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    • Kawther Hamash

    Kawther Hamash, PhD, RN

    Assistant Professor

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    khamash@iu.edu
    Department:
    IU School of Nursing—Fort Wayne
    Campus:
    IU Fort Wayne
    Liberal Arts Building Room 309D
    2101 E Coliseum Blvd
    Fort Wayne, IN 46805

    Biographical statement

    I earned my Ph.D in Nursing from the School of Nursing at Kent State University in 2015. Prior to this, I completed around 12 years in career in nursing in both clinical and academic settings. Currently, I teach in the undergraduate program BSN courses in nursing. I have taught a variety of courses including physical health assessment, Medical surgical nursing, Maternity nursing, Nursing Skills Lab, Research and evidenced based practice, and Seminar in professional health nursing.

    Research wise, I focus on Oncology nursing, symptom clusters, symptom management, and women’s health. I have worked on identifying symptom clusters in breast cancer patients to help this population improve their quality of life. I am currently working on cognitive training in cancer survival patients, and I am collaborating on international oncology studies. My future research focuses on identifying the effect of social support on oncology patients' psychological well-being. My research passion also helped me emerge in nursing education research. I am eager to improve the educational settings for our nursing students by providing more evidence-based research studies that show factors affecting student course evaluation across different nursing programs to help nursing faculty understand and improve their teaching to the best.

    Education

    • Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D), 2015, Kent State University
    • Master of science in Nursing (MSN), 2008,The University of Jordan
    • Bachelor of science in Nursing (BSN), 2006,The University of Jordan

    Professional activities

    • Oncology Nursing Society-member
    • Sigma Theta Tau International- Alpha chapter (officer, member), Delta Xi Chapter: member
    • Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) committee member National League of Nursing- member
    • Advisory Board for student Research Symposium-Member

    • National League for Nursing (NLN)- Member

    Scholarly/research activities

    • Round table presentation and discussion: Influential Factors of Student Evaluations of Teaching in a Nursing Program, 2018.
    • Oral Podium presentation: Pain Symptom Cluster’s (SC) Effect on the Psychoneurological SC and Performance in Advanced Breast Cancer. Sigma Theta Tau International Biennial Convention, 2017
    • Poster presentation: The Effect of the Pain Symptom Cluster on Performance in Women Diagnosed with Advanced Breast Cancer: The Mediating Role of the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster. At the Xi Nu-at large Research and Evidence-Based Practice Showcase. Sponsored by Xi Nu at-Large, STTI , 2017.
    • Cancer services Research project: Cognitive training

    • International Research study about social support and its effect on Psychological well-being

    • International study about Symptom Cluster in cancer patients

    • Presentation at the 45th Annual Professional Nurse Educator Group (PNEG) October 20, 2018

    Awards

    • Internal Grant from the The Office of Academic Affairs Institute for Research at IPFW.
    • 1st place research poster at Xi Nu at Large research showcase 2017.

    Publications

    • Hamash, K. I., Umberger, W., Aktas, A., Walsh, D., & Cheruvu, V. K. (2018). The Effect of the Pain Symptom Cluster on Performance in Women Diagnosed with Advanced Breast Cancer: The Mediating Role of the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster. Pain Management Nursing: Official Journal Of The American Society Of Pain Management Nurses, doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2018.05.002
    • Cho, J. I., Hamash, K., Otani, K., Reimer, N., & Deng, Y. (2018). Influential Factors of Student Evaluations of Teaching in a Nursing Program. Teaching And Learning In Nursing, (2), doi:10.1016/j.teln.2018.01.002
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