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Kathleen Borcherding, Ph.D., R.N.

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Kathy Borcherding
Assistant Professor

Contact Information
214 College of Nursing Building
UMSL, South Campus
Email: borcherdingk@umsl.edu
Phone: 314-516-7351
Fax:     314-516-7082

 

Teaching Areas:

  • Research
  • Maternal-Child Nursing

Education:

  • PhD Saint Louis University
  • MSN Saint Louis University
  • BSN University of North Dakota

Research Interests

  • Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Stress and Coping
  • Depression in Pregnancy
  • Depression Screening

Publications

  • Murray, R.B. & Borcherding, K.E. (in press) The family: Basic unit for the developing person in R. B. Murray, Health promotion strategies through the life span. Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  • Borcherding, K.E. (in progress) Coping in Healthy Pregnant Women.
  • Borcherding, K.E. (in progress) Stress and stress responses in low-risk pregnant women
  • Borcherding, K.E. (in progress) Depressive symptoms in women attending childbirth classes
  • Borcherding, K.E., SmithBattle, L., & Schneider, J. (2005). A preliminary investigation of the grandparent support scale for teenage mothers. Journal of Family Nursing, 11, 289-306.
  • Borcherding, K.E. & Ruchala, P.L. (2002). Maternal hyponatremia, AWHONN Lifelines, 6, 514-519.
  • Ruchala, P.L., Metheny, N., Essenpreis, H., & Borcherding, K.E. (2002). Current practice in Oxytocin dilution and fluid administration for induction of labor. JOGNN: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 5, 545-550.