Jane Abanes
Assistant Professor
Community Health Systems
School of Nursing

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health Systems and the director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program at the University of California San Francisco. My research interests are the use of Acupuncture and other Complementary and Alternative Medicine for posttraumatic stress disorder, perceived stress, pain, and sleep disturbances in service members and veterans.

Awards

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• Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Department of Defense; Joint Service, 2023
• Best Peer-Reviewed Publication: Acupuncture for sleep disturbances in postdeployment military, Rear Admiral Hall; U.S. Navy, 2023
• First Place, Research Category: Feasibility and acceptability of a brief acupuncture intervention, Tri-Service Nursing Research Program (TSNRP); Department of Defense, 2020
• Best Evidence-Based Practice Publication for Using a web-based patient-provider messaging system, Rear Admiral Neimeyer; U.S. Navy, 2018
• Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Jonas Philanthropies, 2016

Education & Training

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• Ph.D. Nursing Science Vanderbilt University 08/2020
• DNP Nursing Practice Vanderbilt University 12/2013
• Post-Masters Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner University of California, San Francisco 04/2011
• Master of Science Nursing University of Phoenix 12/2008
• Bachelor of Science Nursing University of Southern California 05/2003

Interests

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• Service Members
• Military Personnel
• Veterans
• Acupuncture
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• PTSD
• Stress
• Sleep Disturbances
• Pain

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Patient SatisfactionAcupuncture TherapyHumansMilitary PersonnelSleep Wake DisordersSleepFeasibility StudiesFatigueInternetSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersStress, PsychologicalAmbulatory Care FacilitiesPhysician-Patient RelationsPilot ProjectsMental Health Services

• Associations Between Sleep Disorders and Treatment Response in Service Members With Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms: A Secondary Outcome Analysis.
  Military medicine 2024 Abanes JJ, Raiciulescu S
• Perceived benefits of brief acupuncture for sleep disturbances in postdeployment military service members.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2021 Abanes J, Ridner SH, Rhoten B
• Acupuncture for Sleep Disturbances in Post-Deployment Military Service Members: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Clinical nursing research 2021 Abanes JJ, Ridner SH, Dietrich MS, Hiers C, Rhoten B
• Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief Acupuncture Intervention for Service Members with Perceived Stress.
  Military medicine 2020 Abanes J, Hiers C, Rhoten B, Dietrich MS, Ridner SH
• Chronic depression treated successfully with novel taping therapy: a new approach to the treatment of depression.
  Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 2016 Han CH, Hwang HS, Lee YJ, Lee SN, Abanes JJ, Lee BH
• Using a web-based patient-provider messaging system to enhance patient satisfaction among active duty sailors and Marines seen in the psychiatric outpatient clinic: a pilot study.
  The Nursing clinics of North America 2013 Abanes JJ, Adams S