Doranne Donesky, RN, PhD, NP
Professor Emeritus
Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing

She founded the academic minor in palliative care for advanced practice nursing students in 2014 and collaborated with colleagues from medicine, social work, and spiritual care to inaugurate Practice-PC, an interprofessional continuing education course in palliative care for practicing clinicians. She continues as Founder and Nurse Lead for Practice-PC, which is now sponsored by the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine.

Her research focuses on non-pharmacologic symptom management interventions for people with chronic lung disease. Projects include a Tele-Yoga program using simplified interactive multipoint videoconferencing technology for patients with both COPD and heart failure, and innovative models of care for patients with chronic illness living in rural communities where palliative care and hospice are not available.

She practices as a nurse practitioner at Queen of the Valley Hospital on the inpatient palliative care service. She also facilitates a Zoom-based distance Better Breathers group where she works with people living with chronic lung disease and their families.

• Sudden Breathlessness.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022 Schneidman A, Reinke L, Donesky D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Interprofessional Alchemy: Discovering the Anatomy of Successful Palliative Care Team Collaboration (SA300).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2022 DorAnne Donesky, Barbara Head, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, Cara Wallace
• Health services and the Project RoomKey COVID-19 initiative for the unhoused: A university and community partnership.
  Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2021 Donesky D, Norton L, Fisher E, Bunker-Alberts M
• Respiratory Nurses Have Positive Attitudes But Lack Confidence in Advance Care Planning for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Online Survey.
  Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2021 Disler R, Cui Y, Luckett T, Donesky D, Irving L, Currow DC, Smallwood N
• Treatment of Dyspnea in Advanced Disease and at the End of Life.
  Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2021 Campbell ML, Donesky D, Sarkozy A, Reinke LF
• Barriers to Palliative Care Referral and Advance Care Planning (ACP) for Patients With COPD: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Palliative Care Nurses.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2021 Disler R, Pascoe A, Luckett T, Donesky D, Irving L, Currow DC, Smallwood N
• A New Perspective on Spiritual Care: Collaborative Chaplaincy and Nursing Practice.
  ANS. Advances in nursing science 2020 Donesky D, Sprague E, Joseph D
• Excellence in Postlicensure Interprofessional Palliative Care Education: Consensus Through a Delphi Survey.
  Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2020 Donesky D, de Leon K, Bailey A, Doorenbos A, Fink R, Hurd C, Ling P, Kitko L
• Palliative Care for Chronic Lung Disease: It Really Does Take a Village (TH318).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2020 DorAnne Donesky, Julie J. Howard, Jessica Zitter
• TeamTalk: Interprofessional Team Development and Communication Skills Training.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Donesky D, Anderson WG, Joseph RD, Sumser B, Reid TT
• End-of-Life Nursing and Education Consortium Communication Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Teams.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Ferrell B, Buller H, Paice J, Anderson W, Donesky D
• The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: Projects and Reflections on Leadership in Palliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Dahlin C, Sanders J, Calton B, DeSanto-Madeya S, Donesky D, Lakin JR, Roeland E, Scherer JS, Walling A, Williams B
• Strategies for recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for a clinical trial.
  BMC medical research methodology 2019 Huang B, De Vore D, Chirinos C, Wolf J, Low D, Willard-Grace R, Tsao S, Garvey C, Donesky D, Su G, Thom DH
• Dyspnea, Cough, and Terminal Secretions.
  Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing 2019 DorAnne Donesky
• Interdisciplinary palliative care communication for quality palliative care: Outcomes of a statewide train-the-trainer course.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2018 Betty R. Ferrell, Haley Buller, Wendy Anderson, Judith A. Paice, Doranne Donesky
• Older Patients' Perspectives of Online Health Approaches in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2018 Disler RT, Inglis SC, Newton P, Currow DC, Macdonald PS, Glanville AR, Donesky D, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Davidson PM
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Health Coaching for Vulnerable Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2018 Thom DH, Willard-Grace R, Tsao S, Hessler D, Huang B, DeVore D, Chirinos C, Wolf J, Donesky D, Garvey C, Su G
• Family Members' Experiences With Bereavement in the Intensive Care Unit.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2018 Jones C, Puntillo K, Donesky D, McAdam JL
• Are We on the Same Page? Shared Mental Models to Support Clinical Teamwork Among Health Professions Learners: A Scoping Review.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018 Floren LC, Donesky D, Whitaker E, Irby DM, Ten Cate O, O'Brien BC
• In Pursuit of Excellence: Post-Licensure Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care (TH311).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2018 DorAnne Donesky, F. Amos Bailey, Ardith Doorenbos, Regina Fink, Caroline Hurd, Lisa Kitko
• Evaluation of the Feasibility of a Home-Based TeleYoga Intervention in Participants with Both Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart Failure.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2017 Donesky D, Selman L, McDermott K, Citron T, Howie-Esquivel J
• Evidence-Based Interventions for Treating Dyspnea in Advanced Disease and at the End of Life: A Report from the HPNA Dyspnea Task Force (TH301).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2017 Margaret Campbell, Lynn F. Reinke, DorAnne Donesky, Deborah Thorpe, Beth Fahlberg, Alison Walsh
• Interprofessional Education in Palliative Care: A Report from the Trenches (TH364).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2017 Barbara Head, Susan Breakwell, DorAnne Donesky
• Association Between Clinical Nurse Specialist's Presence and Open Visitation in US Intensive Care Units.
  Clinical nurse specialist CNS 2017 Suba S, Donesky D, Scruth EA, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• OMAN: The Emergence of the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
  Clinical nurse specialist CNS 2016 Almukhaini SJ, Donesky D, Scruth EA
• TeamTalk: Interprofessional Team Development and Communication Skills Training (FR482B).
  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2016 DorAnne Donesky, Tom Reid, Denah Joseph, Wendy Anderson
• The need to research refractory breathlessness.
  The European respiratory journal 2016 Currow DC, Abernethy AP, Allcroft P, Banzett RB, Bausewein C, Booth S, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Davidson P, Disler R, Donesky D, Dudgeon D, Ekstrom M, Farquhar M, Higginson I, Janssen D, Jensen D, Jolley C…
• Empowerment in people with COPD.
  Patient Intelligence 2015 Rebecca Disler, Jessica Appleton, Tracy Smith, Matthew Hodson, Sally Inglis, Doranne Donesky, Patricia Mary Davidson
• Management of acute breathlessness in the person with chronic refractory breathlessness.
  Current opinion in supportive and palliative care 2015 Donesky D
• A Pilot Study of Palliative Care Provider Self-competence and Priorities for Education in Kenya
  Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing 2015 Sedillo, R; Openshaw, M; Cataldo, J; Donesky, D; Boit, J; Tarus, A; Thompson, L
• A Pilot Study of Palliative Care Provider Self-competence and Priorities for Education in Kenya.
  Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association 2015 Sedillo R, Openshaw MM, Cataldo J, Donesky D, Boit JM, Tarus A, Thompson LM
• Patterns of technology use in patients attending a cardiopulmonary outpatient clinic: a self-report survey.
  Interactive journal of medical research 2015 Disler RT, Inglis SC, Newton PJ, Currow DC, Macdonald PS, Glanville AR, Donesky D, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Davidson PM
• Appropriateness and acceptability of a Tele-Yoga intervention for people with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: qualitative findings from a controlled pilot study.
  BMC complementary and alternative medicine 2015 Selman L, McDermott K, Donesky D, Citron T, Howie-Esquivel J
• Additional Evidence for the Long-Term Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
  Respiratory care 2015 Donesky D, Citron TL, Hilling L, Cayou C, Milic MM
• Patient information series. Sudden breathlessness crisis.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2014 Schneidman A, Reinke L, Donesky D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2013 Mularski RA, Reinke LF, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Fischer MD, Campbell ML, Rocker G, Schneidman A, Jacobs SS, Arnold R, Benditt JO, Booth S, Byock I, Chan GK, Curtis JR, Donesky D, Hansen-Flaschen J, …
• The affective dimension of dyspnea improves in a dyspnea self-management program with exercise training.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2013 Donesky D, Nguyen HQ, Paul SM, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Theory of Symptom Management.
  Middle Range Theory for Nursing 2013 Janice Humphreys, Susan Janson, DorAnne Donesky, Kathleen Dracup, Kathryn A. Lee, Kathleen Puntillo, Julia A. Faucett, Bradley Aouizerat, Christine Miaskowski, Christina Baggott, Virginia Carrieri-…
• Dyspnea coping strategies in Korean immigrants with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 2013 Park SK, Stotts NA, Douglas MK, Donesky-Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts.
  International journal of yoga therapy 2013 Bayley PJ, Isaac L, Kong JY, Adamson MM, Ashford JW, Mahoney LA, Beltran M, Brown-Elhillali A, Held A, Ajayi A, Belcher H, Bond A, Mason H, Lemaster C, Shaw S, Mullin C, Holick E, Saper R, Braun TD, …
• Internet-based dyspnea self-management support for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2012 Nguyen HQ, Donesky D, Reinke LF, Wolpin S, Chyall L, Benditt JO, Paul SM, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Dyspnea in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2012 Ryerson CJ, Donesky D, Pantilat SZ, Collard HR
• A responder analysis of the effects of yoga for individuals with COPD: who benefits and how?
  International journal of yoga therapy 2012 Donesky D, Melendez M, Nguyen HQ, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Integrative Therapies for People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
  Integrative Therapies in Lung Health and Sleep 2012 DorAnne M. Donesky
• Symptoms and functional performance in Korean immigrants with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Heart & lung : the journal of critical care 2011 Park SK, Stotts NA, Douglas MK, Donesky-Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Determinants of frequency, duration, and continuity of home walking in patients with COPD.
  Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2011 Donesky D, Janson SL, Nguyen HQ, Neuhaus J, Neilands TB, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Effects of automated prompts for logging symptom and exercise data on mobile devices in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN 2011 Wolpin S, Nguyen HQ, Donesky-Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Doorenbos A
• Feasibility of a webinar for coaching patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on end-of-life communication.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2010 Reinke LF, Griffith RG, Wolpin S, Donesky-Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Nguyen HQ
• Additional evidence for the affective dimension of dyspnea in patients with COPD.
  Research in nursing & health 2010 Carrieri-Kohlman V, Donesky-Cuenco D, Park SK, Mackin L, Nguyen HQ, Paul SM
• Yoga therapy decreases dyspnea-related distress and improves functional performance in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a pilot study.
  Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) 2009 Donesky-Cuenco D, Nguyen HQ, Paul S, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Randomized controlled trial of an internet-based versus face-to-face dyspnea self-management program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: pilot study.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2008 Nguyen HQ, Donesky-Cuenco D, Wolpin S, Reinke LF, Benditt JO, Paul SM, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Associations between symptoms, functioning, and perceptions of mastery with global self-rated health in patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study.
  International journal of nursing studies 2007 Nguyen HQ, Donesky-Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Adherence to a home-walking prescription in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Heart & lung : the journal of critical care 2007 Donesky-Cuenco D, Janson S, Neuhaus J, Neilands TB, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Methodological considerations in evaluating eHealth interventions.
  The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres 2007 Nguyen HQ, Cuenco D, Wolpin S, Benditt J, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Exercise and symptom monitoring with a mobile device.
  AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium 2006 Nguyen HQ, Wolpin S, Chiang KC, Cuenco D, Carrieri-Kohlman V
• Impact of brief or extended exercise training on the benefit of a dyspnea self-management program in COPD.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation 2005 Carrieri-Kohlman V, Nguyen HQ, Donesky-Cuenco D, Demir-Deviren S, Neuhaus J, Stulbarg MS