RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Chronic disease management and lifestyle medicine
- Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
- Holistic nurse coaching
- Resiliency and mindfulness-based stress reduction
- Staff and professional development
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Doctoral Student, Ellmer School of Nursing, ODU, Norfolk, VA, 2023-Current
- Designed and planned one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental study to meet the Capstone Project requirements to receive the Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Completed Social & Behavioral Research – Basic/Refresher Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training; current through May 2025
- Research Assistant, College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2010-2011
- Assisted Associate Professor in their CAM research in managing irritable bowel syndrome, conducted an experiment according to IRB guidelines, created a poster presentation for the Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, and published a manuscript
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
Urbano, T.T. (2023). Fluid/Electrolyte/Acid-Base imbalances. In W. Woodall (Ed.); H. Craven & J. Kennedy (Assoc. Eds.), Core curriculum for medical-surgical nursing (6th ed., pp.435-454) Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses.
Publications
Yoon, S. L., Grundmann, O., Keane, D., Urbano, T., & Moshiree, B. (2012). Clinical evaluation of liquid placebos for an herbal supplement, stw5, in healthy volunteers. Complimentary Therapies in Medicine, 20(5), 267-274.
Refereed Abstracts
Keane, D., Urbano, T., Yoon, S.L., & Grundmann, O. (2011). Organoleptic evaluation of a liquid placebo compared with a liquid dietary supplement in healthy adults. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society, CD-ROM, Abstract #PS1-41.
Presentations
Urbano, T. & Bishop, P. (2024, July 11). Nurse coaching and lifestyle medicine: Optimizing evidence-based self-management strategies [Presentation]. American Holistic Nurses Association Nurse Coaching Webinar Series, Topeka, Kansas.
Urbano, T. T., Bishop, P. J., & Pacho, A. J. (2024, April 2-5). Improving nurse-led disease management services with competency-based training: A pre-experimental pilot study [Poster Presentation]. Nursing Practice Oversight Course Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Urbano, T. & Bishop, P. (2023, May 12). Clinical nursing applications supporting team-based care [Presentation]. Lifestyle and Performance Medicine Lecture Series. Defense Health Agency Continuing Education Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Urbano, T. T., Tuazon, N., & Urton, M. S. (2021, November 11). Men in nursing [Panel presentation]. Med-Surg Nurses Month 2022 On Demand Education, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses. Pitman, NJ, United States.
Urbano, T.T. (2020, July 23). Efficacy of utilizing nurses coaches for readiness and chronic disease management. In Urbano, T.T., & Dockery, J.M. (Chairs), The role of disease managers in the military health system [Panel presentation]. Clinical Communities Speaker Series: Health Innovations and Promising Practices, Defense Health Agency Continuing Education Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States.
Keane, D., Urbano, T., Yoon, S.L., & Grundmann, O. (2011, February 16-19). Organoleptic evaluation of a liquid placebo compared with a liquid dietary supplement in healthy adults [Poster presentation]. Southern Nursing Research Society. Jacksonville, FL, United States.
