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Widener University Faculty Authors 2024 - 2025

Nursing

Hilary Barnes, PhD, NP-C, FAANP

Photo of Hilary Barnes.• Faraz Covelli, A., & Barnes, H. (2025). Chapter 11: Nurse practitioner role development. In A. Faraz Covelli & C. Fattibene (Eds.), Successful nurse practitioner role transition: A practical guide. DEStech Publications, Inc.

• Barnes, H., Rambur, B., Black, L., Perloff, J., & O’Reilly-Jacob, M. (2025). Incorporating value-informed advanced nursing practice into APRN education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 56, 64-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.12.001     

• O’Reilly-Jacob, M., Featherston, K. G., Barnes, H., Xue, Y., & Poghosyan, L. (2025). Socioeconomic characteristics of communities with primary care practices with nurse practitioners. JAMA-Network Open, 8(2), e2462360. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.62360

 

Emily Battaglia PhD, RN

Photo of Emily Battaglia• Battaglia, E., Greenle, M. M., & Dowdell, E. B. (2025). Adolescent e-cigarette use and associated socio-contextual variables, psychological variables, and problem behaviors. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 82, 109-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2025.02.014

• Burrell, S. A., McKeever, A., Shearer, D., Hahessy, S., & Battaglia, E. (2024). Doctoral graduates’ attitudes toward scholarly work and Institutional Review Board and Quality Improvement Committee education and submission processes: A pilot study. Nursing Outlook, 72(4), 102179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102179  

Mary L. Baumberger-Henry, PhD, RN

Photo of Mary Baumberger• Evans, C., Patterson, B., Elliott, B., Chargaulaf, K., & Baumberger-Henry, M. (2025). Transfer of learning in baccalaureate nursing education: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 22(1), 20240022. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0022

Cathleen A. Evans, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, NHDP-BC

Photo of Cathleen Evans• Evans, C., Patterson, B., Elliott, B., Chargaulaf, K., & Baumberger-Henry, M. (2025). Transfer of learning in baccalaureate nursing education: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 22(1), 20240022. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0022

• Evans, C., & Roy, B. (2025). Relationships between students’ transfer of learning attitudes and classroom activity conditions. Nurse Educator, 50(4), E252-253. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001843

• Evans, C. A. (2024). Game-based formative assessments for the classroom. Nurse Educator, 49(6), E326. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001617

• Moran, V., Bultas, M., Evans, C., Wenner, T., & Israel, H., Fuller, K. (2024). Examination of the relationship between clinical hours and NCLEX success. Nurse Educator, 49(6), E356-359.  https://doi.org/10.1097/nne.0000000000001683

Meg A. Hall, PhD, RN, CCRN

Photo of Meg A. Hall• Kokoszka, L., & Hall, M. (2025). Sudden loss: The bereaved voices of those left behind. Journal of Emergency Nursing. S0099-1767(25)00066-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2025.02.012

Lori A Kokoszka, PhD, RN

Photo of Lori Kokoszka• Kokoszka, L., & Hall, M. (2025). Sudden loss: The bereaved voices of those left behind. Journal of Emergency Nursing. S0099-1767(25)00066-2. Advance online publication.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2025.02.012

• Kokoszka, L., Pariseault, C., Pariseault, C. A., & Hunter, D. (2024). Caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease during a pandemic: An integrative literature review. Home Healthcare Now, 42(5), 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000001288

 

Christine A. Pariseault, PhD, RN

Photo of Christine Pariseault• Kokoszka, L., Pariseault, C., Pariseault, C. A., & Hunter, D. (2024). Caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease during a pandemic: An integrative literature review. Home Healthcare Now, 42(5), 267-276. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000001288

Barbara J. Patterson, PhD, ANEF, FAAN

Photo of Barbara Patterson• Patterson, B., & Morin, K. H. (2025). The power of words in research reading and writing [Editorial]. Nursing Education Perspectives, 46(3), 141-142. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001403

• Evans, C., Patterson, B., Elliott, B., Chargaulaf, K., & Baumberger-Henry, M. (2025). Transfer of learning in baccalaureate nursing education: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 22(1), 20240022. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0022

• Patterson, B., Elliott, B., & Chargualaf, K. (2025). Translation of business acumen from the military nurse officer perspective: A secondary analysis. Nursing Economic$, 43(1), 7-14. https://doi.org/10.62116/NEC.2025.43.1.7  

• Elliott, B., Sikes, D., Chargualaf, K., Patterson, B., Song, H., & Armstrong, M. (2024). Knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and comfort of nurses and nursing students caring for military veterans and their families. Journal of Professional Nursing, 54, 228-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.07.008  

• Elliott, B., Chargualaf, K., & Patterson, B. (2024). Supporting nursing faculty to teach veteran’s care: A mixed method, multi-intervention study. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 21(1), 20240003. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2024-0003

• Elliott, B., Chargualaf, K., & Patterson, B. (2024). Influencing leadership in nursing education and practice: A qualitative study of military nurse officers. Nursing Outlook, 72(2024), 102192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102192

Monica F. Rochman, PhD, RN

Photo of Monica F. Rochman• Rochman, M., Mount-Campbell, A., & Fernald, C. S. (2024). Nurse experiences and perspectives with missed nursing care during COVID-19: A qualitative study. Nursing Open, 11(9), e70042. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70042

Banibrata Roy, PhD

Photo of Banibrata Roy• Evans, C., & Roy, B. (2025). Relationships between students’ transfer of learning attitudes and classroom activity conditions. Nurse Educator, 50(4), E252-253. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001843

Jamie M. Smith, PhD, RN

Photo of Jamie M. Smith• Smith, J. M., Liu, B., Odom, J. N., Ornstein, K. A., & Kent, E. E. (2025). Compounding strain: The impact of caregiver strain on health outcomes in older adults with new cancer diagnoses. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 16(2), 102191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102191

• Smith, J. M., Burgdorf, J. G., Riser, T. J., & Ryvicker, M. (2025). Skilled home healthcare utilization and outcomes for older adults with dementia: A scoping review. Journal of  the American Geriatrics Society, 73(2), 612–625. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19203  

• Lum, H. D., Cassidy, J., Lin, C. T., DesRoches, C. M., Shanbhag, P., Gleason, K. T., Powell, D. S., Peereboom, D., Riffin, C. A., Smith, J. M., Wec, A., & Wolff, J. L. (2024). Embedding authorship identity into a portal-based agenda setting intervention to support older adults and care partners. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39(16), 3155–3163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-09056-3