Dr. Amy O. Calvin

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

PARTNERS: Understanding of Genetics by the Older Adult, $3,490, May 2002 to 2005.
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital: Palliative and End-of-life Decision Making: The Nurse's Experience, $2,750, Jan 2003 to 2004.
Dean's Research Award: Measuring Personal Preservation, $2,016, Jan 2003 to 2005.
Southern Nursing Research Society: Understanding of Advance Care Planning by Family Members of Persons Undergoing Hemodialysis, $4,500, 2008 to 2009.
Sigma Theta Tau International/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation: Understanding of Advance Care Planning by Family Members of Persons Undergoing Hemodialysis, $10,000, 2008 to 2009.
Nursing Research Council, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital: The Family Member's Perspective on the Hospitalized Patient's Death, $7,017, 2008 to 2009.
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital: The Cardiovascular Recovery Room Nurse's Experience with End-of-life Care, $1,500, 2005 to 2007.
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Epsilon Theta Chapter Nursing Research Award: The Process whereby Hemodialysis Patients Make Decisions regarding End-of-life Treatment, $1,000, 1997 to 2000.

• Calvin AO, Frazier L, Cohen MZ (2007) Examining older adults' perceptions of health care providers: Identifying important aspects of older adults' relationships with physicians and nurses, Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33 (5), 6-12
• Calvin, AO, Kite-Powell DM, Hickey JV (2007) The neuroscience ICU nurse's perceptions about end-of-life care, Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 39, 143-150
• Calvin AO, Eriksen LR (2006) Assessing advance care planning readiness in individuals with kidney failure, Nephrology Nursing Journal, 33, 165-170
• Biering P, Becker H, Calvin A, Grobe S (2006) Casting light on the concept of patient satisfaction by studying the construct validity and the sensitivity of a questionnaire, International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 19, 246-258
• Calvin AO (2004) Haemodialysis patients and end-of-life decisions: A theory of personal preservation, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 46 (5), 558-566
• Calvin, AO, & Clark, AP, How are you facilitating advance directives in your clinical nurse specialist practice?, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 16(6), 293-294, November 2002
• Eichhorn, DJ, Meyers, T A, Guzzetta, CE, Clark, AP, & Calvin, A O (2002) Family presence at the bedside during invasive procedures and CPR: When pigs fly (4th edition), In Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care edited by D. J. Mason, J. K. Leavitt, & M. W. Chaffee. St. Louis, MO: Saunders, 356-361 pages (bookchapter)
• Eichhorn DJ, Meyers TA, Guzzetta CE, Clark AP, Klein JD, Taliaferro E, & Calvin AO (May 2001) During invasive procedures and resuscitation: hearing the voice of the patient, American Journal of Nursing, 101 (5), 48-55
• Clark, AP, Calvin, AO, Meyers, TA, Eichhorn, DJ, & Guzzetta, CE, Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and invasive procedures: A research based intervention, Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 13(4), 569-575, 2001
• Meyers TA, Eichhorn DJ, Guzzetta CE, Clark AP, Klein JD, Taliaferro E, & Calvin A (February 2000) Family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitation, American Journal of Nursing, 100 (2), 32-42
• Calvin, AO, Hemodialysis patients and end-of-life medical treatment decisions: A theory of personal preservation, Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000
• Calvin A, Becker H, Biering P, & Grobe S (July 1999) Measuring patient opinion of pain management, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 18 (1), 17-26
• Grobe SJ, Becker H, Calvin A, Biering P, Jordan C, & Tabone S, Clinical data for use in assessing quality: lessons learned from the Texas Nurses' Association Report Card Project, Seminars for Nurse Managers, 6(3), 126-38, September 1998
• Calvin, AO (25 Aug 1997) Agreement of patients' and nurses' perceptions of burn pain: A research review, The Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing, 3 (On-line Serial)