
Specialization / Certification
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, 2008-present
Highest Degree
PhD, Marquette University
Scholarly Interests
Patient empowerment; Instrument development; Post-Surgical nursing; Cancer survivorship
Titles of Courses Recently Taught
Selected Publications
Jerofke, T.A. (in press). Concept analysis of empowerment from survivor and nurse perspectives within the context of cancer survivorship. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice.
Bobay, K.L., Jerofke, T.A., Weiss, M.E., & Yakusheva, O. (2010). Age related differences in perception of qualityofdischarge teaching and readiness for hospital discharge. Geriatric Nursing, 31(3), 178-187.
Weiss, M., Johnson, N.L., Malin, S., Jerofke, T.A., Lang, C., & Sherburne, E. (2008). Readiness for discharge in parents of hospitalized children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 23(4), 282-295.
Grants or Awards
Patient Perceptions of Patient-Empowering Nurse Behaviors and Patient Activation After Surgery, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, $5000, 2012
Professional Memberships