Sondra Heaston

895 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Sondra Heaston is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Sondra Heaston has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Sondra Heaston's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (5 papers). Sondra Heaston is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (6 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 papers) and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (5 papers). Sondra Heaston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Iran. Sondra Heaston's co-authors include Hsiu‐Chin Chen, Stacie Hunsaker, Renea L. Beckstrand, A. Elaine Bond, Karlen E. Luthy, Michelle Smith, Lynn Clark Callister, Barbara Mandleco, Hadi Hassankhani and Hamidreza Haririan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Nursing Scholarship and Nursing Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Sondra Heaston

13 papers receiving 652 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Factors That Influence the Development of Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction in Emergency Department Nurses
    2015 438 citations Stacie Hunsaker, Hsiu‐Chin Chen et al. Journal of Nursing Scholarship profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sondra Heaston United States 7 383 328 249 185 67 15 692
Katherine A. Hinderer United States 14 403 1.1× 350 1.1× 339 1.4× 163 0.9× 24 0.4× 35 809
Iréne von Post Sweden 17 325 0.8× 195 0.6× 368 1.5× 93 0.5× 14 0.2× 42 835
Ann‐Louise Glasberg Norway 10 566 1.5× 151 0.5× 196 0.8× 58 0.3× 26 0.4× 11 679
Helga Bragadóttir Iceland 13 463 1.2× 122 0.4× 85 0.3× 115 0.6× 88 1.3× 29 696
Loucine M. Huckabay United States 9 355 0.9× 96 0.3× 264 1.1× 116 0.6× 25 0.4× 37 622
Jessica Doolen United States 12 205 0.5× 125 0.4× 316 1.3× 57 0.3× 20 0.3× 20 630
Lisbeth Kristiansen Sweden 15 209 0.5× 152 0.5× 97 0.4× 74 0.4× 47 0.7× 50 621
Anne Young United States 12 156 0.4× 82 0.3× 287 1.2× 105 0.6× 31 0.5× 29 650
Altair Delao United States 15 264 0.7× 220 0.7× 104 0.4× 147 0.8× 213 3.2× 42 690
Denise Smart United States 11 178 0.5× 100 0.3× 98 0.4× 53 0.3× 40 0.6× 26 462

Countries citing papers authored by Sondra Heaston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sondra Heaston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sondra Heaston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sondra Heaston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sondra Heaston based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sondra Heaston. Sondra Heaston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Heaston, Sondra, et al.. (2025). Lived experience of student responders with leadership in a mass casualty simulation. Journal of Professional Nursing. 58. 83–92. 1 indexed citations
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Heaston, Sondra, et al.. (2025). Nursing and Emergency Medical Technician Students' Perspectives on Mass Casualty Simulation Training: A Phenomenological Study. Nursing and Health Sciences. 27(2). e70104–e70104.
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Anderson, Matthew, et al.. (2025). Building Trust and Confidence in Disaster Nursing: A Mixed‐Methods Critical Inquiry. Nursing Inquiry. 32(4). e70060–e70060.
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Heaston, Sondra, et al.. (2024). Triage ethics in mass casualty incident simulation: A phenomenological exploration. Nursing Ethics. 32(4). 1313–1326. 3 indexed citations
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Hassankhani, Hadi, Hamidreza Haririan, Joanne E. Porter, & Sondra Heaston. (2018). Cultural aspects of death notification following cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 74(7). 1564–1572. 2 indexed citations
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Corbett, Cheryl A., et al.. (2017). Long-term effects on nursing alumni: Assessing a course in public and global health. Journal of Professional Nursing. 33(6). 436–440. 1 indexed citations
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Hunsaker, Stacie, et al.. (2015). Factors That Influence the Development of Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction in Emergency Department Nurses. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 47(2). 186–194. 438 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miles, Leslie W., et al.. (2013). Study Abroad Programs. Nurse Educator. 38(5). 198–201. 2 indexed citations
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Beckstrand, Renea L., et al.. (2012). Emergency Nurses' Perception of Department Design as an Obstacle to Providing End-of-Life Care. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 38(5). e27–e32. 27 indexed citations
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Beckstrand, Renea L., et al.. (2012). Emergency Nurses' Suggestions for Improving End-of-Life Care Obstacles. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 38(5). e7–e14. 35 indexed citations
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Beckstrand, Renea L., et al.. (2012). The Last Frontier: Rural Emergency Nurses’ Perceptions of End-of-Life Care Obstacles. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 38(5). e15–e25. 17 indexed citations
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Mandleco, Barbara, et al.. (2011). Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Are ED Providers Identifying Which Patients Are at Risk?. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 38(5). 435–442. 19 indexed citations
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Beckstrand, Renea L., Michelle Smith, Sondra Heaston, & A. Elaine Bond. (2008). Emergency Nurses’ Perceptions of Size, Frequency, and Magnitude of Obstacles and Supportive Behaviors in End-of-Life Care. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 34(4). 290–300. 63 indexed citations
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Heaston, Sondra, et al.. (2008). Teaching the teacher program to assist nurse managers to educate nursing staff in Ecuadorian hospitals. Nurse Education in Practice. 9(2). 127–133. 6 indexed citations
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Heaston, Sondra, et al.. (2006). Emergency Nurses' Perceptions of Obstacles and Supportive Behaviors in End-of-Life Care. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 32(6). 477–485. 78 indexed citations

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