Evanne Juratovac, PhD, APRN, GCNS-BC

Assistant Professor
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
School of Medicine
Faculty Associate
University Center on Aging and Health

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Geriatric Mental Health (e.g., Delirium care process improvements; Advanced Psychopathology for Older Adult Care)
  • Family Caregiving Assessment and Intervention (e.g., clinical and academic implementation expertise; Intervention Fidelity Supervisor for NIH-funded protocols, CWRU)
  • Pedagogy and Technology for Engaged Learning (e.g., Active Learning Fellow, CWRU; Coronavirus Technology and Pedagogy Faculty Leader, CWRU)
  • Effort and Workload factors (e.g., measures of exertion, mental and physical effort, task difficulty)

Research Information

Research Interests

  • Effort and Workload
  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Delirium
  • Caregiver Health

Research Projects

  • “Self-Management Interventions: Considering Needs and Preferences of Dementia Caregivers” R01-NR8476 Zauszniewski, PI Roles on project: Dementia Specialist, Supervisor for Interventionists in Three-Arm Intervention with family caregivers. (2019-2021)
  • “Tailored Health Self-Management Interventions for Highly Distressed Family Caregivers” R01-NR6817 Zauszniewski, PI Roles on project: Dementia Specialist, Education Content Development, Supervisor for Interventionists in Three-Arm Intervention with distressed family caregivers. (2020-2024)
  • "Delirium Education and Evaluation Program” [DEEP]: Using Service Learning to Teach Nursing Students and Family Caregivers of Older Adults about Delirium Recognition and Prevention: Principal Investigator.
  • "Effort in Caregiving and its Relationship to Caregiver Depressive Symptoms" (2007-2009): Principal Investigator. Dr Diana Morris: Co-investigator.
  • "Understanding Effort in Caregiving [a mixed methods study]" (2006-2007): Principal Investigator. Dr Diana Morris: Co-investigator.
  • "Creating Care Networks: The Prentiss Project" (2004-2005): Co-investigator with Dr. Diana Morris.
  • Project Coordinator for "Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults" – Dr. Diana Morris: Project Director. (2003-2008)

External Appointments

Faculty Coordinator
The Nursing Education XChange (NEXus)

Publications

Juratovac, E. (2022). Integrative management of disordered cognition. In K. A. Tusaie & J. J. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing: Integrating Psychotherapy, Psychopharmacology, and Complementary and Alternative Approaches Across the Life Span (3rd ed.). Springer. 

Juratovac, E. (2018). Delirium. In J. J. Fitzpatrick, C. M. Alfes, & R. Hickman (eds.), A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: A Comprehensive Reference. New York: Springer.

Juratovac. Section Editor, Geriatrics. Mastery in Clinical Practice: A Comprehensive Reference. J. J. Fitzpatrick, C. M. Alfes, & R. Hickman (eds.), A Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing: A Comprehensive Reference. New York: Springer.

Juratovac, E., Morris, D. L., Zauszniewski, J. A., & Wykle, M. L. (2012). Effort, workload, and depressive symptoms in family caregivers of older adults: Conceptualizing and testing a work-health relationship. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: an International Journal, 26(2), 74-94.

Juratovac, E. (2011). Where pedagogy and practice converge: Engaging graduate gerontology  students in the community through service learning and caregiver education. In M. L. Wykle & S. H. Gueldner (Eds.), Aging Well: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Professionals (pp. 145-149). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Master of Science in Nursing
Geriatric Mental Health Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Cincinnati

Additional Information

Related

  • Prentiss Caregiver Care Network Project
  • University Center on Aging and Health
  • Nursing Education Exchange (NEXus)