Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based)
- Contreras, J.A., Malecha, A., Freysteinson, W., Cesario, S. (2024). Music in Academia for Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study. Research brief accepted and currently being proofed for publication in Nursing Education Perspectives.
- Contreras, J. A. (2022). Concept analysis: Music as medicine. Creative Nursing, 28 (4), 234–239. https://doi.org/10.1891/CN-2022-0034
- Edwards-Maddox, S., Cartwright, A., Quintana, D., & Contreras, J. A. (2021). Applying Newman’s Theory of health expansion to bridge the gap between nursing faculty and generation z. Journal of Professional Nursing, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.02.002
- Contreras, J.A., Edwards‐Maddox, S., Hall, A. and Lee, M.A. (2020), Effects of reflective practice on baccalaureate nursing students’ stress, anxiety, and competency: An integrative review. Worldviews on Evidence‐Based Nursing, 17: 239-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.12438
- Minchew, L., Contreras, J., Edwards-Maddox, S., Mogavero-Twist, M., & Spencer, B. Looking inward: PhD nursing students’ personal reflections on implicit bias. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. (In Review)
Non-Peer-reviewed Articles (i. e. editorials, news articles, etc.)
- Contreras, J. (2021). Should adolescents have the right to consent? Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. (In Review)
Presentations
Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations)
- 7/2023 Contreras, J. A., Malecha, A., Cesario. S., & Freysteinson, W. (2023, July 20-23). A Music Intervention used for Stress, Anxiety, and Academic Performance Among New Undergraduate Nursing Students. [Conference oral presentation abstract acceptance only]. Sigma's 34th International Nursing Research Congress, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emeritus.
- https://www.sigmanursing.org/connect-engage/meetings-events/congress
- 12/2022 Music as Medicine: A Concept Analysis. Presented article during the Creative Nursing Virtual Launch of the journal issue- Thinking Like a Nurse: Making an Impact on Family and Society Confirmation.
- 08/2022 Effects of a Music Intervention on Stress, Anxiety, and Academic Performance Among Undergraduate Nursing Students. Abstract accepted for Pecha Kucha Virtual Presentation at Sigma’s 33rd International Nursing Research Congress, Texas Woman’s University, PhD in Nursing Science Program, Virtual event. Contreras, J.A. (Primary Author)
- 12/2021 “This Panel Changed My Mind.”A Theory-Based Approach to Transform BSN Student Perceptions
- of Families with Children with Disabilities. Podium Presentation for the AACN’s Transform 2021 Conference, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, in Dallas, Tx. Wall, C. & Contreras, J.A. (Co-Author/Presenter)
- 05/2021 Transforming Perspectives About Chronic Illness. Abstract accepted for the 2021 Annual Rehabilitation Nursing Conference. Wall, C. & Contreras, J.A. (Co-Author)
- 01/2020 Examining Implicit Bias in an Online Course Using Community of Inquiry Model, AACN Doctoral Education Conference, Texas Women's University, PhD in Nursing Science Program, Naples, FL (Co-Author)
Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations
- 4/2024 Contreras, J.A., Mithani, S., Vera, A., Martinez, M., Watts, A. Meling, V. (2024, April 3-5). New Horizons: An Institutional Collaboration. Poster presented at the Association for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ACTS) Translational Science 2024 conference in Las Vegas, NV, University of Texas Health San Antonio.
- 03/2023 Contreras, J. A., Malecha, A., Cesario, S. & Freysteinson, W. (2023, March 1-3). The Effects of a Music Intervention on Stress, Anxiety, and Academic Performance among New Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Study. [Conference abstract/poster presentation discussion]. SNRS 2023 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.
- https://snrs.org/events/2023-annual-conference/
- 04/2022 Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. Abstract accepted for Poster Presentation at the 7th Annual Cultural Inclusion Conference, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Tx. Fenton, R. & Contreras, J.A. (Co-Author)
- 05/2021 Applying Newman’s Theory of Health Expansion to Bridge the Gap Between Nursing Faculty and Generation Z. Poster Presentation abstract accepted for the 2021 Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators Conference on August 5-7 in Minneapolis, MN. Cartwright, A., Edwards-Maddox, S. Quintana, D. & Contreras, J. A.
- 02/2021 Overcoming Language Barriers Among Hispanic/Latino Patients, Submitted to Transcultural Nursing Society, 47th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- 04/2018 Poetic Advocacy of a Patient's Preference, 5th Annual Cultural Inclusion Conference, UTHSCSA SON, San Antonio, TX (Sole Presenter)
- 03/2018 Latino Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivorship, 8th Annual Texas Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Conference, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX (Co- Author)
- 02/2018 Latino Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos Conference, UTHSCSA SON, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)
- 05/2017 Healthcare Providers' Perceptions of Palliative Care and Advanced Care Planning, 6th International Conference on Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care, UT Health School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Author)
