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Donna M. Gauthier
Assistant Professor, Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Registered Nurse - Louisiana
Adrian Vega/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Nursing
PhD, Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, 2001
Dissertation: "The Contextual Nature of Decision-Making in a Home Hospice Setting" |
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| Publications |
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- Gauthier, D.M. (2005). Decision-making near the end of life. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 7(2), 82-90.
- Kritek, P.B., Hargraves, M., Cuellar, E.H., Dallo, F.J., Gauthier, D.M. Holland, C.A., Ilkiw, C., Swanson, J.W., & Swanson, R.A. (2002). Eliminating health disparities among minority women: A report of conference workshop process and outcomes. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 422-432.
- Gauthier, D.M. & Swigart, V.A. (Nov/Dec,2002). The contextual nature of decision-making near the end of life: Hospice patients’perspectives. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 20, 121-128.
- Gauthier, D.M. (2002). Healing near the end of life. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing,4, 220-227.
- Gauthier, D.M. & Froman, R.D. (2001). Preferences for Care Near the End of Life: Scale Development and Validation. Research in Nursing and Health, 24, 298-306.
- Hartshorn, J.C. & Gauthier, D.M.(2001). Nervous System Alterations, in M.L. Sole, M.L. Lamborn & J.C. Hartshorn (Eds.) Introduction to Critical Care Nursing. St. Louis: Mosby.
- Gauthier, D.M. (1999). The Healing Potential of Back Massage. Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing, 6, document 5.
- Gauthier, D.M.(1980) . An evaluation: medication use of participants of urban and rural nutrition sites. Unpublished master’s thesis, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas, USA.
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| Grants and Contracts |
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- 2004 Recipient of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Summer Research Award.
- 2004 Co-Investigator. "Approaches to Formulation Clinical Assignments in Nursing Education." Submitted for funding to Delta Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Funded with $450.00.
- 2003 Principal Investigator. NINR R-15 Area Grant Submission. "Preferences for Care in Adults with Chronic Heart or Lung Disease." (not funded)
- 2002 Principal Investigator. "Hospice Experiences of Adults with Non-Malignant Lung and Heart Disease." Sigma Theta Tau Grant Recipient. Award: $500.00.
- 2002 Principal Investigator. "Hospice Use in Non-Cancer Patients." Supported by the UTMB Sealy Center on Aging.
- 2000 Principal Investigator. "Decision-Making Near the End of Life: A Theoretical Approach" Dissertation Research. Grant from Alpha Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Award: $700.00.
- 2000 Grant for dissertation research from the UTMB Doctoral Program Dissertation Grant. Award: $1000.00
- 2000 UTMB School of Nursing Salute to Nursing Scholarship Award. Award: $500.00.
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| Offices, Awards and Honors |
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- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
- Inducted (1985);
- Junior Faculty Advisor Delta Eta Chapter (2003-2004);
- Senior Faculty Advisor (2004-present);
- Silent Auction Coordinator (2004);
- Research Chairperson (2004-present)
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
- Nominating Committee Member (2001-present);
- Public Policy Committee Member (2005-present)
- American Nurses Association
- Member
- Abstract Reviewer for the 2005 Southern Nursing Research Society meeting in Atlanta, 2004
- Manuscript reviewer for International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2004
- Member and Secretary of Community End-of-Life Coalition, 2003-present
- Member of Scientific Sub-Committee 2006 Joint Assembly of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, 2005
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