Janice Morse, PhD, RN
- Professor
Research Interests
Dr. Morse’s research incorporates three areas. First, the prevention of patient falls. As co-developer of the Morse Fall Scale, she is interested in the prevention of falls and the protection of patients who do fall. Second, she is interested in suffering, in delineating the concept and in the understanding the behavior of those who are suffering. Third, she is qualitative inquiry--the development and utilization of qualitative methods, including qualitative evidence. She is editor of Qualitative Health Research (Sage pub).
Recent Publications
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
FALLS
Morse, J. M. (2006). The safety of safety research: The case of patient falls. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 38(2), 72-86.
Morse, J. M. (2002). Enhancing the safety of hospitalization by reducing patient falls. American Journal of Infection Control, 30(6), 376-380.
SUFFERING
Mayan, M., Morse, J. M. & Eldershaw, L. P (2006). Developing the concept of self-reformulation. QHW: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 1(1), 20-26.
Morse, J. M. (2005). Toward a praxis theory of suffering. (p. 257-272). In The Essential Concepts of Nursing. (Ed by J. R. Cutcliffe & H. P. McKenna) London: Churchill Livingston. (Reprinted from ANS, 2001).
Morse, J. M., Beres, M., Spiers, J., Mayan, M., & Olson, K. (2003). Identifying signals of suffering by linking verbal and facial cues. Qualitative Health Research, 13, 821-832.
RESEARCH METHODS
Morse, J. M., Niehaus, L., Wolfe, R., Wilkins, S. (2006). The role of theoretical drive in maintaining validity in mixed-method research. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3 (4), 279-291.
Morse, J. M. (2006). The politics of evidence. [Keynote address] Qualitative Health Research. 15(3), 395-404.
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