Carolyn Spence Cagle

Assistant Professor

TCU Graduate Faculty

Texas Christian University

TCU Box 298620

Fort Worth, TX 76129

Office Phone: (817) 257-7498

FAX: (817) 257-7944

Email: c.cagle@tcu.edu

 

Educational Background
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Intervention to Prevent and Manage Chronic Illness (Institutional National Service Award, NINR), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, 1997-1999.
Ph.D. (Nursing), Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, (1983.)
M.S. in Maternal-Child Health Nursing with Honors, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.(1976)
B.S.N. with Honors, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, (1972.)

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Maternity Nursing Practicum

Critical inquiry into Health Care Systems

Culture and Ethics in Nursing

 

Research Interests

Current research area: Health promotion of African American working women; chronic illness of working women; influence of family on health promotion of diverse women;ethical issues and cultural issues related to client care.
Other research interests: Health promotion of diverse women, influence of work on health, qualitative and triangulation approaches to research methodology, ethical approaches to teaching and to delivery of health care.

 

Selected Publications

Age and Ageism: Inhabiting the Lives of Well Elders, (co-authors Charles A. Walker and Patricia Newcomb). Journal of Nursing Education, to be published Spring 2005.


They Care But Don't Understand: Family Support of African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes. (2004) (Co-authors L. Carter-Edwards, A. H. Skelly, and S. J. Appel), The Diabetes Educator, 30 (3) 493-501.


Commentary: 3 themes described how self-management was learned and experienced by patients with 3 chronic illnesses (2004). Evidence-based Nursing, 7 (3), 94.


Perceptions of work and the multicaregiver role: Struggle and adaptation of mid-life African American women with type 2 diabetes. (2002) (Co authors: S. Appel, A.H. Skelly, & L. Carter-Edwards). Ethnicity & Disease, 12(4), 555-566.


Commentary: Practitioners actions inhibited patient participation in self-care decision making. (2002) (B. Paterson). Evidence-based Nursing, 5, 62.


Commentary: Chronic pain affected ways individuals viewed their bodies, their relationships with others, and their sense of time ( 2001) (SP Thomas). Evidence-based Nursing, 4 (3), 94.


Disease Management Among Mid-life African American Diabetic Working Women, accepted for publication in Diabetes 60 th Scientific Seminar Abstract Book, American Diabetes Association, San Antonio, TX, June 9-13, 2000.


Commentary: Iron Supplemented Formula Milk Prevented Iron Deficiency Anemia and Reduced Developmental Declines in Infants from Inner City Areas (2000). Evidence-based Nursing, 3 (1), 10.


Indonesia: An Assessment of the Health State, Health Care System, and Nursing Education (1999).


(Co-author D. E. Strength). Journal of Cultural Diversity, 6 (2), 41-46.


Tradition and Humanism in Nursing: Blending of Nursing Practice for a Nursing Elective in Indonesia (1999). (Co-author D. E. Strength). Journal of Multicultural Health and Nursing, 5 (2), 13-18.


Commentary: Women experiencing communion, strength, and understanding of their partners' feelings by having their partners present at the birth of their babies (1999) (T. Bondas-Salonen). Evidence-based Nursing, An International Journal, 2 (2), 59.


Health Promotion Teaching in Preschoolers. (1996). (co-author R.K. Payne.) MCN, 21 (2), 96-99.


Balance Through Adaptation: Career Women and Late-timing Parenthood. (1996, May). Third International and Interdisciplinary Health Research Symposium, Hangzhow, China, May 23-24, 1996.


Synopses/Critical Commentaries: AWHONN'S Women's Health Nursing Scan (1994) ( Family and Community Health) , 8 (1), 3, 5; 8 (2), 15; 8 (3), 7; 8 (4), 7; 8 (5), 14, 21; 8 (6), 9, 11.


NCLEX: Maternity. (1994). American nursing review Q & A in NCLEX-RN . In P. F. Healy. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse.
Preschool health promotion: Using the fine arts as a teaching strategy. (1993). (Co-author R. Keen-Payne) Dimensions of early childhood education , 21 (3), 33-35.


Preschool and school-age child (revised chapters for 6 th ed.) expected publication 2005.


Prenatal, Preschool, and School-age Child, 3 chapters, revised, Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan (5 th ed.) 2002 (pp. 417-458, 533-565, 567-615). In C. L. Edelman and C. L. Mandle (Eds.), Mosby: St. Louis.


Ethical Principles and Theories (2001) (chapter) Gerontological Nursing: Nursing Care of the Older Adult (pp. 525-544), (Ed. M. O. Hogstel). Albany, NY: Delmar/Thomson Learning.


Structure and Function of the Male Genitourinary System (1999). (Co-author D. Mikkelsen). Pathophysiology: Biological and Behavioral Perspectives (2 nd ed.). (Ed. L. E. Copstead Kirkhow and J. Banasik), Philadelphia: Saunders.


Pregnancy, preschooler, and school-age child, 3 chapters, (1998) Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan (4 th ed.). (Eds. C.L. Edelman and C.L. Mandle), Mosby: St. Louis.


Health Care as a transaction. (1992). (Co-author K. J. Berger) In K. J. Berger & M. A. Williams (Eds.). Collaborating for optimal health (pp. 1744-1778). New York: Appleton-Lange Co.


Prenatal diagnosis/fetal well-being and alternative birthing methods, revised chapters. (pp. 267-302, 915-934) (1990). In M. A. Auvenshine & M. G. Enriquez (Eds.). Maternity nursing: Dimensions of change (pp. 767-302; 915-934). Boston: Jones & Bartlett.

 

Recent Presentations

Innovations in Health Professions Education: Improving Diverse Communities Through Interdisciplinary Service-based Learning, (co-author Suzy Lockwood-Rayermann). Overcoming Health Disparities: Global Experiences from Partnerships Between Communities, Health Services, and Health Professionals Schools International Conferences, Atlanta, GA. October 7-10, 2004.


Navigating the Lifespan Landscape: Narratives and Lives, Community College Humanities Association National Conference, a Sense of Place: Landscapes in the Humanities , (co-authors C. Walker & P. Newcomb). October 30-November 1, 2003.


An Educational Model for Addressing Global and Ethical Perspectives for Equitable Health Care Delivery, 14 th International Nursing Research Conference: Celebrating Diversity in Research, Education, and Practice . St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 10-12, 2003.


Partnering with African American Working Women: Implications for Chronic Illness Management for Nurses. International Congress on Women's Health Issues . Victoria, B.C., Canada, June 15-18, 2003.


Navigating the Workplace and Surviving: Perceptions of Hispanic Working-class Women, poster presentation, Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting , Orlando, FL, February 13-15, 2003.


Stories of Work and Health: Hispanic Immigrant Women's Survival, 2 nd International Crossing Borders Conference , International Partnerships in Culture and Health: Caring for Mexican Immigrant Populations, Cuernavaca, Mexico, May 24-25, 2001.


Identification of Meaning: The Cultural Experience of Work Among Mid-life African American Women, 15 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Nursing Research Society , Baltimore, MD, February 1-3, 2001.


Faculty/Student Collaboration: A Curriculum Model to Prepare Students for Ethical and Culturally-Sensitive Care to Diverse Groups (2000). (Co-presenter D. E. Strength). 4 th Nursing Academic International Congress . The Influence of Ethics and Policy on Health and the Quality of Life, Tysons Corner, McLean, VA, October 1-4, 2000.


A Model for Applying Diversity Across a Major (2000). (Co-author C. A. Stephenson). First Annual Conference on Inclusiveness. TCU, April 7-8, 2000.


Mentoring in Women's Lives: Why and How? Women's Lives, Women's Voices, Women's Solutions National Conference, The Woodlands, TX, March 27-29, 2000 (program printed, unable to present due to family issues).


African American Women: The Role of Cultural Community on Disease Response (2000). Sixth Annual Women's Symposium, TCU, March 29-30, 2000.


Cultural Meaning: Work and Health Among Mid-life African American Mothers (2000). Women's Work, Health and Quality of Life Conference: Eleventh International Congress of Women's Issues. San Francisco, CA, January 26-29, 2000.

 

Funding

National Institutes of Health, NINR, Mexican Americans: Family Caregiver Experience (Principal Investigator Jo Nell Wells, Co-Investigators Carolyn Spence Cagle, and Pat Bradley), applied for September 1, 2004 September 1, 2006 ($208,950).


Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha Chapter, Integrating Imaginative Literature into Maternity and Pediatric Curricula to Enhance Learning Outcome: An Exploratory Study (co-investigators Charles A. Walker and Patricia Newcomb), funded 2002-2004 ($300.00)


NINR, Institutional National Service Award (T32 NR07091-1996-2000) Postdoctoral Fellowship, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Career Women with Chronic Illness: Implications for Child Care and the Meaning of Illness, funded 1997-99 (yearly salary).


Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha Chapter, "Perceptions of Child Care: Testing of an Instrument," applied for April 1996, funded 1996-97. ($300.00).


Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha Chapter, "Measurement of Parental/Staff Communication and Parental Involvement in Child Care: Testing of An Instrument," applied for March, 1991, funded 1991-1992. ($300.00).


Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha Chapter Research Grant, "Essentials of Marital Love During the Experience of Childbearing: A Phenomenological Analysis," Applied for November 1983, funded Spring 1984. ($150.00).


Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha Chapter, Research Grant, "Interpersonal Needs with Pregnancy," applied for April 1982, funded Fall 1982. ($150.00).


TCU Leadership Curriculum Development Grant (TCU Center for Teaching Excellence and TCU Leadership Center) (focus to develop interdisciplinary course on leadership to address diverse population health issue). Applied for June 2003 ($1,000.00 received for 2003-2004).


College of Health and Human Sciences Grant, Moreton Scholarship Grant, Cultural Meaning: Linking the Meaning of Work to Health of African American Mothers with Diabetes, funded 2001-2003 ($1800.00).


Texas Christian University Instructional Development Grant, Computer Methodology Training to Support a Curricular Foundation for Evidence-based Nursing Interventions, funded June 1, 2001-May 31, 2002 ($1,992.00 requested).


Texas Christian University Instructional Development Grant, Faculty Seminar Abroad Program, Mexico: From Tradition to Modernity, funded June 11-17, 2000 (trip covered except for $300.00).


Texas Christian University Research Fund, "African American Women with Type 2 Diabetes: Qualities of the Social Context," funded May 1999-May 2000 ($1,000 received).


Texas Christian University Instructional Development Grant for Global Education, "Increasing International Content in Nursing Courses: Studies in China and Indonesia," funded June 1, 1996-May 31, 1997. ($3000.00 received).


Texas Christian University Instructional Development Grant, "The Advanced Nursing Institute for Heideggerian Hermeneutical Studies: Preparation for Curriculum Change," funded June 1, 1995-May 31, 1996. ($961.00)


Texas Christian University, Instructional Development Grant, "Assessment of Critical Maternity Knowledge by Use of Videotape Methodology," funded June 1, 1994-May 31, 1995. ($1006.00)

 

Professional Affiliations

  • American Nurses' Association: Chairperson, Council on Maternal-Child Health Nursing, 1985-87.
  • Texas Nurses' Association (Elected Positions): Member, Nurse Competency Electronic Group 2004-2005. Texas Nurses Association, 2004.
  • Member, TNA Finance Committee, 1999-2002.
  • Member, TNA Workplace Advocacy Presentation Team, 1999-2000.
  • Board of Directors, North Region, TNA, 1995-1999.
  • Elected alternative, HOD, ANA, June 1999, June 2000, June 2001, June 2002.
  • Elected first alternate to HOD, ANA, June 1996.
  • TNA Representative to Texas State Nursing Association, 1995-96.
  • Resolutions Committee, TNA, 1995-96, 1996-97; Chair 1997-99.
  • Chair, Awards Committee, Texas Nurses Association, 1996-99.
  • Chairperson, Nominating Committee, Texas Nurses' Association, 1984-86; Member, 1991-1995, Chairperson, 1994-95.
  • Delegate (Texas) to American Nurses' Association Convention, Washington, DC, June 25-July 2, 1982; New Orleans, LA, June 23-29, 1984; Kansas City, MO, July 20-25, 1985, Las Vegas, NV, June 21-27, 1992; Washington, DC, June 17-18, 1993, elected delegate 1994 (unable to attend); elected delegate.
  • Texas Nurses' Association, District 3.
  • Elected delegate to TNA House of Delegates, 2002-2003.
  • Member, By-laws Committee, 2002-2003.
  • President, 1996-97.
  • President-elect, 1995-96.
  • Member Board of Directors, 1986-88, 1989-91, 1992-94, 1995-96, 1996-1998.
  • Member, Resource Panel for Expert Nurses, 1992-present.
  • Southern Nursing Research Society.
  • Member, International Council on Women's' Health Issues (ICOWHI).
  • Member, Community College Humanities Association, 2003-2004.
  • Member, Community Campus Partnerships for Health.

Professional Service

  • Member, TEAM (Tarrant Empowerment Association for Minority Health), 2004-2005.
  • Reference Group Member, Ethical Impact and Community Acceptance of Non-Heart-Beating Organ Procurement (research study). Harris Methodist Fort Worth, 2003-2004.
  • Committee member, Fort Worth Chapter Sister Cities International US State Department funded grant on bioterrorism preparation, 2003-2004.
  • Volunteer, March of Dimes and American Heart Association, 1992-present.
  • Speaker, Health Care Policy: Past and Future Implications for an Equitable Health Care Delivery System, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing (health care policy class), July 22, 2003.
  • Member, Bandung (Indonesia) and Toluca (Mexico) committees, Fort Worth Sister Cities (Nursing Student, email exchange program), 1996-present.
  • Responsible for professional education and training of two Indonesian nurses, June 15-29, 2001, as part of Bandung-Fort Worth Sister Cities' exchange.
  • Mentor, TCC Nursing Student via DFW Hospital Council, 2001-2002.
  • Member, local Planning Committee, On Our Own Terms: Dying in America, Summer-Fall 2000.
  • Co-Chair, Registration, Lucy Harris Linn Institute; Chair, Public Relations Committee, 1995-2001.

Editorial Activities

  • Editorial Review Board, Ethnicity & Disease , 2001-present.
  • Member, Advances in Nursing Science , Editorial Review Panel, 1993-present.
  • Expert commentator, Evidence-based Nursing: An International Journal, 1998-present.
  • Editorial Review Board, Dimensions , Southern Early Childhood Association, Fall 1996-present.
  • Consultant/content expert, Sage Publications, 1991-1998.
  • Reviewer, American Nurses Publishing, ANA, 2000.
  • Consultant, Center for Multicultural Studies, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1997-99.

Honors and Awards

  • Chair Fellow, Sigma Theta Tau International, 2004.
  • Outstanding Alumnus, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota at Mankato, Mankato, MN, 2002-2003.
  • Recipient, Ruth E. Sperry Award for Teaching Excellence, October 2001.
  • Texas Women's University, Great 100 Nursing Alumni, Honored October 12, 2001.
  • Nominee, Ruth E. Sperry Award for Teaching Excellence, Fall 1998, Fall 1999.
  • Outstanding Nurse Educator Award, Beta Alpha Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, April 1997.
  • Elected to "Great 100 Nurses" (DFW area), May 1996.
  • Nominated by HCN Faculty for Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence, Spring 1996.
  • "Who's Who in American Nursing," Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, 1987-present.
  • "Who's Who of American Women," Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, Spring, 1996.
  • Selected member, "Who's Who in the West," Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ (1993-present).
  • Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Alpha chapter: (numerous leadership roles)
  • Registered Nurse Clinician (AWHONN), 1995-2004