Basava Jitta, PhD, MSN, RN

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  • Assistant Professor
    Organizational Systems and Adult Health
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Location:
Room 372, School of Nursing Building
Phone:
410-706-5915
Email:

Education

  • PhD, Nursing, Catholic University of America, 2023
  • MS, Nursing, Government College of Nursing, Hyderabad; (NTR University of Health Sciences) , 2005
  • BSN, Nursing, Government college of Nursing, Visakhapatnam ; (NTR University of Health Sciences) , 1996

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

  • Title:
    Nurse Educator Doctoral Grant (NEDG)for Practice and Dissertation Research Award
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Nurse Support Program 11 through the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC)
    Role:

Research Interests

  • My research interest is diabetes self- management among Asian Indians. My doctoral dissertation is on “The Association Between Patient Activation and Diabetes Self- Management Among Asian Indians in the United States of America”. This study laid foundation for the future interventional studies to improve the activation levels of Asian Indians with diabetes mellitus. I also assisted in the research study “Management of Ethical Issues by Military Nurses in Wartime”.

Research Activity

  • Duration:
    2017 - 2023
    Title:
    “The Association Between Patient Activation and Diabetes Self- Management Among Asian Indians in the United States of America.”
    Status:
    Complete
  • Duration:
    2003 - 2005
    Title:
    “Effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding management of Diabetes Mellitus among Diabetic clients” attending the outpatient department of Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India Government College of Nursing, Hyderabad, India
    Status:
    Complete
  • Duration:
    2004 - 2005
    Title:
    Cardiac risk factor assessment among the Ministerial staff of Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India
    Status:
    Complete

Publications

  • Jitta, B. (2019, March). A Reflective Paper on Spirituality in Chronic Illness. Nightingale Nursing Times, X1V (ISSN 0975-2188), 12-18. New Delhi, India.

Presentations

  • Year:
    2018
    Title:
    Diabetes Self-management Practices among Asian Indians Residing in USA
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    The Ninth Annual Doctoral Student Research Conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    The George Washington University
    Location:
    Washington DC United States
  • Year:
    2014
    Title:
    Management of Ethical Issues by Military Nurses in Wartime
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Washington Regional Nursing Research Consortium
    Sponsoring Organization:
    The Catholic University of America
    Location:
    Washington DC United States
  • Year:
    2003
    Title:
    Teacher-Student Interaction as a motivating factor for Healthy Learning Environment in Nursing Educational Institutions
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Trained Nurses Association of India, A.P State brach Conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Trained Nurses Association of India
    Location:
    Hyderabad India

Areas of Specialization

  • Medical Surgical Nursing

Primary Teaching Areas

  • Medical Surgical Nursing &Mental Health Nursing

Media Appearances and Interviews

  • Title:
    Serving Society THROUGH NURSING
    Name:
    The Hans India
    Type:
    Newspaper
    Date:
    March 2019
  • Title:
    Recent Nursing Grads Recieve Pins Signifying Career Readiness
    Name:
    VISITOR
    Type:
    Magazine
    Date:
    March 2018
  • Title:
    WAU Nursing Professors Win Awards
    Name:
    Maryland Independent College and University Association
    Type:
    Other
    Date:
    2017
  • Title:
    Faculty and Staff Achievements
    Name:
    2011-2016 ,State of the University (Washington Adventist University)Growing with Excellence
    Type:
    Other
    Date:
    2016

Honors/Awards

  • Name:
    Kappa Research Abstract Award
    Sponsoring organization:
    Sigma Theta Tau International Kappa Chapter
    Date:
    April 2017
  • Name:
    Founders’ Day award for the year 2015 from Catholic University of America.
    Sponsoring organization:
    Sigma Theta Tau International
    Date:
    October 2015
  • Name:
    Virginia Longest Nursing Scholarship Award
    Sponsoring organization:
    The Zonta Club of Washington DC
    Date:
    August 2014