Faculty & staff
Betty Wehtje Winslow, PhD, RN
Professor, School of Nursing
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350
Phone: (909) 558-4360 or extension 45447
Fax: (909) 558-4134
Email: bwinslow@llu.edu
Areas of teaching: Graduate - Masters, PhD
As a member of the graduate faculty, my areas of teaching include courses in philosophical foundations of nursing science, nursing in community systems, and research methodology.
Research projects/interests
My program of research is grounded in my clinical experience of working with family caregivers of community dwelling elders. Past investigations have been focused on understanding how use of community service programs affects family caregiver stress outcomes. The goal of my research program is to find community-based interventions that will support family caregivers as they provide long term care to their relatives. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods has been used in these studies.
Current research project
"The process of placement decision-making for relatives with dementia." This current project is a grounded theory study that examines the placement-decision making process with particular attention to the participation of health professionals in that decision. Funded by NIH-NINR.
Educational background
BS, Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington
MS, University of California San Francisco
PhD, University of Colorado Denver
NIH Funded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles - Vulnerable Populations Health Related Research.
Recent publications
Winslow, B. (2003). Family caregivers? experiences with community services: A qualitative analysis. Public Health Nursing, 20, 341-348.
Winslow, B. & Winslow, G. (2003). The ethics of praying with patients. Holistic Nursing Practice, (July/August), 1-8.
D'Errico, E., Winslow, B., & Jones, P. (2002). Care of clients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. In Home Health Care Nursing (2nd ed). (I. Martinson, A. Widmer & C. Portilla, Eds.). Philadelphia: Saunders.
Winslow, B. & Carter, P. (1999). Patterns of burden in wives caring for husbands with dementia. Nursing Clinics of North America, 34, 275-287.
Flaskerud, J. & Winslow, B. (1998). Conceptualizing vulnerable populations health-related research. Nursing Research, 47. 69-77.
Winslow, B. (1998). Family caregiving and the use of formal community support services: A qualitative case study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 19, 11-27.
Winslow, B. (1997). Effects of formal supports on stress outcomes in family caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. Research in Nursing and Health, 20, 27-37.
Professional memberships
Gerontological Society of America
Sigma Theta Tau, International
Recent honors & awards
2003 Catherine Graf Award for Excellence in Nursing Research, Loma Linda University School of Nursing
2000 Hartford Institute Gerontological Research Scholar, New York University
2000 Who's Who Among America's Teachers: Listed
1997 Clarice Woodward Award for Excellence in Writing, Sigma Theta Tau International Gamma Alpha Chapter.
1997 First Place Award for Paper Presentation ? Sigma Theta Tau and Graduate Student Nursing Research Day, University of California at Los Angeles School of Nursing, Alumni & Medical Center.