Sue Popkess-Vawter
Professor,
University of Kansas School of Nursing.
Email: spopkess@kumc.edu

• Holistic Self Care (weight loss) - The Holistic Self-Care Model combines the successful physical, cognitive, and psychological essentials of healthy approaches for weight reduction as a means of stopping weight cycling and promoting weight control. (Information from Nursingtheory.net)

Sample APN Portfolio Introduction - Sue Popkess-Vawter, PhD, RN

Holistic Care: Reality or Fantasy? - NRSG748-749 Sample Concept Analysis Holism. Popkess-Vawter, S. (1993). Holistic self-care model for permanent weight control. Popkess-Vawter, S. (2000) Weight management counseling.

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Recent Publications:
Popkess-Vawter, S., Gerkovich, M.M.,& Wendel, S. Development of the Tension Stress Scale. Journal of Nursing Measurement.
Popkess-Vawter, S. & Owens, V. (1999). "Use of the BULIT screening questionnaire to assess risk and progress in weight management for overweight women who weight cycle", Addictive Behaviors, 24(4), 497-507.
Popkess-Vawter,S. (2000). Chapter 27 Weight Management,(3rd Ed.), in Dossey, B.,et al., Handbook of Holistic Nursing.