Research & Scholarship
Research Interests
- Nursing-sensitive outcomes
- Health promotion/illness prevention in older adults
- Community/public health
Presentations
Callen, B.; Block, D., Joyce, B., Little, B., Ernst, D., Drake, MA, Vandenhouten, C. Plenary Session: Innovative Strategies for Teaching the Essentials, Association of Community Health Nursing Educators Annual Institute, June 10, 2011, Chicago, IL.
Ernst, D. Effectiveness of Health Promotion Nursing Clinics for Community-dwelling Older Adults, poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, October 31, 2011, Washington, DC.
Ernst, D. Innovative Teaching Strategies for Teaching the BSN Essentials, team podium presentation at the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators Annual Institute, June 10, 2011, Chicago, IL.
Ernst, D. Leadership and Management Role of the Doctor of Nursing Practice in Care of Older Persons in the USA podium presentation at the Fourth European Nursing Congress: Older Person, The Future of Care, October 6, 2010, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Ernst, D. Nursing-sensitive Outcomes for Community-dwelling Older Adults, podium presentation at the 10th Annual National/International Evidence-based Practice Conference, February 19, 2009, Glendale, AZ.
Ernst, D. Effectiveness of Health Promotion Nursing Clinics for Community-dwelling Older Adults, podium presentation at the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators Annual Institute, June 13, 2009, Chicago, IL.
Ernst, D. Practice-based Evidence: Effectiveness of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Programs for Community-dwelling Older Adults. Poster presentation at the Public Health in the Rockies 2007 Conference, September 18, 2007, Fort Collins, CO.
Publications
Ernst, D. (2010). Audio-enhanced PowerPoint Presentation on Public Health Nursing, Innovative Teaching Strategies Website, Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, www.achne.org.
Ernst, D. (2008). Nursing-sensitive Outcomes for Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Program Evaluation. Doctoral dissertation, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Devon, H., Block, M., Moyle-Wright, P., Ernst, D. (2007). Psychometric toolbox for testing validity and reliability. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 39(2), 155-164.