Indiana University Fort Wayne

Phone:

260.481.5796

Email:

khamash@iu.edu

Department:

IU School of Nursing—Fort Wayne

Campus:

IU Fort Wayne

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 too. My future research focuses on identifying the effect of social support on oncology patient’s 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 shows 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 ad 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 45^th 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