Harleah G. Buck
PhD, RN, CHPN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Research Foci

Contact Information

201 Health & Human Development East
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-6509

Phone: 814-863-0245

Fax: 814-865-3770

E-mail: hgb2@psu.edu

Education

PhD, University of South Florida, 2008
Major in Nursing
Tampa, Florida
MS, University of South Florida, 2006
Emphasis on Nursing Education
Tampa, Florida
BSN, Columbia University, 1979
New York City, NY

Clinical Expertise & Certification

Clinical Expertise: Intensive care, Coronary care, Post-Anesthesia Recovery care, Community Health, Hospice and Palliative Care

Certification: Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse 2007 - present, End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Trainer, Chapter Leader Academy of Sigma Theta Tau

Honors

2009
College of Palliative Care Research Scholars Program sponsored by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Summer Institute on Aging Research at the National Institute of Aging
European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions Award
2008-2010
NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Individualized Care of At-Risk Older Adults, National Institute of Nursing Research (T32NR009356) at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Outstanding PhD Dissertation from the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida
Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award from the Graduate and Professional Student Council of the University of South Florida
2007
Delta Beta Chapter at Large, Sigma Theta Tau First Place Research Award at the University of South Florida Health Science Campus Research Day
2006
Certificate of Excellence from the College of Nursing at the University of South Florida
2005
Delta Beta Chapter-at-Large, Sigma Theta Tau Second Place Research Award at the University of South Florida Health Science Campus Research Day

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Professional Publications

MacKenzie, M., Buck, H.G. & Riegel, B., (2010). “I Need a Nap”: Excessive daytime sleepiness impacts how age and depression are associated in heart failure. [Abstract]. Circulation. Accepted.

Buck, H.G. & Riegel, B. (in press). The impact of frailty on health related quality of life in heart failure. The European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.

Buck, H.G. & McMillan, S.C. (in press). Measuring the Spiritual Needs of Caregivers of Hospice Patients: Psychometric Analysis of the Spiritual Needs Inventory. Oncology Nursing Forum. 

Ersek, M., Herr, K., Blazej, N., Buck, H., & Black, B. (2010). Comparing the psychometric properties of the Checklist of Nonverbal Pain Indicators (CNPI) and the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) instruments. Pain Medicine 11(3), 395-404..

Zambroski, C.H. & Buck, H.G. (2010). Hospice and palliative care: When and where to deliver end-of-life care. American Association of Heart Failure Nurses [Independent Study Activity]. Available at http://aahfn.org/ce/ce_39/index.php.

Buck, H.G. & Riegel, B., (2009). Frailty decreases health related quality of life in older adults with heart failure.[Abstract]. Circulation, 120: S515.

Buck, H.G. (2009) “Is self-efficacy and confidence the same construct in the Self Care of Heart Failure Index?” Letter to the editor. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 24(6),425.

Buck, H.G., Overcash, J., & McMillan, S.C., (2009). The geriatric cancer experience in end of life: testing an adapted model. Oncology Nursing Forum 36(6), 664-673.

Lengacher, C.A., Boutilier, S., Buck, H., Molinari, M. (2008). Mindfulness-based stress reduction: research synthesis and state of the science. [Abstract]. Psycho-oncology, SuppI, 2008.

Buck, H.G. & McMillan, S.C., (2008). The unmet spiritual needs of caregivers of advanced cancer patients. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 10(2), 91-99.

Buck, H.G. (2006). Spirituality: concept analysis and model development. Holistic Nursing Practice 20(6), 288-292.

Non-Peer Reviewed Professional Publications

Naylor, M.D., Coburn, K. D., Kurtzman, E. T. , Prvu Bettger, J., Buck, H.G., Van Cleave, J., & Cott, C.A. (2010). Inter-professional team-based primary care for chronically ill adults: State of the science. (White Paper commissioned by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation).

Funded Research Projects

Current Research

Principal Investigator Dyadic Care in Moderate to Severe Heart Failure Pennsylvania State University School of Nursing 1/11/2011.

Co-Investigator. Exploring the Formal/Informal Caregiver Interface across 3 Death Trajectories, NIH/NINR (5R01NR10127); PI: J. Penrod; 02/01/2008-- 01/31/2012

Principal Investigator. Preliminary Exploration of the Relationship between Health Related Quality of Life and Heart Failure Self-care in Older Adults. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Frank Morgan Jones Fund. 02/01/2010-01/031/ 2011.

Completed Research

White Paper: Multidisciplinary Team-Based Care Models. American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. 05/01/2009- 03/01/2010

Principal Investigator. Quality of Life in End Stage Heart Failure Patients. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. 06/30/2008-06/30/2010.

[Updated: February 2, 2012]