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School of Nursing
McDowell Hall
25 North College
Newark, DE 19716
Ph: (302) 831-1253
Fax: (302) 831-2382
ud-nursing@udel.edu

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School of Nursing Faculty

Gail Wade, DNSc, RN
Associate Professor

Telephone:(302) 831-8719
E-mail: ghwade@udel.edu

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

Education
DNSc, Widener University
MS in Nursing, Maternal/Child Nursing Track, University of Delaware
BSN University of Delaware

Research Interests
Nursing education
Caring in nursing education, Children with disabilities
High risk maternity
Nursing leadership effect on retention

Recent Scholarship
Developing an Injury Prevention Certification course based on needs assessment. Division of Public Health, Delaware Health & Social Services. October 15, 2003 to June 30, 2005.
 
Injury Prevention: Assessment of Needs related to Injury Prevention Education for Injury Prevention Practitioners. State of Delaware – Division of Public Health. Contract period: August 29, 2002 – June 30, 2003.

Publications
Wade, G. H. (in press). Nursing students’ perceptions of instructor caring: Development of an instrument based on Watson’s Theory of Transpersonal Caring.

Wade, G. H. (2004). A model of the attitudinal component of professional nurse autonomy in female baccalaureate nursing students. Journal of Nursing Education, 43(3), 116 - 124.

Presentations
2003. Development of an Instrument to Measure Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Caring (paper). Scientific Session of the 37 th Biennial Convention, Sigma Theta Tau International. Toronto, Canada. November 1 – 5.
 
2003. Development of an Instrument to Measure Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Caring (paper). Calling a Circle of Caring. 25 th Annual International Association of Human Caring Conference. International Association of Human Caring. Boulder, Colorado. June 1 – 4.
 
2003. Development of an Instrument to Measure Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Instructor Caring. (poster presentation) Delaware Nurses’ Association, Beta Xi and Omicron Gamma Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau and Wesley College Nursing Honor Society. “Living Nursing Research: Idea to Overcome. March 7, 2003, Dover, DE.

School of Nursing Faculty