University of Southern Indiana

College of Nursing and Health Professions

Educating health professionals for the 21st century.


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Barbara Davis
Office: HP 2052
Phone: (812)- 464-1731
eMail: bdavis@usi.edu
Degrees: Doctor of Philosophy - Nursing - Texas Woman's University
Master of Science - Nursing - University of Kentucky
Bachelor of Science - Nursing - University of Kentucky
Professional
Experience:
Professor & Associate Professor of Nursing - University of Southern Indiana
Professor & Associate Professor of Nursing - Marshall University
Assistant Professor of Nursing - Murray State University
Team Leader - ICU and ED - University of Kentucky Medical Center
Director of Emergency Department - Wausau Hospitals Inc
Clinical Nurse III and Charge Nurse - University of Arizona Medical Center
Staff Nurse - Hopkins County Hospital

Articles Published (Last 10 years):

   Davis, B. A., Kiesel, C. K., McFarland, J., Collard, A., Coston, K., & Keeton, A. (in press). Evaluating instruments for quality: Testing convergent validity of the Consumer Emergency Care Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

   Gardner, T. F., Sr., Nnodozie, M. U., Sr., Davis, B. A., & Kirk, S. (in press). Patient anxiety and patient satisfaction in hospital-based and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers. Journal of Nursing Care Quality.

   Elder, R.,  Neal, C.,  Davis, B. A., Almes, E., Whitledge, L, & Littlepage, N. (2004). Patient satisfaction with Triage Nursing care in a Rural Hospital Emergency Department. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 19(3), 263-268.

   Davis, B. A. & Bush, H.A. (2003). Patient satisfaction of emergercy nursing in the United States, Slovenia, and Australia. Journal of Nursing Care Quality,

   Davis, B. A., & Duffy, E. (1999). Comparison of consumer satisfaction with emergency department nursing in rural and and urban patient populations. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 7, 97-103.

  Raper, J., Davis, B. A., & Scott, L. (1999). Patient satisfaction with emergency department triage nursing care: A multi-center study. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 13 (6), 11-24.

   Davis, B. A. (1998). My visit to Australia. Nursing News,1 (3), 3.

   Davis, B. A. , Raper, J., & Scott, L. (1997). Patient acuity, nurse cultural acceptance, and patient satisfaction with triage nursing in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 23, 400-401. 

   Altizer, G., Godbey, V., & Davis, B. A. (1997). Effect of practice guidelines on therapeutic bed use. Ostemy/Wound Management, 43, (7), 34-40.

   Davis, B., Bush, H., & Thomas, S. (1997). Measuring consumer satisfaction with emergency department nursing care. Journal of Nursing Science, 2 (1 & 2), 35-47.

   Gillispie, L., & Davis, B. A. (1996). Attitudes of nurses caring for HIV/AIDS patients. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 10 (5), 292-295.

   Rosswurm, M. A., Dent, D., Armstrong-Persily, C., Woodburn, P., & Davis, B. (1996). Illness experiences and health recovery behaviors of patients in rural Appalachia. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18, 441-459.

   Bagwell, M., Davis. B. A., & Bush, H. A. (1996). Common managed care terms. Nursing Quality Connection, 5, 37, 47.

Areas of Research Interest
Patient Satisfaction
Emergency Nursing
Critical Care
Instrument Development

Courses Taught
N612 - Advanced Nursing Research
N615 - Advanced Nursing Research II
N452 - Critical Care Nursing
HP402 - Healthcare Research and Statistics

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