Joyce E. Fjelland
Assistant professor

Box 2275, Rotunda Lane
Brookings, SD 57007
Phone: (605) 688-4883
Fax: (605) 688-6523
E-mail: joyce.fjelland@sdstate.edu

Focus of Teaching
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
Communication in Nursing 
N420 and NACC 420 Nursing Care of the Client With Mental Health Problems (Theory and Clinical)
N280 Communication in Nursing (Lab)
Semester IV Co-Coordinator, Advisor

Focus of Scholarship
Meaning and Depression in Women with Breast Cancer (Dissertation Title)
Depression, Anxiety
Meaning in Illness

Selected Presentations and Publications
Fjelland, J. (2003).  Pilot Study of Instruments to Measure Variables for the Dissertation Study: Meaning and Depression in Women with Breast   Cancer.  Presented at the Sigma Theta Tau Research Symposium, Brookings, SD.

Fjelland, J. (2000).  Innovative Journeys:  Distance Doctoral Program. Presented to SDSU Faculty at Innovative Journeys Faculty Showcase, Brookings, SD.

Fjelland, J. (1998).  Meaning:  A conceptual framework. Presented to South Dakota State University College of Nursing Faculty, Brookings, SD.