Ruth F. Lucas
Associate Professor/Nursing Instruct and Research

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Scholarly Contributions

182 Scholarly Contributions

102
Poster/Presentations
59
Journal Articles
19
Conference Proceedings
1
Patent and Intellectual Property
1
Book Chapter
Evans, H., Francois, Y., Srisopa, P., Torvisco, J., Yumbla, C., & Lucas, R. (submitted 5/07/20). Navigating the recruitment of pregnant women who use cannabis. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Under review.
Juan Torvisco, Ruth F Lucas, Pornpan Srisopa, Yveneed Francois, Heather Evans, Crystal Yumbla
Research Type: Journal Article

Evaluation of the quality of online genetic and genomic educational resources for nurses and healthcare providers
2022
M Hanson-Zalot, K Whitt, D Jacobs, Ruth F Lucas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Evaluation of nursing knowledge of early initiation of breastfeeding in preterm infants in a hospital setting
2016
Ruth F Lucas, Rebecca L Smith
Research Type: Journal Article

Evaluating Sucking Maturation Using Two Pressure Thresholds
2013
Ruth F Lucas, Li Liu, Barbara Medoff-Cooper, Rosemary White-Traut, Kristin Rankin, Nicole Shapiro
Research Type: Journal Article

Establishing breastfeeding with the late preterm infant in the NICU
2015
Jacqueline McGrath, Mary Lussier, Carrie-Ellen Briere, Ruth F Lucas, Elizabeth Brownwell
Research Type: Journal Article

Essential Web Resources for Educators in the Academic and Clinical Setting
2021
Ruth F Lucas, L Ward, M Hanson-Zalot, C Dreisbach
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Efficacy of a Breastfeeding Pain Self-Management Intervention: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
2019
Heather Evans, Ruth F Lucas, Yiming Zhang, Erin Young, Stephen J Walsh, Angela Starkweather
Research Type: Journal Article

Effect of Maternal Body Mass Index on Infant Breastfeeding Behaviors and Exclusive Direct Breastfeeding.
2015
Jacqueline McGrath, Xiaomei Cong, J Sajdlowska, D Brandon, Ruth F Lucas, Michelle P Judge
Research Type: Journal Article

Educating Out of the Box: Clinical Nurse Educator's Role in Supporting the Novice Nurse through Electronic Health Record Navigation.
Karen V Duhamel, Bridget Kennedy Rich, Elizabeth DiChiara, Ruth Lucas
Research Type: Journal Article

EVALUATION OF TWO NEONATES’ JOURNEY TO BREASTFEEDING
Ruth F Lucas, Jimi Francis
Research Type: Journal Article

EFFICACY OF A NOVEL DEVICE TO MEASURE FLUCTUATIONS IN ORAL PRESSURE DURING DIRECT BREASTFEEDING IN THE HOME
2018
Jimi Francis, Ruth F Lucas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Dysregulated Breastfeeding Behaviors in Children Later Diagnosed With Autism
2015
Ruth F Lucas, Ann Cutler
Research Type: Journal Article

Doyle, P. & Lucas, R. (2016, June). A nurse fatigue countermeasure program. Institute of Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Nursing Grand Rounds Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT. Podium.
2016
Paula Doyla, Ruth F Lucas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Does maternal perception of early infant breastfeeding behaviors predict missing data at 1 month?
Ruth Lucas, Jacqueline McGrath, Debra Brandon, Ana Diallo
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Diversity in Breastfeeding Social Support: The Lived Experience of African American Christians in the New England Region.
2022
Adwoa Gyamfi, Ruth F Lucas, D L Spatz, Barbara J O'Neill, Wendy Henderson
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Divergent effect of body mass index and race/ethnicity interaction on breastfeeding self-efficacy during breastfeeding initiation
Dana Scott, Ruth F Lucas, Helen LaPlant, Xiaolin Cheng, Mary Marshall-Crim, Stephen J Walsh, Wendy Henderson, Kristen Delaney
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Disparities in exclusive breastfeeding practice for six months duration in Ghana, Africa: A scoping review
2022
Ruth F Lucas, Urmeka T Jefferson, Barbara J O'Neill, Diane L Spatz, Adwoa Gyamfi, Wendy Henderson
Research Type: Journal Article

Disparities in 6 Month Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ghana, Africa: A Scoping Review.
2022
Wendy Henderson, D L Spatz, A Gyamfi, Barbara J O'Neill, U T Jefferson, Ruth F Lucas
Research Type: Journal Article

Direct paternal participation in bottle feeding and its effects on feeding patters of full-term infants.
2016
Roxanne LaPierre, Ruth Lucas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Differences between late preterm and full-term infant breastfeeding behaviors and success
2014
D Brandon, J Sajdlowska, J McGrath, L Moore, Ruth F Lucas
Research Type: Poster/Presentation