Susan L. Beck

Susan L. Beck, PhD, APRN, FAAN

Languages spoken: Spanish

Academic Information

Departments Emeritus -

Divisions:

Academic Office Information

Susan.Beck@nurs.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Radiophorus Energy
  • Near Earth Space Particles or Fields
  • Biohydrology
  • Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Susan Larsen Beck, PhD, APRN, FAAN, AOCN, is a professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing where she teaches in the doctoral program. She is an investigator of the Huntsman Cancer Institute and a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program. Dr. Beck's research interests include the management of symptoms in cancer patients and organizational interventions to improve the quality and outcomes of care.

Dr. Beck’s research focuses on improving patient outcomes including the symptom experience and quality of life in individuals with cancer. She is testing technology-enhanced interventions to improve patient outcomes. She is currently a Principal Investigator of a multi-site clinical trial of a nursing intervention to mitigate cancer treatment-related symptoms in older men with prostate cancer. She also leads a research team measuring and improving the quality of nursing and interdisciplinary care related to pain management in individuals with cancer or receiving surgery for a potential cancer.

Dr. Beck earned a master’s degree at the University of Pittsburgh and a PhD from the University of Utah. Dr. Beck has over 30 years of experience as an advanced practice oncology nurse and holds national certification as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN).

Research Statement

Susan L. Beck PhD APRN FAAN is a professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing where she teaches in the doctoral program. Dr. Beck has over 30 years of experience as an advanced practice oncology nurse and holds national certification as an AOCN. Dr. Beck's research interests include the management of pain and other symptoms in cancer patients and interventions to improve care.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Mooney K (12/31/2016). Automated home monitoring and management of patient-reported symptoms during chemotherapy: Results of the symptom care at home RCT. Cancer Med.
  2. Beck SL (11/2016).
  3. Gosselin TK Beck S Abbott DH Grambow SC Provenzale D Berry P Kahn KL Malin JL (10/01/2016). The Symptom Experience in Rectal Cancer Survivors. J Pain Symptom Manage, 52, 709-718.
  4. Sanchez-Birkhead AC Carbajal-Salisbury S Arce Larreta J Hendricks H Beck SL (09/01/2016). Addressing Disparities: The Alliance Breast Cancer Community-Based Program for Hispanic Women. Clin J Oncol Nurs, 20, 481-6.
  5. Kolb NA Smith AG Singleton JR Beck SL Stoddard GJ Brown S Mooney K (07/01/2016). The Association of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms and the Risk of Falling. JAMA Neurol, 73(7), 860-6.
  6. Towsley GL Beck SL Ellington L Wong B (07/01/2016). Me & My Wishes: Lessons Learned From Prototyping Resident Centered Videos About Care Preferences.
  7. Bialous Stella (03/2016). The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care: Position Statements Can Aid Nurses to Think Globally and Act Locally. 43(2), 253-255.
  8. LeBaron VT (07/2015).
  9. Beck SL (10/01/2014).
  10. Mooney KH, Beck SL, Friedman RH, Farzanfar R, Wong B (2014). Automated monitoring of symptoms during ambulatory chemotherapy and oncology providers' use of the information: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Support Care Cancer, 22(9), 2343-50.
  11. Iribarren S (07/01/2014).
  12. LeBaron VT (06/02/2014).
  13. Guo JW (05/08/2014).
  14. LeBaron VT (04/22/2014).
  15. Mooney KH (04/01/2014).
  16. Guo JW (01/2014).
  17. Iribarren S (12/2013).
  18. Edelman Linda (11/2013).
  19. Edelman LS, Guo JW, Fraser A, Beck SL (2013). Linking clinical research data to population databases. Nurs Res, 62(6), 438-44.
  20. Tavernier Susan S (10/2013).
  21. Tavernier SS, Beck SL, Dudley WN (2013). Diffusion of a Distress Management Guideline into practice. Psychooncology, 22(10), 2332-8.
  22. Bellury L, Ellington L, Beck SL, Pett MA, Clark J, Stein K (2013). Older breast cancer survivors: can interaction analyses identify vulnerable subgroups? A report from the American Cancer Society Studies of Cancer Survivors. Oncol Nurs Forum, 40(4), 325-36.
  23. Pett MA, Beck SL, Guo JW, Towsley GL, Brant JM, Lavoie Smith EM, Berry PH, Donaldson GW (2013). Confirmatory factor analysis of the pain care quality surveys (PainCQ(c)). Health Serv Res, 48(3), 1018-38.
  24. Bellury LM (04/2013).
  25. Beck SL (04/2013).
  26. Towsley GL, Beck SL, Pepper GA (2013). Predictors of quality in rural nursing homes using standard and novel methods. Res Gerontol Nurs, 6(2), 116-26.
  27. Beck SL, Weiss ME, Ryan-Wenger N, Donaldson NE, Aydin C, Towsley GL, Gardner W (2013). Measuring nurses' impact on health care quality: progress, challenges, and future directions. Med Care, 51(4 Suppl 2), S15-22.
  28. Pett MA (03/2013).
  29. Towsley GL (02/2013).
  30. Bellury L, Pett MA, Ellington L, Beck SL, Clark JC, Stein KD (2012). The effect of aging and cancer on the symptom experience and physical function of elderly breast cancer survivors. Cancer, 118(24), 6171-8.
  31. Bellury LM (12/2012).
  32. Kim HJ (01/2012).
  33. Kim HJ, Barsevick AM, Beck SL, Dudley W (2012). Clinical subgroups of a psychoneurologic symptom cluster in women receiving treatment for breast cancer: a secondary analysis. Oncol Nurs Forum, 39(1), E20-30.
  34. Tavernier SS (12/2011).
  35. Tavernier SS, Totten AM, Beck SL (2011). Assessing content validity of the patient generated index using cognitive interviews. Qual Health Res, 21(12), 1729-38.
  36. Brant JM, Beck SL, Dudley WN, Cobb P, Pepper G, Miaskowski C (2011). Symptom trajectories during chemotherapy in outpatients with lung cancer colorectal cancer, or lymphoma. Eur J Oncol Nurs, 15(5), 470-7.
  37. Brant J (10/2011).
  38. Bellury LM (06/2011).
  39. Smith ES (04/2011).
  40. Tavernier SS (03/2011).
  41. Lastayo P (02/2011).
  42. Erickson JM (01/2011).
  43. Brant J (01/2011).
  44. Towsley GL (09/2010).
  45. (08/30/2010).
  46. (07/2010).
  47. (06/01/2010).
  48. (03/2010).
  49. (03/01/2010).
  50. (2010).
  51. (2010).
  52. (2010).
  53. (12/31/2009).
  54. (2009).
  55. (2009).
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Review

  1. Guo JW, Sward KA, Beck SL, Staggers N (2014). Quality of reporting randomized controlled trials in cancer nursing research. [Review]. Nurs Res, 63(1), 26-35.

Book Chapter

  1. (2009).
  2. (2009).

Other

  1. Smith A Gordon (05/2016). The Association of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Symptoms and the Risk of Falling. American Medical Association (AMA).
  2. Beck SL (02/2011).
  3. Edelman LS (02/2011).

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Beck SL (06/06/2014). . Available: http://nursing7106.blogspot.com/2014/06/exercise-creating-visions-for-culture.html.