Jean Humphries

Clinical Instructor of Nursing

Educational Background

• PhD Student
• MSN, University of Minnesota, focus on Nursing Administration
• BSN, Augsburg College
• A.D.N., Rochester Community College

Teaching Areas

• Altered Physiologic Mode Clinical I

Health Care Interests

• Adult Health – especially acute care requiring hospitalization
• Nursing Research
• How environmental factors affect health

Areas of Research Willing to Discuss With Nursing Students

• Sleep Promotion
• Acute Care
• Environmental Factors that Affect Sleep

Current Projects

• Current Research
  • Working on Meta–Analysis Project
  • Dissertation of how the environment influences sleep
• Belong to
  • Midwest Nrsg Reseach Society (MNRS)
  • Sleep Research Society (SRS)
  • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)

Publications

• Floyd, J. A. & Humphries, J. D. (2008). Insomnia; Sleep deprivation; Sleep, readiness for enhanced. In G. Ladwig & B. J. Ackley (Eds.) Guide to Nursing Diagnosis.(p.466–470; 659–664) Mosby: St. Louis.
• Floyd, J. A. & Humphries, J. D. (2008). Sleep enhancement. In B. J. Ackley, G. Ladwig, B. Swan & S. Tucker (Eds.) Evidence–based Nursing Care Guidelines. Medical–Surgical Interventions.(p. 763–766. Mosby: St. Louis.
• Floyd, J. A. & Humphries, J. D. (2008). Insomnia; Sleep deprivation, Sleep, readiness for enhanced. In B. J. Ackley & G. B. Ladwig Nursing Diagnosis Handbook (8th ed., p. 510–516, 757–760, 760–763). Mosby: St. Louis.
• Humphries, J. D. (in press). Sleep disturbance in the hospitalized adult. Med–Surg Nursing.