Research interests
Throughout my doctoral work, I have focused on sleep medicine and mental health symptoms. During my training, I was awarded a grant through the Nurse Educational Funds to conduct a trial of an online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) program, finding that an online intervention for older adults is acceptable and feasible. I was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to University of Haifa, Israel, to work alongside sleep researcher, Dr. Tamar Shochat, D.Sc., investigating sleep and gait in older adults. I'm also continuing work with a multi-disciplinary team at Dartmouth on the moral injury/moral distress (MI/MD) with healthcare providers and the expansion of the work done in 2023, in which we found there is a need for multi-level interventions to tackle MI/MD in nurses working in the MICU. I am planning to submit an application for an NIH K Award to continue my development as an academic nurse scientist in healthcare research with a focus on implementation science, sleep, and mental health. My overall career goal is to be an independent nurse scientist who conducts interventional studies in home sleep environments to improve psychological health, improve quality of life and functioning, and prevent disease in adults treated in community health settings.
In my free time, I enjoy yoga, travel, and hiking.
Publications
Building Social Support and Moral Healing on Nursing Units: Design and Implementation of a Culture Change Intervention. Usset TJ, Godzik C, Harris JI, Wurtz RM, Pyne JM, Edmonds SW, Prunty A, Brown RJL, Bardach SH, Bradley JM, Hubble CL, Oliver BJ, Pepin RL, Currier J, Smith AJ. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Sep 10;14(9):796. doi: 10.3390/bs14090796. PMID: 39336011
Assessing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Between Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors and Controls. Scott PW, Godzik CM, Morris JL, Chasens ER, Bender CM. J Nurs Meas. 2024 Aug 26:JNM-2024-0018.R1. doi: 10.1891/JNM-2024-0018. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39187306
Implementing evidence-based practices in rural settings: a scoping review of theories, models, and frameworks. Brady RE, Lyons KD, Stevens CJ, Godzik CM, Smith AJ, Bagley PJ, Vitale EJ, Bernstein SL. Front Health Serv. 2024 Jul 5;4:1326777. doi: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1326777. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39036464 Free PMC article.
A Day in the Life of...A Nurse Scientist. Godzik CM, Bruce ML, Lyons KD. Home Healthc Now. 2023 Jul-Aug 01;41(4):233-234. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0000000000001176. PMID: 37417579 No abstract available.
Using standardized mental health patient simulations to increase critical thinking and confidence in undergraduate nursing students. Godzik CM, Solomon J, Yacinthus B. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Apr;43:76-80. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2022.12.002. Epub 2022 Dec 22. PMID: 37032019
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Is Associated With Severity of Metabolic Syndrome: A Secondary Analysis of the 2015-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Kariuki JK, Yang K, Scott PW, Chasens ER, Godzik C, Luyster FS, Imes CC. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2022 Sep-Oct 01;37(5):482-489. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000868. Epub 2021 Dec 22. PMID: 34935745 Free PMC article.
Chasens, E.R., Imes, C.C., Kariuki, J., Luyster, F.S., Morris, J., DiNardo, M., Godzik, C.M., Jeon, B., & Yang, K. (2021). Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome. Nursing Clinics of North America, 56(2). Doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2020.10.012
Godzik, C.M., Ryan, E.T., Crawford, S.L. (2021). Feasibility of an online cognitive behavioral therapy program to improve insomnia, mood, and quality of life in bereaved adults ages 55 and older. Geriatric Nursing, 42(1), 99-106. Doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.12.006
Godzik, C.M. (2020). Sleep disturbances in bereaved older people: a review of the literature. Mental Health Practice, 24(1). Doi: 10.7748/mhp.2020.e1492
Lysaght-Hurley, S., Welsh, D.M., Roy, K.M., & Godzik, C.M. (2020). Bridging the Gap: A Hospice Nurse Residency Program,The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 51(8), 371-376. Doi:10.3928/00220124-20200716-07.
Godzik, C.M. (2019). Gateless Communication: A Concept Analysis, Nursing Forum, 54(4), 636-641. Doi:10.111/nuf/12388.