Colette Matarese

Fogarty Life Science (FLS) 132 (401) 456-8013 (401) 456-9676 cmatarese@ric.edu

Academic Background

• B.S.N. Rhode Island College, Providence


• MSN University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, Storrs


• Ph.D. University of Connecticut, School of Nursing, Storrs

Courses Taught

NURS 344 Maternal Newborn Nursing
NURS 374 Contemporary Professional Nursing

Areas of Interest

Nursing Education; Women’s Health Issues; Cultural Health Beliefs; Alternative and Complementary Medicine; Research both Qualitative and Quantitative; Public Policy.

Recent Scholarly Activity

Matarese, C.J. (2005). “Navigating the Journey to Menses Cessation”, Journal of Holistic Nursing, 23 (1), 34-50.

Jacobs, B., Fontana, J., Kehoe, M., Matarese, C.J., Chinn, P. (2005). “An emancipatory study of contemporary nursing practice”, Nursing Outlook, 53, (1), 6-14.

Sugarman, D., Montvilo, R., Matarese, C.J. (1996). “Neonatal euthanasia: Attributions of Students and Nurses. Journal of Social Issues, 52 (2), 189-205.