Carol E. Smith

Carol E. Smith, RN, PhD, a professor at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, has been federally funded to conduct research with families managing complex home care since being awarded a grant in 1985 from the National Institutes of Health, Digestive Diseases Institute.

From other National Institutes of Health grants she has published data-based articles on caregivers of adults dependent on ventilators in Heart and Lung Journal and Nursing Research. In the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition her article on TPN patient and their family caregivers viewpoints and meta analysis on social support in behavioral medicine. She has articles about costs of family caregiving in Nursing Economics and Advances in Nursing Science Journal.

Dr. Smith's current R01 funding from the National Institute of Nursing Research supports an exploration of families as a system of health care for adults managing technological treatments at home.

She has pilot studies of videolinks telenursing and computer assisting systems into the home.

Dr. Smith was an invited speaker at the National Academy of Sciences consensus conference on "Safety and human factor training needs for families managing medical equipment in the home," in Washington D.C., 1995. The report to congress was published in 1996.

Dr. Smith received a BSN from the University of Iowa, an MSN as an adult nurse practitioner from Wayne State University. She practiced in a family practice clinic in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota (population 2000) for 3 years, while she was working on a PhD which she completed in 1982 from the University of Minnesota.

In 1981-82 Carol was named a Fulbright Scholar to conduct research with nursing faculty in Iceland, above the Arctic Circle with the beautiful northern lights when she returned in 1999. Then in 1991, 1993, and 1998 she went to the southern hemisphere as Visiting Professor to the University of Canberra in Australia with the beautiful Southern Cross constellation.

Dr. Smith has taught graduate and doctoral courses using internet based education. Students are always welcome to work with Carol's research team to complete their projects, theses or dissertations.

In 1998 Dr. Smith was honored with the inaugural Phylis Keeny Teaching Award for innovation in teaching, curriculum contributions and excellence in student evaluations. In 1985 and 1998 she received the Developing Investigator Award for the School of Nursing at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

However, Carol says her very best "credentials" are M.O.M. and wife. She has been married to John Smith (yes, it's his true name) for over 30 years and they have two fun teenagers.

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