School of Nursing

School of Nursing Faculty

Paula Klemm, DNSc, RN, OCN
Associate Professor

Telephone:(302) 831-8501
E-mail: klemmpa@udel.edu

Mailing Address:
School of Nursing
McDowell Hall
Newark, DE 19716

Education
D.N.Sc, The Catholic University of America, Nursing Education
M.S., University of Maryland, Nursing Education
B.S.N., Stonybrook University
B.A., Fredonia State College, Sociology

Research Interests
Internet support for cancer patients and caregivers
Psychosocial adjustment to illness

Recent Scholarship/ Grants
Sigma Theta Tau/Oncology Nursing Society "Psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer support groups."

Sigma Theta Tau, Nu Beta Chapter, "Psychosocial outcomes in online breast cancer support groups"

Publications

Caton, A., & Klemm, P. (in press). Introduction of the novice oncology nurse to end-of-life care. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.

Klemm , P.R. (2006). Anticancer Drugs. In J.F. Kee, E.Hayes, L.E. McCuistion (Eds.). Pharmacology: A Nursing Process Approach (5 th ed.) (pp 527-552). St. Louis: Elsevier.

Klemm , P.R. (2006). Technologic Advances: Psychosocial Implications for Patient Care. In R.M. Carroll-Johnson, L.M. Gorman, & N.J. Bush (Eds). Psychosocial Nursing Care along the Cancer Continuum (2 nd Ed.) (pp 439-449). Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Press, Inc.

Klemm, P., & Wheeler, E. (2005). Cancer caregivers online: Hope, emotional roller-coaster, and physical/emotional/psychological responses. Computers, Informatics, Nursing. 23(1), 38-45.

Klemm, P., (2005). The Role of the Internet in Psychosocial Support, In R.M. Carroll-Johnson, L.M. Gorman, & N.J. Bush (Eds). Psychosocial Nursing Care along the Cancer Continuum. (2nd Ed.). Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Press.

Polek, C., Klemm, P., Hardie, T., Wheeler, E., Birney, M., Plowfield, L., & Lynch, K. (2004). Asian/Pacific Islander American women: Age and Death Rates during Hospitalization for breast cancer, Oncology Nursing Forum, (31)4.

Wheeler, E., Klemm, P., Hardie, T., Plowfield, L., Polek, C., & Birney, M., Lynch, K. (2004). The effect of race in hospitalized chronic heart failure elderly patients. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(4), 291-297.

Presentations

October, 2006. Long-term cancer survivors: Online support. 11 th World Congress on Internet in Medicine, The Society of Internet in Medicine. Toronto, Canada.

March, 2006. Addressing the psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer. 9th Annual Breast Cancer Update. Sponsors: Medical Society of Delaware and the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition. Claymont, DE

October, 2006. Late Effects of Treatment for Long-Term Cancer Survivors: Qualitative Analysis of an Online Support Group. Cancer Survivorship: Embracing the Future Conference. Co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2004. Hope and Anger: A Roller-coaster Ride for Online Cancer Caregivers. Research: Advancing Nursing Practice. Sponsored by Villanova University College of Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Nu Chapter. Radnor , PA.

May 5, 2004. Hope and Anger: A Roller-coaster Ride for Online Cancer Caregivers. Annual DNA Research Conference. Dover, DE.