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BSN, University of Maryland

MSN, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

PhD, University of Kansas

Diane Boyle, RN, PhD


Associate Professor

Email: dboyle@kumc.edu
(913) 588-1686

Following her keen interests in RN workforce issues and job satisfaction, Diane Boyle, RN, PhD is Co-investigator of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®). NDNQI is a repository for longitudinal data from over 1100 acute care hospitals across the United States on nurse staffing, nurse turnover, and nursing sensitive patient outcome indicators. Specifically, Dr. Boyle has responsibility for the annual RN Job Satisfaction survey from nurses employed in NDNQI hospitals.

Dr. Boyle teaches measurement, program evaluation, research, and leadership courses in the masters and doctoral programs. She has taught a number of classes in the KU Medical Center’s Virtual Classroom. She is an active member of AcademyHealth, Midwest Nursing Research Society, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, American Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Recent Publications:

  • Archer, E., & Boyle, D.K. (in press). Herb and supplement use among the retail population of an independent, urban herb store. Journal of Holistic Nursing.
  • Boyle, D.K., & Miller, P.A.  (2006). Job satisfaction.  In J. Fitzpatrick & M. Wallace (Eds). Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (2nd Ed, pp. 307-308). New York: Springer.
  • Boyle, D.K., Miller, P.A., Gajewski, B.J., Hart, S.E., & Dunton, N. (2006). Unit type differences in RN workgroup job satisfaction. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 28, 622-640.  
  • Boyle, D.K., Miller, P.A., Forbes-Thompson, S.A. (2005). Communication and end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: Patient, family, and clinician outcomes. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 28, 302-316.
  • Taunton, R.L., Bott, M.J., Koehn, M.L., Miller, P., Rindner, E., Pace, K., Elliott, C., Bradley, K.J., Boyle, D., & Dunton, N. (2004). The NDNQI-Adapted Index of Work Satisfaction. Journal of Nursing Measurement 12, 101-122.
  • Boyle, D.K., & Kochinda, C. (2004). Enhancing collaborative communication of nurse and physician leadership in two intensive care units. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 34, 60-70.

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