Margaret Nield
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 414
Honolulu, HI 96822
Ph: 808-956-3883, Fax: 808-956-5296
Email: nield@hawaii.edu
BS, Macalester College, 1966; MS, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1970; PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989.
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
My scholarly interests have focused on pulmonary disease and rehabilitation as well as nursing research and analysis. I am a pulmonary nurse researcher and have seen firsthand the devastating toll lung disease takes on people’s lives. I am interested in studying the effect of different breathing techniques for people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
I joined the SONDH faculty in 2005, and have pursued my interests in symptom management with a pilot grant from the Center for Health Disparities that focuses on acupressure and dyspnea. Additionally, I am co-PI on a smoking cessation grant for native Hawaiians that was submitted summer, 2006.
I serve as both a reviewer and an editor for The Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development. I received an American Lung Association Clinical Research Grant in 2000 as well as the Veterans Health Administration’s Advanced Career Development Award in 2002.
Teaching Topics: Concept analysis and research methodology.
Recent Awards and Publications: Research Dissemination Award- Nursing , Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, 2002 Pinnacle Awards
Nield M, Soo Hoo G, Santiago S, Roper J, Dracup K. (2005). Usefulness of the Human Activity Profile (HAP), a functional performance tool measure, in people with COPD. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Accepted December 2004.
Nield M, Arora A, Dracup K, Soo Hoo GW, Cooper CB (2003). Comparison of breathing patterns during exercise in patients with obstructive and restrictive ventilatory abnormalities. Journal of rehabilitation Research and Development, 40, 407-414.
Nield M. (2003). Pulmonary rehabilitation: the critical outcomes. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 40, Supplement 2, vii-viii.
Sherman S, Lanto A, Nield M, & Yanto E, (2003). Smoking cessation care received by veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of rehabilitation Research and Development, 40, Supplement 2, 1-12.