Sarah Wilson, PhD, RN

Office Phone (414) 288-3860

E-mail Address sarah.wilson@marquette.edu

Web Site

Institute for End of Life Care Education

Specialization

Hospice, death & dying

Highest Degree/School

PhD University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
Research Focus: Program of research focuses on adults in transition as they experience life changes and move from one stage to the next. Areas of focus include: dying to death, institution to home, independent living to institutional living and health to potential life threatening illness. Emphasis on the life transition from dying to death.

Additional Descriptors

• Hospice, death and dying, terminally ill, culture and health

Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught

• Culture and Health
• Community Health Nursing Practicum
• Essentials of Gerontological Nursing
• Death and dying

Selected Publications

Coenen, A., Doorenbos, A.Z., Wilson, S.A. (2007). Nursing Interventions to Promote Dignified Dying in Four Countries. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34 (6), 1151-1156.

Wilson, S.A. (2007). Core Curriculum for the Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Nurse. In. M.J. Perley & C. Dahlin (Eds.) Core Curriculum for the Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Nurse. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

Doorenbos, A., Wilson, S.A., & Coenen, A. (2006). A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Dignified Dying. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 38 (4), 352-357.

Wilson, S.A., Coenen, A., & Doorenbos, A. (2006). Dignified dying as a nursing phenomena in the United States. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, (8), 34-41.

Doorenbos, A., Wilson, S.A., Coenen, A., & Borse, N.N. (2006). Dignified dying: Phenomenon and Actions among nurses in India. International Nursing Review, (53), 28-33.

Wilson, S.A., Ersek, M. & Kraybill, B. (2006). Cultural issues. In J.T. Panke & P. Coyne. Conversations in Palliative Care. (pp. 33-46). Pittsburgh, PA: Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.

Wilson, S.A. (2006). Long-term care. In B. Ferrell & N. Coyle (Eds.). Textbook of Palliative Nursing 2nd Edition. (pp. 759-769). New York: Oxford University Press.

Wilson, S.A. (2005). Cultural considerations at the end-of-life. In M. J. Perley (Ed). Core Curriculum for Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. (pp. 71-84). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Wilson, S.A. (2005). Cultural considerations in the end-of-life care. In T.Boreman (Ed). Core Curriculum for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Hospice and Palliative  Nurse. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. (pp. 133-146). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Wilson, S.A. (2005). Culture. In T.Boreman (Ed). Study Guide for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Hospice and Palliative Nurse. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. (pp. 35-44). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Wilson, S.A. (2005). Death and Dying. In J. Fitzpatrick & M. Wallace.(Eds). Encyclopedia of Nursing Research 2nd Edition. (pp. 128-130).New York: Springer.

Wilson, S. A. (2004). Effectiveness of promoting quality end of life care through models of care for dying nursing home residents. In B. Melnyk & E. Fineout - Overholt (Eds.) Evidence-based practice in nursing and health care: A guide to best practices. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Willliam & Wilkins

Consultant Extramural Grants or Awards

2006 Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc. Awareness and knowledge of geriatric and elderly issues at the end of life. Principal Investigator: S. A. Wilson

2004 Sigma Theta Tau International and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation. Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients with Heart Failure. Principal Investigator: S. A. Wilson

2002 A Validation study: Dignified dying. Principal Investigator: S. A. Wilson, Co-Investigator: A. Coenen

2000 National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging African American Elders: End-of-Life Perspectives Principal Investigator: S.A. Wilson

1995 Open Society Institute: Project on Death in America Fostering Humane Care of Dying Persons in Long-term Care Principal Investigator: S.A. Wilson, Co-Investigator: B. Daley

Editor/Reviewer/Consultant

Consultant:

• Consultant for development of cultural content. Nursing Assistant End of Life Care Computerized Education Project. Funded by NIH/NCI. Principal Investigator M. Ersek, PhD, RN Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
• Consultant on research grant and proposal preparation. An Educational Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes: The PERT Program, funded by NIA/NCI R25 by Principal Investigator- Mary Ersek, PhD, RN of the Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Reviewer:

• Journal of Palliative Medicine.
• Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
• Journal of Palliative Care.
• Human Organization Journal for the Society of Applied Anthropology
• Midwest Nursing Research Society, abstract reviewer

Professional Affiliations

• American Nurses Association
• Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association
• Midwest Nursing Research Society
• Gerontological Society of America
• Sigma Theta Tau International