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• Rural nurse recruitment and retention
• Social determinants of health
• Rural workplace violence and incivility
• Palliative care
• Advance care planning

College of Nursing Outstanding Researcher (2024)

DAISY ��ֱ���� for Extraordinary Nurse Educators (2024)

1. RETAIN-RNs: Partnering to Expand and Retain South ��ֱ����'s Nursing Workforce in Acute and Long-Term Care Settings. Health Resources and Services Administration, September 2025-September 2029, $4,000,000. Role: Education Project Director
2. SPARC: Improving Rural Wellbeing and Health by Advancing Research on Building Trust. South ��ֱ���� State University, July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026, $3,500. Role: Co-PI.
3. Mediating Role of Resilience on Nurses Perceived Workplace Incivility. Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, June 1, 2024-May 31, 2025, $500. Role: Co-PI.
4. PREPARE-RNs: Partnering to Address the Critical Nursing Shortage in South ��ֱ����. Health Resources and Services Administration, September 2022-September 2025, $1,050,000. Role: Education Project Director.
5. NURS 119 Response to Changing College Student Behaviors. Margaret and Ron Hegge Nursing Faculty Excellence Endowment, December 2022-August 2023, $9,700. Role: PI.
6. Upper Midwest Palliative Care Education Network. Health Resources and Services Administration, July 2020-June 2023, $900,000. Role: Subject Matter Expert.
7. Rural Emergency Department Nurses Experiences with Workplace Violence, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2021-December 2022, $500. Role: PI.
8. Advance Care Planning in South ��ֱ���� Women Who Farm and Ranch, Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, August 2019-July 2020, $500. Role: PI.

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

1. Garren-Grubbs, T., Brown, R. and Emery, K. (in press). Relationship among nursing workplace incivility, resilience, and healthcare environment in rural and urban settings. Journal of Nursing Administration.
2. Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T., Pravecek, B., Boettner, S. and Berke, C. (in press). Faculty and student preparedness for primary palliative care: A comparative study. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (2023). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.746
4. Perrenoud, M., Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T., Berke, C. and Inch, D. (2023). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 23(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v23i2.750
5. Garren-Grubbs, T., Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (2020). . Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 20(2). DOI: 10.14574/ojrnhc.v20i2.632.

Podium Presentations:

1. Garren-Grubbs, T., Brown, R. and Emery, K. (March 20, 2025). Mediating Role of Resilience on Nurses Perceived Workplace Incivility [Podium Presentation]. Sigma Phi Chapter Research Day. Brookings, South ��ֱ����.
2. Garren-Grubbs, T., Wynn, S. and Deichstetter, N. (May 29, 2025). Bridging the Gap: Training Nursing Students to Tackle Health Challenges and Workforce Shortages in Rural and Underserved Areas (Podium Presentation]. International Rural Nurse Organization Conference, Arlington, Texas.
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K., (Oct. 22, 2024). "Don't knock it until you try it." Development of a rural training track for nursing students [Podium Presentation]. Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2024 Conference, Rochester, Minnesota.
4. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (April 19, 2024). “Rural nursing now has my heart.” Preparing prelicensure nursing students for rural practice (podium presentation). 35th Nursing Research Symposium at Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����.
5. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Pfeffer, K. (Oct. 27, 2023). “Don’t knock it until you try it”: Preparing prelicensure nursing students for rural practice (podium presentation). Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����.
6. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (July 27, 2023). Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence (podium presentation). International Rural Nursing Conference, Johnson City, Tennessee.
7. Pravecek, B., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Mollman, S. (March 31, 2023). Development of a statewide network: Innovatively improving access to palliative care services in South ��ֱ���� (podium presentation). 47th annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Des Moines, Iowa.
8. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (March 24, 2023). Rural emergency department nurses’ experiences with workplace violence: A pilot study (podium presentation). 34th Nursing Research Symposium, Brookings, South ��ֱ����.
9. Berke, C., Garren-Grubbs, T., Mollman, S. and Pravecek, B. (Oct. 28, 2022). Improving palliative care access through primary palliative care education (podium presentation). Avera Nursing EBP and Research Conference, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����.
10. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. (April 22, 2022). South ��ֱ���� Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative care education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains (podium presentation). 33rd annual Sigma Nursing Research Symposium.
11. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (April 16, 2021). PREPARE-ing South ��ֱ���� farm and ranch women for advance care planning (podium presentation). 32nd Nursing Research Symposium hosted by the Phi and Zeta Zeta Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau.

Poster Presentations

1. Monson, A. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (March 20, 2025). The Effects of School-Based Health Promotion Interventions: A Literature Review [Poster Presentation]. Sigma Phi Chapter Research Day.
2. Garren-Grubbs, T., Huff, K., Pravecek, B. and Stewart, C. (April 21, 2022). South ��ֱ���� Palliative Care Network: Development and dissemination of palliative education for undergraduate and graduate nursing students across the plains [Poster Presentation]. Mount Marty University Research Day.
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Schievelbein, D. (Feb. 18, 2022). Preparing tomorrow’s nurse leaders: Experiential learning opportunities with practice partners [Poster Presentation]. NurseThink for Nurse Educators – Next Gen Learning: Fundamentals, NCLEX and Beyond.
4. Garren-Grubbs, T. Letizia, M. and Minton, M. (March 19, 2021). PREPARE-ing South ��ֱ���� farm and ranch women for advance care planning [Poster Presentation]. Ruth K. Palmer Symposium Maywood, Illinois.
5. Garren-Grubbs, T. (Feb. 2021). PREPARE-ing South ��ֱ���� farm and ranch women for advance care planning [Poster Presentation]. 2021 Clinical Nurse Leader Summit.

Invited Speaker

1. Garren-Grubbs, T. (March 25, 2025). The Experiences of Rural Emergency Department Nurses with Workplace Violence. South ��ֱ���� State University School of Psychology, Sociology, and Rural Studies Colloquium Series.
2. Mollman, S., Pravecek, B. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (April 11, 2024). Meeting the new essentials: Collaborative development and integration of primary palliative care at four universities. ELNEC Virtual Lunch and Learn to Support Palliative Care Education, Creighton University College of Nursing (virtual presentation).
3. Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (Feb. 13, 2024). Workplace violence in rural emergency departments. UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation Professional Development Conference, Arlington, Texas (virtual presentation).
4. Mollman, S., Garren-Grubbs, T. and Hendrickx, L. (Nov. 14, 2023). How can nursing research impact the health and well-being of South ��ֱ���� and beyond (podium presentation). Sanford Improvement Symposium, Sioux Falls, South ��ֱ����.

Extension Presentations and Publications

1. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). SDSU Extension, College of Nursing encourage timely talks this holiday season. SDSU Extension.
2. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2021). South ��ֱ���� State University promotes advance care planning ahead of National Health Care Decisions Day. SDSU Extension.
3. Brown, L. and Garren-Grubbs, T. (2019, updated 2021). Advance care planning for rural families. SDSU Extension.