Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, RN, Ph.D.

Interest Areas:

• Ethics and clinical research
• Oncology and research interventions
• Death and end of life issues
• Spirituality
• Teaching and learning styles
• History of nursing and healthcare
• Decision making in clinical trials
• Social justice
• Hope

Methodologies:

• Phase I, II, and III clinical trials
• Observational
• Interpretive
• Content analysis
• Discourse analysis

Current Research:

Metaphors and Ethics in Cancer Research Decision Making

Courses developed:

• Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making (TNURS 350)
• Interpersonal Communication (TNURS 430)
• Health, Communities and Populations (TNURS 414 / 415)

Courses taught:

• Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision Making (TNURS 350)
• Ethics in Healthcare (TNURS 410)
• Health, Communities and Populations (TNURS 414 / 415)
• Interpersonal Communication (TNURS 430)
• Nursing Care of Families (TNURS 412)
• Independent Study ( Fieldwork TNURS 599)

Recent Publications

Shannon Dorcy, K. Hegemony, Hermeneutics, and the Heuristics of Hope. Advances in Nursing Science, 33 (1), 78-90.

Drevdahl, D. J., Canales, M. K., & Shannon Dorcy, K. (2008) Of goldfish tanks and moonlight tricks: Can cultural competency ameliorate health disparities? Advances in Nursing Science, 31 (1), 13-27.

Drevdahl, D. J., & Shannon Dorcy, K. Exclusive inclusion: (2007) The violation of human rights and US immigration policy. Advances in Nursing Science, 30, (4) 290-332.

Shannon-Dorcy, K., & Wolfe, V. (2003). Decision making in the diagnosis and treatment of leukemia. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 19(2), 142-9.

Shannon-Dorcy, K. (2002). Nursing implications of mylotarg. A novel antibody-targeted chemotherapy for CD33+ acute myeloid leukemia in first relapse. Oncology Nursing Forum, 29(4), E52-9.

Drevdahl, D., & Shannon Dorcy, K. (2002). Using journals for community health students engaged in group work. Nurse Educator, 27 (6), 255-259.

Drevdahl, D., Kniepp, S., Canales, M., & Shannon Dorcy, K. (2001). Reinvesting in social justice: A capital idea for public health nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 24(2), 19-31.

Drevdahl, D., Shannon Dorcy, K., & Grevstad, L. (2001). Integrating principles of community centered practice in a community health nursing program. Nurse Educator, 26(5), 234-239.