UNM College of Nursing: Research

Degrees and Granting Institutions:
1999 PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington
1994 MSN, University of Kentucky, Lexington
1978 BSN with honors, University of Illinois, Chicago

Areas of Research Interest:
Dyspnea exacerbation in chronic lung and heart disease
Dyspnea measurement & Instrument development
Predicting outcome of Emergency Department visits

Areas of Expertise:
Emergency Care
Respiratory and cardiovascular disease
Symptom appraisal and management
Measurement & instrument development (psychometrics)
Response shifts
Occupational injury prevention

Articles published in the last 5 years
(Peer Reviewed Journal Articles):
Kidd, P., Parshall, M. B., Wojcik, S. & Struttmann, T. (In press). Overcoming recruitment challenges in construction safety intervention research. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

Kidd, P., Parshall, M. B., Wojcik, S. & Struttmann, T. (In press). Assessing recalibration as a response shift phenomenon. Nursing Research.

Wojcik, S., Kidd, P., Parshall, M., & Struttmann, T. (2003). Performance and evaluation of small construction safety training simulations. Occupational Medicine, 53, 279-286. [DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg068].

Parshall, M. B. (2002). Psychometric characteristics of dyspnea descriptor ratings in emergency department patients with exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Research in Nursing and Health, 25, 331-344. [DOI: 10.1002/nur.10051].

Welsh, J. D., Heiser, R. M., Schooler, M. P., Brockopp, D. Y., & Parshall, M. B., Cassidy, K. B., & Saleh, U. (2002). Heart failure patients: Characteristics and treatment in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 28, 126-131. [DOI:10.1067/men.2002.123074].

Parshall, M. B., Welsh, J. D., Brockopp, D. Y., Heiser, R. M., Schooler, M. E., & Cassidy, K. B. (2001a). Dyspnea duration, distress, and intensity in emergency department visits for heart failure. Heart and Lung, 30, 47-56. [DOI: 10.1067/mhl.2001.112492].

Parshall, M. B., Welsh, J. D., Brockopp, D. Y., Heiser, R. M., Schooler, M. E., & Cassidy, K. B. (2001b). Reliability and validity of dyspnea sensory quality descriptors in heart failure patients treated in an emergency department. Heart and Lung, 30, 57-65. [DOI: 10.1067/mhl.2001.112499].

Kidd, P. S. & Parshall, M. B. (2000). Getting the focus and the group: Enhancing analytical rigor in focus group research. Qualitative Health Research, 10, 293-308.

Britt, M., Chrislip, D., Bayer, S., Cole, H., Kidd, P., Parshall, M., Isaacs, S., Struttmann, T., Colligan, M., & Scharf, T. (1999). Farm work planning simulation in multi-media: A comparative evaluation. American Journal of Industrial Medicine (Supplement 1): 113-115.

Parshall, M. B. (1999). Adult emergency visits for chronic cardiorespiratory disease: Does dyspnea matter? Nursing Research, 48, 62-70.

Book Chapters:
Parshall, M. B. (2004, In press). Eye conditions. In: J. Fultz, & P. A. Sturt, & (Eds.), Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference (3rd Edition). Mosby: St. Louis.

Parshall, M. B. (2004, In press). Ear, nose, and throat conditions. In: J. Fultz, & P. A. Sturt, & (Eds.), Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference (3rd Edition.). Mosby: St. Louis.

Parshall, M. B. (2000). Eye conditions. In: P. S. Kidd, P. A. Sturt, & J. Fultz (Eds.), Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference (2nd Edition; pp. 393-427). Mosby: St. Louis.

Parshall, M. B. (2000). Ear, nose, and throat conditions. In: P. S. Kidd, P. A. Sturt, & J. Fultz (Eds.), Mosby's Emergency Nursing Reference (2nd Edition; pp. 284-315). Mosby: St. Louis.