天美影视传媒

Paula Levi, PhD, RN

Paula Levi, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Adult Health Nursing

Education

  • PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2022
  • BSN, 天美影视传媒, 2014


Affiliations and Certifications

  • American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
  • APA Trauma Psychology Division for Theory, Research & Practice
  • American Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Gamma Chapter
  • Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) Outreach Training for General Industry

Research Interests

  • Stress, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit nurses
  • Occupational health issues in those in high-stress medical professions and first-responders (e.g., physicians, police, firemen)

Research

Completed Research Support

  • 2021 - 2022 Awarded National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health Pilot/ Small Project Training Grant # T42OH008436 ($9455) for dissertation research on 鈥Heart Rate Variability and Stress in the Intensive Care Unit Nursing Workplace鈥 (Principal Investigator)

Selected Publications

  • Levi, P. & Moss, J. (2022). Intensive care unit nurses鈥 lived experiences of psychological stress and trauma caring for COVID-19 patients. Workplace Health & Safety, 70(8):358-367 doi: 10.1177/21650799211064262
  • Bowen, P.G., Opoku-Agyeman, W., Affuso, O., Levi, P., & Wingo, N. (2021). Physical activity promotion in a safety-net clinic: Does the provider make a difference? A pilot study. Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, 6(4), e000175.
  • Levi, P., Patrician, P. A., Vance, D. E., Montgomery, A., & Moss, J. (2020). Post-traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit nurses: A concept analysis. Workplace Health & Safety, 69(5), 224鈥234. doi: 10.1177/2165079920971999

Teaching

  • AHN 447 - 780: Adult Gerontological Nursing
  • NU 448  Adult Health Clinical II
  • NU 301  Adult Health Clinical I

Honors and Awards

  • 2022 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Core Values for Innovation Award
  • 2022  Golden Pen Award Honorable Mention for manuscript, "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Unit Nurses: A Concept Analysis" published in Workplace Health and Safety journal
  • 2021 鈥 2022 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Outstanding Ph.D. Student of the Year Award
  • 2019 - 2022 National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health Fellowship Award,  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • 2019 - 2022 Jarman Lowder Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, Birmingham, AL