People
Faculty
Nadine M. Nehls, PhD, RN
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor
PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Counseling Psychology
MS, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing
BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Nursing
Office Location: K6/130 CSC
Telephone: (608) 263-5262
E-mail: nmnehls@wisc.edu
Nadine Nehls' research is focused on: 1) women with severe and persistent mental illness and 2) nursing education. Her major research interests include community-based care for women who have histories of trauma, mental health, and substance use problems, and innovative educational curriculum and instruction for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. Professor Nehls uses an interpretive, hermeneutic research approach.
Representative Publications
Nehls, N. (1994). Brief hospital treatment plans: Innovations in practice and research. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 15, 1-11.
Nehls, N. (1994). Brief hospital treatment plans for persons with borderline personality disorder: Perspectives of inpatient nurses and community mental health center clinicians. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 8, 303-311.
Nehls, N. (1995). Narrative pedagogy and its application in the nursing curriculum. Journal of Nursing Education, 34, 204-210.
Rohde, D., & Nehls, N. (1996). Caring for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness: The contributions and challenges of residential case aides. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 17, 325-336.
Nehls, N., Rather, M., & Guyette, M. (1997). The preceptor model of clinical instruction: The lived experiences of students, preceptors, and faculty-of-record. Journal of Nursing Education, 36, 220-227.
Nehls, N. (1998). Borderline personality disorder: Its gender stereotypes, stigma, and limited system of care. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 19, 97-112.
Nehls, N. (1999). Borderline personality disorder: The voice of patients. Research in Nursing and Health, 22, 285-293.
Nehls, N. (2000). Being a case manager for persons with borderline personality disorder: Perspectives of community mental health center clinicians. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 14, 1-8.
Nehls, N. (2000). Recovering: A process of empowerment. Advances in Nursing Science, 22, 62-70.
Nehls, N., Owen, B., Tipple, S. & Vandermause, R. (2001), Lessons learned from developing, implementing, and evaluating a model of community-driven nursing. Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 22(6), 304-307.
Nehls, N. (2001). What is a case manager?: The perspective of persons with borderline personality disorder. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 7(1), 4-12.
Nehls, N., Owen, B., Tipple, S., & Vandermause, R. (2001). Lessons learned from developing, implementing, and evaluating a model of community-driven nursing. Nursing and Health Care Perspectives, 22(6), 304-307.
Nehls, N., & Vandermause, R. (2004). Community-driven nursing: Transforming nursing curricula and instruction. Nursing Education Perspectives, 25(2), 81-85.
Nehls, N., & Sallmann, J. (2005). Women living with a history of physical and/or sexual abuse, substance use, and mental health problems. Qualitative Health Research, 15(3), 365-381.
Selected Awards and Honors
Fellow, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Academic Leadership Program, 2004
Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2000
Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy, 1991, 1994