Kathi Mooney, PhD, RN, FAAN, AOCN
Current Position: Professor
Contact Information
Address:
College of Nursing
10 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City , Utah 84112
Phone: (801) 793-5727
Fax: (801) 581-4642
Email: kathi.mooney@nurs.utah.edu
Background
Kathi Mooney is a Professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing. Her research interests include cancer symptom management and outcomes of supportive care. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles and is a frequent speaker on topics related to cancer symptom management, quality cancer care, oncology nursing and leadership.
Dr. Mooney is a past President of the Oncology Nursing Society. She is active in several cancer-related health policy and research advocacy groups. She is a member of the National Research and Medical Affairs Committee of the American Cancer Society and on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Cancer Research.
Her degrees include a BSN degree from the University of San Francisco, a Master's degree in nursing from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Health Education from the University of Utah. She is certified as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN) and is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN).
Research
- Telephone Linked Care: An IT Enabled Integrated System for Cancer Symptom Relief
- Dr. Mooney's program of research is focused on improving the quality of life of people at risk for, or experiencing cancer. Her initial work was in the area of patient decision making. Her dissertation work examined patient decision making about the use of complimentary therapies in addition to traditional treatment at the time of cancer recurrence. Later she studied behaviors related to seeking or avoiding cancer screening. More recently she examined adherence behaviors of women taking Tamoxifen for breast cancer chemoprevention. In the last few years she has extended the emphasis of her research to focus on the cancer symptom experience.
- Currently she is the Principal Investigator of 3 separate multisite studies examining outcomes of oncology nursing practice, symptom patterns of neutropenic patients receiving cancer chemotherapy, and utility of a computer-based telephone home monitoring system to assist women with breast cancer to monitor and utilize self-care strategies for symptom management. A fourth study evaluating the same telephone system in improving provider-patient communication and symptom assessment is pending funding.
Publications
- Ellington, L., Wahab, S., Sahami Martin, S., Field, R., & Mooney K. H. (2005) Factors that influence Spanish- and English-speaking participants' decision to enroll in cancer randomized clinical trials, Psychoonocology, June 22.
- Mooney, K. H. (2004). Treatment approaches. In C. G. Varricchio (ed.), A cancer source book for nurses (8th ed., pp. 81-86). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Presentations
- 3/04 Poster: "A Computer-based Telecommunication System to Improve Symptom Care for Women with Breast Cancer" (with S. Beck, W. Dudley, R. Farzanfar, & R. Friedman), Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- 3/03 Poster: "Perceived Anxiety and Negative Mood in Cancer Patients" (with S. Beck, D. Berry, V. Mock, G. Mallory, C. Hutchings, & W. Dudley), Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Awards
- Excellence in Research Award, University of Utah College of Nursing, 2001
- Presidential Endowed Chair: Louis S. Peery, MD, and Janet B. Perry Presidential Endowed Chair in Nursing Research, 2000-present
Academic Activities
- National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2002-05
- National Coalition for Cancer Research, Board of Directors, 1997-present
Areas of Teaching
- N7771 Policy Formation and Analysis: Development of expertise in health policy analysis, position formation and advancing policy change
- N7772 Seminar in Leadership: Exploration of leadership principles and development of leadership skills that are required to advance the profession, provide direction for the health care delivery systems and improve health
