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  • Instructor
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions
  • P.O. Box 43810
  • Hammond LA 70402
  • EMAIL:Jessica.mccarthy@louisiana.edu

 

Education

• • • • • DNP, University of Alabama-Huntsville, 2018

        • MSN (family nurse practitioner), University of Louisiana at       Lafayette, 2005

        • MHSA, University of St. Francis, 1996

        • BSN, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1991
          
          

        Licensure and Board Certifications

        • • ANCC Family Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified
          • DEA – Prescriptive Authority
          • APRN - LSBN
            
            

            Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  
  

  Honors & Awards

• 2017  Acadiana Celebrates Nursing Honoree: Louisiana State Nurses Association District IV

• 2016  Eminent Scholar Award Nominee: Leadership Service Award: University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Professional Affiliations

• 2005 – present            Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioner
  • 2005 – present            Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society  of Nursing: Delta Eta Chapter Member
• 2017 – present            Louisiana State Nursing Association
• 2017 – present            American Nursing Association
• 2015 – present            American Association of Nurse Practitioners
• 2016 – present            Sigma Alpha Pi – National Society of Leadership and Success
• 2016 – present            Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  
  

Areas of Research Interest

• Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Abuse
  
  

  Selected Publications & Presentations

• • • McCarthy, J. & Stagg, D. (in press) IPV Model Journal of Christian Nursing
      
      
    • McCarthy, J. & Bianchi, A. (in press). The C.A.R.E. Approach: Supporting women who disclose intimate partner violence. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
      
      
    • Stagg, D. & McCarthy, J. (in press).  Service Learning: A method of Instruction for Community Health Content in Nursing Curriculum. Teaching and Learning in Nursing
      
      

    • McCarthy, J. & Bianchi, A. (2019). Implementation of an intimate partner violence screening program in a university health care clinic.  Journal of American College Health. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1577864 (peer-reviewed) e-published prior to journal publication

      5. McCarthy, J. & Stagg, D. (in press) Strangulation: A silent but deadly form of IPV. American Nurse Today. (peer-reviewed)
         
         
      6. Watson, C., Leigh, G., & McCarthy, J. (2019). Increasing Empathy through Role-Play: A Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping Activity. Teaching and Learning in Nursing.14(3), 149-152. (peer-reviewed)
         
         
      7. Stagg, D., & McCarthy, J. (2018). Sexually transmitted infections in women: Are we doing enough? Annals of Nursing Research and Practice. 3(2) 1030. (peer-reviewed)
         
         
      8. McCarthy, J., Williams, J., & Amiri, A. (2017). Nurse’s Role in Intimate Partner Violence. American Nurse Today, 12 (3), 10-13. (peer-reviewed)
         
         
      9. McCarthy, J. & Stagg, D. (2017, July/August). Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrator. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 47-50. (peer-reviewed)
         
         
      10. Stagg, D. & McCarthy, J. (2017). Lyme Disease: Ask, Assess, Consider. American Nurse Today
          
          

      Presentations:

    • 2019    Nursing Update Series, Lafayette, Louisiana. Can you help me? Intimate Partner Violence 

    • 2018     Acadiana Culture of Health Summit, Lafayette, LA: Nursing Students Serving Vulnerable Populations

    • 2018    University of Texas Health: Re-Imagining Healthcare: A Life-Course Approach to Community Based Care, San Antonio, Texas. Intimate Partner Violence Screenings and Risk Factors.

    • 2018    National World Conference-Magus Group, Las Vegas, Nevada.: Intimate Partner Violence Screenings and Risk           Factors. (Abstract accepted)

    • 2017    International Conference on Nursing Science and Practice, Dallas, Texas. Incorporating Service Learning Strategies to Enhance Community Nursing Clinical Outcomes.

    • 2016    University of Alabama at Huntsville DNP Symposium, Huntsville, Alabama. Screening College Women for Intimate     Partner Violence. (Poster presentation)

    • 2016    Nursing Update Series, Lafayette, Louisiana. Understanding Evidence Based Practice’s in Nursing      
           

      Selected Funded Projects & Research

• McCarthy, J. (2018). Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Delta Eta Chapter Grant: IPV Screening of Policies for University Healthcare Clinics ($500.00 Educational Development Grant). Funded
  
  

• Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Intimate Partner Violence Screening Protocol in a University Health Care Clinic. McCarthy, J. & Bianchi, A. (2017-2018).

 

Research Review

• BMJ Quality & Safety (2019) Making the “Invisible” Visible: Transforming the detection of Intimate Partner Violence