Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
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Jim Pace
365 Frist Hall
461 21st Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240
Phone: 615-936-1297
 

Faculty Sketch

Jim Pace, DSN, MDiv, APRN, BC, FAANP

Professor of Nursing
Coordinator, ANP/Palliative Care Focus

Post-Master's ANP/1995Vanderbilt University
DSN/1986University of Alabama-Birmingham
MDiv/1988Vanderbilt University
MSN/1981Vanderbilt University
BSN/1978Florida State University


Area of Doctoral Study:

Adult Health Nursing

Areas of Research/Scholarly Activity:
  • Spirituality/religion, health and palliative/hospice care

  • HIV/AIDS and spirituality

  • Palliative care


Current Projects:

2004-2007 DHHS, Health Resources Services Administration: ANP Pallative Care Focus Nurse Training Grant

2002 Minority Initiatives Grant. Ryan White Community AIDS Partnership (RWCAP). The New Hope Foundation, Inc. Principal Investigator.

1991 Chronic Care Nursing Specialty. Department of Physiological & Psychosocial Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing. Washington, DC. Principal Investigator.


Sample Publications:   (BACK)

       Pace, J.C. (in press) Spirituality. In J. Wilkinson & D. Van Lauren (Eds.), Fundamentals of nursing: Thinking and doing. F.A.Davis.

      Kuebler, K.K., Pace, J.C. & Esper, P. (in press). The advanced practice nurse in palliative care. In: K.K. Kuebler (Ed.), Palliative and End of Life Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, (2nd ed). St. Louis: Elsevier Press.

      Pace, J.C. (in press). Palliative care for persons with HIV/AIDS. In: K.K. Kuebler (Ed.), Palliative and End of Life Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, (2nd ed). St. Louis: Elsevier Press.

      Holdstad, M.M., Pace, J., De, A., & Ura, D. (2006). Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC), 17(2), 4-15.

      Pace, J.C. (2005). AIDS related malignancies. In C.H. Yarbro, M. Goodman, M.H. Frogge, & S.L. Groenwald (Eds.), Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice. (5th ed., pp. 933-949). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

      Pace, J.C. (2000). Spirituality issues. In G.J. Moore (Ed.) Women and Cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Nursing Perspective. (2nd ed., pp. 502-520). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

      Pace, J.C. (1997). Palliative care. In C. Varricchio (Ed.), A Cancer Source Book for Nurses. (7th ed., pp. 260-268). American Cancer Society Professional Education Publication. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

      Pace, J.C., & Meffert, A. (1997). The hospice movement: A practical approach. In W.C.V. Parris (Ed.), Cancer Pain Management: Principles and Practice. (pp. 489-498). Boston, MA: Butterworth-Heineman.

      Pace, J.C. (1997). Spirituality issues. In G.J. Moore (Ed.), Women and Cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Nursing Prospective. (pp. 579-599). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

      Pace, J., & Stables, J.L. (1997). Correlates of spiritual well-being in terminally ill persons with AIDS and terminally ill persons with cancer. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 8(6), 31-42.