Jeanne Kemppainen, PhD, RN, CS

Professor

Professional Information

Jeanne K. Kemppainen, PhD, RN, CNS is an Associate Professor of Nursing,   Dr. Kemppainen completed a PhD at the University of California, San Francisco, and a 3 year national appointment as a VA Postdoctoral Nurse Fellow.   She maintains American Nurses Association (ANA) Certification as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Mental Health.  Dr. Kemppainen has been actively engaged in international and interdisciplinary research since 1996.  During a VA post doctoral nurse fellowship, Dr. Kemppainen completed extensive training in the use of the critical incident methodology at the American Institute of Research, Palo Alto, California (1998-2002), and currently serves as a research method consultant for nationally funded research grants.

Research Interests:

Symptom self-management, medication adherence, patient outcomes in chronic illness, critical incident technique

Current Research Activities:

Kemppainen, J. (PI), Taylor, J, & Jackson, L.  (2005).  Charles L. Cahill Award for Faculty Research and Development, “Depression and Coping in Persons Visiting a Nursing Practitioner Managed Clinic in Rural Southeastern North Carolina.” 

Kemppainen, J., (Co-PI for UNCW research team), Bomar, P., Tsuboyama, M., Kanematsu, Y., Kikuchi, K., Noguchi, K., Ando, A., Ambo, H. (2003-Present).  A comparison of spirituality, self-efficacy and health promoting behaviors in persons with hypertension in Iwate, Japan and rural North Carolina. (2003-present). (This is a joint research study with Iwate Prefectural University Faculty of Nursing and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington School of Nursing.)

Kemppainen, J. (Co-investigator and Wilmington Site PI).  (2003-2005).  Self-care symptom management in persons living with HIV/AIDS.

Sponsored by the UCSF International Nursing Network for HIV Research. 

Kirksey, K. (PI), Corless, I. B., Goodroad, B., Kemppainen, J., Nicholas, P. & Spencer, J.  (2002-2004).  Lipodystrophy-related symptom management in persons with HIV/AIDS.  Partially funded by the American Nurses Foundation and the Alpha Eta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Selected Publications:

Eller, L., Corless, I., Bunch, E., Kemppainen, J., Holzemer, W., Nokes, K., Portillo, C., & Nicholas, P.  (2005).  Self-care strategies for depressive symptoms in people with HIV disease.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 51(2), 119.

Nicholas, P., Kirksey, K., Corless, I., & Kemppainen, J.  (2005)  Lipodystrophy and quality of life in HIV: symptom management issues.  Applied Nursing Research Online, 18(1).

Portillo, C., Mendez, M., Holzemer, W., Corless, I., Nicholas, P., Coleman, C., Dole, P., Eller, L., Hamilton, M., Kemppainen, J., Kirksey, K., Nokes, K., Reynolds, N., Wantland, D., Sefcik, E., Bunch, E., Canaval, G.  (2005).  Quality of life of ethnic minority persons living with HIV/AIDS.  The Journal of Multicultural Nursing & Health, 11(1), 31-37.

Kemppainen, J., Levine, R., Buffum, M., Holzemer, W., Finley, P., & Jensen, P.  (2004).  Antiretroviral adherence in persons with HIV/AIDS and severe mental illness.  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders, 192(6), 1-10.

Kemppainen, J. (2003).  Assessing cognitive changes in HIV/AIDS.  NUMEDX.com, 5(1), 72.

Kemppainen, J., Buffum, M., Wike, G., Kestner, M., Zappe, C., Hopkins, R., Chambers, R., Morrow, M., & Bartlebaugh, P.  (2003).  Psychiatric nursing and medication adherence.  Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 41(2), 39-49.

Kemppainen, J., Holzemer, W., Nokes, K., Sanzero-Eller, L., Corless, I., Bunch, El, Kirksey, K., Goodroad, B., Portillo, C., & Chou, F.  (2003).  Self-care management of anxiety and fear in HIV disease. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 14(2).

Kemppainen, J.  (2002).  Severe mental illness.  In Mahoney, B. & Shaw, J. (Eds.), HIV/AIDS Nursing Secrets.  Philadelphia:  Hanley & Belfus, Inc.   

Nicholas, P. K., Kemppainen, J., Holzemer, W. L., Nokes, K. Sanzero Eller, L., Corless, I., Haugen Bunch, E., Bain, C., Kirksey, K., Davis, S., & Goodroad, B.  (2002).  Self-care management for neuropathy in HIV disease. AIDS Care, 14(6), 763-771.

Kemppainen, J., Levine, R., Mistal, M., & Schmidgall, D.  (2001).  HAART adherence in culturally diverse patients with HIV/AIDS: a study of male patients from a Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Northern California.  AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 15(3), 117-127.

Kemppainen, J.  (2001).  The critical incident technique and nursing care quality research.  Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(5), 1264-1271.

Kemppainen, J., O’Brien, L., Williams, H., Evans, L, Newman Weiner, K., & Holzemer, W. L.  Patients’ responses to nurse behaviors: a validation of a scale with AIDS patients. (2000).  Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice, 3(4), 167-174.

Professional Service:

Faculty Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, Chair

Honors Scholars Program, Faculty Honors Council, Faculty member and Liaison for the School of Nursing

North Carolina Nurses Association, District 22 Chapter of NCNA, member of Board of Directors (2005).

Contact Information

Office: Friday Annex 190

Phone: (910) 962- 3202

Email: kemppainenj@uncw.edu