Faculty & staff
Elizabeth A. Bossert, DNS, RN
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Graduate Nursing
Professor of Nursing
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350
Phone: (909) 558-8061
Fax: (909) 558-0719
Email: bbossert@llu.edu
Educational background:
BS, Walla Walla College, College Place, Washington
MS, Loma Linda University School of Nursing, Loma Linda, California
DNS, University of California San Francisco
Areas of teaching:
Graduate - Master's and PhD
Parent-child nursing concepts, advanced role development, research methods
Selected areas of scholarly work:
Stress and coping behaviors among ill children
Symptoms and symptom management in ill children
Quality of life and symptom management in child with cancer
Current research:
QOL, Symptoms & Management in Children with Advanced Cancer
Principle Investigators: Lois Van Cleve, Elizabeth Bossert, & Marilyn Savedra
Selected publications:
Bossert, E.A., Evans, S. Van Cleve, L., & Savedra, M.C. (2002). Multi-site research: A systems approach. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 17(1), pp 38-48.
Bossert, E.A., Van Cleve, L., Adlard, K., Savedra, M.C. (2002). Pain and Leukemia: the Stories of 3 children. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 19(1), pp 2-11.
Van Cleve, L., Bossert, E.A., & Savedra, M.C. (2002). Cancer pain in children: the selection of a model to guide research. Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses. 7(4), 163-165.
Van Cleve, L., Bossert, E., Beecroft, P., Adlard,K., Alvarez, O., Savedra, M.C. (2004). The pain experience of children with leukemia during the first year after diagnosis. Nursing Research, 53(1), 1-10.