Kay Foland

Title

Professor Emerita of Nursing

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

Graduate Nursing & Doctoral Program Office
1220 Mount Rushmore Rd Ste 2
Rapid City, SD 57701

Education

• Ph.D. | The University of Texas at Austin
• M.S.N. | University of Nebraska Medical Center
• B.S. | South Dakota State University
• RN diploma | Rapid City Regional School of Nursing

Academic Interests

• Psychiatric nursing
• Research
• Health policy
• Professional issues
• Communication
• Community health
• Assessment

Academic Responsibilities

Currently, I teach both online and face-to-face courses with teaching responsibilities in psychiatric nursing theory and clinical, research, communication, health policy, community health and professional issues. I teach in the baccalaureate, RN Upward Mobility, master’s, DNP and Ph.D. programs. I maintain a private practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. 

Committees and Professional Memberships

• Sigma Theta Tau
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Midwest Nursing Research Society
• American Nurses Association
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association
• South Dakota Nursing Association

Areas of Research

My thesis and dissertation looked at the concept of attachment, both at birth and for older adults. Subsequent research has focused on the older adult and issues related to quality of life, depression and cognitive impairment and adverse drug effects in nursing home residents.

Publications

1. Dieter, C. and Foland, K. (2005). Should clinical experience be required to enter an advanced practice program? JNP: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 1(3), 158-159.
2. Shaver, P. and Foland, K. (2000). Elder mistreatment. The Clinical Letter for Nurse Practitioners, 4(4), 5-6. 
3. Mort, J., Foland, K. and Brandt, H. (2003). Retrospective Survey of long-term care staff: 12 conditions identified, reactions evaluated and reported as suspected adverse drug The Consultant Pharmacist, 18(8), 682-690. 
4. Horner, A., Foland, K. and Miller, D. (2000). Jog your memory: A community screening. Geriatric Nursing, 21(1), 51-54.