Nola Pender, Ph.D., R.N. F.A.A.N.

Nola Pender, Ph.D., R.N. F.A.A.N.
	Title:	Distinguished Professor
	Office:	Building 105, Room 2877, Medical Center Campus
	Phone:	815-436-9946
	E-mail:	npender@luc.edu

Personal Information

Educational Background

20 graduate hours (Community Health Nursing) Rush University, Chicago, IL (1980-1983)

PhD (Psychology and Education - double major) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (1967-1969)

MA (Human Growth and Development) Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (1964-1965)

BSN, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (1962-1964)

RN, West Suburban Hospital School of Nursing, Oak Park, IL (1959-1962)

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Academy of Nursing (1985 to present)

Midwest Nursing Research Society (1976 to present)

Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honorary (1970 to present)

Illinois Nurses' Association (1968 to present)

American Nurses' Association (1962 to present)

Presentations at Professional Meetings (Last Five Years)
Pender, N.J. (2007, December) The Three "Cs" of a Successful Nursing Career. Commencement Address. West Suburban College of Nursing. Oak Park, Illinois.

Pender, N.J. (2007, April). Testing the Health Promotion Model in Research. Paper Presented at Teachers College, Columbia University, Doctoral Program, New York, New York.

Pender, N.J. (2007, April). The Health Promotion Model: Its Implications for Evidence-Based Practice. Paper Presented at Teachers College, Columbia University, Doctoral Program, New York, New York.

Pender, N. J. (2007, April). Establishing a Research Program: The Health Promotion Model. Paper Presented at South Dakota State University, College of Nursing, Brookings, South Dakota.

Pender, N.J. (2007, April). Health Promotion Assessment and Counseling for Behavior Change. Distinguished Lecture Presented at Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, South Dakota State University, College of Nursing, Brookings, South Dakota.

Pender, N.J. (2007, April). Research Testing the Health Promotion Model. Keynote Address. The Eighteenth Annual Nursing Research Symposium, Living Nursing Scholarship: Research, Theory, and Practice, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota.

Pender, N.J. (2007, March). Using the Health Promotion Model in Evidence-Based Practice. Paper Presented at Aurora University, Sigma Theta Tau - Lambda Upsilon Chapter, Aurora, Illinois.

Pender, N.J. (2006, May). An Evidence-Based Approach to the Health Promotion Model. Paper Presented at Elmhurst University, Sigma Theta Tau, Elmhurst, IL.

Pender, N. J. (2006, April). Adolescent Girls Perceptions of Interpersonal Influences on Their Physical Activity. A Poster Presentation at the 30^th Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society - Linking Research and Practice: A Roadmap for the Future. Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Milwaukee, WI.

Pender, N.J. (2005, December) Facilitating Creative Dissertation Research. A Workshop presented for graduate faculty at Loyola University Chicago, Lakeshore Campus, Chicago, Illinois.

Pender, N. J. (2005, September). Health Promotion in Nursing Practice. Presentation at the Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Iota Chapter Conference on Enhancing Practice Through Nursing Research, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia.

Pender, N. J. (2005, May). Behavioral Counseling Interventions: Models for Travel Medicine. Presentation at the 9^th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal.

Pender, N. J. (2004, October). Health Promotion: Present and Future. Presentation at the International Conference on Health Promotion: Evidence, Practice and Policy, Chang Mai, Thailand.

Pender, N. J. (2003, June). Health Promotion and Prevention: Current Status and Future Challenges. Presentation at DePaul University. Sigma Theta Tau - Zeta Sigma Chapter. Graduate Convocation and Sigma Theta Tau International Induction. Chicago, IL.

Publications (Last Five Years)
Robbins, L. B., Gretebeck, K.A., Kazanis, A.S., Pender, N. J. (2006). Girls on the Move program to increase physical activity participation. Nursing Research, 55(3), 206-216.

Shin, Y.H. Hur, H.K., Pender, N.J., Jang, H.J., Kim, M.S. (2005).Exercise self-efficacy, exercise benefits and barriers, and commitment to a plan for exercise among Korean women with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 43(1), 3-10.

Shin, Y.H., Yun, S. K., Pender, N.J, & Jang, H.J. (2005). Test of the health promotion model as a causal model of commitment to a plan for exercise among Korean adults with chronic disease. Research in Nursing and Health, 28(2), 117-125.

Robbins, L.B., Pender, N.J., Ronis, D.L., Kazanis, A.S., & Pis, M.B. (2004). Physical activity self-efficacy and perceived exertion among adolescents. Research in Nursing and Health, 27(6), 435-446.

Robbins, L.B., Pis, M.B., Pender, N. J., & Kazanis, A.S. (2004). Physical activity self-definition among adolescents. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 18(4), 317-330.

Robbins, L.B., Pis, M.B., Pender, N. J., Kazanis, A.S. (2004). Exercise self-efficacy, enjoyment, and feeling states among adolescents. Western Journal of Nursing Research,26(7), 699-715.

Wu, T.Y., Pender, N. J., Noureddine, S. (2003). Gender differences in the psychosocial and cognitive correlates of physical activity among Taiwanese adolescents: A structural equation modeling approach. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 10(2), 93-105.

Shin, Y.H., Pender, N.J., Yun, S.K. (2003). Using methodological triangulation for cultural verification of Commitment to a Plan for Exercise Scale among Korean adults with chronic disease. Research in Nursing and Health, 26, 312-321.

Robbins, L.B., Pender, N.J., Kazanis, A.S. (2003). Barriers to physical activity perceived by adolescent girls. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 48(3), 206-212.

Pignone, M.P., Ammerman, A., Fernandez, L., Orleans, C.T., Pender, N.J., Woolf, S.H., Lohr, K.N., Sutton, S. (2003). Counseling to promote a healthy diet in adults: A summary of the evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(1), 75-92.

Books
Pender, N.J., Murdaugh, C., & Parsons, M.A. (2006). Health Promotion in Nursing Practice, 5^th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. (Newly released and in-print).

Chapters in Books
Pender, N. J. (2004). Health Promotion Interventions for Culturally Diverse Populations: Can We Meet the Challenge? In W. Kunaviktikul (Ed). Improving Life Through Health Promotion: Nurses Making a Difference (pp. 11-26). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chotana Press.

Pender, N. J. (2004). A Global Agenda for Health Promotion. In W. Kunaviktikul (Ed). Toward Success in Health Promotion (pp. 11-23). Chiang Mai, Thailand: Chotana Press.

Pender, N.J., & Stein, K.F. (2002). Social support, the self system, and adolescent health and health behaviors. In L.L. Hayman, M.M.Mahon, & J.R.Turner (Eds). Health and Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence (pp. 37-66). New York: Springer.