Karol Richardson

Karol Richardson, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor

 

School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 320
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-3889, Fax: 808-956-5296
Email: karolr@hawaii.edu

 

BS, San Diego State University, 1974; MS, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 1988; MPH, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 1988; PhD, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 2005.

 

Clinical Area of Focus: Maternal-Newborn & Child and Adolescent Health

The focus of my work has been development and teaching the maternal-newborn nursing course and clinical lab for the undergraduate generic and accelerated BS nursing programs. Health promotion and maintenance for the childbearing family is examined through multiple aspects (physiologic, cultural, environmental, and behavioral). To provide depth to the experience, each student is mentored while developing a community teaching project for an individual client/family whose delivery due date falls during the semester.

My research focuses on adolescent pregnancy and its impact on the family. I have interviewed mothers of young pregnant adolescents (13 – 15 years old) to learn about their relationship with their daughters prior to pregnancy and as the pregnancy progresses.  The result of this research is significant because there is very little published literature in this area.

I currently provide service to the university as the elected representative from the Department of Nursing to the University of Hawai‘i Manoa Faculty Senate (2007-2009). I  serve on the Department of Nursing, undergraduate curriculum committee representing the maternal-newborn course.

Teaching Topics:

Maternal-Newborn Nursing: trends & issues, pregnancy, labor & delivery, post-partum, parent-newborn interaction, newborn nutrition, newborn care, family planning (birth control, infertility, genetic screening,& counseling), high risk pregnancy, high risk childbirth, postpartum complications, high risk newborn, adolescent pregnancy, battering in pregnancy, and neonatal loss.

Recent Awards and Publications:

Nurse Educator Award, Department of Nursing (Dec. 1992; Dec. 1994; May 1995; Dec. 1996; Dec. 2000); University of Hawai‘i - Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching (1999); State of Hawai‘i – 20 year Certificate of Service (August 2006); Seed Grant - University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene, Office of Research and Extramural programming (OREP), Grant Period: February 23, 2005 to December 30, 2005 $5,000.00; Education Award 2007 – Sigma Theta Tau – Gamma Psi Chapter-At-Large.

Richardson, K.K. (1999). Adolescent pregnancy and substance use. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nurses, 28(6), 623-627.

Richardson, K. (2007). Mothers’ Perspective of How They Relate to Their Young Pregnant Adolescents [Abstract]. Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference Proceedings: 50 years of Advancing Nursing in the West 1957-2007, 40, 251.

Uyehara, J. & Richardson, K. (2000). Facilitating health education and promotion in the childbearing community client. Nurse Educator, 25(5), 206, 209, 212.