Avant, Patricia KaySchool of Nursing |
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My primary research interests are in concept and theory development, standardized nursing language and maternal-infant interaction. I have extensive experience with international and cross cultural teaching and research |
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| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 1996 | Postdoctoral Fellowship | Community Child Health | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne, Victoria , Australia |
| 1978 | PhD | Nursing Child-Parent | Texas Womens' University Denton , TX |
| 1965 | MSN | Nursing | University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC |
| 1963 | BSN | Nursing | Texas Christian University Fort Worth , TX |
| 1962 | DPL | Nursing | Methodist Hospital of Dallas School of Nursing Dallas , TX |
Director of International Programs- Oversee faculty and student exchanges and service learning projects, develop international MOUs |
Maternal-Infant Nursing- maternal infant interactions, maternal attachment, breastfeeding, effects of stress on maternal and infant outcomes |
Nursing theory development- Most of my career has been focused in development of standardized nursing languages and in knowledge representation through theory and taxonomy development |
| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| - Present | Guest lecture in Global health | UTHSCSA | |
| 1/2013 - Present | Dissertation Proposal Process in Nursing | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 1 student |
| Carrie Tierney | |||
| 9/2012 - Present | Ph.D. Dissertations Directed | UTHSCSA | |
| 9/2012 - Present | Membership on Supervising Committee | University of Utah | |
| 8/2012 - Present | Ph.D. Dissertations Directed | UTHSCSA | |
| 8/2012 - Present | Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision | UTHSCSA | |
Journal Article |
| Sakalaris B, Firth K, Smith K, Avant KC. Healing Intention: A concept analysis Holistic Nursing 2016 Jan;. |
| Matney S, Avant PK, Staggers N. Identification and Analysis of models to create a Theory of Wisdom-in-Action in nursing practice Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2015 Jan;. |
| Matney S, Avant KC, Staggers N. Development of the Theory of Wisdom-in-Action for clinical nursing - Part II Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2015 Jan;. |
| Matney S, Avant KC, Staggers N. Development of the Theory of Wisdom-in-Action for clinical nursing - Part I Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 2015 Jan;. |
| Avant PK. Commentary for virtual issue on concept analysis International Journal of Nursing Knowledge 2014 Jun;25(2):1-1. |
| Ying Liu, Avant Kay C, Yupin Aungsuroch, Xin-Yu Zhang, & Ping Jiang. Patient outcomes in the field of nursing: A concept analysis International Journal of Nursing Sciences 2014 Jan;1(2014):69-74. |
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| Funding Agency | AACN/Hartford Foundation |
| Title | Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice |
| Status | Active |
| Period | 1/2007 - Present |
| Role | Principal Investigator |
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