Faculty Sketch
Lynda L. LaMontagne, DNSc, RN
Professor of Nursing
PhD in Nursing Science Program
Robert Woods Johnson Clinical Nurse Scholar/Scientist lynda.lamontagne@vanderbilt.edu
Areas of Research/Scholarly Activity:
- Stress, coping and health in children
- Coping and recovery outcomes in child surgery
- Parental stress and coping with child hospitalization and surgery
Current Research/Scholarly Projects:
| 1997-2003 | Coping/Attention Interventions & Child Surgery Outcomes. National Institutes of Health (NIH). National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Principal Investigator. |
| 1990-1997 | Children's Preoperative Coping and Postoperative Outcomes. National Institutes of Health (NIH). National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). Principal Investigator. |
| 1997-2003 | Coping/attention interventions and child surgery outcomes. NIH-National Institute of Nursing Research (R01) |
| 2006-2011 | Adolescent peer-focused interventions: scoliosis surgery. NIH-National Institute of Nursing Research (R01) In Review |
Representative Publications:
LaMontagne, L. L., Hepworth, J. T., Salisbury, M. H., & Cohen, F. (2004). Adolescent scoliosis: Effects of corrective surgery, cognitive-behavioral interventions and age on activity outcomes. Applied Nursing Research, 17(3), 168-177.
LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Cohen, F., & Salisbury, M.H. (2004). Adolescents' coping with surgery for scoliosis: Effects on recovery outcomes over time. Research in Nursing and Health, (27), 237-253.
LaMontagne, L. L., Hepworth, J., Cohen, F., & Salisbury, M. H. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral intervention effects on adolescents' anxiety and pain following spinal fusion surgery. Nursing Research, 52, 183-190. (Commendation Recognition from NR)
LaMontagne, L. L., Hepworth, J. T., Salisbury, M.H., & Cohen, F. (2003). Effects of coping instruction in reducing young adolescents' pain after major spinal surgery. Orthopaedic Nursing, 22(6), 398-403.
LaMontagne, L. L., Hepworth, J., Salisbury, M. H., & Riley, L. P. (2003). Optimism, anxiety and coping in parents of children hospitalized for spinal surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 16(4), 228-235.
LaMontagne, L. L., Hepworth, J., & Salisbury, M. (2001). Anxiety and postoperative pain in children who undergo major orthopaedic surgery. Applied Nursing Research, 14(3), 119-124.
LaMontagne, L.L. (2000). Children's coping with surgery: A process-oriented perspective. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 15(5), 307-312.
LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., & Cohen, F. (2000). Effects of surgery type and attention focus on children's coping. Nursing Research, 49, 245-252.
LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Byington, K.C., & Chang, C.Y. (1997). Child and parent emotional responses during hospitalization for orthopaedic surgery. Maternal Child Nursing, 22, 299-303.
LaMontagne, L.L., Hepworth, J.T., Johnson, B.D., & Cohen, F. (1996). Children's preoperative coping and its effects on postoperative anxiety and return to normal activity. Nursing Research, 45, 141-147.