Cheryl A. Dellasega, C.R.N.P., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Humanities Penn State College of Medicine

and Professor of Women's Studies at Penn State University

R.N., Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA, 1974

B.S., Millersville University, Millersville, PA, 1981

M.S., G.N.P, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 1982

Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1988

Email: cdellasega@psu.edu

Cheryl Receives Faculty Outreach Award!

http://www.rps.psu.edu/bullies/meangirls.html

Research Interests

• Arts and Healing
• Therapeutic Writing
• Arts-based Psycho-educational Groups for At-Risk Youth
• Family Care-giving and Decision Making
• Relational Aggression
• Motivational Interviewing

Teaching

• Third Year Family Project
• Arts & Healing

Selected Recent Scholarly Publications

1. Dansky KH, Yant B, Jenkins D & Dellasega C. Qualitative analysis of telehomecare nursing activities. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 33(7/8):372-275, 2003.
2. Dellasega C. (Book Review) Intensive care: More poetry and prose by nurses. Edited by C. Davis, and J. Schaefer (University of Iowa Press, 2003). Advance for Nurse Practitioner, 11(7):91, 2003
3. Zerbe TM & Dellasega C. Caregivers of frail rural older adults: Effects of an advanced practice nursing intervention. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 28(10):40-51, 2002.
4. Dellasega C. Commentary on Life after Hospital Discharge. Clinical Nursing Research, 11(3):264-266, 2002.
5. Dellasega CA & Fisher KM. Post-hospital home care for frail older adults in rural locations. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 18(4):247-260, 2001.
6. Dellasega CA, Salerno FA, Lacko LA & Wasser T. The impact of a geriatric assessment team on patient problems and outcomes. MEDSURG Nursing, 1:202-209, 2001. [Winner of the 2001 Writer's Award.]
7. Dellasega CA. Using structured writing experiences to promote mental health. The Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 39(2):14-23, 2001.
8. Humbert, J., Gallagher, K., Gabbay, R., & Dellasega, C. (2008) Intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill geriatric patient. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 31, (1): 14-18
9. Dellasega, C., Milone-Nuzzo, P., Curci, K., Ballard, J., & Kirch, D. (2007) The humanities interface of nursing and medicine. Journal of Professional Nursing, 23 (3): 174-179
10. Dellasega C., and Haager, B. (2004) A Different Kind of Care-giving Support Group. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 42(8):46-55
11. Dellasega C. , (2004) Healing in Spaces. Journal of the American Medical Association Vol.292, No.7:780
12. Dellasega C., (2003) Conflict of Interest. Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 290, No. 19:29

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