School of Nursing Faculty

Veronica F. Rempusheski, PhD, RN, FAAN Jeanne K. Buxbaum Chair of Nursing Science Telephone: 302/831-8502 E-mail: vrempush@udel.edu Mailing Address: School of Nursing McDowell Hall Newark, DE 19716

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona (Clinical research – gerontological nursing; anthropology)
M.S., University of Colorado (Medical-Surgical nursing, emphasis in teaching)
B.S., Seton Hall University (Nursing)
Diploma in Nursing, Clara Maass Memorial Hospital School of Nursing

Research Interests

Elder care within a family context, including elders with dementia, family caregiving, and grandparent-grandchild relationships, 3 & 4- generation families; ethnicity/ethnic identity

Scholarship/Research Activities

9/1/2006 – Co-I (UD School of Nursing), Delaware INBRE – IdeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NIH-NCRR, 2004-09; D. Weir, PI)

2005-06 – PI, English to Spanish Adaptation of the Grandparent Perceptions of Family Scale (University of Kansas Medical Center, Office of Grants & Research, funded 7-1-05, $5,000).

Selected Publications

Rempusheski, V. F., & O’Hara, C. T. (2005). Psychometric properties of the Grandparent Perceptions of Family Scale (GPFS). Nursing Research, 54(5), 363-371.

Al Omari, H., Kramer, K., Hronek, C., & Rempusheski, V. F. (2005). The Wheat Valley assisted living culture: Rituals and rules. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31(1),9-16.

Selected Regional & National/International Presentations, 2006

Rempusheski, V. F., Peña, M., & Baker, L. (2006, November 19). English to Spanish adaptation of the Grandparent Perceptions of Family Scale (Phase 2). Accepted for poster presentation at the 59 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX.

Leiker, T., Carpenter, J., Dallam, S., Mach, B., Forbes-Thompson, S. & Rempusheski, V. F. (2006, April 2). Dynamic tension between opposing elements: The living experience of CNAs in nursing homes. Poster presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2006 Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Quenstedt-Moe, G., Ebbert, D., Peterson, M., Thompson, T., Forbes-Thompson, S., & Rempusheski, V. F. (2006, April 2). The lived experience of CNAs in a nursing home viewed through a social constructionist lens. Poster presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 2006 Conference, Milwaukee, WI.