PhD Program Director & Associate Professor, Adult & Child Nursing
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Education
PhD, Boston College School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA
MSN, University of Massachusetts Boston, School of Nursing, Boston, MA
BSN, Southeastern Massachusetts University, College of Nursing, No. Dartmouth, MA
Research Interests
- Home-base interventions for individuals with cardiovascular disease
- Self-care behaviors in heart failure
- Quantitative methodologies
Selected Publications
Thomas, K. M. & Sethares, K.A. (2010). Is guided imagery effective in reducing pain and
anxiety in the post-operative total joint replacement patient? Orthopedic Nursing, 29(6), 393-399.
Jurgens, C.Y., Moser, D.K., Armola, R., Carlson, B., Sethares, K., & Riegel, B. (2009).
Symptom clusters of heart failure. Research in Nursing and Health, 32(5), 551-560.
Sethares, K.A. & Gramling, K. (2009). A retrospective analysis of “being with Angela” using
Halldorsdottir’s Model. International Journal of Human Caring, 13(3), 22-28.
Riegel, B., Moser, D.K., Rayens, M.K., Carlson, B., Pressler, S.J., Shively, M., Albert N.M.,
Armola, R., Evangelista, L., Canary, C.W., & Sethares, K. (2008). Ethnic differences in quality
of life in persons with heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 14, 41-47.
Thomas, K. M. & Sethares, K. A. (2008). An investigation of the effects of pre-operative patient
education on understanding postoperative expectations following a total joint arthroplasty.
Journal of Orthopedic Nursing. 27,374-38.
Dluhy, NM, Christopher, K., Gramling, K., Leffers, J., Russell, G., & Sethares , K. (2007).
Embedded, engaged, and evolving: A consortium of nurse scholars and clinicians.
Nursing Outlook, 55(2), 79-84.
Sethares, K.A., Seifert, P., & Smith, H. (2007).
Care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
In D. Moser and B. Riegel (Eds).
Cardiac nursing: A companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease.
St. Louis, W.B. Saunders.
Sethares, K.A., & Elliott, K. (2004).
The effect of a tailored message intervention on readmission rates, quality of life and benefit and barrier beliefs in persons with heart failure.
Heart & Lung, 33 (4), 249-260.
Winder, P. A.., Hiltunen, E. F., Sethares, K. A. & Butzlaff, A. (2004).
Partnerships in mending hearts: Nurse and peer collaboration for recovering cardiac elders.
Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19(3),184-191.
Riegel, B., Moser, D., Carlson, B., Deaton, C., Armola, R., Sethares, K., Shively, M., Evangelista, L. & Albert, N. (2003).
Differences in quality of life in men and women with heart failure: Is it gender or treatment bias?
Journal of Cardiac Failure, 9 (1), 42-48.
Riegel, B., Moser, D., Glaser, D., Carlson, B., Deaton, C., Armola, R., Sethares, K., Shively, M., Evangelista, L. & Albert, N. (2002).
Sensitivity to treatment intensity of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.
Nursing Research, 51(4), 209-218.
