Associate Professor
University of Washington Bothell
18115 Campus Way NE
Box 358532
Bothell, WA 98011
hpetry@uwb.edu
Phone: 425.352.3593
Fax: 425.352.3237
Room: UW1-355
Academic Interests:
Healthy agining in women and sexual minority elders
Interpretive and critical approaches to research
Nursing education in multi-cultural context
Teaching Activities:
BNURS 403 - Introduction to Nursing Research
BNURS 409 - Community Health Practicum
BNURS 451 - Family Nursing
BNURS 495 - Senior Portfolio
BNURS 520 - Methods of Research in Nursing
Professional Activities:
Gerontological Society of America
American Society of Aging
Sigma Theta Tau-Psi Chapter at Large
Reviewer for Pflege- Nursing Research Journal (German)
Honors and Awards:
Worthington Scholarship Award 2006; Fello of the UW Bothell Diversity Enhancement Project 2005 - 2006
Annual Research Conference of the Swiss Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Zurich. Invited Keynote Speaker, 1999
Diversity Fellow, University of Washington Bothell, Diversity Enhancement Project, 2005 - 2006
Education:
PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, 2000
MSN, University of Washington, Seattle, 1997
CSN, School for Postgraduate Nursing, Swiss Red Cross, Switzerland, 1993
RN, School of Nursing, St Elisabeth Hospital, Wittlich, Germany. 1981
Clinical Background:
Department of Geriatrics & Rehabilitation, City Hospital Waid. Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Internal Medicine, City Hospital, Waid. Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Internal Medicine, City Hospital Triemli. Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Surgery, Emergency Clinic, University Hospital of Freiburg/Brsg, Germany
Selected Recent Publications:
De Geest S, Steeman E, Leventhal M, Mahrer-Imhof R, Hengartner-Kopp B, Conca A, Bernasconi A, Petry H, Brunner-La Rocca HP. (2004). Complexity in caring for an ageing heart failure population: Concomitant chronic conditions and age related impairments. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 3(4):263-70.
Petry, H., Berry, D., Spichiger, E., Kesselring, A., Gasser, Th., Sulser, T., Kiss, A. (2004). Responses and experiences after radical prostatectomy: Perceptions of married couples in Switzerland. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41(5), 507-513.
Petry, H. (2003). Aging happens-Experiences of older women living alone in
Switzerland. Journal of Women and Aging, 15(4), 51-68.
Spirig, R., Kesselring, A., Petry, H., DeGeest, S. (2001). The nursing profession - facets of a professional development (German). In W. Stauffacher & J. Bircher (Eds.), Zukunft der Medizin (The Future of Medicine) (pp. 283-295). Basel: Schweizerischer Aerzte Verlag.
Spirig, R., Petry, H., Kesselring, A., DeGeest, S. (2001). Perspectives of the Future: The Nursing Profession in the Health Care System of German Speaking Switzerland (German). Pflege, 14(3), 141-151.
Petry, H., Spirig, R. (1999). Pioneer work: Establishing feminist nursing research in Switzerland (German). Olympe, 10, 44-48.
Petry, H. (1999). Support groups for patients in the early stage of dementia-usefulness and experiences (German). Therapeutische Umschau, 56(2), 109-113.
Petry, H. (1996). "Would you like to take a shower today? No, the weather is too bad!" The confusion of Lina B. as perceived by Nurses and Family (German). In A. Kesselring. Die Lebenswelt der PatientInnen (The Life world of the patients) (pp 93-121). Bern: Huber Verlag.
Selected Presentations:
Responses and experiences after radical prostatectomy: Perceptions of married couples in Switzerland. Annual Conference of the Swiss Urology Society. Lugano, Switzerland. August 2003
Patient's preferences in geriatric care. Geriatric Syndromes Conference. Basel, Switzerland. September 2001.
Problems with Sexuality in Cancer Patients. International Symposium: Cancer Care - Advanced practice. European School of Oncology, St. Gallen, Switzerland. August 2001.
Aging happens - older women's experience of living alone in Switzerland. Sigma Theta Tau International Research Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. June 2001.
The experience of memory loss. 3rd Wiener Gerontologie Tage. Vienna, Austria. November, 2000.
"We have nothing to worry about". Older women's experience of early dementia. Paper presented at the International Qualitative Research Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. February 1998, and the Western Conference of Nursing Research, Phoenix, AZ. Mai. 1998.
Support groups for people in the early stage of dementia - the state of the science. Paper presented at the Western Conference of Nursing Research, Phoenix, AZ. Mai. 1998.
Feminist approaches to gerontology and its consequences for nursing education. International Gender Conference: Vocational Education. Aarau, Switzerland. October, 1998
