biographical sketch

 

 

name

position title

Barbara B. Germino

Professor

 

 

education/training (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)

 

degree

 

 

institution and location

(if applicable)

year(s)

field of study

Duke University, Durham, NC

BSN

1964

Nursing

Duke University, Durham, NC

MSN

1967

Nursing

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

PhD

1984

Nursing Science

 

 

 

 

 

Positions:

9/67-5/71         Instructor and Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC

9/71-9/74         Assistant Professor, The University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

9/76-7/78         Assistant Professor, The University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

9/78-5/82         Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA

8/82-12/01       Associate Professor with tenure (since 8/87) University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

1/91-1/93         Acting Chairperson, Dept. of Adult and Geriatric Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

2/93-6/96         Chairperson, Dept. of Adult and Geriatric Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

1/02-present    Professor, School of Nursing, University of NC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

84-present       Beerstecher Blackwell Endowed Professorship

 

HONORS:

2000                 Associate in the Duke Institute for End of Life Care

2000                   St. George Medal-National Divisional Award from the American Cancer Society

1997                 Visiting Scholar, Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing

1996-97            Kenan Leave, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1990                Virginia Lee Franklin Distinguished Lecture in Medical-Surgical Nursing

1989                Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

1988                Distinguished Alumnae Award, Duke University School of Nursing

1985-1986       American Nurses' Foundation Scholar

1984, March    Carol Ann Beerstecher-Blackwell Chair of Thanatology, School of Nursing, UNC at Chapel Hill

 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:

  1. Germino, B.  (1992). Cancer prevention and detection:  A role for all nurses.  In Cancer prevention, early detection, and screening.  Proceedings of the Sixth National Conf. on Cancer Nursing.   Atlanta, GA:  Am. Cancer Soc.
  2. Germino, B. & Funk, S.G.  (1993). Impact of a parent's cancer on adult children:  Role and relationship issues.  Seminars in Oncology Nursing 9 (2), 101-106.
  3. Germino, B.  (1993). Quality of life for families with cancer:  Research issues.  In Quality of Life-A nursing challenge 2 (2).  Philadelphia:  Meniscus Publishing Co.  (Monograph).
  4. Germino, B., Fife, B., & Funk, S.G.  (1993). Cancer and the partner relationship:  What is its meaning?  Seminars on Oncology Nursing 11 (1), 43-50.
  5. Germino, B.B. & Funk, S. (1993).  Cancer as a factor in parent-adult child relationships:  Adult children’s concerns after a parent’s diagnosis.  Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 9(2), 101-106.

6.    Germino, Barbara. (1993). Clinical implications of research on caring for chronically ill adults and children:  Where can we go from here.  In S.G.Funk, E.M. Tornquist, M.T. Champagne & R. A. Wiese (Eds.).  Key aspects of caring for the chronically ill:  Hospital and home.  N.Y.: Springer. Republished in German as Die Pflege chronisch Kranker.  (1998). Verlag Hans Huber.

  1. Corless, I., Germino, B. & Pittman, M. (Eds.). (1994). Dying, death and bereavement.  Boston:  Jones and Bartlett. (2nd edition in press, 2003).
  2. Haberman, M.R., Germino, B.B., Maliski, S., Stafford-Fox, V. & Rice, K.  (1994). What makes oncology nursing special?  Walking the road together.  Oncology Nursing Forum 21 (8), Suppl. 41-47.
  3. Dalton, J., Bernard, S., Blau, W., Johnston, C., Mann, J.D., Germino, B., Pierce, S., Toomey, T., Mooney, D., & Carlson, J.  (1995). Managing cancer pain:  Content and scope of an educational program for nurses who work in predominantly rural areas.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 10 (3), 214-223.
  4. Germino, B.B. (1995).  Dying at Home.  In I. Corless, B. Germino, & M. Pittman-Lindeman.  A  Challenge for Living:  Issues in Death, Dying and Bereavement.  Boston:  Jones & Bartlett.

11.  Germino, B.B. & Fife, B.  (1995). Cancer and the partner relationship:  What is its meaning?  Seminars on Oncology Nursing, 11(1), 43-50.

  1. Germino, B. & O’Rourke, M.  (1996). Cancer and the family.  In S. Baird, R. McCorkle and M. Grant (Eds.). Cancer nursing (2nd ed.)  Philadelphia:  W.B. Saunders.
  2. O’Rourke, M. & Germino, B. (1996).  Prostate cancer treatment selection:  A focus group exploration.  Proceedings of the Southern Nursing Research Society, Miami, FL. (Abstract).
  3. Dalton, J., Blau, W., Carlson, J., Mann, J.D., Bernard, S., Toomey, T., Pierce, S. & Germino, B.  (1996). Changing the relationship among nurses’ knowledge, self-reported behavior, and documented behavior in pain management:  Does education make a difference?  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 12 (5), 308-319.
  4. Germino, B., Lewis, F.M. & Hymovich, D. (May, 1997).  Family responses to cancer.  Oncology Nursing Forum (Suppl.). (Abstract).
  5. Germino, B., Mishel, M.H., Belyea, M., Harris, L., Ware, A. & Mohler, J. (1998). Uncertainty in prostate cancer: Ethnic and family patterns.  Cancer Practice, 6, (2), 107-113.
  6. O’Rourke, M. & Germino, B.B.  (1998). Spousal Caregiving Across the Prostate Cancer Trajectory.
  7. Quality of Life:   A Nursing Challenge 6 (3), 66-72. 
  8. O’Rourke, M. & Germino, B. (1998). Prostate cancer treatment selection: A focus group exploration. Oncology Nursing Forum, 25, (1), 95-104.

20.  Germino, B.B. (1998).  When a chronic illness becomes terminal.  ANNA Journal 25 (6), 579-582.

21.  Frauman, A. & Germino, B. (1998).  Survey of nephrology nurses’ interest in graduate education:  A brief report.  ANNA Journal 25 (1), 59-61.

22.  O'Rourke, M. & Germino, B.B. (2000). From Two Perspectives to One Choice:  Blending Couple and Individual Views of Prostate Cancer Treatment Selection. Journal of Family Nursing 6 (3), 231-251.

23.  Lowdermilk, D.L. & Germino, B.B. (2000).  Helping women and their families cope with the impact of gynecologic cancer.  JOGNN 29 (6).

24.  Germino, Barbara. (2001). Educational and Psychosocial Intervention Trials in Prostate Cancer.  Seminars in Oncology Nursing.17 (2), 129-137.

  1. Mishel, M.H., Belyea, M., Germino, B.B., Stewart, J.L. & Bailey, D.E. (2002).  Helping patients with localized prostate cancer manage uncertainty and treatment side-effects:  Nurse delivered psycho-educational intervention via telephone.  Cancer 94 (6), 1854-1866.

26.  Mishel, M.H., Germino, B.B., Belyea, M., Stewart, J.L., Bailey, D.E., Mohler, J. and Robertson, C.  (2003). Moderators of an uncertainty management intervention.  Nursing Research 52 (2).

  1. Harris, L., Belyea, M.J., Mishel, M.H. & Germino, B.  (2003). Issues in revising research instruments for use with southern populations.  Journal of National Black Nurses Association 14 (2), 44-50.
  2. Corless, I., Germino, B. & Pittman, M.  (Eds.).  (2004). A challenge for living:  Issues in death, dying and bereavement. (2nd Edition).  Boston:  Jones & Bartlett.

29.  Gil, K.M., Mishel, M.H., Belyea, M., Germino, B., Porter, L., LaNey, I.C. & Stewart, J.  (2004). Triggers of uncertainty about recurrence and treatment side effects in long term older breast cancer survivors.  Oncology Nursing Forum 31 (3), 633-639.

  1. Mishel, M.H., Germino, B.B., Gil, K.M., Belyea, M., LeNay, I.C., Stewart, J., Porter, L. & Clayton, M.F.  (2005). Benefits from an uncertainty management intervention for African-American and Caucasian older long-term breast cancer survivors.  Psycho-Oncology 14, 962-978.

31.  Gil, K., Mishel, M., Germino, B., Porter, L., LaNey, I. & Belyea, M. (2005).  Uncertainty management intervention for older African American and Caucasian long-term breast cancer survivors.  Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 23, 3-21.

32.  Porter, L. S., Clayton, M. F., Belyea, M., Mishel, M., Gil, K.M., & Germino, B.B. (In Press). Predicting negative mood state and personal growth in African American and Caucasian long term breast cancer survivors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

33.  Gil, K.M., Mishel, M.H., Belyea, M., Germino, B., Porter, L.S., & Clayton, M.  (In Press).  Benefits of the uncertainty management intervention for African American and Caucasian older breast cancer survivors:  20-month outcomes.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

 

 

RESEARCH SUPPORT:

ONGOING:

Active Other Support

T32NR08856 Mark (PI)                                                          9/30/04 - 7/31/09                      3% contributed
NINR                                                                                        $1,483,197

Research Training: Health Care Quality and Patient Outcomes                                                                  

The purpose of this grant is to provide pre- and post-doctoral research training in nursing related to quality healthcare and patient outcomes.

Role:  Core Faculty

 

1 NR08144 Mishel (PI)                                                       9/30/02-6/30/06                       13 %

T32NRO7901

NIH/NINR                                                                                 $1,194,377

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Prostate Cancer

This study tests the efficacy of a decision-making intervention to help me newly diagnosed with prostate cancer become informed participants in the decision making process with the physician.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

 

2 T32 NR07091 Mishel (PI)                                                       9/1/96-6/30/06                                    2%

NIH/NINR                                                                                 $2,279,130

Interventions for Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness

The purpose of this predoctoral and postdoctoral program is to prepare nurse researchers with a subspecialty in the development and testing of theory-based nursing interventions to prevent and/or manage chronic illness.

Role: Faculty

 

2 R25 CA057726  (Earp) PI            9/5/92-8/31/07                           2% contrib.

NIH, NCI              $499,164

Cancer Control Education Program

The purpose of this pre and postdoctoral fellowship program is to train students in the health sciences for careers in cancer research.

Role:  Faculty

 

RECENTLY COMPLETED RESEARCH (Completed within last three years)

 

 Managing Uncertainty in Older Breast Cancer Survivors, NIH/NINR 1RO1 CA78955-01A1

 Co-principal investigator with Merle Mishel, PI

Goal:  In this study we are testing a new psycho-educational nursing intervention (The Survivor Uncertainty Intervention (S-UMI) based on a prior intervention found successful in managing uncertainty in older women receiving treatment for breast cancer.

 

Managing Uncertainty in Advanced Prostate Cancer. NCI/NIH, 5RO1NR03782-08

Co-Principal Investigator with Merle Mishel, PI.

Goal:  This study extended a nursing intervention program in managing uncertainty in African-American and Caucasian men with advanced prostate cancer.  The intervention was given to men who were in advanced stages of disease and their family members and focused on managing uncertainty, quality of life, pain management, and how to cope with the symptoms and side effects of prostate cancer.

 

Statewide Curriculum Survey on Content Related to the End of Life.

P.I.

Funded 2001-2002 by Robert Wood Johnson Grant to the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care, Judi Lund Person, PI.

Goal:  To describe the current curricula in health sciences schools in N.C. related to dying, death and bereavement care.

 

Transitions:  A new model of care for frail elderly facing the final phase of life.  Funded by the Dannheiser Trust for 2 years.

Co-Investigator with Martha Henderson, P.I. (2001-2003).   

Goal:  To demonstrate the efficacy of a new role designed to increase the preparation of patients for the end of life through advance directives; to assure comfort by excellent symptom management; to enhance the patient’s quality of life; and to demonstrate patient and caregiver satisfaction with care.

 

 

Rev. 8/05