Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins

PhD, RN
Associate Professor

Mail:

Rutgers, The State University of NJ
College of Nursing
Ackerson Hall, Room 102
180 University Avenue
Newark, New Jersey 07102-1897

Office:

Conklin Hall, Room 216A
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 973.353.3864
Fax: 973.353.1277
Email: charlot@rutgers.edu

Education:

PhD: University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
MSN: University of Pennsylvania
BSN: Thomas Jefferson University
Diploma: Temple University Hospital School of Nursing

Research and Clinical Interests:

• Physical activity in individuals with chronic kidney disease
• Illness representations in individuals with chronic kidney disease
• Dialysis work environment and patient outcomes

Professional and Community Activities:

• Editorial Board member, Renal Care Society of Australasia Journal
• January 2005 to present
  Nursing Section Editor, Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
• 2004 to present
  Member, New Jersey Coalition of Black Nurse Leaders
• 2003 to present
  National Kidney Foundation Kidney Learning System Advisory Board
• 1996 to present
  Advisory Board, Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study
• 1985 to present
  Founder and member, South Jersey Chapter, National Black Nurses’ Association
• May 2003 to September 2004
  American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Nursing Shortage - Academic Task Force
• 2001 to April 2002.
  Chairperson, American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Recruitment and Retention Task Force
• 2001 to April 2002.
  American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Position Statement Ad Hoc Committee
• 1999 to April 2002
  American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Professional Practice Committee
• 1999 to 2002
  American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Research Committee
• June 1999 to April 2002
  American Nephrology Nurses Association: Research Development and Professional Practice Consultant

Recent Publications:

• Thomas-Hawkins, C. & Mapes, D. (in-press). The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice patterns study. In Core Curriculum for Nephrology Nursing (5th ed.). Pitman, NJ: Jannetti Publishers.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2006) Chronic illness management and outcomes: A theory-based approach. In A. Molzahn & E. Butera (Eds.). Contemporary Nephrology Nursing (2nd ed.) (pp. 53-79), Pitman, NJ: Jannetti Publishers.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. & Zazworsky, D. (2005). Self-management support for individuals with chronic kidney disease. American Journal of Nursing, 105, 40-48.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2005) Assessing role activities of individuals receiving long-term hemodialysis: psychometric testing of the Revised Inventory of Functional Status-Dialysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 42(6), 687-694.
• Welch, J. & Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2005) Psycho-educational strategies to promote fluid adherence in adult hemodialysis patients: A review of intervention studies. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 42(5), 597-608.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2004). Illness Representations and Activity Self-Regulation in Elders with ESRD. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 31, 139.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C., Denno, M., Currier, H., & Wick, G. (2003). Staff nurses’ perceptions of the work environment in freestanding hemodialysis facilities. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 30, 169-178.
• Curtin, R.B., Bultman, D.C., Thomas-Hawkins, C., Walters, B., and Schatell, D. (2002). Hemodialysis patients’ symptom experiences: Effects on physical and mental functioning. Nephrology Nursing Journal , 29(6) , 562-574.
• Denno, M, Fallone, S, & Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2001). A survey of the extent to which nephrology nurses assess ESRD patients’ level of functional status. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 28, 129.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2001). Day-to-day symptom distress in chronic hemodialysis patients. Nephrology Nursing Journal,(Abstract) 28, 127.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C. (2000). Symptom distress and day-to-day changes in functional status in chronic hemodialysis patients. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 27, 369-379.
• Thomas-Hawkins, C, Fawcett, J., & Tulman, L. (1998). The Inventory of Functional Status-Dialysis: Development and Testing. ANNA Journal, 25, 483-490.

Research Grant Support

• National Institute of Nursing Research Mentored Research Scientist Award (KO1) KO1NR007670-01A1 Illness Representations in Elders with ESRD, 09/01/02 – 08/31/05, $260,000
• National Kidney Foundation Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians Research Grant, A Qualitative Descriptive Inquiry of Elderly Hemodialysis Patients Symptom Experience and Functioning, 07/01/02 – 12/31/03, $20,000
• Dean’s Tenure-Track Faculty Grant, July 1, 2000 to September 1, 2000, $6,202
• Rutgers University Busch Biomedical Research Grant, Final Revision and Testing of the Inventory of Functional Status-Dialysis, July 2000 to July 2002, $19, 402
• Rutgers University College of Nursing Small Research Grant, Final Revision and Testing of the Inventory of Functional Status-Dialysis, June 2000 to May 2001, $1000
• Sigma Theta Tau, International Small Research Grant, Xi Chapter Correlates of Changes in Functional Status in Chronic In-Center Hemodialysis Patients, Doctoral Dissertation, May, 1998 to October, 1998, $1000