Scholarly Activity

Primary (awarded to SDSU College of Nursing)

Culturally Responsive Palliative Care Messaging for American Indians: An Efficacy Trial. Funding source: National Institutes of Health (R21NR020383). Amount awarded: $368,794 over two years (2022-2024). Isaacson, Mary, principal investigator.

Nurse Faculty Loan Program. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Nurse Faculty Loan Program (E01HP28782). Amount awarded: $102,107 (continuation from 2021-2022). Mennenga, Heidi, project director.

SDS-Registered Nurses in Rural and Medically Underserved Communities. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Scholarships for Disadvantage Students (T08HP39273). Amount awarded: $3,250,000 over five years (2020-2025). Emery, Karin, project director.

Oyate Owanwaka: USDA-NIFA New Beginnings for Tribal Students. Funding source: United States Department of Agriculture (20217041135208). Amount awarded $500,000 ($250,000 match from SDSU) over three years (2021-2024). Emery, Karin, project director.

Wicozani: A Place of Health and Balance. Funding source: Indian Health Service, Indians into Nursing (NU11IHS0065). Amount awarded: $1,012,023 over three years (2020-2023) with continued funding for the next year (2024). Stenvig, Thomas, project director.

Subaward or Collaboration (Awarded to another college at SDSU or external entity)

Advancing Palliative Care in Northern Plains American Indians. Funding source: National Institutes of Health subaward from Massachusetts General Hospital. Isaacson, Mary, co-investigator.

Advancing Palliative Care in Northern Plains American Indians-COVID funding. Funding source: National Institutes of Health subaward from Massachusetts General Hospital. Isaacson, Mary, co-investigator.

PREPARE-RNs: Partnering to Address the Critical Nursing Shortage in South Dakota. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention from Avera Health. Garren-Grubbs, Theresa, education project director.

Region 8 Clinical Faculty and Preceptors Academies Program. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention from Montana State University. Foerster, Becka and Lamb, LeAnn, partnership liaisons.

Upper Midwest Palliative Care Education Network. Funding source: HRSA Rural Health Network Development subaward from Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Mollman, Sarah, co-project director.

Adapting an Early Palliative Care Intervention for American Indian and Rural Patients with Advanced Cancer. Funding source: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. Amount awarded: $100,000 over two years (2022-2023). Mollman, Sarah, primary investigator.

Stronger Together: The Power of Intentional Mentors and Academic Tiospaye (Extended Family). Funding source: John T. Vucurevich Foundation. Amount awarded: $528,000 over three years (2021-2024). Ruff, Tiara, project director.

1. Arends, R. and Heinricy, P. (2023). “Resident and staff satisfaction with telehealth implementation in long-term care facilities.” The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, 19(1). Doi: 10.5580/IJANP.56575
2. Berke, C., Mollman, S., Skoglund, A., Pravecek, B., Perrenoud, M. and Stewart, C. (2023). “New ways to impact primary palliative care practices using online continuing education.” Palliative Care and Social Practice. Doi: 10.1177/26323524231179977
3. Brown, R., Da Rosa, P., Pravecek, B. and Carson, P. (2023). “Factors associated with changes in nurses’ emotional distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Applied Nursing Research, 69. Doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2022.151659
4. Coats, H., Doyon, K., Isaacson, M., Tay, D., Rosa, W., Mayahara, M., Kates, J., Frechman, E., Wright, P., Boyden, J., Broden, E., Hinds, P., James, R., Keller, S., Thrane, S., Mooney-Doyle, K., Sullivan, S., Xu, J., Tanner, J. and Natal, M. (2023). “The 2023-2026 Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association research agenda.” Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 25(2), 55-74. Doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000935
5. Daubman B., Duran, T., Johnson, G., Soltoff, A., Purvis, S., Sargent, M., LaPlante, J., Petereit, D., Armstrong, K. and Isaacson, M. (2023). “You can't record that! Engaging American Indian traditional healers in qualitative research.” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65, (5), e507-e509. Doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.01.008.
6. Garber, K., Chike-Harris, K., Vetter, M. J., Kobeissi, M., Heidesch, T., Arends, R., Teall, A. M. and Rutledge, C. (2023). “Telehealth policy and the advanced practice nurse.” The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(7), 104655. Doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104655
7. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023). “Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence.” Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). Doi: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.746
8. Hendrickx, L., Kuznia, C. and Maneval, L. (2023). “Use of telestroke to improve access to care for rural patients with stroke symptoms.” Critical Care Nurse, 43(5), 49–56. Doi: 10.4037/ccn2023505
9. Mollman, S. and Varilek, B. (2023). “Healthcare professionals’ perspectives of cancer care delivery in American Indian, rural and frontier populations (Sci232).” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 65(5), e657. Doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2023.02.282.
10. Mollman, S., Gierach, M. and Sedlacek, A. (2023). “Palliative care knowledge following an interdisciplinary palliative care seminar.” American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 0(0). Doi: 10.1177/10499091231184623
11. Perrenoud M., Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T., Berke, C. and Inch, D. (2023). “Improving knowledge of palliative care in rural South Dakota through community education.” Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). Doi: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.750
12. Pravecek, B., Callies, D. and Arends, R. (2023). “Telehealth and teleradiology: What you need to know.” Journal of Radiology Nursing. Doi: 10.1016/j.jradnu.2023.09.008.
13. Ramsay-Seaner, K., Letcher, A., Isaacson, M., Fenster, K. and Heckmann, B. (2023). “Assessing color-blind racism in nursing students.” Nursing Education Perspectives, 44(3), 172-174. Doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001045
14. Stencel, C., Selle, N. and Motiei, A. (2023). “Intrathoracic hematoma following diagnostic pericardiocentesis.” The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(10). Doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104762
15. Tribby, K. and Isaacson, M. (2023). “We're not valued, we're not heard: Voices of seasoned nurses in a rural state following the onset of COVID-19.” Advances in Nursing Science, 0(0). Advance online publication. Doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000490
16. Varilek, B. and Da Rosa, P. (2023). “Analysis of palliative care knowledge and symptom burden among female veterans with serious illness: A cross-sectional study.” American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 0(0). Doi: 10.1177/10499091231187341

Primary (awarded to SDSU College of Nursing)

Culturally Responsive Palliative Care Messaging for American Indians: An Efficacy Trial. Funding source: National Institutes of Health (R21NR020383). Amount awarded: $368,794 over two years (2022-2024). Isaacson, Mary, principal investigator.

Impacting Models of Practice and Clinical Training for Registered Nurses and Students (IMPACT-RNS). Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention-Registered Nurses in Primary Care (UK1HP31729). Amount awarded: $2,751,222 over five years (2018-2023). Mennenga, Heidi, project director.

Nurse Faculty Loan Program. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse Faculty Loan Program (E01HP28782). Amount awarded: $102,107 (continuation from 2021-2023). Mennenga, Heidi, project director.

SDS-Registered Nurses in Rural and Medically Underserved Communities. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Scholarships for Disadvantage Students (T08HP39273). Amount awarded: $3,250,000 over five years (2020-2025). Emery, Karin, project director.

Oyate Awáŋwáka: USDA-NIFA New Beginnings for Tribal Students. Funding source: United States Department of Agriculture (20217041135208). Amount awarded $500,000 ($250,000 match from SDSU) over three years (2021-2024). Emery, Karin, project director.

Wicozani: A Place of Health and Balance. Funding source: Indian Health Service, Indians into Nursing (NU11IHS0065). Amount awarded: $1,012,023 over three years (2020-2023) with continued funding for the next year (2024). Stenvig, Thomas, project director.

Subaward or Collaboration (Awarded to another college at SDSU or external entity)

Advancing Palliative Care in Northern Plains American Indians. Funding source: National Institutes of Health subaward from Columbia. Isaacson, Mary, co-investigator.

Advancing Palliative Care in Northern Plains American Indians-COVID funding. Funding source: National Institutes of Health subaward from Columbia. Isaacson, Mary, co-investigator.

Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Training. Funding Source: National Institutes of Health subaward from University of Colorado Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus. Varilek, Brandon, primary investigator.

Developing explainable machine learning and computational methods for identifying geographic and racial disparities in end stage renal disease. Funding source: AIM-AHEAD from University North Texas Science Center. Varilek, Brandon, co-primary investigator.

PREPARE-RNs: Partnering to Address the Critical Nursing Shortage in South Dakota. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention from Avera Health. Garren-Grubbs, Theresa, education project director.

Region 8 Clinical Faculty and Preceptors Academies Program. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration, Nurse, Education, Practice, Quality and Retention from Montana State University. Foerster, Becka and Lamb, LeAnn, partnership liaisons.

South Dakota Early Childhood Mental Health Collaborative. Funding source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded to SDSU counseling and human development department, College of Education and Human Sciences. Elverson, Cynthia, evaluator.

Upper Midwest Palliative Care Education Network. Funding source: Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Health Network Development subaward from Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Mollman, Sarah, co-project director.

Adapting an Early Palliative Care Intervention for American Indian and Rural Patients with Advanced Cancer. Funding source: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. Amount awarded: $100,000 over two years (2022-2023). Mollman, Sarah, primary investigator. 

Stronger Together: The Power of Intentional Mentors and Academic Tiospaye (Extended Family). Funding source: John T. Vucurevich Foundation. Amount awarded: $528,000 over three years (2021-2024). Ruff, Tiara, project director.

Conducting a Community Needs Assessment to Address American Indian Social Invisibility and Health Inequities. Funding source: Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation. Amount awarded: $50,000 over 18 months (2023-2024). Isaacson, Mary, primary investigator.