarbi, MSN, BSN. “Beyond Prognosis Communication: Exploring the Existential Dimensions of Palliative Care Conversations with Adults with Advanced Cancer”
2018
Dr. Susan Thrane, PhD, MSN, RN, CHPN®. “Teaching Caregivers of Hospice Patients to Administer Reiki for Symptom Management and Caregiver Self-Care: A feasibility Pilot Study”
2016
Dr. Jessica Rearden, PhD. “Burdensome Transitions at End-of-Life for Older Adults with Cancer”
2015
Dr. Kavita Radhakrishman, PhD. “Advanced Care Planning Behaviors of South Asian Indian-Americans”
2014
Dr. Maureen Metzger, PhD, RN. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of SPIRIT-HF: An Intervention to Prepare LVAD Patients and Their Surrogates for End-of-Life Decision-Making”
2013
Dr. Susan Lowey, PhD, RN, CHPN® (USA). “Factors that Influence Care Transitions of End-Stage Heart Failure Patients to Palliative Home Care.”
2012
Dr. Stephanie H. Gilbertson-White, PhD, RN. “A Biobehavioral Approach to Studying the Meaning of Symptoms in Patients with Advanced Cancer.”
2011
Dr. Carol L. Pavlish, PhD (USA). “Screening and Early Interventions for Ethical Conflicts at the End of Life: Strengthening Nurses’ Voices.”
2010
Charlotte Wool, MSN, RN, CPCE. “Perinatal Palliative Care: Assessment of Clinician Attitudes and Practice Barriers.”
2009
Dr. Ann Marie Dose, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC. “Transition from the Hospital to Home Hospice: The No-Care Zone.”
2008
Dr. Amy Calvin, PhD, RN. “Understanding of Advance Care Planning by Family Members of Persons Undergoing Hemodialysis.”
2007
Sanghee Kim, RN, MSN. “The Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurses’ Ethical Decision Making Regarding End-of-Life (NEDM-EOL) Scale in Korea.”
2006
Dr. Debra Wiegand, PhD, MBE, RN, CCRN, FAAN. “Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy After a Life-Threatening Exacerbation of a Chronic Illness: The Family Experience.”
2005
Mary Judy Campbell, MSN, BSN. “Influence of Health Literacy and Attitudes on Completion of Advance Directives Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.”
2004
Dr. Sarah A. Wilson, PhD, RN. “Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients with Heart Failure.”
