Dr. Patricia G. Butterfield

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Washington State University
ICN College of Nursing
DeanAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

ICN College of Nursing
Washington State University
2917 W. Fort George Wright Drive
Spokane, Washington 99202
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (509) 324-7292
Fax: (509) 324-7336
pbutter@wsu.edu

Qualifications

Posdoctoral Fellow, Oregon Health & Science University, Occupational and Environmental Health, 1994.
Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Nursing, 1992.
M.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Community Health Nursing, 1980.
B.S., Loretto Heights College, Nursing, 1976.

Expertise and Research Interests

Environmental health nursing
Household environmental risk reduction
Occupational health problems in small companies
Occupational and environmental health in rural settings
Conceptual approaches to public health nursing

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Environmental Health, Nursing Education, Occupational Health and Safety, Public Health.

Additional Terms:

Environmental Health, Occupational Health Nursing, Public Health Nursing.

Memberships

American Academy of Nursing
American Public Health Association

Previous Positions

2005-2007, Chair, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Psychosocial and Community Health
2003-2005, Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Psychosocial and Community Health
2000-2003, Professor, Montana State University, School of Nursing

Funding Received

  • National Institute of Nursing Research: Reducing Environmental Risk for Rural Low Income Families, 2005 to 2009.

Publications

  • Paranzino GK, Butterfield P, Nastoff T, Ranger C (Jan 2005) I PREPARE: development and clinical utility of an environmental exposure history mnemonic, Aaohn Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 53 (1), 37-42
  • Bekemeier B, Butterfield P (Apr-Jun 2005) Unreconciled inconsistencies: a critical review of the concept of social justice in 3 national nursing documents, Ans. Advances in Nursing Science, 28 (2), 152-62
  • Butterfield PG (Sep 2004) "La verdad" and risk communication--strategies for communicating results of environmental exposure tests to individuals, Aaohn Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 52 (9), 363-5
  • Butterfield PG, Yates SM, Rogers B, Healow JM (Feb 2003) Overcoming subject recruitment challenges: strategies for successful collaboration with novice research agencies, Applied Nursing Research : Anr, 16 (1), 46-52
  • Butterfield P, Malliarakis K, Dotson JA (Fall 2002) Billings' methamphetamine epidemic. Nursing leaders frame a public health and environmental health problem, Nursing Leadership Forum, 7 (1), 8-11
  • Butterfield PG (Sep 2002) Upstream reflections on environmental health: an abbreviated history and framework for action, Ans. Advances in Nursing Science, 25 (1), 32-49
  • Larsson LS, Butterfield P (Jul-Aug 2002) Mapping the future of environmental health and nursing: strategies for integrating national competencies into nursing practice, Public Health Nursing (boston, Mass.), 19 (4), 301-8
  • Zahm SH, Colt JS, Engel LS, Keifer MC, Alvarado AJ, Burau K, Butterfield P, Caldera S, Cooper SP, Garcia D, Hanis C, Hendrikson E, Heyer N, Hunt LM, Krauska M, MacNaughton N, McDonnell CJ, Mills PK, Mull LD, Nordstrom DL, Outterson B, Slesinger DP, Smith MA, Stallones L, Stephens C, Sweeney A, Sweitzer K, Vernon SW, Blair A (Nov 2001) Development of a life events/icon calendar questionnaire to ascertain occupational histories and other characteristics of migrant farmworkers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 40 (5), 490-501
  • Healow J, Butterfield P (Jul 2001) Disapproving OSHA's ergonomic standard, Aaohn Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 49 (7), 320
  • Butterfield P (Dec 2000) Recovering a lost legacy: nurses' leadership in environmental health, The Journal of Nursing Education, 39 (9), 385-6
  • Camicioli R, Willert P, Lear J, Grossmann S, Kaye J, Butterfield P (Summer 2000) Dementia in rural primary care practices in Lake County, Oregon, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 13 (2), 87-92
  • Butterfield PG, Spencer PS, Redmond N, Feldstein A, Perrin N (Dec 1998) Low back pain: predictors of absenteeism, residual symptoms, functional impairment, and medical costs in Oregon workers' compensation recipients, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 34 (6), 559-67
  • Butterfield PG (3rd 1996) Environment: seeking clues to Parkinson's disease, Reflections / Sigma Theta Tau, 22 (3), 14-5
  • Butterfield PG, Lindeman CA, Valanis BG, Spencer PS (Apr 1995) Design of a questionnaire: occupational and environmental risks for Parkinson's disease, Aaohn Journal : Official Journal of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 43 (4), 197-202
  • Butterfield PG, Valanis BG, Spencer PS, Lindeman CA, Nutt JG (Jun 1993) Environmental antecedents of young-onset Parkinson's disease, Neurology, 43 (6), 1150-8
  • Kirschling JM, Tilden VP, Butterfield PG (1990) Social support: the experience of hospice family caregivers, The Hospice Journal, 6 (2), 75-93
  • Butterfield PG (Jan 1990) Thinking upstream: nurturing a conceptual understanding of the societal context of health behavior, Ans. Advances in Nursing Science, 12 (2), 1-8
  • Butterfield PG (Mar 1988) Nominal group process as an instructional method with novice community health nursing students, Public Health Nursing (boston, Mass.), 5 (1), 12-5
  • Butterfield P (Mar-Apr 1987) Nursing interventions aid patient transition from hospital to home, Rn Idaho, 10 (2), 12-3

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