Personal Information

Research Interests:

Ethical Issues
Decision making and risk taking in home health care
Pediatric nurse practitioner role

Recent Publications/Contributions to Nursing Literature:

Kopala, B. (2004). The influence of pressure on nurses' moral capacity. In D.C. Thomasma & D.N. Weisstub. (Eds.), Variables of moral capacity. Boston: Kluwer Academic Press.

Kopala, B. & Burkhart, L. (Jan-March, 2005). Ethical dilemma and moral distress: Proposed new NANDA diagnoses. International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications, 16(1), 3-13.

Special Projects:

Burkhart L. & Kopala, B. (2008). Co-author of NANDA nursing diagnoses: Moral Distress (pp. 318-320) and a revision of nursing diagnosis: Decicional Conflict (pp. 224-228). In B.J. Ackley & G.B. Ladwig, Nursing diagnosis handbook: An evidenced-based guide to planning care (8th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.

Burkhart, L. & Kopala, B. (2008). Co-author of NANDA nursing diagnoses: Moral Distress (pp. 316-317) and a revision of nursing diagnosis: Decicional Conflict (pp. 245-248). In G.B. Ladwig &  Ackley, B.J. (2nd ed.). Mosby's guide to nursing diagnosis. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.

Burkhart, L. & Kopala, B. (2008). Revision of NICs: Values Clarification (p. 786). In Bulechek, G.M., Butcher, H.K. & Dochterman, J.M. Nursing interventions classification (NIC). (5th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.

Selected Professional Society Memberships:

Sigma Theta Tau
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities