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"Two
years ago many facets of my career began to converge
incorporating my clinical experience in nutrition
support and bioethics into a program of research.
In the past year the doctoral program provided an
exciting environment in which I expanded my ideas
and narrowed my focus to a more defined area of
research."
Cheryl
Ann Monturo,
PhD, MBe, APRN , BC
Pre-doctoral
Hartford Scholar, 2002
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Dr.
Neville Strumpf is widely recognized for her
outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology.
Although Dr. Strumpf is probably best known for
her work with her colleague, Dr. Lois Evans, on
the elimination of physical restraints in nursing
homes and hospitals, her remarkable career as ground-breaking
researcher, innovative teacher, caring mentor, as
well as top administrator, is unmatched.
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Dr. Monturo's early career
focused on the provision of artificial nutrition
for adult patients, including many aged adults.
This led her to develop a growing awareness of
and interest in the needs of the geriatric population
in relation to end-of-life issues and palliative
care. She frequently utilized her nursing skills
to provide individual counseling to clients,
families, and colleagues concerning the psychosocial
impact of delivery or withdrawal of artificial
nutrition. More recently, she played an active
role in geriatric oncology research at Penn's
School of Nursing as an intervention Advance
Practice Nurse, site coordinator, and project
manager in three research projects.
Dr. Monturo
received a doctorate in Nursing and a Master
of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Her dissertation focused on the meaning of food
and values and beliefs regarding artificial nutrition
at end-of-life in aging veterans. Results of this
project may reveal further information concerning
the linguistic confusion and emotional responses
to artificial nutrition, clearly evident in the
recent case of Ms. Terri Schiavo. Adequate teaching
strategies concerning artificial nutrition are
essential to providing compassionate, well-informed,
palliative and end-of-life care.
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| HONORS
and AWARDS |
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2004-2006 Veteran Affairs National Nurse
Fellowship
2002-2004
John A. Hartford Foundation - Pre-doctoral
Scholar
2001 Ethel F. Lord Fellowship
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Giarelli,
E., McCorkle, R., & Monturo
, C.A. (2003). Caring for a spouse after prostate
surgery: The preparedness needs of wives. The
Journal of Family Nursing, 9(4),
453-485.
Monturo,
C.A. (2003). The Advance Practice Nurse from Hospital
Discharge to Home. Oncology Nursing Forum,
30(1), 27-28.
Houldin, A., Hollis, G., & Monturo, C. (2002).
AP Program Provides Culturally Sensitive Cancer
Education. Nursing Spectrum, 11(17), 6.
Monturo,
CA. 2001. Beyond sexual assessment: lessons learned
from couples post radical prostatectomy. Journal
of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners,
13(11):511-6.
Monturo,
CA. 1995. Diarrhea in patients receiving enteral
nutrition. Oncology Nursing Forum, 22(8):1288.
Monturo, CA. 1990. Enteral access device selection.
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 5(5):207-13,
1990.
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| PRESENTATIONS |
Monturo,
Cheryl, "The
Meaning of Food, Artificial Nutrition,
and End-of-Life," presented
at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center (April
2005)
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Monturo,
Cheryl, "A
Cultural Exploration of Aging Veterans:
The Meaning of Food and Beliefs Regarding
Artificial Nutrition at the End-of-Life," presented
at the annual meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America (November 2003).
Monturo,
Cheryl, "Factors
Affecting Decision-Making in Artificially
Delivered Nutrition at End of Life," presented
at the annual meeting of the Gerontological
Society of America (November 2002).
Cheryl
Monturo presented "The
Meaning of Food in Elders with Cancer" in
August 2002 at the International Society
for Nurses in Cancer Care Conference.
Abstracts:
Strumpf,
N. & Monturo, C.
(2004). Palliative Care in Nursing Homes:
Advance Directives and the End-of-Life,
part of the symposium “Building
Evidence for Innovative Models of Geriatric
Care: The Experience of the Hartford
Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
in the US.” Sigma Theta Tau 15th
International Nursing Research Congress
Proceedings, Dublin, Ireland , July
2004.
Strumpf,
N., Mitty, E., & Monturo,
C. (2003). Symposium - Broadening Palliative
Care Theory and
Practice: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. The
Gerontologist, 43, Special Issue
1, 264.
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Cheryl Ann Monturo, PhD, MBe, APRN , BC
Assistant Professor
West Chester University
College of Health Sciences
222C Sturzebecker Health Sciences Center
West Chester , PA 19383
Office 610-436-2693
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