Ellen F OlshanskyDirector Professor Affiliate Faculty Women's Studies |
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Research Interests |
Women's health across the lifespan, infertility, depression, qualitative research methods | |
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Academic Distinctions |
2005 Empire Who’s Who in America 2004 Who’s Who in Education 2003 American Academy of Nursing, Fellow 2001-2003 NIMH/NINR Building the Capacity of Psychiatric Nursing Research Selected as one of 16 nurse-scholars across the country to participate in this mentored program to encourage psychiatric nursing research. My mentor for this program was Dr. Ellen Frank, who continues to work closely with me. 2000-2001 Distinguished Writer for Sigma Theta Tau International (selected to be part of a mentoring group to mentor nurses in writing for publication) 1994 CARE Award (Creative Achievement in Reproductive Endocrinology) presented by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (formerly the American Fertility Society) in association with Serono Pharmaceutical Company. This award was for nursing science in the area of reproductive endocrinology, recognizing the contributions of a nurse scientist to this field. 1992 Research Award (with Dr. Marie Annette Brown) National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties, Research Award for Research Proposal to study nurse practitioners during their first year of transition to their new roles. 1986 American Nurses Foundation Scholar 1977 Lifetime Red Cross Nurse Award 1975 Sigma Theta Tau International, Nursing Honor Society lifetime membership, 1975 Graduation with Highest Honors - University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, B.S. in Nursing, 1975 1972 Graduation with Distinction in General Scholarship - University of California, Berkeley, B.A. in Social Welfare, 1972 1968 Edward Frank Kraft Prize - University of California, Berkeley |
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Edited Books Olshansky, E.F. (2000). Integrated women’s health: Holistic approaches for comprehensive care. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishing Company. Book Chapters Olshansky, E. F. (1986, 1990). Fertility and infertility. In J. D. Neeson & K. A. May (Eds.), Comprehensive Maternity Nursing. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. (American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year, 1986). Olshansky, E. F. (1987, 1990). Nursing assessment: Reproductive system. In S. Mantik & I. C. Collier (Eds), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. New York: McGraw-Hill. Lamb, M., Olshansky, E. F., Power, D., & Woods, N. F. (1987). Interventions for persons with problems of the reproductive system. In W. Phipps, B. Long, & N. F. Woods (Eds.), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Practice (2nd ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Catanzaro, M. & Olshansky, E. F. (1988). Evaluating research reports. In N. F. Woods & M. Catanzaro (Eds.), Nursing Research: Theory and Practice. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. (Book received the 1988 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award). Phipps, W. J. & Olshansky, E. F. (1989). Sexually transmitted diseases. In B. C. Long & W. J. Phipps (Eds.), Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Nursing Process Approach (2nd ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Olshansky, E. (1990). In vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and reproductive controls. In J. McCloskey & H. Grace (Eds.), Current Issues in Nursing (3rd ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Olshansky, E. F. (1990). Altered parenting. In. G. K. McFarland & M. D. Thomas (Eds.), Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Nursing Diagnosis and Process. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Olshansky, E. F. & Lamb, M. (1990). Management of women’s reproductive health problems. In W. Phipps, B. Long, & N. Woods (Eds.), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Practice (3rd ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Olshansky, E. F. (1990). Management of sexually transmitted diseases. In W. Phipps, B. Long, & N. Woods (Eds.), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Practice (3rd ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Hancock, L., Olshansky, E., Abrums, M., & McCarthy, A. M. (1990, 1994). The prenatal period. In C. Edelman & C. Mandle (Eds.), Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan (2nd & 3rd eds.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Olshansky, E. (1990). Infectious and inflammatory disorders affecting reproductive function. In M.L. Patrick, S.L. Woods, R.F. Craven, J.S. Rokosky, & P.M. Bruno (Eds.), Medical-Surgical Nursing: Pathophysiological Concepts (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. (3rd edition – 2006 – Olshansky, E., Sacco, D., Barr, T. – authors). Olshansky, E. (1994). Maintaining personhood in the context of assisted reproductive technology. In. J. C. McCloskey & K. K. Grace (Eds.), Current Issues in Nursing (4th ed.). St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. Cohen, S., Mitchell, E., Olesen, V., Olshansky, E., & Taylor, D. (1994). From female disease to women’s health. In A. Dan (Ed.), Reframing Women’s Health. CA: Sage. Olshansky, E. (1996). The reproductive years. In J. Lewis, J. Bernstein & A. Paul-Simon (Eds.), Women Across the Life Cycle. Jones & Bartlett. Olshansky, E. (1992, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2006). Human sexuality. In. R. Craven & C. Hirnle (Eds.) Fundamentals in Nursing. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Olshansky, E. (1999). Infertility. In A.S. Hinshaw, S. Feetham, & J. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishing Company. Olshansky, E. (2005). Infertility: A feminist perspective. K.Schuiling and F. Likis (Eds), Women’s Gynecologic Health, Bartlett and Jones Publishing Company. Olshansky, E. (in press). The use of community-based participatory research to understand and work with vulnerable populations. In De Chesnay, M., Anderson, B. (Eds). Caring for the Vulnerable, 2nd Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishing Company. Olshansky, E. (in press). Infertility. In Fogel, C., Woods, N.F. (Eds.) |
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Refereed Journals Gara (Olshansky), E. F. (1981). Nursing protocal to improve the effectiveness of the contraceptive diaphragm. MCN: the American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing, 6(1), 41-45. Gara (Olshansky), E. F. & Tilden, V. P. (1984). Adjusted control: One explanation for women’s positive perceptions of their pregnancies. Health Care for Women International, 5, 427- 236. Olshansky, E. F. & Sammons, L. N. (1985). Artificial insemination: An overview. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 15 (6s), 49-54. Olshansky, E. F. (1987). Identity of self as infertile: An example of theory-generating research. Advances in Nursing Science, 9 (2), 54-63. Olshansky, E. F. (1987). Infertility and its influence on women’s career identities. Health Care for Women International, 8(2,3), 185-196. Conley, N. J. & Olshansky, E. F. (1987). Current controversies in pregnancy and epilepsy: A unique challenge for nursing. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 16(5), 321-328. Olshansky, E. F. (1988). Responses to high technology infertility treatment. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 20(3), 128-131. Olshansky, E. F. (1990). Psychosocial implications of pregnancy after infertility. NAACOG’s Clinical Issues in Women’s Health and Perinatal Nursing, 1(3), 342-347. Woods, N. F., Olshansky, E. F. & Draye, M. A. (1991). Infertility: Women’s experiences. Health Care for Women International, 12, 179-190. Olshansky, E. F. (1992). Redefining the concepts of success and failure in infertility treatment. NAACOGs Clinical Issues in Women’s Health and Perinatal Nursing, 3(2), 343-347. Perry, J. A. & Olshansky, E. F. (1996). A Family’s coming to terms with Alzheimer’s Disease. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 18(1), 12-28. Olshansky, E. F. (1996). Theoretical issues in building a grounded theory: Application of an example of a program of research on infertility. Qualitative Health Research, 6(3), 394-405. Olshansky, E. F. (1996). A counseling approach with persons experiencing infertility: Implications for advanced practice nursing. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 2(3), 42-47. Brown, M. A. & Olshansky, E. F. (1997). From limbo to legitimacy: A theoretical model of the transition to the primary care nurse practitioner role. Nursing Research, 46 (1), 46-51. Olshansky, E.F. (1998). What price progress? Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health, 13 (2), 10-13. Brown, M.A. & Olshansky, E.F. (1998). Becoming a primary care nurse practitioner: Challenges of the first year of practice. Nurse Practitioner, 23 (7), 46-66. Maxwell-Young, L., Olshansky, E., & Steele, R. (1998). Conducting feminist research in nursing: Personal and political challenges. Health Care for Women International, 19, 505-513. Sekula, K., Holmes, D., Zoucha, R., DeSantis, J., Olshansky, E. (2001). Forensic psychiatric nursing: Discursive practices and the emergence of a specialty. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 39 (9), 51-57. Olshansky, E. (2003). A theoretical explanation for previously infertile mothers’ vulnerability to depression. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35 (3), 23-268. Whitney, S.L., Jacob, R.G., Sparto, P.J., Olshansky, E., Detweiler-Shostak, G., Brown, E.L., Furman, J.M. (2005). Acrophobia and pathological height vertigo: indications for vestibular physical therapy. Physical Therapy, 85 (5), 443-458. Olshansky, E. (2005). Feeling normal: Women’s experiences of menopause after infertility. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 30 (3), 195-200. Olshansky, E., Sacco, D., Braxter, B., Dodge, P., Huges, E., Ondeck, M. Stubbs, M. Upvall, M. (2005). Participatory action research to understand and reduce health disparities. Nursing Outlook, 53 (3), 21-26. Liang, H.W. & Olshansky, E. (2005). The process of decision-making about care practices for children by caregivers who are Taiwanese temporary residents in the U.S.A. The Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 20 (6), 453-460. Olshansky, E., Sereika, S. (2005). Depression and the transition to pregnancy and postpartum in previously infertile women. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19 (6), 273- 280. Watson, K.C., Kieckhefer, G.M., Olshansky, E. (2006). Striving for therapeutic relationships: Parent-provider communication in the developmental treatment setting. Qualitative Health Research, 16, 647-663. Stilley CS, Lawrence K, Bender A, Olshansky E, Webber SA, Dew MA. (2006). Maturity & adherence in adolescent and young adult heart recipients. Pediatric Transplantation 2996: 10: 323-330 McTigue, K., Hess, R., Bryce, C., Fitzgerald, K., Olshansky, E., Sacco, D., Fischer, G. (2006). Perception of “healthy” body weight by patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care, 29 (3), 695-697. Hess, R, Bryce, CL, McTigue, K, Fitzgerald, K, Olshansky, E, Zickmund, S, Fischer, G, (2006). The Diabetes Patient Portal: Patient perspectives on structure and delivery, Diabetes Spectrum, 92(2):106-10. Chasens, E., Olshansky, E. (2006). The experience of being sleepy while managing type 2 diabetes. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 12 (5), 272-278. Rosenblum, K., Olshansky, E. (2007). Building families: Diverse pathways to parenthood. Zero to Three Journal. Hess, R., Bryce, C. Paone, S., Fischer, G., McTigue, K., Olshansky, E, Zickmund, S. Fitzgerald, K., Siminerio, L. (in press). Exploring Challenges and Potentials of Personal Health Records in Diabetes Self-Management: Implementation and Initial Assessment. Telemedicine and e-Health. |
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| Chasens, E., Olshansky, E. (in press). Daytime sleepiness, diabetes, and psychological wellbeing. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. | ||
| Hess, R., Olshansky, E., Ness, R., Bryce, C.L., Dillon, S., Kapoor, W., Chang, C-C H., Matthews, K.A. (in press). Pregnancy and birth history influences women’s experiences of menopause. Menopause – The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, 15 (3). | ||
| Zickmund, S., Fischer, G., Hess, R., Bryce, C., Olshansky, E., Fitzgerald, K., Siminerio, L. (in press). Interest in the Use of Computerized Patient Portals: Role of the Provider-Patient Relationship. Journal of General Internal Medicine. | ||
| Handler, S.M., Perera, S., Olshansky, E.F., Studenski, S.A., Nace, D.A., Fridsma, D.B., Hanlon, J.T. (in press). Identifying modifiable barriers to medication error reporting in the nursing home setting. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. | ||
| Grants | 2006-2010 Barriers to Antiviral Therapy for Veterans with Hepatitis C Veterans Administration Grant: IIR 05-281-1 HSR&D (Consultant) | |
| 2006-2010 Medicare Beneficiaries and High Cost Pharmaceuticals: Prescribing Patterns, Treatment Adherence, and Patient Perceptions of Quality K12 grant funded by NIH, PI: Julie Donohue, PhD, Graduate School of Public Health $480,778 Role on Project: Faculty Mentor for the qualitative portion of study. The major goal of this project is to reduce cost-related underuse of prescription drugs among elders with chronic medical conditions | ||
| 2007-2011 Race and Tubal Sterilization K12 grant pending review by NIH, PI: Sonya Borreo, MD, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Role on Project: Faculty Mentor for the qualitative portion of the study. | ||
| 2007-2008 Telemedicine: Kiosks for Elderly Patients Rand Corporation and University of Pittsburgh Health Institute P.I. Karen Courtnery My Role on Project: Senior Mentor | ||
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Professional Societies |
Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) American Academy of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International American Orthopsychiatric Association American Society for Reproductive Medicine AWHONN American Psychiatric Nurses Association International Psychiatric Nurses Association Society for Menstrual Cycle Research NASPOG International Society for Interpersonal Psychotherapy |
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| Last updated | 01/28/2008 | |