Dr. Nadya Golfenshtein
Email: ngolfinsh@univ.haifa.ac.il
Tel: 04-6146207
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publication
Research Interests
Parenting Stress.
Higher Education
a. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
Registered Nurse (RN) | Edith Wolfson Academic Nursing School | 2001-2003 |
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Nursing | University of Haifa, School of Nursing & the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) | 2005-2007 |
Master in Health Administration (MHA) | University of Haifa, School of Public Health | 2007- 2010 |
PhD in Nursing | University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing | 2012-2016 |
b. Post-Doctoral Training
Name of Host | Name of Institution and Department/Lab | Period of Study |
Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN, FAAN | University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing. | 2016-2018 |
Recent Publication
- Shan R, Wang S, Golfenshtein N, Ge J, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Cui N. Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Coping Flexibility Scale-Revised in Chinese parents of children with cancer. BMC Psychol. 2026 Jul 21. doi: 10.1186/s40359-026-05160-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42482252.
- Fleishman TT, Sperling D, Drach-Zahavy A, Golfenshtein N, Toren O, Hirschfeld M, Wagner N, Benbenishty J, Srulovici E. Structural moral distress among nurse middle managers in crisis. Nurs Ethics. 2026 May 16:9697330261449300. doi: 10.1177/09697330261449300. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42141893.
- Golfenshtein N, Drach-Zahavy A, Sperling D, Fleishman TT, Hirschfeld M, Wagner N, Srulovici E. Navigating crisis: A qualitative study of nurse middle managers’ role in building resilience during times of crisis. Int J Nurs Stud. 2026 Feb;174:105289. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105289. Epub 2025 Nov 17. PMID: 41352248.
- Golfenshtein N, Azriel Y, Drach-Zahavy A, Srulovici E. Exploring nurse mentors’ job crafting: A longitudinal study on missed nursing care across student supervision. Nurse Educ Pract. 2024 Oct;80:104143. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2024.104143. Epub 2024 Sep 12. PMID: 39293164.
- Golfenshtein N, Barakat L, Lisanti AJ, Ash S. Profiles of parental coping with paediatric cancer and their associations with parental illness adaptation. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Mar;81(3):1376-1387. doi: 10.1111/jan.16341. Epub 2024 Jul 31. PMID: 39082224; PMCID: PMC11810492.
- Lisanti AJ, Min J, Golfenshtein N, Marino BS, Curley MAQ, Medoff-Cooper B. Perceived family-centered care and post-traumatic stress in parents of infants cared for in the paediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Nurs Crit Care. 2024 Sep;29(5):1059-1066. doi: 10.1111/nicc.13094. Epub 2024 May 30. PMID: 38816199; PMCID: PMC11365751.
- Srulovici E, Azriel Y, Golfenshtein N, Drach-Zahavy A. Job crafting strategies of nurse mentors as mentors and nurses and their impact on missed nursing care: A cross-sectional study. Nurse Educ Today. 2023 Aug;127:105844. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105844. Epub 2023 May 18. PMID: 37230010.
- Lisanti AJ, Golfenshtein N, Min J, Medoff-Cooper B. Early growth trajectory is associated with psychological stress in parents of infants with congenital heart disease, but moderated by quality of partner relationship. J Pediatr Nurs. 2023 Mar-Apr;69:93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2022.12.016. Epub 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 36696826; PMCID: PMC10106376.