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2023 Publications

  • Andrews, J., Niederhauser, V., Sanford, J., Prevost, S., Porche, D., Heath, J., Jeffies, P, Fahrenwald, N. (2023). From crisis management to multi-level interinstitutional partnerships: Development of the southeastern conference as deans nursing coalition. Journal of Professional Nursing. June 21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.06.002
  • Asala, A.F., Bhuiyan, A., Mitra, A., Mendy, V., Mawson, A., Akil, L. (2023). Trends in HIV/AIDS incidence rate in Mississippi, 2008-2019. IMC J Med Sci. 17(2). July. https://www.imcjms.com/search?qu=asala&o=
  • Calcote, M., Garbo, C. (2023). Teaching tip: Three strategies to combat free-riding in group work. Nurse Educator. May 10. Doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001434. Online ahead of print.
  • Carr, K., Rhodes, K., Klamm, M., McElwain, S. (2023). Engaging Nursing Students in Mental Health Concepts Through Multiple Teaching Modalities. J Nurs Educ., 62(6):359-363. June. Doi: 10.3928/01484834-20230315-01.
  • Carroll, A., Palokas, M. (2023). Oxygen saturation probe-related pressure injury prevention in children on an inpatient pediatric unit: A best practice implementation project. JBI Evidence Implementation, 21(1), 58-67. Mar. Doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000339.
  • Duck, A., Carr, K., Lim, C., Robinson, J. (2023). Integrating behavioral health and primary care in an inner-city high school. Expanded care in a school-based clinic in Mississippi, 2018-2020. Public Heath Rep, 138(1_suppli):16s-21s. May-June. Doi: 10.1177/0033354
  • Elbur, A., Ghebremichael, M., Konkle-Parker, D., Jones, D., Collins, S., Adimora, A., Schneider, M., Cohen, M., Tamraz, B., Plankey, M., Wilson, T., Adedimeji, A., Haberer, J., Jacobson, D. (2023).  Trajectories of antiretroviral therapy adherence and virologic failure in women with HIV in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 93(2):162-170. June. Doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003174.
  • Elbur, A., Ghebremichael, M., Konkle-Parker, D., Jones, D., Collins, S., Adimora, A., Schneider, M., Cohen, M., Tamraz, B., Plankey, M., Wilson, T., Adedimeji, A., Haberer, J., Jacobson, D. (2023). Dual trajectories of antiretroviral therapy adherence and polypharmacy in omen with HIV in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 93(2):162-170. Jan. Doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2443973/v1.
  • Gholar, V., Palokas, M., Tacy, J. (2023). Structural competency curriculum in health sciences education: a scoping review. JBI Evid Synth., 21(7):1408-1452. July. Doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00101.
  • Hargett, J. (2023). Pain and the patient perspective: Teaching through art. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(5):320. May 1. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20230306-11
  • Hargett, J., Lowry, P., Lee, K. (2023). Nursing implications for Tianeptine use and misuse. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 34(2). 158-161. June. Doi:10.1097/JAN.0000000000000535
  • Holt, D., Davis, J. (2023). Emergency management of priapism. Urologic Nursing, 43(1): 32-35. Feb. https://doi.org/10.7257/216/8-4626.2023.43.1.32
  • Holt, D., Harrington, M., Laub, J., Evans, F., Griffin, T., Lee, K., Fletcher, A., Blake, A. (2023). Diversity, equity, and inclusion: A team approach. The Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal, 2(2): 35-37.  
  • Johnson, V., Ramdin, V., Webber-Richey, K., Iheduru-Anderson, K., Ford, C., Alexander, K., White-Evans, S., Okoro, F., Whitaker-Brown, C., Broome, B., Fletcher, A. (2023). Mentoring Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) nursing faculty toward leadership excellence: A concept analysis with historical research. The Association of Black Nursing Faculty Foundation Journal, 2(1), 33-55. April.
  • Jones, H., Buchanan, L., Malglione, J. Norwood, A.,Wynn, S., LaManna, J. (2023). Integrating telehealth: Curricular mapping to new standards in nurse practitioner post-baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing practice programs. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(5). May. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104576
  • McAfee, N. W., Schumacher, J. A., Williams, D. C., Madson, M. B., Bagge, C. L., Konkle-Parker, D., Paul, I.A., Young, K. M. (2023). Multidimensional evaluation of screening brief intervention and referral to treatment training for medical students. Academic Psychiatry, 47(3):258-262. June. Doi: 10.1007/s40596-023-01752-2
  • McElwain, S., Hogg, H., Rhodes, K. (2023). An unfolding OB case study: Connecting classroom and simulation, 18(2),317-320. April. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2022.12.010.
  • McGraw, S., Palokas, M., Harbour, L. (2023). Non-pharmacological interventions to promote sleep and rest among hospitalized pediatric patients in general pediatric wards: A best practice implementation project. JBI Evid Implement, 21(1):87-95. Mar 1. Doi: 10.1097/XEB.000000000000332.
  • McGregor, C., Palokas, M. (2023). Preprocedure care for outpatients in the cardiac catheterization lab in an acute care hospital in central Mississippi: a best practice implementation project. JBI Evid Implement, 21(2):167-177. June 1. Doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000358.
  • Njie-Carr, V.P.S., Zhu, S., Stafford, K.A., Tong, W., Plankey, M., Sharma, A., Milam, J., Cohen, M., Diaz, M.M., Rbtsova, A.A., Fischl, M.A., Konkle-Parker, D., Gustafson, D., Rubin, L.H. (2023). Intersectionality of socioecological factors associated with cognitive function among older women with HIV in the United States: A structural equation model analysis using data from the women's interagency HIV study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34(1):83-95. Jan.-Feb. Doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000376
  • Osman, O., Bhuiyan, A.R., Mitra, A.K., Mendy, V.L., Leggett, S., Addison, C. (2023). Association of sociodemographic factors with tuberculosis outcomes in Mississippi. Diseases, 11(1):25. Feb. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases11010025
  • Price T, Palokas M, Patel N. (2023). Nursing assessments of women with hypertensive disorders during labor in an academic medical center in Mississippi: A best practice implementation project. JBI Evid Implement. Apr. 7. Doi:10.1097/XEB.0000000000000370. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37022208.
  • Price, T. (2023). The Saga of Select All That Apply Questions. Nurse Educator. Jan.Doi:  10.1097/NNE.0000000000001358
  • Rhodes, K. A., Carr, K.A., McElwain, S., Stewart, M.W. (2023). Preparing for next generation NCLEX® Through team-based learning: Student perspectives. Nursing Education Perspectives 44(1):54-56. Jan-Feb. Doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000904
  • Risley, C., Douglas, K., Karimi, M., Brumfield, J., Gartrell, G., Vargas, R., Zhang, L. (2023). Trends in sexual risk behavioral responses among high school students between Mississippi and the United States: 2001 to 2019 YRBSS. Journal of School Health, 93(6):500-507. June. Doi: 10.1111/josh.13311
  • Robinette, B., Palokas, M. (2023). Promoting sleep and rest of infants using nonpharmacological interventions within the neonatal intensive care unit at Children’s of Mississippi: A best practice implementation project. JBI Evidence Implement, 21(1):78-86. Mar. 1. Doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000343
  • Sandridge, S., Palokas, M., Odom, A. (2023). Nursing staff communication with pediatric patients and families in a pediatric transitional care unit: A best practice implementation project. JBI EVID Implement, 21(2):120-127. June. Doi: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000363
  • Sadinski, L., Westreich, D., Edmonds, A., Breger, T., Cole, S., Ramirez, C., Brown, T., Ofotokun, I., Konkle-Parker, D., Kassaye, S., Jones, D., D'Souza, G., Cohen, M., Tien, P., Taylor, T., Anastos, K., Adimora, A. (2023). Hypertension and one-year risk of all-cause mortality among women with treated HIV in the United States. AIDS, 37(4):679-688. Mar. 15. Doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003461.
  • Thomas, R., Moore, L., Urquhart, B., Harris, S., Davis, S., Farmer, J., Thornton, R., Hawley, N. (2023). Use of simulated telenursing with standardized patients to enhance prelicensure nursing education. Nurse Educ. Mar. 30. Doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001410.
  • Tacy, J., Martin, T. (2023). Descriptive predictors of nursing faculty’s job satisfaction. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 13(9):11-14. May. Doi:10.5430/jnep.v13n9p11
  • Tacy, J., Harrington, M., McElwain, S., Fletcher, A. (2023). Diversifying a School of Nursing in MS to represent the communities served. The Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal, 2(2): 28-34. August.
  • Tacy, J., McElwain, S., Fletcher, A. (2023). Strategies for success that led to 99.98% School of Nursing Retention, Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 13(5). Mar. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v13n5p52
  • Ursin, R., Fletcher, A. (2023). Credentialing standards for professional nursing signatures. The Association of Black Nursing Faculty Journal, 2(2); 7-13.
  • Walker, H., Palokas, M.(2023). Prevalence and incidence of anal cancer in HIV-positive men: A systematic review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. Mar 6. Doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00267. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36876400.

2022 Publications

  • Andries C. (2022). Engaging students in quality improvement processes through real-life hospital errors: Did that really happen? Nurse Educ, 47(4), 224. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001210. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35404879.
  • Andries, C., Hall, K., McCullough, A. (2022). Increasing critical thinking opportunities through post-conference simulation in a baccalaureate nursing course. Nursing Education Perspectives. Oct. 25. Doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001071. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36308757
  • Argenbright, C., Sanford, J., Sherwood, G.D., Jordan, P.J., Moriyama, M., Jiménez-Herrera, M.F., Bengtsson, M., Lui, L., Hart, V., McDonald, M. (2022). Embracing diversity: measuring the impact of an international immersion learning experience on nursing students' cultural beliefs and values. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh, 19(1). Nov. 25. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2022-0019
  • Barr, L., Christian, R., Palokas, M., Hinton, E. (2022). COVID-19 challenges and changes for home care agencies and providers: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth, 20(5), 1385-1391. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00146. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34980866.
  • Bhuiyan, A., Mitra, A., Payton, M., Tchounwou, P. (2022). Role of breakfast skipping, depression, and other risk factors for obesity. The youth risk behavior surveillance system. IMC Journal of Medical Science, 16(2):1-12. Jul. Doi: 10.55010/imcjms.16.11
  • Bowman, A., Goreth, M., Armstrong, A., Gigli, K. (2022). Hospital regulation of pediatric-focused nurse practitioners: A multi-state survey. Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 18(5), 558-562.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2022.01.016
  • Bullington, B., Edmonds, A., Ramirez, C., Rahangdale, L. Neal-Perry, G., Konkle-Parker, D., Weiss, D., Moran, C., Golub, E., Cetin, H., Seidman, D., Kassaye, S., Wilson, T. E., 2; Sharma, A., Adimora, A.,  Knittel, A. (2022). Premature and early menopause among US women with or at risk for HIV. Menopause, 29(6), 741-747. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001964
  • Carroll, A., Christian, R., Palokas, M.(2022). Mobile injury prevention programs for children: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20(6), 1601-1607. https://doi.10.11124/JBIES-21-00150
  • Carroll, A.L., Palokas M., Linnell S. (2022). Oxygen saturation probe-related pressure injury prevention in children on an inpatient pediatric unit: A best practice implementation project. JBI Evid Implement. Sep 21. DOI: 10.1097/XEB.0000000000000339. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36380417.
  • Cole, K., Adcock, K., Earl, S., Babl, R., Parish, R., MacSorley, R, Clayton, J. & Paul, I. (2022). Virtual interdisciplinary team care planning and communication for chronic pain management: An educational model. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2022.100552
  • Cowperthwait, A., Herrington, A., Anderson, K., Weldon, M., Bucha, A. (2022). Task Trainers. In Maxworthy, J.C., Epps, C., Okuda, Y., Mancini, M.E., & Palaganas, J. C. (Eds.), Defining excellence in simulation programs (2ndEd.). (pp pending) Wolters Kluwer. IBSN9781975146467
  • Davis, A., Moore, L., Farmer, J., Lewis, S. (2022). Development and implementation of virtual clinical skills experiences for psychiatric nurse practitioner students. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 34(3), 537-541. Doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000669
  • Duck, A., Hall, K., Price, T. (2022). Potential influencers of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among adults living in the United States who have accepted or plan to accept the COVID-19 vaccine: An online survey. American Journal of Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171221095351
  • Edmonds, A., Belenky, N., Adedimeji, A., Cohen, M., Wingood, G., Fischl, M., Golub, E., Johnson, M., Merenstein, D., Milam, J., Konkle-Parker, D., Wilson, T., Adimora, A. (2022). Impacts of Medicaid expansion on health insurance and coverage transitions among women with or at risk for HIV in the United States. Women’s Health Issues. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2022.03.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35562308.
  • Gette, J.A., McKenna, K.R., McAfee, N.W., Schumacher, J.A., Parker, J.D., Konkle-Parker D. (2022) Users of cannabis-only are less likely to accept brief interventions than other substance use profiles in a sample of people living with HIV/AIDS. Am J Addict, (5):447-453. Sept. 31. Doi: 10.1111/ajad.13300.
  • Gholar, V., Palokas, M., Christian, R. (2022). Structural competency curriculum in health sciences education: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth, 20(4):1158-1164. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00121. PMID: 34719662.
  • Gordy, X., Bagwell, J., Jones, P., Ferrell, T., Kolbo, J., Zhang, L. (2022). Trends and subgroup comparisons in overweight and obesity prevalence among Mississippi public school students, 2005-2019. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 63(4):93-104.
  • Hall, K., Duck, A., Price, T., (2022). Influencers of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the Deep South. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 3(1),74-90. https://journals.library.msstate.edu/index.php/jphds/issue/view/114/33
  • Hall, K., Robinson, J., Cooke, W. III, Parnell, A., Zhang, L., Northington, L. (2022). Relationship between environmental air quality and congenital heart defects. Nurs Res, 71(4):266-274. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000590. Epub 2022 Mar 4. PMID: 35759718; PMCID: PMC9245123.
  • Hargett, J., Criswell, A., Palokas, M., (2022) Nonpharmacological interventions for acute pain management in patients with opioid abuse or opioid tolerance: a scoping review. JBI Evidence Synthesis: 20(11):2697-2720. Nov 1.  DOI: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00169
  • Hargett, J., McElwain, S., McNair, M., Palokas, M., Martin, B., Adcock, D. (2022). Virtual reality based guided meditation for patients with opioid tolerance and opioid use disorders. Pain Manag Nurs, 23(3):259-264. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2022.02.005. Epub 2022 Mar 21. PMID: 35331652.
  • Harrington, M., Holt, D., Fletcher, A. (2022) Creating a diversity, equity and inclusion program: Using the nursing process to develop your school’s diversity plan. The ABNFF Journal, 1(1), 20-22.
  • Harrington, M., Holt, D., Fletcher, A. (2022) Mentoring: planning and implementing a program in nursing education. The ABNFF Journal, 1(1) 29-31
  • Herrington, A., Parr, M., Ziminsky, M., Hillegass, W. (2022). Enhancing environmental cleaning and disinfection practices in diverse healthcare settings during the COVID19 pandemic. Journal of Public Health in the Deep South, 3(2).
  • Kirkendall, N., (2022) Coffee and Conversation. Nurse Educator: June 28. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001246
  • Konkle-Parker, D., Williams, D., McAfee, N., Schumacher, JA, Parker, J., (2022)  Low-Burden Universal Substance Use Screening in a Primary Care Clinic to Lower Implementation Barriers. J Behav Health Serv Res. Aug 10:1–11. doi: 10.1007/s11414-022-09814-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35948799; PMCID: PMC9365203
  • Janorkar, D., Long, D., Weber, K., Sharma, A., Lin, G., D'Souza, G., Edmonds, A., Kassaye, S., Lahiri, C., Konkle-Parker, D. (2022). Association between BMI and periodontitis in women living with or at risk for HIV. Spec Care Dentist. doi: 10.1111/scd.12711. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35279851.
  • McElwain S., Rhodes K., Carr K., et al. (2022) Bridging the gap in simulation: A faculty development intervention for debriefing skills. Int J Nurs & Healt Car Scie, 02(06), 2022-124.
  • McGraw, S., Palokas, M., Christian, R. (2022). Effectiveness of trauma-informed, school-based interventions for children with a history of trauma or adverse experiences: An umbrella review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00370
  • Meanley, S., Choi, S. , Thompson, A., Meyers, J., D'Souza, G., Adimora, A., Mimiaga, M., Kempf, M., Konkle-Parker, D., Cohen, M., Teplin, L., Murchison, L., Rubin, L., Rubtsova, A., Weiss, D., Aouizerat, B., Friedman, M., Plankey, M., Wilson, T. (2022). Short-term binge drinking, marijuana, and recreational drug use trajectories in a prospective cohort of people living with HIV at the start of COVID-19 mitigation efforts in the United States. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 231, [109233]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109233
  • Mendy, V., Rowell-Cunsolo, T., Bellerose, M., Vargas, R., Enkhmaa, B., Zhang, L. (2022). Cardiovascular disease mortality in Mississippi, 2000-2018. Preventing Chronic Disease. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.210385. PMID: 35201975; PMCID: PMC8880103.
  • Palokas, M., Christian, Robin, C., Hinton, E., Duhe, R., Thomas, T., Torres, E., Jordan, C., Gordy, X., Sharma, M., Gomillia, C., Stefanek, M., Robinson, W. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to cancer clinical trial enrollment and participation among rural populations: A scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00256
  • Pilla, B., Jordan, Z., Christian, R., Kynoch, K., McInerney, P., Cooper, K., Wu, Y., Porritt, K., Lockwood, C., Munn, Z. (2022). JBI series paper 4: the role of collaborative evidence networks in promoting and supporting evidence-based health care globally: reflections from 25 years across 38 countries. J Clin Epidemiol. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.04.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35462046.
  • Price, T., Andries, C., Palokas, M., Christian, R.(2022). Factors contributing to a positive childbirth experience for women in a hospital setting: An umbrella review protocol. JBI Evid Synth, 20(3):854-859. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00132. PMID: 34494615.
  • Rhodes, K. (2022). Engaging students through class discussion: “Two truths and a lie”, Nurse Educator, 47(4), P 240. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001189
  • Rutherford-Hemming, T., Herrington, A., Newsome, L. (2022). The use of simulation-based education with new graduate nurses in emergency department and acute care settings: A scoping review. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 53(7), 301-306. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20220603-05
  • Takeda, K, Risley, C, Kousar, A, et al. Post-kidney transplant cancers: Racial and ethnic differences in sun-exposed skin versus non-sun-exposed anogenital skin. Cancer Med. 2022; 00: 1- 8. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5431
  • Weeks, A., Andries, C. (2022). Using a common read to enhance learner understanding of cultural diversity within personal worldviews. Nurse Educator. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001208
  • Yufeng, Z., Christman, B., Morris, M., Hillegass, W., Zhang, Y., Douglas, K., Kelly, C., Zhang, L. (2022). Adolescent behavioral risk analysis and prediction using machine learning: A foundation for precision suicide prevention. Proceedings of SPIE 12100. Multimodal Image Exploitation and Learning. doi:10.1117/12.2620105