Postdoctoral Fellowship Symptoms Management, University of California, San Francisco
Ph.D. Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center
MA Nursing, University of Iowa
BS Nursing, School of Nursing, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Teaching Areas
Clinical Scholarship (DNP Program)
Organizational and Systems Leadership
Nursing Perspectives of Leadership and Management
Nursing Theory and Research
Nursing Synthesis Clinical
Health Care Interests
I have enjoyed working with patients and families in the medical/surgical, critical care, school nursing and community health settings
Research Interests
Sleep Research
Women's Health
Care of the Elderly
Current Projects
Current Research Project:
Exercise as an Intervention to Enhance Sleep and Reduce Fatigue in Women
Organizations:
International Society for Quality of Life Research
Upper Midwest Sleep Society
Sleep Research Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Sigma Theta Tau International, Mu Lambda Chapter, MN State University, Mankato
Recent Publications
Willette–Murphy, K., Todero, C., Yeaworth, R. (2006). Mental Health and Sleep of Older Wife Caregivers for Spouses with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 27 (8) 837-852.
Ronstad, A., & Willette–Murphy, K. (2004). Fatigue of Staff Nurses Working in the Hospital Setting Journal of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Research: Sleep, 27, 417.
