Research

Bellew, I., Lane, S.H., & Smith, C.M (2025). Navigating nursing education standards: A comparative analysis of nursing simulation. Journal of Nursing Education, 64, 11. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250624-03

Chen, Z.J. (2025). Mysticism and Daoism: An overview and analysis. In D. Yaden & M. van Elk (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Psychedelic, Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Experiences. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192844064.013.15

Chen, Z.J., Cowden, R., Moreira-Almeida, A., Breedlove, T., Kent, B., Padgett, N., Johnson, B., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2025). Sociodemographic variations of belief in life after death across 22 countries. Scientific Reports, 15, 14310. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83541-x

Chen, Z.J., Cowden, R., Moreira-Almeida, A., Breedlove, T., Kent, B., Padgett, N., Johnson, B., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2025). Childhood predictors of belief in life after death across 22 countries. Scientific Reports, 15, 13300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91615-7

Chen, Z.J., & Guo, S. (2025). Encompassing marvel of body and spirit: Daoist mysticism and interpretation. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 17(4), 447-459. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/rel0000570

Cochran, A., Shue-McGuffin, K., Shaw Jr., G., Elias, K., & Vrochides, D. (2025). The evidence alone wasn’t enough to change practice: A mixed-methods analysis using a standardized framework to understand perceptions of barriers and compliance to ERAS recommendations. Journal for PeriAnesthesia Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2024.10.002

Cornelius, J., Downing, C., Okoro, F., Ogunfowokan, A., Olagunju, O., Ndlovu, N. (2025). Fostering global citizenship among nursing students in institutions of higher education. In Global education collaborations: Advancing the internationalization of higher education. Erik Jon Byker & Adriana L. Medina. Nova Science Publisher.

Cornelius, J.B., Whitaker-Brown, C., Chen, J.Z., Smoot, J., & Hart, S.D. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging enhanced intervention (TXT COPE-HF) for African American patients with heart failure, depression, and anxiety during COVID. Cogent Social Sciences, 11, 2541780. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2025.2541780

Cowden, R.G., Chen, Z.J., Wilkinson, R. Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Breedlove, T., Gundersen, C., Shiba, K., Padgett, N., Johnson, B.R., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2025). A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in suffering across 22 countries. Communications Medicine, 5, 144. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00859-x 

Cowden, R.G., Chen, Z.J., Wilkinson, R. Weziak-Bialowolska, D., Breedlove, T., Gundersen, C., Shiba, K., Padgett, N., Johnson, B. R., & VanderWeele, T.J. (2025). Childhood predictors of suffering in adulthood: A cross-national analysis with 22 countries. Communications Medicine, 5, 217. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00913-8

Cowden, R.G., Worthington, E.L., Chung, C., & Chen, Z.J. (2025). Differential effects of decisional and emotional forgiveness on psychological, spiritual, social, volitional, and physical wellbeing: A scoping review. Healthcare, 13(9), 992. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13090992

Cronell, T.S. (2025). Addressing Complex Problems Using Systems Thinking Action Research. In,Tamim & Zukas (Eds.), Transformative Inquiry: Integrating Action Research and Systems Thinking (pp.165-187). Myers Education Press.

Cross, L. & Lynch, S. (2025). The nurse faculty caregiver: A concept analysis. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. https://doi.org/10.1891/rtnp-2025-0035

Davis, B., Troutman-Jordan, M., & Tamblin, S. (2025). Expanding Social Interaction through Online Technology: Using Social Media in Vascular Dementia. In L. Huang & B. Davis (Eds), Language, Aging & Society. Cham: Palgrave-McMillan.

Dormire, S, Harlow, R., Shields, S., McLennon, S., Wilkens, C., Vela, C., & Moffitt, C. (2025). A framework to (re)design nursing undergraduate curriculum: One program’s journey, Journal of Nursing Education, 64(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20250106-01

Glass, M.I., Powers, K., Magennis, L.M, & Shaw, C.L. (2025). Peer audit and feedback: A documentation-focused quality improvement project. Quality Management in Health Care, 35(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000496

Iheduru-Anderson, K.C., Alexander, K.E., Matthews, N., Ugorji, J.U., Ramdin, V.A., Akanegbu, C., McCoy, K., McCarney, D., Okoro, F., Calvert, W.J., & Webber-Ritchey, K. J. (2025). From Bedside to Classroom: An Autoethnography of the Mentoring Experiences of BIPOC Nurse Faculty from Transition to Tenure and Promotion. Global Qualitative Nursing Research.  https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936251369439

Jackson, T. (2025). Palliative Care: The Patient, the Caregiver, and the Symptoms: In Lifesource: A Caregiver’s Guide for Managing Mental Wellness for the Older Adult.

Jackson, T., & Davis, C. (2025). Palliative Care in Older Adults: A Lifestyle Medicine Approach. In Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine and Healthy Aging, Taylor & Francis.

McCoy K, Okoro F, Ugorji J, et al. (2025). Mentoring in higher education: Perspectives of underrepresented minority faculty. Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal, 1(3), 23-40.

Montegrico, J., & Chen, Z.J. (2025). Associations between academic, initial licensure, employment factors and NCLEX-RN performance of Philippine-educated nurses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(4), 653. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22040653

Montegrico, J., Lee, J.M., Cutamora, J., & De los Santos, J. (2025). HIV prevention interventions and research in the Philippines for high-risk populations: Proposals from a scoping review of contributing factors. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 36(3), 186-202. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnc.0000000000000539

Moore, J., Pate, K, Montegrico, J., & Powers, K. (2025). An innovative escape room intervention to improve medical-surgical nurses’ knowledge, confidence, and care of patients with sepsis. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 41(1), 64-70. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000875

Nwakasi, C., Parajuli, J., Ahmed, S., Odo O., Udeh, K., & Nweke, C. (2025). But if You Don’t Know What My Needs are…You Can’t Help Me”: Health seeking experiences of Older Black and Latinx Cancer Survivors. Journal of Cancer Policy, 44, 100579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100579

Parajuli, J., Chen, Z.J., Smith, R., Hernandez, L., Norris, S., Rutledge, S., Williams, G., Hsiang, S., & Bakitas, M. (2025). Development and initial validation of a palliative care readiness (PALCARE) tool for older adults with cancer: Study protocol. PLOS One, 20(5), e0323366. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323366

Parajuli, J., Cho, S.M., Chen, Z.J., Hsiang, S., Williams, G., & Bakitas, M. (2025). Development and validation of a culturally tailored palliative care readiness tool. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 69(5), e670-e671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.02.365

Parajuli, J., Horne, C., & Chen, Z.J. (2025). Advance care planning among older adults with cancer and their family caregivers: Findings from a mixed-methods study. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091251333081

Powers, K., Brandon, J., & Chen, F. (2025). Teaming Up for Community Health simulation intervention: A quasi-experimental study. Nursing Education Perspectives, 46(1), 30-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001253

Powers, K., Brandon, J., Tomberlin, A., Chen, F., & Guo, Y. (2025). Eyes open: Students’ experiences and perceptions of the Teaming Up for Community Health simulation intervention. Nursing Education Perspectives, 46(6), 353-358. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001462

Powers, K., Duncan, J.M., & Twibell, K.R. (2025). Preparing nurses to support the family during resuscitation: An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 44(1), 28-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0000000000000671

Ripley, J. Sells, J., Battaglini, L., Haught, S., Chen, Z. J., Kent, V., Smith, R., … & Wray, K. (2025). Obtaining religious and spiritual competency for relationship therapy: Outcomes of Competency Addressing Religion and Spirituality (CARS) training. Psychotherapy. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pst0000595

Sossoman, L.B. (2025). Quarterly column, Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Newsletter. Advocacy Update as the Regional Liaison, Metrolina Region, NCNA’s NP Council

Smith, C.M., & Lane, S.H. Exploring baccalaureate degree nursing students’ first semester experiences in post-pandemic classrooms: An exploratory descriptive study. Journal of Professional Nursing, 60, 179-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2025.08.007

Smith, C.M., Watson, J., Herring, H., Houser, M., Dunbar, S., & Butts, B. (2025). Abstract 4361931: Metabolic pathways differ in Black adults with heart failure with and without diabetes. Circulation, 152(Suppl_3), A4361931–A4361931. https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.152.suppl_3.4361931

Troutman-Jordan, M. (2025). Emotional Abuse, pp. 133-150. In P. Baddour & C. Whitlock (Eds), A Caregiver’s Guide for Managing Mental Wellness for the Older Adult. Wilmington: LifeSource

Troutman-Jordan, M. & Davis, B. (2026). Stress and Its Impact on Older Adults, in S. Friedman (Ed), Geriatrics, Lifestyle Medicine and Health Aging: A Practical Guide. 177-190.

VanderWeele, T.J., Johnson, B.R., Bialowolski, P.T., Bonhag, R., Bradshaw, M., Breedlove, T., Case, B., Chen, Y., Chen, Z.J., Counted, V., Cowden, R.G. de la Rosa, P.A., Fogleman, A. Gibson, C., Grigoropoulou, N., Gundersen, C., Jang, S.J., Johnson, K.A., Kim, E.S., Kim, Y.I., Koga, H.K., Lee, M.T., Le Pertel, N., Levin, J., Lomas, T., Long, K.N.G., Macchia, L., Makridis, C.A., Markham, L., Nakamura, J.S., Norman-Krause, N., Okafor, E.E., Okuzono, S.S., Padgett, N., Paltzer, J. Ritchie-Dunham, J.L., Ritter, Z., Shiba, K., Srinivasan, R., Ssozi, J., Weziak-Bialowolska, D.M., Wilkinson, R. Woodberry, R.D., Wortham, J., and Yancey, G. (2025). The Global Flourishing Study: Study profile and initial results on flourishing. Nature Mental Health, 3, 636-653. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00423-5

Wiese, C.W., Dormann, C., Vaziri, H., Tay, L., Wille, B., Chen, Z.J., Moran, L., & Li, Y. (2025). Happy work, happy life? A replication and comparison of the longitudinal effects between job and life satisfaction using Continuous Time Meta-Analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 46(4), 487-511. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2861

Brown, C., Young, L., Thomas, A., Ross, T., Troutman-Jordan, M., Alexander, A. (2024) Empowering minds: Harnessing AI for dynamic classroom learning. UNC System Learning and Technology Journal, 2(1). https://journals.charlotte.edu/ltj link

Carmen, M. & Jordan, K. (2024). The path to certification for emergency nurse practitioners. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 46, 324 – 328. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000536 

Cochran, A., Shaw Jr., G., Shue-McGuffin, K., Elias, K., & Vrochides, D. (2024). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery recommendations that most impact inpatient care: A multi-institutional, multi-discipline analysis in the United States. World Journal of Surgery, 48(4), 791-800. https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12124 

Ghavi, A., Hassankhani, H., Powers, K., Sawyer, A., Karimi, B., & Kharidar, M. (2024). Parental supporter during pediatric resuscitation: Qualitative exploration of caregivers’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences and perceptions. International Emergency Nursing, 72(Feb), Article 101381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101381

Ghavi, A., Valizadeh, L., Powers, K., & Zamanzadeh, V. (2024). Professional ethical challenges and suggested strategies in nursing: A qualitative study. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 17. https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/1435

Jehu, D.A., Pottayil, F., Dong, Y., Zhu, H., Sams, R., & Young, L. (2024) Exploring the association between physical activity and cognitive function among people living with dementia. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-230594 

Kulkarni, S., White, M., Reinsmith-Jones, K., & Powers, K. (2024). Interprofessional social work education initiatives: Improving behavioral health access and workforce competence for integrated care. North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(3), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.117216

Lian, E., Roberts, K., & Young, L. (2024) Differences in 6-minute walk distance across heart disease recurrence risk levels in cardiac rehab patients. Healthcare, 12(22), 2280.  https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12222280 

MacKay, M.M., Jordan, K.S., Powers, K., & Munn, L.T. (2024). Improving reporting culture through daily safety huddles. Quality Management in Health Care, 33(2), 105-111. https://doi.org/10.1097/QMH.0000000000000411

Montegrico, J., De los Santos, J.A., & Lee, J.M. (2024). A 13-year trend analysis of HIV epidemiology in the Philippines (2010 to 2022). Journal of Community Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2024.2365146

Montegrico, J., Ferreras, G., & Powers, K. (2024). Reliability of the Philippine Nurse Licensure Examination (PNLE). Philippine Journal of Nursing, 94(1), 40-49. http://www.pna-pjn.com/pjn-january-june-2024-issue-2/

Parajuli, J., Walsh, A., Hicks, A., Grant, A., Crane, P., Chen, Z., Williams, G., Sun, V., Myers, J., O’Rourke, M., & Bakitas, M. (2024). Factors affecting advance care planning in older adults with cancer. Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 101839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2024.101839

Pate, K., Powers, K., Pagel, J., & Montegrico, J. (2024). Innovative strategies to facilitate newly licensed nurse transition to practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: A quality improvement project. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 40(1), E7-E14. https://doi.org/10.1097/NND.0000000000000992

Powers, K., & Shue-McGuffin, K.D. (2024). Gaining experience in the provider role: Exploration of a novel simulation intervention to prepare nurse practitioner students to detect and manage skin cancer. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 36(5), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000999

Magennis, L., Chen, J., Vass, B., Kidwell, S., Stanfield, N., & Allen, D. (2024). NC MedAssist: Dispensing Hope throughout North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(1). https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.91431  

McCullough, G.H., Powers, K., Watts-Isley, J., Brown, P., Smith, S., & Vaughn, J.T. (2024). Interprofessional education at the university level: Evidence, models, and future directions. North Carolina Medical Journal, 85(3), 169-172. https://doi.org/10.18043/001c.117088

Shea, S., Hoyt, K. & Jordan, K. (2024). Pediatric Emergent/Urgent and Ambulatory Care. The Pocket NP. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Shue-McGuffin, K. & Jordan, K. (2024). Improving nurse practitioner students’ knowledge and confidence in the identification and management of human trafficking victims. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 46(2), 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000515  

Smith, C.M., & Horne, C.E. (2024). Educational and professional experiences of men in nursing: An interpretive description study to guide change and foster inclusive environments for men in nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 53, 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.05.008

Smith, C.M., Horne, C.E., & Wei, H. (2024). Nursing practice in modern healthcare environments: A systematic review of attributes, characteristics, and demonstrations. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(9), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16088

Sossoman, L., Whitaker-Brown, C., Shue-McGuffin, K., Zouzoulas, S., & Horne, C. (2024). Effectiveness of a reminder in improving adherence with outpatient heart failure guideline prescribing. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.104990

Zali, M., Rahmani, A., Powers, K., Hassankhani, H., Namdar-Areshtanab, H, & Gilani, N. (2024). Nursing core competencies for postresuscitation care in Iran: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 14(1), Article e074614. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074614

Chen, F., Powers, K., Goetzinger, A. M., Patidar, S., Moulthrop, A. J., Pamacheche, C., & Martinelli, S. M. (2023). Exploring the impact of book club participation on clinicians’ empathy and reflection on empathetic practice: A wakeup call. Cureus, 15(5), Article e39656. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39656

Chen, Z. J., Cowden, R., & Streib, H. (2023). More spiritual than religious: Concurrent and longitudinal relations with personality traits, mysticism, and other characteristics. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1025938. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1025938

Cochran, A., Shue-McGuffin, K., Shaw Jr., G., Elias, K., & Vrochides, D. (2023). Compliance to ERAS recommendations and perceptions of barriers: A multi-methods survey analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 57, 795-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.06.083

Horne, C. E., Abel, W. M., & Crane, P. B. (2023). Fatigue, stress, and medication adherence by race post myocardial infarction. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104757

Horne, C. E., Stayt, L. C., Schutz, S., Smith, C. M., Haberstroh, A., Bolin, L. P., Taylor, C. L., Moosavi, S. H., & Bibbey, A. (2023). Symptom experiences in hypertension: A mixed methods systematic review. Journal of Hypertension, 41(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003306

Hoyt, K., & Jordan, K. (2023). The diagnostic challenge of an older adult with epigastric pain in the emergency department: High-risk and high-volume. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 45, 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1097/TME.0000000000000475

Jehu, D. A., Langston, R., Sams, R., Young, L., Hamrick, M., Zhu, H. D., & Dong, Y. B. (2023). The impact of dual-tasks and disease severity on posture, gait, and functional mobility among people living with dementia in residential care facilities. Sensors, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24092691

Jung, J., Waller, J. W., Tran, S., Baer, S. L., Kheda, M., Mohammed, Z., Padala, S., Young, L., Siddiqui, B., & Bollag, W. B. (2023). Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and mortality in end-stage renal disease. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 365(3), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjms.2022.10.002

MacKay, M. M., Powers, K., & Jordan, K. S. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of pediatric nurses: A qualitative study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 68, 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2022.09.015

Min, H. Y., Lee, J. M., & Montegrico, J. (2023). Korean version of the nursing students’ attitudes and knowledge toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients scale. Healthcare, 11(14), Article 2028. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11142028

Momin, R. I., Baer, S. L., Waller, J. L., Young, L., Tran, S., Taskar, V., & Bollag, W. B. (2023). Atopic dermatitis and the risk of infection in end-stage renal disease. Medicina, 59(12), Article 2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59122145

Montegrico, J. (2023). Application of Roy’s adaptation theory in understanding content saturation in nursing education. Philippine Journal of Nursing, 93(2), 28-34. ISSN: 0048-3818

Montegrico, J., & Oducado, R. M. (2023). Scoping review of factors affecting Philippine nurse licensure outcomes. Philippine Journal of Nursing, 92(1), 11-22.

Parajuli, J., & Larson, K. (2023). Changing life plans: When to engage caregivers of older adults with cancer in advance care planning. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 26(1), 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1097/njh.0000000000000981

Powers, K., Duncan, J. M., & Twibell, K. R. (2023). Family support person role during resuscitation: A qualitative exploration. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(3-4), 409-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16248

Powers, K., & Kulkarni, S. (2023). Examination of online interprofessional education to develop graduate students’ interprofessional socialization and collaborative competencies. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(2), 506-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2022.2050865

Schwade, M., Patel, H., & Young, L. (2023). Anticoagulation in Afib upon hospital discharge: Single center retrospective cohort analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 81(8_Supplement), 126-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(23)00570-3

Smith, C. M., Horne, C. E., & Bowler, M. (2023). Beyond men’s experiences: Scale development and psychometric testing of the Fitness in Nursing Scale – Men (FiNS-M©). Journal of Nursing Measurement. https://doi.org/10.1891/jnm-2023-0032

Strange, K. E., Mixer, S. J., Embler, P., Smith, J. L., & Troutman-Jordan, M. (2023). “Turn it over to God”: Faith enhances mental health of rural Appalachian older adults. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 44(9), 809-815. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2241072

Strange, K. E., Troutman-Jordan, M., & Mixer, S. J. (2023). Influence of spiritual engagement on Appalachian older adults’ health: A systematic review. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 61(5), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20221026-02

Toth, E., Waller, J. L., Bollag, W. B., Siddiqui, B., Mohammed, A., Kheda, M., Padala, S., Young, L., Baer, S. L., & Tran, S. (2023). Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in patients with end-stage renal disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and mortality. Journal of Investigative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/jim-2022-002462

Tran, S. Y., Barry, S., Waller, J. L., Bollag, W. B., Young, L., Padala, S., & Baer, S. L. (2023). Risk factors and mortality in patients with listeriosis and end-stage renal disease. American Journal of the Medical Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjms.2023.06.012

Young, L. (2023). The role of clinical/community based research networks in addressing health disparities. In S. S. Coughlin (Ed.), Black health in the South. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.56021/9781421445472

Zali, M., Rahmani, A., Powers, K., Hassankhani, H., Namdar-Areshtanab, H., & Gilani, N. (2023). Nurses’ experiences of ethical and legal issues in post-resuscitation care: A qualitative content analysis. Nursing Ethics, 30(2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330221133521

Zali, M., Rahmani, A., Powers, K., Hassankhani, H., Namdar-Areshtanab, H., & Gilani, N. (2023). Nurses’ experiences of provision of family-centered care in the post-resuscitation period: A qualitative study. Nursing Open, 10(11), 7215-7223. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1974

Montegrico, J. (2025). UNCC College of Health and Human Services. A comparative analysis of global culture, healthcare practices, and systems: A globally networked learning course development project. 2025 Faculty Summer Fellows. Awarded $2,500. 2025.

Montegrico, J. (PI), Cutamora, J., De los Santos, J., Powers, K., Chen, J.C., Ni, Z., Serquina, H., Tong, G., & Balubar, D. (2025). 2025 Research Implementation Award. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing – Gamma Iota Chapter. Patient satisfaction, healthcare needs, and social determinants of health among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Philippines: A focus on low- to middle-income country (LMIC). Awarded $1,000. 2025.

Montegrico, J. (PI) & Smith, C. M. (Co-I). UNC Charlotte School of Nursing Academy for Clinical Research and Scholarship. Translation and validation of a Filipino version of the HIV Knowledge questionnaire. Awarded $5,000. 2025-2026.

Parajuli, J. (PI). The Hope Foundation for Cancer Research Secondary Data Analysis Program..Participation of Older Adults Belonging to Underrepresented Backgrounds in SWOG Clinical Trials.. Awarded Statistical support for SWOG database analysis.

Pierce, M. (PI), Sossoman, L.B. (Co-I), Winiger, A. (Co-I), & Atmore, A (Co-I). Bodyswaps. Comparison of Three Modalities for Virtual Communication Simulation in Nurse Practitioner Education and Its Influence on Learner Self-Efficacy. Awarded VR equipment/platform. 2025-2026.

Shue-McGuffin, K.D. (PI) & Powers, K. (Co-I). UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services: Research Enhancement Award Program. Innovations in training: Sim-IPE for healthcare professionals to address human trafficking. 2025-2026. Awarded $2,500. 2025-2026.

Shue-McGuffin, K.D. (PI), Powers, K. (Co-I), & Jordan, K. (Co-I). Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Sigma Small Grants Program. Innovations in training: Sim-IPE for healthcare professionals to address human trafficking. Awarded $4,921. 2025-2026.

Smith, C. M. (PI) & Stayt, L. (Co-PI). Academy of Medical Sciences. Advancing interdisciplinary networks: Shared decision making in cardiovascular disease management. Awarded $30,000. 2025-2026.

Smith, C. M. (PI). Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Council, American Heart Association. Metabolic pathways differ in Black adults with heart failure with and without diabetes. Early Career Research Travel Grant. Awarded $660. 2025.

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI), Jackson, T. (Co-I). Educational Access for Rural Nurses (EARN). Year Two 2025. $50,000.

Fenwick, A. (PI) & Young, L. (Co-I). UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services Research Enhancement Award. Artificial intelligence in health professions education. Awarded $2,000. 2024-2025.

Guo, Y. (PI), & Powers, K. (Co-PI). UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant. Innovating ADRD team-based community care: A pilot study of a virtual reality approach to enhance caregiver participation in interprofessional collaboration. Awarded $15,990. 2024-2025. 

McGuffin, D. (PI) & Horne, C. (Co-I). UNC Charlotte Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant. Enhancing nursing leadership education through virtual learning scenarios. Awarded $6,604.00. 2024-2025.

Montegrico, J. (PI). UNC Charlotte CHHS Summer Research Fellows. Faculty Research Training Needs Assessment. Awarded $2,500. May-August 2024.

Montegrico, J. (PI). Sigma Gamma Iota Chapter. Research Dissemination Award for the 35th Sigma International Research Congress, Singapore. Awarded $715. July 2024. 

Palladino, E. (PI), Overcash, R (Co-PI). UNC Charlotte Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant. A comparison of student-centered outcomes between those who participate in the PEER Mentoring Program versus those who do not participate. Awarded $3,540. 2024-2025.

Parajuli, J. (PI). National Institutes of Aging (NIA) R15 Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) Grant. Development and initial validation of a palliative care readiness tool for older adults with cancer. Awarded $475,748. 2024-2027.

Parajuli, J. (PI). Sigma/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End-of-Life Nursing Care Research Grant. Development and content validation of a palliative care readiness tool for family caregivers of older adults with cancer. Awarded $10,000. 2024-2025.

Powers, K. (PI), & Shue-McGuffin, K.D. (Co-PI). American Association of Colleges of Nursing: AACN Faculty Scholars Grant Program. Transition to Community Practice Intraprofessional Simulation: Building collaborative competencies for community-based care. Awarded $25,000. 2024-2025. 

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI), & Powers, K. (Co-I). North Carolina Area Health Education Center (NC AHEC): Nursing Clinical Partnership Project. Addressing the nursing shortage: UNC Charlotte’s innovative solution leveraging the CIP program and MSN in nursing education. Awarded $29,987. 2024-2025. 

Whitaker-Brown, C. (PI), Shue-McGuffin, K. (Co-PI), Sheeler, C. (Co-PI), & Murray B. (Co-PI). UNC Charlotte Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant. Evaluating the pedagogical spaces between applied theatre and simulation in graduate nursing education: A cross-disciplinary collaborative inquiry. Awarded $9,065. 2024-2025.

Whitaker-Brown, C. (PI), Shue-McGuffin, K. (Co-PI), Sheeler, C. (Co-PI), & Murray B. (Co-PI). UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services Research Enhancement Award. Evaluating the pedagogical spaces between applied theatre and simulation in graduate nursing education: A cross-disciplinary collaborative inquiry. Awarded $2,500. 2024.

Young, L. (Co-I). National Institutes of Nursing Research. Patient activation, cognition, and self-management for LVADs. Total awarded: 475,528. 2024-2026.

Chen, Z. (PI). (2023-2024). Social scientific study of Daoism: Relationships between religion and science in the interpretation of mysticism among Chinese Daoist monks and nuns [Grant]. Templeton Religion Trust. (\$24,605)

Chen, Z. (PI). (2023-2024). The elements and structure of Daoist mystical experiences: A mixed-methods study with Daoist monks and nuns [Grant]. Faculty Research Grant of APA Division 36. (\$7,500)

Jeh, D. (PI), & Young, L. (Co-I). (2022-2023). The influence of the Otago exercise program on executive function among older adults living with dementia [Grant]. Augusta University. (\$25,000)

Jordan, K. (PI), Pierce, M. (Co-I), & Shue-McGuffin, K. (Co-I). (2023-2024). Evaluation of knowledge and self-efficacy among nurse practitioner students in pediatric clinical decision-making through “escape room” simulation experiences [Grant]. The Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$4,125)

Kulkarni, S. (PI), & Powers, K. (Co-I). (2021-2025). UNC Charlotte integrated behavioral health (IBH) training program [Grant]. Health Resources and Services Administration. (\$1,456,360)

Montegrico, J. (PI). (2022-2024). Improving HIV knowledge and attitudes through mobile text messaging among adolescents and young adults in the Philippines: A pilot study [Grant]. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$8,000)

Montegrico, J. (PI), & Lynch, S. (Co-PI). (2022-2023). Evaluation of concept map use on nursing students’ critical thinking and clinical judgment [Grant]. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$2,850)

Murray, B. (PI), Whitaker-Brown, C. (Co-I), Shue-McGuffin, K. (Co-I), Sheeler, C. (Co-I), & Patterson, I. (Co-I). (2023-2024). Tata tales act III, scene I: Breast cancer survivor voices in nursing education with theater [Grant]. Women + Girls Research Alliance, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$5,000)

Powers, K. (PI), & Brandon, J. (Co-I). (2020-2023). Teaming up for community health: Mixed methods study of an innovative interprofessional simulation intervention [Grant]. National League for Nursing NLN Foundation. (\$25,000)

Shue-McGuffin, K. (PI), & Jordan, K. (Co-I). (2023). Optimizing interprofessional team collaboration in the recognition and management of human trafficking victims: The role of the nurse practitioner [Grant]. The Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$7,150)

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI), & Davis, B. (Co-PI). (2023-2024). Advocacy for and care of incarcerated older adults [Grant]. UNC Division of Research. (\$1,215)

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI). (2023). Atención y apoyo a la demencia; Adaptation of culture and ethnicity-specific caregiver guides for Black and Hispanic/Latinx families [Grant]. Southern Gerontological Society. (\$3,000)

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI). (2023). Cultivating critical consciousness while promoting health equity through high-impact educational practices [Grant]. Southern Piedmont AHEC. (\$19,992)

Troutman-Jordan, M. (PI). (2023). Making a difference culturally and ethnically appropriate guides for those working with people with dementia [Grant]. Sigma Theta Tau International. (\$4,850)

Troutman-Jordan, M. (Co-PI), Young, L. (Co-PI), & Davis, B. (2023-2024). CREATE IT: Correlations in reporting elder abuse to enhance interprofessional teams [Grant]. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$13,195)

Young, L. (Co-I). (2018-2023). Offender reentry program to reduce substance abuse [Grant]. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (\$2,000,000)

Young, L. (PI). (2023-2024). A systematic review of ChatGPT and artificial intelligence in medical writing [Grant]. CHHS Research Enhancement Award Program, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$2,000)

Young, L. (PI). (2023-2024). Escape room simulation: An innovative approach to community health nursing for undergraduate students [Grant]. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. (\$7,600)