EDUCATION:
• Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
• Master of Science in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Winona State College, Winona, MN

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Families
• Psych mental health issues
• Qualitative research methods
• Geriatric care

CLINICAL AREA OF EXPERTISE:
• Nursing Education
• Psych Mental Health

CURRENT RESEARCH:
• Hydration care for elderly psychiatric patients
• Clinical care for depressed adults in an acute care setting
• An educational intervention for nurses caring for elderly patients
• Educational evaluation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
• Riesch, S. K., Tosi, C. B., Thurston, C. A., Forsyth, D. M., Kuenning, T. X., & Kestly, J. (1993). Effects of communication training on parents and young adolescents. Nursing Research, 42(1), 10-16.

• Forsyth, D. M. (1994). Families and the life transition of first time mental illness: Swept along on the waves. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Yamashita, M., & Forsyth, D. M. (1998). Family coping with mental illness: An aggregate from two studies, Canada and U.S.A. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nursing Association, 4, 1-8.

• Pestka, E., Forsyth, D., Bell, D, & O’ Neil, M. (2004). A psychiatric nursing conference to increase knowledge related to genomics, Journal of the American Psychiatric Nursing Association, 10(6) 290-295.

COURSES TAUGHT:
• N669 Nursing Education: Theory and Research
• N670 Nursing Education: Curricula and Program Design
• N671 Nursing Education: Instruction and Evaluation
• N672 Nursing Education: Instruction and Evaluation: Practicum
- N698 Thesis I
• N699 Thesis II