Research can focus on infants, children, adolescents, adults, or the elderly. This program also includes the psychological and behavioral aspects of occupational health. A specific page for the Occupational Health studies is available. In Nursing Administration, research focuses on administrative issues in both academic and service settings and may include regulation and governance, organizational analysis, program evaluation, organizational processes, and leadership, quality assurance, and in-service education research. Within the department, research areas such as social support and social networks, ethical questions and issues, and role development, transition, and supplementation cut across all programs.
Many studies are cross-cultural or international in scope.
Doctoral study in the Department of Physiological Nursing is closely tied to the areas of faculty research. These responses include but are not limited to dyspnea, mucositis, pain, stress and coping, immunocompetence, nutritional alteration, and wound healing. The individual is the unit of analysis. In addition, gerontological nursing research is conducted on various aspects of illness management in older adults and on long-term services and nursing care of the elderly. Factors Affecting Follow-Up.