Paula R. Klemm

Professor
School of Nursing
303 McDowell Hall
302-831-8501
Klemmpa@udel.edu

Education

• PhD, The Catholic University of America, Nursing Education
• MS, University of Maryland, Nursing Education
• BSN, Stony Brook University
• BA, Fredonia State College, Sociology

Research Interests

• Internet support for cancer patients and caregivers
• Psychosocial adjustment to illness

Recent Scholarship/ Grants

• American Nurses Foundation “Online Support for Informal Caregivers: Psychosocial Outcomes” Sigma Theta Tau International/Oncology Nursing Society “Psychosocial outcomes in online cancer support”

Publications

• Klemm, P.R. (2009). Anticancer Agents. In J.F. Kee, E.Hayes, L.E. McCuistion (Eds.). Pharmacology: A Nursing Process Approach (6 th ed.) (pp 525-555 St. Louis: Elsevier
• Klemm, P., & Hurst M. (2009). Cancer Pathophysiology. In S. Newton, M. Hickey, & J. Marrs (Eds). Mosby’s Oncology Nursing Advisor: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Practice (1 st ed.) (pp 14-32). St. Louis: Mosby.
• Klemm, P. (2008). Late Effects of Treatment for Long-Term Cancer Survivors: Qualitative Analysis of an Online Support Group. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 26(1), 49-58.
• Anderson, A., & Klemm, P. (2008). The Internet: Friend or foe when providing patient education? Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 12(1), 55-63.
• 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.
• Klemm, P., & Hardie, T. (2002). Depression in face-to-face and Internet
  cancer support groups: A pilot study. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(4), E45-E51.

Paula R. Klemm , PhD, RN, OCN, is a graduate of The Catholic University of America. Her areas of research interest are internet support for cancer patients and caregivers and psychosocial adjustment to illness. She is a Certified Oncology Nurse with clinical experience at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. She is a reviewer and a former Associate Editor for Oncology Nursing Forum, which has an audience of over 35,000 oncology nurses nationwide.