Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
- Management of acute and chronic pain
- Ethics
- Qualitative methodology
- Theory
- Evidence-based practice
Research Information
Research Interests
- Values-based pain management
- Pain management education
- Bioethics
- Development and psychometric testing of knowledge tests and survey instruments
- Concept analysis and theory development
Awards and Honors
Publications
Bernhofer, E. I., & Burchill, C. N. (in press). Developing and evaluating multiple-choice tests for trustworthiness. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development
Green, J., & Bernhofer, E. I. (2018). Effectiveness of a patient education plan on knowledge of post‐op venous thromboembolism survival skills. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(7-8), e1485-e1493. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14270
Rosenberger, J., Bernhofer, E. I., McCrudden, S., Johnson, R. (2017). Medication adherence in a cardiac ambulatory setting: the challenge continues. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 22(3). doi: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No03PPT51
Bernhofer, E. I., Marie, B. S., & Bena, J. F. (2017). A New Clinical Pain Knowledge Test for Nurses: Development and Psychometric Evaluation. Pain Management Nursing, 18(4), 224-233. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2017.04.009
Bernhofer, E. I., Masina, V. M., Sorrell, J., & Modic, M. B. (2017). The pain experience of patients hospitalized with inflammatory bowel disease: a phenomenological study. Gastroenterology Nursing, 40(3), 200-207. doi: 10.1097/SGA.0000000000000137.
Irvin, C., Sedlak, E., Walton, C., Collier, S., & Bernhofer, E. I. (2017). Hospital acquired pressure
injury rates: the significance of the advanced practice registered nurses’ role in a community hospital. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (JAANP), 29(4), 203-208.
Bernhofer, E.I., Hosler, R. & Karius, D. (2016). Nurses’ written responses to pain management values education: a content analysis. Pain Management Nursing, 17(6) 384-391. doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2016.08.007
Bernhofer, E.I. (2016). Investigating the concept of rest for research and practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(5), 1012–1022. doi: 10.1111/jan.12910
Bernhofer, E.I. (2015). Reviewing the literature: essential first step in research, quality improvement, and implementation of evidence-based practice. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 31(4), 191-196. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000171
Bernhofer, E. I., & Sorrell, J. M. (2015). Nurses managing patients’ pain may experience moral distress. Clinical Nursing Research, 24(4) 401–414. doi: 10.54773814533124.
Bernhofer, E., Higgins, P. A., Daly, B. J., Burant, C. J., & Hornick, T. R. (2014). Hospital lighting and its association with sleep, mood, and pain in medical inpatients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(5), 1164–1173. doi: 10.1111/jan.12282
Education
Additional Information
Certification
- Board Certified in Pain Management Nursing
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Certified Pain Educator (CPE)
American Society for Pain Educators (ASPE)
Fellowship and Intensive Training
- Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
- Pain Methodologies Workshop
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH)