Nancy Sharts-Hopko, PhD, RN, FAAN
Director, Doctoral Program
Professor
Area of Expertise:
- Nursing Education-Professional
- Womens' Health Issues
Summary
A professor and the director of Villanova's doctoral program in nursing, Dr. Sharts-Hopko is an expert in maternal-infant and womens' health. She has published research on womens' health perceptions during various health and life transitions, including menopause, hysterectomy, HIV/AIDS infection, childbearing in a foreign country and disability, and has lectured on health care topics all over the world. She worked nearly three years in Asia, and has served on two FDA advisory committees. She also spent eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve Army Nurse Corps.
Education
- Ph.D., New York University
- M.A., New York University
- B.S.N., Indiana University
Selected Publications
- Smeltzer, S., Sharts-Hopko, N.C., Ott, B.B., Zimmerman, V. & Duffin, J. (2007),"Perspectives of women with disabilities on reaching those who are hard to reach." Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 39(3), 163-171.
- Sharts-Hopko, NC (2005), "Why every nurse should be concerned about prematurity." American Journal of Nursing, 105(7), 60.
Selected Professional Experience
- United States Army Reserve, Army Nurse Corps Major
Selected Research
- Seed grant, with Dr. Suzanne Smeltzer. "Perceptions of Women with Multiple Sclerosis about Osteoporosis Follow-Up." From the Health Promotion for Women with Disabilities Project, Villanova University.
- Japan Ministry of Education Grant, with Maternity Nursing Faculty, St. Luke's College of Nursing, Tokyo. "Japanese Women's Experience of Menopause." Y4,700,000.
- Grant recipient, Sigma Theta Tau International, 1991. "Illness Cognition and Coping in HIV Infected Mothers", Nancy C. Sharts-Engel and Mary Jo Regan-Kubinski, Co-Principle Investigators
