Sarah Patel, PhD, RN, C-EFM is an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Nursing and Health Studies. She enjoys teaching graduate and undergraduate students. Her research focuses on nursing interventions and management of chronic pelvic pain in women. Dr. Patel received her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in July 2021. Her dissertation was on the relationship of incivility on the sense of belonging of undergraduate nursing students in the nursing profession and community. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing, with a concentration in Education, from Grand Canyon University, her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UNM, and her Associate of Science in Nursing from Johnson County Community College. Dr. Patel served as the New Mexico Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Health (AWHONN) section chair. In 2017, she was chosen as one of 10 individuals to represent AWHONN as an Emerging Leader. Since that experience, Sarah has assisted in revising the AWHONN Scope and Standards of Practice.
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2022-2023, UMKC Faculty Funding for Excellence. Characterizing and Phenotyping Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Pain in Adult Women: The CAPTIVE Study. ($8,722). Role: PI.
2019-2022, HRSA. UNM College of Nursing NEPQR-VNPC Project. ($1,334,698). Role: Co-Investigator.
2020-2021, Gamma Sigma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. Be Resilient: Examining the Relationship between Incivility and Sense of Belonging in Undergraduate Nursing Students. ($1,689). Role: PI.
2020-2021, HRSA. Nurse Education, Practice, Quality, Retention- Veteran Nurses in Primary Care (NEPQR-VNPC) COVID. ($64,285). Role: Co-Investigator.
+Burgess, J. E., Gorton, K. L., Lasiter, S., & Patel, S. E. (2023). The nurses’ perception of expressive touch: An integrative review. Journal of Caring Sciences.
+Reinkemeyer, E.A., Chrisman, M., & Patel, S. E. (2022). Escape rooms in nursing education: An integrative review of their use, outcomes, and barriers to implementation. Nurse Education Today, 119, 105571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105571
*Patel, S., Chalaron, K., & Liesveld, J. (2022). Utilizing Telehealth Modalities for Veteran Nursing Students' Primary Health Care Clinical Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nursing Education Perspectives.
*Patel, S., Chrisman, M., Russell, C. L., Lasiter, S., Bennett, K., & Pahls, M. (2022). Cross-sectional Study of the Relationship between Experiences of Incivility from Staff Nurses and Undergraduate Nursing Students' Sense of Belonging to the Nursing Profession. Nurse Education in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103320
*Patel, S. E., Chrisman, M., & Bennett, K. (2022). Development and Psychometric Testing of Sense of Belonging in Nursing School Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement.
*Patterson, J., Chrisman, M., Martin-Stricklin, S., Skarbek, A., & Patel, S. E. (2021). Challenges of Preparing Nursing Students for Practice: The Faculty Perspective. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(4), 225-228. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20210322-08
Patel, S., Chrisman, M. (2020). Incivility through the Continuum of Nursing: A Concept Analysis. Nursing Forum, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12425
*Chrisman, M., Patel, S., & Alonzo, R. (2019). Use of MyPlate nutrition guidelines in K-12 teachers and principals, and barriers to using them. Health Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919867986
*Ruyak, S., Migliaccio, L., Levi, A., & Patel, S. (2018). Role development in midwifery education: A place for simulation. Midwifery, 59, 141-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.021
* data-based (i.e., reports data from a research project/systematic investigation)
+ mentored student
B.S.N., University of New Mexico
M.S.N., Grand Canyon University
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City