Jacqueline L. Eaton

Jacqueline L. Eaton, PhD

Languages spoken: French

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jacqueline.eaton@nurs.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Welding

Research Statement

As a gerontologist with a research PhD in Nursing, an MS in Gerontology, and a BA in Theatre Studies, I am prepared to conduct transdisciplinary research using an approach that focuses on enhancing the quality of life of older adults and their caregivers through arts-based interventions. Currently,I am collaborating with the Utah Caregiver Support Program and Walk Ons, Inc (a professional theatre group specializing in performing for underserved audiences) to dissemnate caregiving research using professional performaces of an ethnodrama created in partnership with informal family caregivers. This intervention builds on the work I completed with nursing students and long term care residents to use ethnodrama in an effort to improve attitudes about older adults and aging. I recently received funding to work with certified nursing assistants (CNAs) to revise and implement a creative caregiving toolkit in long term care facilities. Our goal is to identify techniques that can improve job satisfaction, empower CNAs, and reduce turnover.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Eaton J (10/27/2021). Using ethnodrama to support parents in sense-making after prenatal or neonatal diagnosis of a child’s disabling condition. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 35, 261-270.
  2. Clayton MF (08/2021). Live hospice discharge: Experiences of families, and hospice staff. Patient Educ Couns, 104, 2054-2059.
  3. Eaton J (04/08/2021). The influence of revising an online gerontology program on the student experience. .
  4. Eaton J Cloyes K Paulsen B Madden C Ellington L (02/01/2020). Certified nursing assistants as agents of creative caregiving in long-term care. 15, e12280.
  5. Dassel KB Flattes V Eaton J Towsley G Moyers L Edelman L (02/01/2020). Development of a Gerontology Graduate Certificate in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care. J Gerontol Nurs, 45, 47-52.
  6. Beck SL Dunton N Berry PH Brant JM Guo JW Potter C Spornitz B Eaton J Wong B (06/01/2019). Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-centered Indicators of Pain Care Quality and Outcomes. Med Care, 57, 159-166.
  7. Dassel K Eaton J Felsted K (05/01/2019). Navigating the future of gerontology education: curriculum mapping to the AGHE competencies. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 40, 132-138.
  8. Tavernier SS Guo JW Eaton J Brant JM Berry P Beck SL (03/01/2019). Context Matters for Nurses Leading Pain Improvement in U.S. Hospitals. 19, 474-486.
  9. Eaton J (12/2017). Staging advocacy: Portrait of a Caregiver. 27(S1), S27-S30.
  10. Eaton J (10/01/2017). The process of creating an ethnodrama highlighting late life potential through nursing student and older adult collaboration. . Qual Res, 17(5), 498-519.
  11. Eaton J (08/01/2016). Aging and the Arts Online: Lessons Learned From Course Development and Implementation. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 37, 273-291.
  12. Wright CA (07/2014).
  13. Salari S (09/2006).
  14. Eaton J (05/2005).