School of Nursing

Karen S. Yehle, PhD, MS, RN Assistant Professor Phone: (765) 494-4011 Fax: (765) 494-6339 E-mail: kyehle@purdue.edu Full directory listing

Education

Research: Adult nursing with specialization in cardiovascular nursing

Professor Yehle's research interest is self-care, health literacy, adherence, and self-efficacy in chronic illness. She is also interested in telehealth, quality of life and locus of control. Additionally, Professor Yehle is interested in applying technologies to assist people with heart disease make positive dietary behavior changes.

Interests

• Heart Failure
• Heart Disease
• Self-Care
• Health Literacy
• Behavior Change
• Telehealth
• Quality of Life

Service and Engagement

Purdue University Committee Participation
2011                        Member, University Honors College Task Force
2011                        Member, University Foundations of Excellence Diversity Committee
2011-Present          Member, Center on Aging and the Life Course Steering Committee
2009-Present          Member, Teaching Academy Executive Council
2009-Present          Member, Teaching Academy Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA)
2008-Present          Faculty Member, University Honors Program

Participation in Community and Professional Organizations
2010-Present                                Member, Research Committee, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2010-Present                                Member, Sigma Theta Tau Geriatric Nursing Community
2009-Present; 1991–1993; 1989  Midwest Nursing Research Society
2007-Present                                American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2007-Present                                International Council of Nurses Research Network Member
2000-Present                                American Heart Association, Cardiovascular Nursing Council
1999-Present                                American Running Association Clinic Advisory Board
1994-Present                                American Nurses Association, Indiana State Nurses Association
1988-Present                                Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 

Purdue University School Nursing
2008-Present        Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee

Purdue University College of Health & Human Sciences
2010-Present        Member,  Chronic Disease Research Interest Group Organizing Committee 
2010-2011           Undergraduate Teaching Awards Committee

Teaching

NUR 410 Issues in Professional Nursing

NUR 505 Sociocultural Influences on Health

NUR 510 Nursing Research

HONR 199 The Influence of Culture on Health

Honors and Credentials

Professional Registrations
1994-2009         ANCC Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing
1980-Present     Registered Nurse, State of Indiana

Awards and Honors
2009 First Place, Oral Abstract Research Presentation, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses 5th Annual Meeting (with Karen Chang, PhD, RN)
2008 Inductee, The Book of Great Teachers
2008 Inducted as a Fellow, Purdue University Teaching Academy
2007 Purdue University Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
2004 School of Nursing Student Council Excellence in Teaching Award; Clinical Teaching
2002 School of Nursing Excellence in Teaching Award, Junior Class, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1999 School of Nursing Excellence in Teaching Award, Junior Class, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Grants

The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Bernard Saperstein Caregiver Grant Award, “Health Literacy and Medication Difficulties in Informal Family Caregivers of Patients with Heart Failure”, August 2010-July 2011.                                                                                                                                                          

Delta Omicron Sigma Theta Tau International, “Health Literacy, Knowledge, Medication Hassles and Self-Care in Heart Failure:  A Longitudinal Study”. March 2010-June 2011.

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), “Rural Advanced Practice Nursing: Post BSN to MS/DNP”, July 2009-June 2012.

The Clifford Kinley Trust, Purdue University, “Health Literacy, Medication Hassles, and Self-Care in Heart Failure:  A Longitudinal Study”, July 2009-December 2010.

Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Purdue University, “Testing an Interactive Web-Based Nutrition Tool in Patients Enrolled in Cardiac Rehabilitation”, July 2009-2010.      

Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Purdue University, “Health Literacy, Medication Burden, and Self Care Behaviors in Patients with Heart Failure across Multiple Care Settings”, July 2008-June 2009.

Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Purdue University, “Self-Care and Health Literacy in Telehealth and Traditional Home Health Patients with Heart Failure”, January 2008-June 2008.

TLT Digital Content Development Grant, Purdue University, “Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice—Nursing Care of Heart Failure Patients”, June 2007-July 2008.

Purdue Alumni Association Faculty Incentive Grant, “Clinical Conference:  The New Post Conference”, 2006.

Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University, “A Comparison of Standard Office Visits and Shared Medical Appointments in Adults with Heart Failure”, 2006.

Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University, “A Comparison of Standard Office Visits and Shared Medical Appointments in Adults with Heart Failure”, 2005.

Digital Content Development Grant, Instructional Computing Services, ITaP, Purdue University, “A Multimedia Integrated Learning Tool for Clinical Nursing Education”, July 2003-June 2004.

Helene Fuld Trust, “Clinical leadership Role-Modeling:  Nursing Students and Faculty”, 2001-2003.

Clinical Practice

• Cardio-Pulmonary
• Cardiac Rehabilitation

Administration and Committee Work

Professor Yehle is a member of the Unviersity Foundations of Excellence Diversity Committee, the University Honors College Task Force, the Teaching Academy Executive Council and the Center on Aging and the Life Course Steering Committee. She is also a Faculty Associate in the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering.

Presentations

Yehle, K., Chen, A., Plake, K., & Albert, N. (June, 2011). Health Literacy and Medication Difficulties in Informal Caregivers of Patients with Heart Failure. American Association of Heart Failure Nurses 7t^h Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Chen, A., Yehle, K., Plake, K., Mobley, A., Yi, J., & Morales, C. (March, 2011). Food for the heart:  understanding responses of patients enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation toward web-based and mobile-based nutrition tools. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Chen, A.M.H., Plake, K.S., Yehle, K.  (November 2010). “A Qualitative Analysis of the Impact of the Geriatric Medication Game^© on Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes. Poster, 2010 Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. 

Yehle, K., Hess, A., Plake, K., Murawski, M., & Mason, H. (June 2010). “Health Literacy and Self-Care of Patients with Heart Failure”. Poster, American Association of Heart Failure Nurses 6^th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Ridge, T., Murage, J., & Yehle, K. (June 2010). “A Randomized Comparative Trial between Individual Office Visits and Shared Medical Appointments in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”. Poster, American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions 2010, Orlando, FL.

Hess , A., Plake, K., Yehle, K., Murawski, M., & Mason, H. (March 2010). Health Literacy and Self-Care of Patients with Heart Failure. American Pharmacists Association, Washington, D.C.

Chang, K., & Yehle, K. (October 2009). Benefits and Barriers in Implementing an Online Heart Failure Module for Undergraduate Nursing Students. National Conference on Professional Nursing Education and Development, Rochester, MN.

Yehle, K., & Chang, K. (June 2009). Baccalaureate Students Knowledge of Heart Failure Education Concepts. American Association of Heart Failure Nurses 5th Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Yehle, K. (September 2008). Shared Medical Visits in the Heart Failure Patient Population. Invited poster presentation, Center on Aging and the Life Course Symposium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Yehle, K. & Plake, K. (September 2008). Self-Care, Health Literacy, and Telehealth among Heart Failure Patients. Invited paper presentation, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering 2008 Fall Research Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

Yehle, K. (June 2008). Shared Medical Visits in the Heart Failure Population. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses. Boston, MA.

Yehle, K. (July 2007). Shared Medical Visits in the Heart Failure Population: Knowledge, Self-Care, and Health-Related Quality of Life. Paper presentation at the 18th International Nursing Research Congress, Sigma Theta Tau International. Vienna, Austria.

Representative Publications

Chen, A., Yehle, K., Plake, K., Murawski, M., & Mason, H. (in press). Health literacy and self-care of patients with heart failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing.

Chen, A., Plake, K., Yehle, K., & Kiersma, M. (2011). Assessment of the impact of the Geriatric Medication Game© on pharmacy students' attitudes toward older adults. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education  Pharmaceutical Education, 75(8), Article 158.

Yehle, K., & Plake, K. (2010). Self-efficacy and educational interventions in heart failure: A review of the literature. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(3), 175-188, DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181c71e8e.
 
Yehle, K., & Royal, P. (2010). Changing post-clinical conference: New time, new place, new methods equals success. Nursing Education Perspectives, 31(4), 256-258
 
Yehle, K., Sands, L., Rhynders, P., & Newton, G. (2009). The effect of shared medical appointments on knowledge and self-care in patients with heart failure: A pilot study. Heart & Lung 38(1), 25-33.
 
Baird, C., Yehle, K., & Schmeiser, D. (2007). Experiences of women with osteoarthritis in assisted living facilities. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 21(6), 276-284.
 
Baird, C., Schmeiser, D., and Yehle, K. (2003). Self-caring of older women with osteoarthritis living in different levels of independence. Health Care for Women International, 24, 617-634.
 
Yehle, K. and Baird, C. (2002). Going home: Introducing adult nursing students to community care. Nurse Educator, 27(5), 210-211.
 
Schmeiser, D. and Yehle, K. (2001). Decreasing anxiety for the nursing student entering the acute-care clinical setting. Nurse Educator, 26(4), 169, 174.
 
Yehle, K. and Schmeiser, D. (2001). Collaboration: The first step. Nurse Educator, 26(5), 243, 247.
 
Kirkpatrick, J., Richardson, C., Schafer, K., Schmeiser, D., Valley, J., and Yehle, K. (2001). Building the case for promotion of clinical faculty. Nurse Educator, 26(4), 178-181.

Curriculum Vitae

Click here for a full CV for Karen S. Yehle. (an Adobe Acrobat file)