Rhoda Owens

Current and Recent UND Courses

NURS 410: Clinical Reasoning for Safety and Quality Outcomes

NURS 415: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Healthcare System Outcomes

NURS 500: Theories/Concepts Nursing

NURS 526: Ethical, Legal, and Health Policy Issues in Health care

NURS 554: Writing for Publication

NURS 573: Research Funding

NURS 590: Directed Studies

NURS 591: Readings in Nursing

NURS 999: Dissertation

Professional Identity Formation in Nursing

Transformative Learning and Identity Theory

Advance Practice Nurses Professional Development

Nurse Role Transition

Transition to Practice

Nursing Education

Nursing Workforce Development

Nursing Workforce Recruitment, Retention, Work Satisfaction, Intent to Stay

Rural Health

Owens, R.A., & Godfrey, N. (2022). Fostering professional identity formation in nursing: How to wholly support nurse well-being. American Nurse Journal, 17(9). https://www.myamericannurse.com/fostering-professional-identity-in-nursing/

Owens, R.A., Burwell, P.M., & Petros, T. (2022).Nurses’ and student nurses’ intent to stay:The impact of quality of life, work environment, and work satisfaction. Nursing Management. 53(8), 34-43. https://doi.org/ 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000853236.32160.d2

Joseph, M.L., Edmonson, C., Godfrey , N., Kuhl, L., Shaffer, F.,Owens, R.A., Bickford, C.,Cusack, C., Dickow, M., Liebig, D., Orouke, M., Priddy, K., Sommer, S.The conceptual model for professional identity in nursing: A interdependent perspective. Nursing Science Quarterly (In Press)

Owens, R.A., Burwell, P. M., Deese, S., & Petros, T. (2021). Graduating nursing student and practicing nurse perceptions on promoting recruitment, work satisfaction, and intent to stay: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Regulation. 11(4), 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(20)30177-0 

Owens, R. A., Christian, S. A. A hybrid concept-based BSN clinical practicum course: An Innovative approach. Nursing Education Perspectives. 42(6), E105-E106. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000823

Owens, R. A. (2020). Exploring nurse practitioner professional identity formation at rural care settings. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 33(11), 975-982. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000450

Owens, R. A., & Zwilling, J. G. (2020). Nurse practitioner workforce: One rural state’s experience of comparing state data with national trends. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 32(10), 668-675. https://doi.org/10.1097/jxx.0000000000000315

Owens, R. A. (2019). Student perceptions of learning in a hybrid professional development course. Western Journal of Nursing Research [Abstract], 15(16), 1699 – 1700. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945919857712

Owens, R. A. (2019). Exploring an innovative course delivery method for accelerated BSN students. International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 16(1), online, https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnes-2019-0011

Owens, R.A. (2019). Nurse practitioner role transition and identity development in rural healthcare settings: A scoping review. Nursing Education Perspectives, 40(3), 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000455

Owens, R.A. (2018). Transition experiences of new rural nurse practitioners. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 14(8), 605-611.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.05.009

Owens, R.A. (2018). Two-year institution part-time nursing faculty experiences during their role  transition and identity development: A phenomenological study. Nursing Education Perspectives. 39(1), 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000250

Owens, R.A. (2017). Part-time nursing faculty perceptions of their learning needs during their role transition experiences. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. 12(1), 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2016.10.002

Owens, R.A. (2012). Transcultural nursing course in Tanzania, Africa. Home Healthcare Nurse,  30(6), 347-352. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0b013e318257569a

Owens, R.A. (2008). Teaming up to improve the quality of surgical care. American Nurse Today, 3(5, 25-26.

Owens, R.A. (2006). The caring behaviors of the home health nurse and influence on medication adherence. Home Healthcare Nurse, 24(8), 517-526.        

Owens, R. A. (2012). Chapters 32, 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Gastrointestinal System Unit: White, L., Duncan, G., Baumle, W. (2012). Medical-Surgical Nursing an Integrated Approach (3rd ed.). New York: Delmar Cengage Learning.

Please refer to CV for additional publications and presentations

PhD Teaching and Learning - Higher Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

MS - Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

BSN - Minot State University,Minot, ND