Maria T. Yelle, MS, RN

Office Address: K6/333 - Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI, 53792
Office Phone: 608/263-5300
Email: mtyelle@wisc.edu

DEGREE INFORMATION:

DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH FOCUS:

My research interest is studying lung transplant candidates and their family’s perceptions of coping with end-stage respiratory diseases. I have always had a passion for exploring educational strategies that are sensitive to the uniqueness of each individual’s social-cultural and psychological contexts. I am interested in studying how patients and their families cope with their symptoms; how they understand their illness, and how do they organize significant distressing symptom events in their life in terms of stories to make meaning of these experiences. My overall goal is to develop patient-centered interventions to enhance coping strategies and symptom management for patients with chronic respiratory diseases to improve their quality of life.

MAJOR ADVISOR:

Dorothy M. Lanuza, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA

SECONDARY AREA OF CONCENTRATION:

Education-Distributive Minor

SECONDARY AREA ADVISOR:

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

Presentations:

2005 Explicating the Community Practices of Learning: Student’s Experiences in Courses in which New Pedagogies are Enacted. Institute for Interpretive Phenomenology George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

2005 Symposium: Exploring the Reforming and Innovating Practices of Nursing Faculty: Working Together to Enhance Student’s Thinking and Create Student-Centered Environments. NLN Education Summit, Navigating Towards New Horizons. ( with Pamela Ironside PhD, RN; Patricia K. Young, PhD, RN; Martha Scheckle, PhD, RN; Susan Lampe, MS, RN.)

RESEARCH TEAM AFFILIATION:

Lanuza Research Team