Emmanuel College

Graduate and Professional Programs

 Faculty

Nola R. Della-Monica

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Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., Boston College; M.S.N., California State University Dominguez Hills; B.S., San Francisco State University; Diploma, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing

Office hours: One hour before and after each class (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday)
Also by appointment

Office: Marian Hall, Room 403-B
Phone: 617-735-9767
E-mail: dellamonican@emmanuel.edu

Nola R. Della-Monica has had a varied career in clinical nursing, nursing management and nursing education. From 1991-1999 she served in various management positions in home health agencies, including the administrator position at Visiting Nurses & Hospice of San Francisco. She then served as the Director of Cardiac, Respiratory and Neurologic services from 1999-2003. Since 2003 she has taught nursing, and served as an interim BSN program coordinator. Her doctoral research was a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies concerning nurse-patient encounters, and development of an instrument measuring the patient’s perception of feeling cared for by the nurse. She has also been a co-investigator in a funded study concerning older women’s perceptions of breast cancer risk. Dr. Della-Monica has presented her research regionally, nationally, and internationally. She has published in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Della-Monica has held membership and leadership roles in professional organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing.

Completed Research

  • Co-investigator, Factors that Influence Breast Cancer Risk Appraisal among Elderly African American and Caucasian Women. Funded by the Susan G. Komen Foundation, 2007-2010. (with R.Y. Wood, Boston College).
  • Doctoral research: The Development and Psychometric Analysis of the Nurse Caring Patient Survey. 2008.

Professional Highlights

Past Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
  • Interim BSN Program Coordinator, Department of Nursing, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
  • Adjunct Faculty, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Nursing, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH
  • Director of Cardiovascular, Respiratory & Neurological Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Administrator, Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
  • Clinical Manager of IV therapy, Alliance Home Care Services, Walnut Creek, CA
  • Staff Nurse, IV therapy and ICU, John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA
  • Staff Nurse and Administrative Nurse, ICU, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Professional Activities

  • Member: International Association for Human Caring (2004-)
  • Member: Eastern Nursing Research Society (2005-)
  • Member: National League for Nursing (2009-)
  • Member: Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society for Nursing; Alpha Chi Chapter and Pi Epsilon Chapter (current)

Leadership Activities

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Chi Chapter - committee work
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Pi Epsilon Chapter - board member
  • Middlesex Community College, Department of Nursing - Advisory Board member
  • Manuscript reviewer - Qualitative Health Research

Significant Publications/Presentations/Panels

  • Wood, R. Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2011). Psychosocial factors influencing breast cancer risk appraisal among older women. Qualitative Health Research, 21, 783-795. doi: 10.1177/1049732311401036
  • Wood, R. Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2006). Promoting breast health: Older women's perceptions of an innovative intervention to enhance screening. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 1, 75-84.
  • Della-Monica, N.R. & Somerville, J. (2008). Qualitative analysis of acute in-patients experiences with nursing care [Abstract]. International Journal for Human Caring 12:3, p.88. Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • Della-Monica, N.R. (2007). Psychometric evaluation of the nurse caring patient scale. [Abstract]. International Journal for Human Caring 11:3. Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2006) Patients' perceptions of feeling-cared-for tool: Development and pilot. [Abstract]. International Journal for Human Caring, 10:2, p. 28. Proceedings of the 28th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring, Perth, Australia.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2011). Nurse caring: Emergence of a midrange theory. Pi Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Regis College.
  • Wood, R.Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2009). Development and psychometric analysis of the breast cancer risk appraisal scale for older women. Poster presentation at Research Day for Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Chi Chapter, Boston College. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2009). What comprises excellent nursing care: Patient perceptions. Presentation given at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital 5th Annual Wound Healing Symposium. Durham, NH.
  • Wood, R.Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2009). Development and psychometric analysis of the breast cancer risk appraisal scale for older women. Poster presentation at 6th Annual APOS Conference. Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2008). A meta-synthesis of caring perceptions and emergence of a mid-range theory of nurse caring. The Combined 12th International Philoophy of Nursing Conference and 15th New England Nursing Knowledge Conference. Boston, Massachusetts
  • Wood, R. Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2008). Psychosocial factors influencing breast cancer risk appraisal among older women. Poster presentation at Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Research Day, Boston College.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. & Somerville, J. (2007). Qualitative analysis of acute in-patients experiences with nursing care. Presentation given at the 30th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring. Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • Wood, R. Y. & Della-Monica, N. R. (2007). Psychosocial factors influencing breast cancer risk appraisal among older women. Poster presentation at the 9th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology London, England. Funded by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation # POP0503385, 2006.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2007). Psychometric analysis of the Nurse Caring Patient Scale. Presentation given at the 29th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring. St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. & Wood, R. Y. (2006). Promoting breast health: Older women's perceptions of an innovative intervention to enhance screening. Poster session presented at the National State of the Science Congress in Nursing Research, Washington D.C.
  • Della-Monica, N. R. (2006). Patients' perceptions of feeling cared for tool: Development and pilot. Presentation given at 28th Conference of the International Association for Human Caring, Perth, Australia.
  • Della-Monica N. R. & Wood, R. Y. (2006). Promoting breast health: Older women's perceptions of an innovative intervention to enhance screening. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Eastern Nursing Research Society, Cherry Hill, NJ.