Liz Weinfurter, she/her/hers Nursing Librarian and Teaching and Learning Coordinator

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Email
[email protected]
Phone
612-624-6492
ORCID iD
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Experts
Experts@UMN
Full position title(s)
Nursing Librarian and Teaching and Learning Coordinator
Libraries department
Health Sciences
Subject Librarian for
Nursing

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About

Liz Weinfurter, MLIS, is an Associate Librarian and liaison to the School of Nursing and the Center for Spirituality and Healing. Liz holds a B.A. in Classics from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and a MLIS from Dominican University in River Forest, IL (through the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN). Liz has worked in the Health Sciences Library at the University of Minnesota since 2001, and has been in her role as nursing liaison since 2005.  

Liz spends her time outside of work wrangling four children, a dog, and two cats, and in any spare time she enjoys being outdoors with her family, crocheting, playing handbells, and ensemble singing.  

She is the Production Editor for the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, has served as President of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association, co-chaired the 2020 and 2025 annual conferences of the Midwest Chapter/Medical Library Association, and was part of the 2012-2013 Medical Library Association Rising Stars cohort.

Areas of interest

Literature searching, curriculum-integrated bibliographic instruction, evidence-based practice, information competencies, systematic and scoping reviews, open access publishing, mentorship, conference planning, inclusive culture.

Select publications and presentations

Muehlbauer, Marshall K.; Husson, Nancy; Morouse, Kathleen; Weinfurter, Elizabeth V.; Forman, Tracia. Educating the Digital Nurse: A Scoping Review of Nursing Informatics in Pre-licensure Programs. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2026 Apr 6. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000001505 

Hearst MO, Weinfurter E, Norman L, Normile CA, Mekonnen H, Laska MN. Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions to Improve the Double-Duty Actions Impacting the Dual Burden of Malnutrition: A Scoping Review. Food Sci Nutr. 2025 Nov 10;13(11):e71161. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.71161. PMID: 41230383; PMCID: PMC12602255.

Gingerich , S. D., Mederos Villalón, L., Omar Díaz, O. ., Ostrom, M., Pechacek, J. M., & Weinfurter, E. V. (2025). Listening, Learning, Leading: Sharing Global Stories of Partnership Through the Next Decade of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 12(1). doi: 10.24926/ijps.v12i1.6854

Graefe A, Davis AK, Weinfurter EV, Martin Rennicke L, Mkandawire-Valhmu L. A Scoping Review of Action Toward Decolonizing and Indigenizing Nursing. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2025 Sep 11. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000596. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40910842.

Hori, K., Shah, R., Paladugu, A., Gallagher, T. J., Jang, S. S., Weinfurter, E. V., Wee, C. P., & Choi, J. S. (2025). Social Outcomes Among Adults With Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JAMA Otolaryngology-- Head & Neck Surgery, e251777. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2025.1777 

Songthangtham, N., Jantraporn, R., Weinfurter, E., Simon, G., Pan, W., Rajamani, S., & Johnson, S. G. (2025). A Standardized Guideline for Assessing Extracted Electronic Health Records Cohorts: A Scoping Review. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science, 2025, 527–536.

Smith, S., Benbenek, M. M., Meyer, S., Herman, J., & Weinfurter, E. (2025). Diagnostic Reasoning as a Component of Clinical Reasoning in Nurse Practitioner Education: Extension of a Scoping Review. AACN advanced critical care, 36(2), 158–173. https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2025518

Lee, J., Hansen, M., Graefe, A., Bauer, R., Moua, S., Boyce-Erickson, B., Weinfurter, E. V., Harnack, L. J., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2025). A scoping review of community-based summer interventions with a nutrition assistance component aiming to improve children's weight-related outcomes. BMC public health, 25(1), 1105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22241-1

Kajencki, M., Turcotte, L., Claar, M., Weinfurter, E. V., & Whipple, M. O. (2024). The Use of Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Combination With Pharmacological Antiemetics to Address Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting in Pediatric Oncology: A Scoping Review. Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology nursing, 41(5), 358–369. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527530241267294

Voller, V., Maass, K. L., Weinfurter, E.V., Martin, L. (2024).  The Hidden and Misunderstood Problem of Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors within the United States: A Scoping Review of the Literature. Child Welfare, 102(2), 145-180.

Brown C, Neerland CE, Weinfurter EV, Saftner MA. (2023) The Provision of Abortion Care via Telehealth in the United States: A Rapid Review. J Midwifery Womens Health. 68(6):744-758. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13586. Epub 2023 Dec 9. PMID: 38069588.

Alpi KM, Martin CL, Plasek JM, Sittig S, Smith CA, Weinfurter EV, Wells JK, Wong R, Austin RR. (2023) Characterizing terminology applied by authors and database producers to informatics literature on consumer engagement with wearable devices. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 30(7):1284-1292. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad082. PMID: 37203425; PMCID: PMC10280350.

Talley KMC, Davis NJ, Peden-McAlpine C, Martin CL, Weinfurter EV, Wyman JF. (2021). “Navigating through incontinence: A qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation of the experiences of family caregivers.” International Journal of Nursing Studies, 123:104062. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104062. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34461378.

McLane, Tara M., Hoyt, Robert, Hodge, Chad, Weinfurter, Elizabeth, Reardon, Erin E., Monsen, Karen A. (2021). “What Industry Wants: An Empirical Analysis of Health Informatics Job Postings.” Applied Clinical Informatics, 12:285–292.  doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1726423

Looman, Wendy S., Young Shin Park, Tiffany T. Gallagher, Elizabeth V. Weinfurter (2020). “Outcomes Research on Children with Medical Complexity: A Scoping Review of Gaps and Opportunities.” Child: Care, Health & Development, 46(1),121-131. doi: 10.1111/cch.12725.

Weinfurter, Elizabeth, Mariya Gyendina, Lindsay Matts-Benson.  "Supporting a Culture of Teaching and Learning with a Teaching and Learning Community of Practice." Paper presented at the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, October 7, 2018

Westra, B.L., Sylvia, M., Weinfurter, E.F., Pruinelli, L., Park, J.I., Dodd, D., Keenan, G.M., Senk, P., Richesson, R.L., Baukner, V., Cruz, C., Gao, G., Whittenburg, L, Delaney, C.W. (2017), Big Data Science: A Literature Review of Nursing Research Exemplars. Nursing Outlook. 65(5):549-561. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2016.11.021.

Avery, M. D., Saftner, M. A., Larson, B., & Weinfurter, E. V. (2014). A systematic review of maternal confidence for physiologic birth: Characteristics of prenatal care and confidence measurement. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, 59(6), 586-595.  doi: 10.1111/jmwh.12269