Peer-reviewed Publications

Tubbs-Cooley, Heather L. et al. Stronger together: The case for multidisciplinary tenure track faculty in academic nursing. Nursing Outlook. 69(4), P531-533. :https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.016

*Moraitis AM, Sirard J, & Walker RK (In Press). Expert Consensus on Physical Activity use for Young Adult Cancer Survivors’ Biopsychosocial Health: A Modified Delphi Study. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology.

*Moraitis AM, Seven M, & Walker RK (2021). Physical Activity in Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review. Oncology Nursing Forum, 48(2), 184-194. DOI: 10.1188/21.ONF.184-194

Rabelais, E. & Walker, R. K. (2020). Ethics, health disparities, and discourses in oncology nursing’s research: If we know the problems, why are we asking the wrong questions? Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15569

Gance-Cleveland B, McDonald CC, Walker RK. Use of theory to guide development and application of sensor technologies in Nursing. Nurs Outlook. 2020 Nov-Dec;68(6):698-710. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32620271; PMCID: PMC7737502.

* Falatah, R., Almansour, L., Alsolami, A. & Walker R. Transcultural Nurses’ Caring for Pilgrims for the First Time During Hajj Season in Saudi Arabia. J Relig Health 60, 232–245 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01038-z

*Lisa J. Wood, Kerri M. Winters-Stone, Janet Kneiss, Annie B. Fox, & Rachel K. Walker (2020). Women with clinically significant fatigue after breast cancer treatment report increased falls and perform poorly on objective measures of physical fitness and function. Rehabilitation Oncology.

Walker, R. K., Pereira-Morales, Sherily, Kerr, Rachel, & Schenk, Elizabeth (March 2020). Climate change should be on every nursing research agenda. Oncology Nursing Forum. Inaugural feature for the Critical Perspectives department.

*Walker, R.K. & Berry, D.L. (2020). Men with breast cancer experience stigma in the waiting room. The Breast Journal, doi:10.1111/tbj.13593

Walker, R. K., Paskausky, A., & Chambers, S. (2019). What you can’t see can still kill you: On the use of latent constructs”. Oncology Nursing Forum, 46(5), 523-528. DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.523-528

*Ehrlich, O., Jacelon, C. & Walker, R. K. (2019). Cancer Pain Social Processes and Pain Management in Home Hospice Care. Pain Management Nursing, 20(6), 541-548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2019.06.011

*Scott, S., Nathanson, B., Andrzejewski Jr., C., Martinez, V., Henneman, E., Walker, R. K., Gonzalez, M. Use of a Transfusion Checklist by Student Nurses to Improve Patient Safety. (2019). Journal of Clinical Haematology.  

*Newman, R. M., Alfano, C. M., Radomski, M. V., Pergolotti, M., Wolf , T. J., Sleight, A. G., Walker, R. K. … Lyons, K. D. (2019). Catalyzing Research to Optimize Cancer Survivors’ Participation in Work and Life Roles. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/1539449219844749

*Ehrlich, O. & Walker, R. K. (2018). Recruiting and retaining patient–caregiver–nurse triads for qualitative hospice cancer pain research. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, first published on-line February 19, 2018, 1-6. DOI: 10.1177/1049909118756623

*Garg, V., Best, S. R., Skinner, M. L., Boss, E. F., Tunkel, D. E., Walker, R. K., & Pandian, V. (2017). Parents’ perceptions about their child’s tracheostomy-related discharge education: Conventional content analysis. ORL – Head          and Neck Nursing, 35(3), 6-11.

Walker, R. K., Hickey, A., & Freedson, P. S. (2016). Advantages and accuracy of wearable activity trackers: Considerations for patients and clinicians. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 20(6), 606-610. Doi: 10.1188/16.CJON.606-610.

Ehrlich, O. & Walker, R. K. (2016). Pain and Social Processes for Hospice Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 25, 83-89. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2016.10.001

Griggs, S. & Walker, R. K. (2016). The role of hope for adolescents with chronic illness: An integrative review. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 31(4), 404-421. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2016.02.011.

*Szanton , S. L., Walker, R. K., Lim, J., Fisher, L., Zhan, A., Gitlin, L., Thorpe, R., & Terzis, A. (2016). Development of an ‘exergame’ for urban-dwelling older adults with functional limitations: results and lessons learned. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 10(1), 73-81. Doi: 10.1353/cpr.2016.0005.

Van Cleave JH, Szanton SL, Shillam C, Rose K, Rao AD, Perez A, O'Connor M, Walker R., Buron B, Boltz M, Bellot J, Batchelor-Murphy M. (2016). Hartford Gerontological Nursing Leaders: From funding initiative to national organization. Journal of Professional Nursing. 32(1), 25-31. Doi: 10.1016/j.profnurse.2015.06.004

*Walker, R. K., Szanton, S. L., & Wenzel, J. (2015). Supporting working for normalcy post-treatment: guidance from a qualitative study of breast and prostate cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum. 42(6), E358-367. Doi: 10.1188/15.ONF.E358-367

*Szanton, S. L., Walker, R. K., Roberts, L., Thorpe, R., Wolff, J., Agree, E., Gitlin, L., & Seplaki, C. (2015). Older adults’ favorite activities are resoundingly active: findings from the NHATS study. Geriatric Nursing. 36(2), 131-135. Doi: j.gerinurs.2014.12.008

Szanton, S. L., Roth, J., Nkimberg, M., Savage, J. & Klimmek, R. (2014). Improving unsafe environments to support aging independence with limited resources. Nursing Clinics of North America, 49(2), 133-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Mar 27.  This white paper was required reading for federal policy-makers revising home care standards.

*Shaha, M., Berg, J., Shaefer, J., Terhaar, M., Klimmek, R., Melvin, K., & Wenzel, J. (2013). Excellence in teaching and learning: students’ perspectives. Journal of Nursing Education Practice, 3(12), 35-46. Doi: 10.5430/jnep.v3n12p35

*Wenzel, J., Jones, R. A., Klimmek, R., Krumm, S., Darrell, L. P., Song, D., Stearns, V., & Ford, J. G. (2012). Cancer support and resource needs among African American older adults. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 16(4), 372- 377. 


Klimmek, R. & Wenzel, J. (2012). Adaptation of the Illness Trajectory Theory to Describe the Work of Transitional Cancer Survivorship. Oncology Nursing Forum 39(6), E499-E510. 


*Klimmek, R., Noyes, E., Edington-Saunders, K., Logue, C., Jones, R., & Wenzel, J. (2012). Training of community health workers to deliver cancer patient navigation to rural African American seniors. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 6(2), 167-174. 


*Sloand, E., Ho, G., Klimmek, R., Pho, A., & Kub, J. (2012). Nursing children after a disaster: a qualitative study of nurse volunteers and children after the Haiti earthquake. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, online publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1744-6155.2012.00338.x/full 


*Wenzel, J., Jones, R., Klimmek, R., Szanton, S., & Krumm, S. (2012). Exploring the role of community health workers in providing cancer patient navigation: Perceptions of African American older adults. Oncology Nursing Forum, 39 (3), E288-E298. 


*Wenzel, J., Shaha, M., Klimmek, R., & Krumm, S. (2011). Circumstances and meaning surrounding professional bereavement and resiliency: Focus groups with oncology nurses. Oncology Nursing Forum, 38(4), E272-82. 


*Klimmek, R. K., Snow, D. & Wenzel, J. (2010). Financial and insurance-related challenges reported by managed care enrollees with breast cancer. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14(5), 598-606.

Published Comments & Letters to the Editor

Walker, R. K., Ehrlich, O., & Leblanc, R. (2015). Identifying and assessing the right end-of-life care quality variables in nursing home settings: A social justice imperative. Health Affairs. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/34/7/1139.long/reply#healthstaff

 Klimmek, R. K. & Wenzel, J. (2013). Financial vulnerability among aging cancer survivors. Health Affairs, 32:61143-1152. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/6/1143.full/reply#healthaff_el_476640