Faculty Profile

Darlene Welsh, R.N., M.S.N., Ph.D.

Lecturer
Faculty Status: Undergraduate
Education: Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2006
Interests: Occupational stress among hospital nurses; nursing care and intervention for heart failure patients
Phone: (859) 323-6620
E-mail: jdwels00@uky.edu

Darlene Welsh received her Master of Science in Nursing in Adult Critical Care Education and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky. Her dissertation, “Occupational Stress, Self-Efficacy and Symptom Experiences Among Medical-Surgical Hospital Nurses,” was supported by the Arvle & Ellen Turner Thacker Endowment Fund and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Welsh teaches critical care nursing and coordinates a senior practicum in the College of Nursing undergraduate program. Her research interests include occupational stress among hospital nurses; nursing care and intervention for heart failure patients; and patient and student education.

Recent Publications:

Brockopp, D.Y., Hardin-Pierce, M., & Welsh, J.D. (2006). An agency financed capstone experience for graduating seniors. Journal of Nursing Education, 45 (4), 137-140.

Brockopp, D., Schooler, M., Welsh, D., Cassidy, K., Ryan, P.Y., Mueggenberg, K., et al. (2003). Sponsored professional seminars: Enhancing professionalism among baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education, 42 (12), 562-564.

Welsh, J.D., Heiser, R.M., Schooler, M.P., Brockopp, D.Y., Parshall, M.B., Cassidy, K.B., & Saleh, U. (2002). Characteristics and treatment of patients with heart failure in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 28(2), 126-131.

Research:

Low Sodium Diet Self-Management Intervention in Heart Failure