Donna Schwartz-Barcott, PhD, RN

Donna Schwartz-Barcott
  • Professor Emerita
  • College of Nursing
  • Email: dsb@uri.edu
  • Office Location: White Hall Room 249, 39 Butterfield Road, Kingston, RI 02881

Biography

Dr. Schwartz-Barcott’s early experiences in community health nursing in rural communities in Peru and at the base of the Cascade Mountains in Washington during the late 1960s led to her long standing interest in common phenomena in nursing (e.g. client’s efforts at making meaning out of an illness experience, their pain experiences and nursing efforts at pain assessment, and use of presence), that cross diverse health care settings, cultures and nationalities. Much of Dr. Schwartz-Barcott’s scholarship has been at the concept development and metatheoretical levels as she has worked to expand the knowledge base in nursing practice. She is interested in inductive methods of knowledge development and qualitative research approaches that facilitate the exploration of nursing phenomena across settings and to bridge the theory-practice gap in nursing.

Dr. Schwartz-Barcott is a Fellow in the American Anthropological Association and member of the American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, and Eastern Nursing Research Society. She collaborates internationally with researchers in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Korea.

Research

Pain, anxiety and other central phenomenon experienced by patients across nursing care settings; community health; inductive approaches to theory development; sociocultural influences on health and illness

Education

PhD, Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MA, Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

MS, Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

BS, Nursing, University of Washington

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:

Coia, B. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (in press). A description of approachable nurses: An exploratory study, the voice of the hospitalized child. Journal of Pediatric Nursing.

Thompson, M. R. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2019). The role of the nurse scientist as a knowledge broker. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51(1), 26-39.

Curtin, A. J., Martins, D. C., & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2018). Perceptions of mental health among older Hispanic adults from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Columbia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 44(11), 44-50.

Curtin, A. J., Martins, D. C., & Schwartz-Barcott (2018). Coping with mental health issues among older Hispanic Adults. Geriatric Nursing, 40, 123-128.

Curtin, A. J., Martins, D. C., Gillsjo, C, & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2017). Aging out of place: The meaning of home among Hispanic older persons living in the United States. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 12(3), #12150.

Thompson, M. R. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2017). The concept of exposure in environmental health nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73, 1315-1330.

Cotton, B. I. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2016). Residential instability among low-income families: A concept analysis. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 30, 257-261.

Curtin, A. J., Martins, D. C., & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2015). A mixed methods evaluation of an international service learning program in the Dominican Republic. Public Health Nursing, 32, 58-67.

Curtin, A. J, Martins, D. C., Schwartz-Barcott, D., DiMaria, M. S., & Ogando, B. M. S. (2015). Exploring the use of critical reflective inquiry with nursing students participating in an international service learning experience. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(9), S95-S98.

Asselin, M. E. & Schwartz-Barcott D. (2015). Exploring problems encountered among experienced nurses using critical reflective inquiry:  Implications for nursing professional development. Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 31, 138-144.

Chopy, K., Winkler, M., Schwartz-Barcott, D., Melanson, K. & Greene, G. (2014). A qualitative study of the perceived value of membership in the Oley Foundation by home parenteral and enteral nutrition consumers.   Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 39, 426-433.

Rosen, H. I., Bergh, I. H. E., Schwartz-Barcott, D. & Martensson, L. B. (2014). The recovery process after day surgery within the symptom management theory. Nursing Forum, 49, 100-109.

Asselin, M., Schwartz-Barcott, D., & Osterman, P. A. (2013). Exploring reflection as a process embedded in practice: A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69, 905-914.

Bennett, J., Geoffrey, G. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2013). Perceptions of emotional eating behavior: A qualitative study of college students. Appetite, 60, 187-192.

Gillsjo, C., Schwartz-Barcott, D., & Bergh, I. (2013). Learning to endure long-term musculoskeletal pain in daily life at home: A qualitative interview study of the older adult’s experience. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Research, 2, 136.

Curtin A. J., Martins, D. C., Schwartz-Barcott, D., DiMaria, L., & Ogando, B. M. S. (2013). Development and evaluation of an international service learning program for nursing students. Public Health Nursing, 30, 548-556.

Gillsjo, C., Schwartz-Barcott, D., Bergh, I., & Dahlgren, L. O. (2011). Older adults’ ways of dealing with daily life while living with long-term musculoskeletal pain at home. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 31, 685-705.

Gillsjo, C., Schwartz-Barcott, von Post, I. (2011). Home: The place the older adult cannot imagine living without. BMC Geriatrics, 11(1), 10. https://doi.org:10.1186/1471-2318-11-10

Gillsjo, C. & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2010). A concept analysis of home and its meaning in the lives of three older adults. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 6, 4-12.

Lerdal, A., Schwartz-Barcott, D., & Borg, M. (2010). The experience and meaning of time among individuals with long-term health problems. Klinisk Sygepleje (Journal of Clinical Nursing), 24 (2). 16-25.

Book Chapters:

Kim, S. K., Schwartz-Barcott, D., & Holter, I. M. (2013). Cross-cultural use and validity of pain scales and questionnaires—Norwegian case study. In M. Incayawar, & K. H. Todd (Eds.), Culture, brain and analgesia: Understanding and managing pain in diverse populations (pp. 105-119). Oxford University Press.

Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2006). Adaptation as a basic conceptual focus in nursing theories. In H. S . Kim & I. Kollak (Eds.), Nursing theories: Conceptual and philosophical foundations (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing.

DeNuccio, G., & Schwartz-Barcott, D. (2000). A concept analysis of withdrawal: Application of the hybrid model. In B. L. Rodgers & K. A. Knafl (Eds.), Concept development in nursing: Foundations, techniques, and applications (2nd ed.). W. B. Saunders.

Schwartz-Barcott, D. & Kim, S. (2000). An expansion and elaboration of the hybrid model of concept development. In B. L. Rodgers & K. A. Knafl (Eds.), Concept development in nursing: Foundation, techniques and applications (2nd ed.). W.B. Sanders.

Schwartz-Barcott, D. (1999). Ethnographic research: Focusing on culture. In J. A. Fain (Ed.), Reading, understanding and applying nursing research. F. A. Davis.