Biography

Dr. Waterfield is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. She received her bachelor of science and master of education from Louisiana Tech University and her bachelor of science in nursing and PhD from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has spent the last 10 years in nursing working as a nursing assistant, an intensive care nurse, a nurse specialist, and an advance practice registered nurse in neurology. Her research trajectory includes ethical sensitivity and symptom management.

Research

Research Interests

• Symptom Management
• Critical Care Nursing
• Pain
• Agitation/Sedation
• Delirium
• Immobility
• Sleep
• Ethical Sensitivity
• Interprofessional Care
• Implementation and Translational Research

Grant Support (Previous 5 years)

2022-2022
MNRS/Aurora Health Dissertation Grant, $5,000, Waterfield, D (P.I.)

Publications

Waterfield, D., & Barnason, S. (2022). The integration of care ethics and nursing workload: A qualitative review. Journal of Nursing Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13723

Waterfield, D., & Barnason, S. (2021). Use of PADIS assessment tools by critical care nurses: An integrative review. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 43 (9), 843-858. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0193945920973025

Waterfield, D. (2019, May). Preventing a meltdown: Nurses’ role in the patient safety system. Nebraska Nurse, p. 4. https://www.nursingald.com/publications/2065

Service

Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Member, International Association for the Study of Pain

Committee Chair, Member, Nebraska Nurses Association, American Nurses Association

CHI Health Good Samaritan RN in the Intensive Care Unit (2015-2019).

Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society.

Member and LARC Co-Chair and Region 2 Representative, Nebraska Nurses Association.

Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses, Gamma Pi At-Large Chapter

Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Member, UNMC CON PhD Recruitment Taskforce.

Student Representative, UNMC CON Distance Education/Digital Campus Agile Pod Committee.

Recognition

2021, Berger Nursing Scholarship, UNMC

2020, Muriel Munchrath Scholarship Award in Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Pi at-Large Chapter

2019, Nellie House Craven Scholarship, UNMC

2019, Gail Graham Scholarship, Nebraska Nurses Association

2017/18, Jim & Faye Rasmussen College of Nursing Scholarship, UNMC

2018, CHI Health Good Samaritan Professional Excellence Award

2018, CHI Health Good Samaritan DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses