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Research Links for Patricia Burkhart Patricia Burkhart received her bachelor's degree in nursing
from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in nursing
from West Virginia University. She returned to the University of
Pittsburgh for a Ph.D. in parent-child nursing, receiving a
doctoral scholar's award for high scholastic achievement and
contributions to nursing care of children..
Before coming to UK in 1999, Burkhart taught for 15 years at
Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, W.Va., where she received
an award for outstanding teaching. As an associate professor and
associate dean of the undergraduate program in
the College of Nursing, she teaches undergraduate parent-child
nursing and mentors undergraduate research interns. She is also a full member of the
graduate faculty.
Burkhart's research is an expansion of her dissertation study,
which focused on testing an intervention to improve children's
adherence to asthma self-management. Her work has been published
in nursing and medical journals, including Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
Pediatric Nursing, Nursing Clinics of North America, Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Journal of Asthma, and
International Review of Asthma. Her award-winning
presentations have been given at numerous national and
international conferences. She has received research funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research/National
Institutes of Health and the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
Burkhart is on the board of directors of the
Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. She was a scientific writer for the World Health Organization
report,
Adherence to Long Term Therapies: Evidence for Action,
published in 2003. In 2007 she received the Provost's Award for
Outstanding Teaching, and in 2008 she received the Society of
Pediatric Nurses Excellence in Nursing Research Award. She also
received the Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award at
the 2008 UK Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars.
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Recent Publications
Burkhart, P.V., Svavarsdottir, E.K., Rayens, M.K.,
Oakley, M.G., & Orlygsdottir, B. (2009). Adolescents
with asthma: Predictors of quality of life. Journal
of Advanced Nursing, 65(4), 860-866.
Rayens, M.K., Burkhart, P.V., Zhang, M., Lee, S.,
Moser, D.K., Mannino, D., & Hahn, E.J. (2008).
Reduction in asthma-related emergency department visits
after implementation of a smoke-free law. Journal of
Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 122(3), 537-541.
Wu, J., Moser, D.K., Lennie, T., &
Burkhart, P.V. (2008). Medication adherence in
patients who have heart failure: A review of the
literature. Nursing Clinics of North America, 43,
133-153.
Burkhart, P.V. (2008). Evidence-based
practice for asthma self-management in children.
[Essay.] SPN News, 17(1), 4-5; 7-8.
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