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spring/summer 2008
features
4 Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Educating Tomorrow’s Geriatric Nurses
7 Strengthening Global Health: One Partnership at a Time
SoN Benefits from International Collaboration
9 Informatics is Revolutionizing Health Care
It’s the Stethoscope of the 21st Century
How Informatics Shapes Research
Electronic Health Records Benefit Everyone
Minnesota Creates Institute for Health Informatics
14 Rx: Healthy Family Meals
Increasing the Time Families Spend Around the Table
17 Arming Against Leg Pain
The Best Treatment for Hurting Leg Muscles?
How About…Arm Exercises?
on the cover:
Hartford Geriatric Nursing Education Scholars Mary Dierich, Audrey
Weymiller, Dianne Wiler-Sly, Niloufar Hadidi, Sue Bikkie. Story on page 4.
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1 From the Dean
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2 School News
19 Publications
23 Grant Awards
26 Honors and Awards
28 Center News
Dean, School of Nursing
Connie White Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Editor
Nancy Giguere
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Laurel Mallon, Aneisha Tucker, Jean Wyman
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HEALTHFUL MEALS AND EFFECTIVE EXERCISE
Turn the page to discover how Dr. Jayne Fulkerson is
working with families to prevent weight gain and
obesity by helping them plan easy and healthful meals.
from the dean
Learn about Dr. Diane Treat-Jacobson’s research on
the effectiveness of arm exercises in older adults who
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
Dear friends,
The School of Nursing’s threefold mission reflects an
epic call for transformation:
• As researchers, we seek to make new discoveries,
understand health priorities, and advance scientific
innovation.
• As educators, we develop effective learning strategies
that foster the diffusion of nursing knowledge
to nursing students and professionals.
• As nursing practitioners, we translate research into
care-delivery models that meet patient needs.
In this issue of Minnesota Nursing, you’ll discover
how the School of Nursing is boldly responding to this
call for transformation.
GERIATRIC NURSING
The cover story focuses on the Minnesota Hartford
Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence. Its goal is
to increase the number of faculty experts in geriatric
nursing who will provide academic leadership in colleges
and Universities in the Upper Midwest and in Tribal
Colleges across the nation. The Center is directed by
Dr. Jean Wyman and supported by a $1.5 million grant
from the John A. Hartford Foundation.
INFORMATICS
Read on for an overview of nursing informatics.
This integrative discipline combines information and
decision sciences, systems engineering, and related
technologies to improve decision-making by getting
the right information to people at the right time.
Informatics is reshaping health care in general and
nursing in particular.
The research and leadership of SoN faculty like
Dr. Bonnie Westra, Dr. Julie Jacko, and Dr. Thomas
Clancy—to name only a few—show how we are using
technology and informatics to develop new ways
to conduct research, facilitate learning, and deliver
patient-centric care.
have difficulty walking.
PARTNERS: OLD AND NEW
Join with us as we celebrate and extend long-standing
partnerships with the University of Iceland and Seoul
National University. In the case of Iceland, the phrase
“long-standing” takes on particular significance: Before
becoming a nurse, Katharine Densford, SoN dean from
1930 through 1959, completed a master’s thesis on
Icelandic sage literature.
“Long-standing” also describes the School’s
relationship with Seoul National University (SNU). This
collaboration began a half century ago when the
University of Minnesota partnered with the U.S. Agency
for International Development to help SNU rebuild
and modernize after the Korean War. We’re especially
proud to note that SoN graduates have played a key
role in nursing research, education, and care in Korea.
We now invite you to celebrate our new partnerships
with nursing schools in Peru and India. Through all
these partnerships—old and new—we’re collaborating
with our colleagues to extend nursing science, develop
the capacity of nurse professionals, and increase the
ability of nursing to transform professional care and
care-delivery models.
JOIN US!
You—student, alum, friend, faculty, staff, or colleague—
are a critical part of this transformation and our
distinct contribution to it. These are exciting times at
the School of Nursing. Join us as we explore, engage,
and excel in the vital work before us.
Warmly,
Connie Delaney
Professor and Dean
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Taking time out from their work in Cambodia are (left to right) Karen Sherk,
Mary Bajari-Hesch, Bonnie Bata-Jones and Jennifer McElveen.
Group from SoN Conducts Clinical
Project in Cambodia
In 2007, SoN clinical assistant professor Bonnie Bata-Jones, MS, RN,
FNP, traveled to Monkoi Borei, Cambodia. There she gathered data
on the incidence of hypertension in 12 rural villages with the
assistance of Karen Sherk, Jennifer McElveen, and Mary Bajari-Hesch,
all students in the family nurse practitioner program.
Working with Arlys Herem, RN, FNP, director of the Dahammayietra
Mongkol Borei program, and her staff, Bata-Jones and the
students screened 3,527 Khmer villagers for hypertension. The results
were shared with the district health ministry.
Their visit also included tours of the local hospital and open-air
clinics, as well as a trip to the ancient Khmer temples and ruins at
Angkor Wat in northern Cambodia.
The project was funded in part by a Faculty Travel Grant awarded
through the University’s Consortium for the Study of the Asias.
SoN Recognized for Work
with Nursing Minimum Data Sets
The International Council of Nurses has
approved the School of Nursing as an International
Classification for Nursing Practice
Research and Development Centre. The
school is one of only six ICNP Research and
Development Centres in the world, and one
of two in the United States.
The school was recognized for its work
with nursing minimum data sets. This includes
the Nursing Management Minimum
Data Set and the International Nursing Minimum
Data Set (i-NMDS) co-developed by
Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI.
The center will serve as the umbrella
structure for the International Nursing Minimum
Data Set, the USA Nursing Minimum
Data Set, and the USA Nursing Management
Minimum Data Set.
The center is strengthened by its
association with one of the largest Academic
Health Centers within one of the
foremost research universities in the United
States. In addition, the SoN Laboratory for
Computational Nursing Science provides the
dedicated computers and advanced software
needed to support the development of data
and information sets, as well as advances
in knowledge discovery.
Minimum data sets are standardized
terms that have comparable meanings across
hospitals, systems, and even nations. The
use of nursing minimum data sets allows
electronic documentation of nursing care.
This documentation is the key to ensuring
the availability and use of essential clinical
data within our health care systems.
The Nursing Management Minimum
Data Set (NMMDS) has also been approved
for inclusion in one of the national standards
(LONIC) for electronic health records in the
United States. “This is a milestone in nursing
history and that of the school,” Delaney said.
The school is collaborating with the
World Health Organization (WHO), the
International Council of Nurses, and nations
around the globe that are using the International
Nursing Minimum Data Set (i-NMDS)
to address WHO nursing priorities. These
include the care of children with HIV/AIDS
and nursing workforce issues. The school will
also continue research related to electronic
health records.
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PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
SoN Graduates First DNPs in Minnesota
Graduates of the Clinical Doctor of Nursing Practice Program celebrate the successful conclusion
of their studies. “These are all top-notch professionals, and they will have a tremendous
impact on the field of nursing,” says Sandra Edwardson, PhD, RN, who directs the program.
“Once again, the School of Nursing has demonstrated its leadership in the discipline
of nursing through the development the DNP program,” says Dr. Frank Cerra, Senior Vice
President for Health Sciences, Academic Health Center. “The nursing profession and the
health of future generations will be enhanced with the graduation of these new leaders.”
MS Degree
Transitioning to DNP
In line with a new national trend, the School
of Nursing is transitioning the Master of
Science, major in nursing degree, to the
Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP).
This practice doctorate prepares nurses
for leadership as advanced practice nurses,
clinical experts, health care executives, policy
experts, and informaticians.
Students who hold a master’s degree in
nursing and have nursing specialty preparation
can earn the post-master’s DNP within
one calendar year. New students are admitted
in the fall. Admission is competitive.
In fall 2009, the school will launch the
Post-Baccalaureate to DNP program for
students who are registered nurses with a
minimum of a baccalaureate degree.
For more information, visit
www.nursing.umn.edu/DNP.
Undergraduates Serve Elders
on St. Paul’s East Side
Under the direction of nursing faculty Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, BC,
CNAA, FAAN, the SoN is partnering with the Payne-Phalen Living at
Home Block Nurse Program to offer health and wellness services to
seniors at the Edgerton High Rise and the Parkway Gardens Senior
Apartments on St. Paul’s East Side.
The 14-story Edgerton High Rise, which is managed by St. Paul
Public Housing Authority, provides senior dining and congregate
housing services. It is also the site of an assisted-living program
operated by the Wilder Foundation.
Every semester, undergraduate nursing students care for residents
during a weekly three-hour clinic at the high rise. They weigh
residents, take blood pressures, offer health information, and, when
necessary, make referrals to the Block Nurse Program for further
assessment. The students are supervised by teaching specialist Mary Dierich, RN, MS, C-NP.
Other undergraduate nursing students provide similar services to residents at
Parkway Gardens Senior Apartments. And when feasible, additional students accompany
the Payne-Phalen Block Nurse as she visits elders in their homes.
“This is a wonderful service learning partnership,” Mueller says. “Each year, up to 24
undergraduate students have an opportunity to learn about the needs of community-based
older adults on the East Side. And at the same time, the students are providing a real
service to the community.”
PHOTO: TIM RUMMELHOFF
SoN student Amy Grafstrom answers health
questions from resident Mona Krueger.
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BY MARY KING HOFF
Minnesota Hartford
Center of Geriatric
Nursing Excellence
Educating Tomorrow’s Geriatric Nurses
The mission of the Minnesota Hartford Center of
Geriatric Nursing Excellence is “to advance the care
of older adults by preparing outstanding nursing
faculty from diverse backgrounds who can provide
leadership in strengthening geriatric nursing at
all levels of academic nursing programs.”
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The University of Minnesota has long been a leader in gerontological
nursing education. Now thanks to the launching last fall of
the Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, the
University is positioned to play an even bigger role in meeting
the demand for nurses with the expertise to care for older adults.
The center, established with $1 million funding from the John A.
Hartford Foundation, $500,000 from the University of Minnesota
Academic Health Center, and $20,000 from Evercare, will be a
valuable resource for preparing nursing faculty in the Upper Midwest
to educate the next generation of gerontological nurses.
BLEND IMAGES/MEDIABAKERY
PREPARING FACULTY
According to the Hartford Foundation, less than 1 percent of
registered nurses today are certified as geriatric nurses. Yet the
U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by 2020, nearly one out of six
of Americans will be age 65 or older—and that proportion will
continue to rise for decades.
“Not enough nurses are going into the specialty of gerontological
nursing,” says center director Jean Wyman, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor
and Cora Meidl Siehl Chair of Nursing Research. “The only way to
prepare nurses to care for older adults is to better prepare faculty.”
The new center will encourage current nursing professionals
and students to pursue careers as gerontological nursing faculty.
It will also provide much needed resources, from an innovative
summer faculty development program to new online educational
opportunities.
Over the five years of the grant, center leaders hope to recruit
at least two dozen doctoral students and bring to campus 50 to 60
faculty from institutions throughout the Upper Midwest to develop
their potential as academic leaders in geriatric nursing.
“Given the demographic changes that are going on in our
country and in the upper Midwest, there’s going to be a significant
need for all nurses to be competent in caring for older adults,”
says center co-director Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, associate
professor and chair of the adult and gerontological health cooperative
unit. “In the long run, the center will benefit care of older adults
in Minnesota and even beyond.”
LEADING CURRICULUM CHANGE
One the new center’s most innovative components is the Faculty
Learning About Geriatrics Institute. The institute will provide
professional development for faculty in nursing programs and tribal
colleges as well as for advanced practice nurses. Participants
will attend a summer workshop followed by yearlong mentorship.
“We’re going to help faculty learn more about geriatrics, how
to teach geriatric nursing, and how to develop academic leadership
skills so that they can lead curriculum change around geriatrics,”
Wyman says. ˘
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The School of Nursing is the place
to come for faculty and students in the
area of gerontological nursing.
Back row, L–R:
Mary Dierich,
Audrey Weymiller,
Dianne Willer-Sly.
Front row:
Niloufar Hadidi,
Sue (Patricia) Bikkie.
BOOSTING TRIBAL COLLEGE PROGRAMS
The Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Education Alliance is
the second key component of the center. The alliance will bring
together representatives of nursing education programs in
Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota to share
their experience, strategize, and implement improvements in
geriatric nursing education.
The alliance will also serve as a framework for recruiting additional
faculty to the field. It will provide a starting point for
weaving gerontology through nursing curricula at participating
educational institutions. To date, 30 schools, including five tribal
colleges, have expressed interest in participating in the alliance.
The alliance will provide a valuable boost for tribal college
nursing programs. Many of these programs, Wyman says, are small
and isolated, with just a few faculty members. Participation in
center programs will help these faculty members gain the skills
and support they need to give gerontological nursing a prominent
spot in their programs.
Reaching out to tribal colleges is “a fabulous idea,” according
to Associate Professor Margaret Moss, DSN, RN, JD. “American
Indian elders have the worst statistics for life span, disease burden
and severity of disease, and lack of eldercare. We’re providing
much needed education that will help the most needy,” says Moss
who serves as director of Inclusivity and Diversity, is the Associate
Director of the American Indian and Tribal College Initiatives for
the Hartford Center, and chairs the Leadership, Systems, Informatics,
and Policy Cooperative Unit.
According to Wyman and Mueller, the University of Minnesota
is an ideal spot for the new center because of its track record and
existing programs for gerontological nurses and nursing faculty.
A number of SoN faculty have special expertise in the area, and
the school has existing partnerships with tribal colleges, including
the Native Nurses Career Opportunity Program, which Moss directs.
ON THE WAY
In just a few short months, the Minnesota Hartford Center of
Geriatric Nursing Excellence has made major progress toward its
goals. In October, the center selected five recipients for its doctoral
scholarship: Sue (Patricia) Bikkie, Mary Dierich, Niloufar Hadidi,
Audrey Weymiller, and Diane Willer-Sly.
Students receive mentoring and participate in monthly seminars.
The first seminar was held in January. “It was really exciting to
have these scholars come together and share their experiences,”
Wyman says. “We could already see the students benefit from peer
and faculty discussions related to their own career development.”
The center is moving forward in other ways, too. Its advisory
committee will meet in April. The Upper Midwest Alliance kick offs
in May with a keynote presentation by Dr. Heather Young, director
of the Oregon Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence,
which will be open to faculty, students, and the community. And the
Faculty Learning About Geriatrics Institute will convene in August.
Wyman’s goal is to make the center self-sustaining. Already the
Hartford grant has leveraged thousands of dollars in additional funds.
“The center gives the School of Nursing national recognition
and visibility as the place to come if you want to be a faculty member
or a student in the area of gerontological nursing,” Wyman says.
“It’s created a whole new energy and excitement. The University of
Minnesota is where it’s happening with geriatrics.”
For more information, contact program administrator
Jeanne Carls, MEd, BS at 612-626-2473 or carls072@umn.edu.
Or visit www.nursing.umn.edu/HartfordCenter
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Strengthening Global Health:
One Partnership at a Time
SoN benefits from international collaborations.
BY NANCY GIGUERE
University of Minnesota
signs agreement with the
University of Iceland.
L–R: Stefán B. Sigurŏsson,
Professor and Dean of
Medical Faculty, University
of Iceland; Dean Connie
Delaney, Dean, U of M
School of Nursing; Robert H.
Bruininks, President,
University of Minnesota;
Kristin Ingólfsdóttir, Rector,
University of Iceland;
Erla Svavarsdottir, Dean of
Nursing Faculty; John R.
Finnegan, Dean, U of M
School of Public Health
We live in a time of global convergence—what happens in one
place inevitably impacts the rest of the world. This is especially true
when it comes to health issues.
Obesity, for example, is usually seen as a problem for people living
in richer, more industrialized countries. But in reality, it is a growing
public health concern all over the world. The shortage of nurses is also
a global phenomenon, along with the shortage of nursing faculty.
Global problems require global solutions. That’s why the
School of Nursing is strengthening partnerships and creating new
ones with nursing schools around the world.
“In every case, these partnerships are mutual and reciprocal.
There is clear benefit to both participants,” says Dean Connie
Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI. “And when we strengthen each
other, we also strengthen global health and nursing.”
ICELAND: A SIMILAR VISION
In 1982, the University entered into partnership with the University
of Iceland. Since then faculty and students from both institutions
have participated in exchanges of various kinds. And a number of
Icelandic students have completed degrees at the School of Nursing.
Last year on the twenty-fifth anniversary of this partnership,
the two universities agreed to expand the existing relationship and
begin a focused collaboration in the health sciences.
According to Delaney, who also holds a faculty appointment
at the University of Iceland, researchers in both institutions
share a similar vision. “We look forward to fostering cross-national,
collaborative research in key areas such as nursing and health
informatics, gerontology, public health, maternal and child health,
obesity prevention, and evidence-based outcomes,” she says.
Delaney also looks forward to expanding opportunities for
student and faculty exchanges like this spring’s weeklong Global
Health Institute. The institute was hosted by the University of
Iceland and co-sponsored by the U of M School of Nursing, School
of Public Health, and College of Veterinary Medicine.
Participants learned about global health concerns, informatics
in global health, the health effects of global warming, and changes
in water and air quality. Courses were taught by interdisciplinary
teams of faculty from both universities.
“We are confident that this vibrant partnership will benefit
nursing students, faculty, researchers and other health professionals
in both countries,” Delaney says.
KOREA: A RICH COLLABORATION
The U of M has partnered with Seoul National University (SNU)
since the 1950s. Some 6,000 Koreans have earned degrees at
the University. Of the 135 countries represented in the University’s
student body, Korea has consistently ranked in the top five.
SoN has also enjoyed a long partnership with SNU’s College
of Nursing. The relationship was started by Katherine Densford,
SoN dean from 1930 through 1959. ˘
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International collaborations allow us to discover whether our research findings are valid across cultures.
Yeo Shin Hong, BSN ’61, MS ’71, SNU’s retired dean of nursing,
is credited with shaping nursing in her homeland. “Her work in
South Korea has equaled Katharine Densford’s leadership here,”
says Neal Gault, Jr., former dean of the Medical School.
Hyeoun Ae Park, MS ’83, also completed a master’s and doctorate
in public health before returning to SNU. She introduced the first
statistical consulting lab and the first computer lab in a Korean
nursing school. Park also started the first graduate-level nursing
informatics major.
SNU’s College of Nursing is part of the International Council of
Nurses International Classification of Nursing Practice Research &
Development Center, located at the SoN.
The center serves the research development initiatives of the
International Nursing Minimum Data Set (iNMDS). Park serves on
the iNMDS steering committee.
“Our relationship with our sister university in Korea is growing
a very rich collaboration,” Delaney says. Last October, she traveled
to Seoul to deliver a keynote address at an international conference
marking the centennial of SNU’s College of Nursing.
Delaney welcomes continued collaboration between SoN
researchers and those at SNU—especially in the area of informatics.
“Our colleagues in Korea have a wealth of expertise in this field,”
she says. “By working together, we can address key issues and look
to the future direction of the nursing profession and science, all of
which are impacted by informatics.”
PERU: PHENOMENAL CLINICAL EXPERTISE
In September 2007, the School of Nursing entered into partnership
with the College of Nursing and Midwifery at the Universidad de
San Martín de Porres in Lima.
Founded in the early 1960s, San Martín de Porres is dedicated to
“the promotion, development, and diffusion of science, technology,
and culture” while working toward “the creation of just, equitable,
and modern society.”
SoN and the College of Nursing and Midwifery will collaborate
on strengthening research and teaching through faculty and student
exchanges and collaborative research.
“San Martín de Porres has phenomenal clinical expertise in
public health nursing, maternal and child health, nursing leadership,
and nursing administration,” Delaney says. “Our students and
faculty will benefit tremendously from collaborating with these
outstanding clinicians.”
In return, SoN will help the College of Nursing and Midwifery
develop its research capacity. “It’s an excellent opportunity for both
institutions to pool their resources to advance teaching, research,
and clinical practice,” Delaney says.
INDIA: LEARNING ABOUT CARE DELIVERY
SoN’s newest partnership began last October with an agreement
between SoN and the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital School of
Nursing in Bangalore.
“Here, too, we are privileged to collaborate with colleagues who
have vast clinical expertise,” Delaney says. “This partnership will
also allow SoN students and faculty to learn about a wide range of
issues in Indian care delivery—including the use of telemedicine
to reach patients in rural villages.”
Yet another partnership will soon be operational with the
College of Nursing at Manipal University. One of the largest private
universities in south Asia, Manipal rivals the U of M in the scope
of its health care facilities and health professional colleges, which
include medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry,
and allied health.
Globalism and informatics are redefining
nursing education and research. Delaney
notes that these partnerships all have strong
informatics and public health nursing
components.
“These collaborations will result in the
production and diffusion of new nursing
knowledge,” she says. “We learn from each
other. In particular, we will have the opportunity
to learn whether our research findings
are valid across cultures.”
Dean Connie Delaney (left) and Dr. Frank B. Cerra,
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences at the
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center
(center), sign agreement with Rohini Paul, Dean of
Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital School of Nursing.
©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/ENOT-POLOSKUN
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BY NANCY GIGUERE
connie delaney
julie jacko
bonnie westra
Informatics is
Revolutionizing Health Care
It’s the
stethoscope
of the
twenty-first
century
The invention of the stethoscope in the early nineteenth century revolutionized the practice
of health care. Clinicians could now do more than listen to patient concerns and examine
body fluids. They could actually observe changes in the organs of the body. And that, in turn,
led to a whole new way of understanding health and diagnosing illness.
Health informatics has been called the stethoscope of the twenty-first century. And like the
stethoscope, this new tool is rapidly changing health care in general and nursing in particular.
Many people think that “informatics” means “computers.” But the terms are not
synonymous.“Informatics is the processing and management of information that is important
to a discipline,” explains Assistant Professor Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, RWJ Nurse Executive
Fellow. “The computer is one of the technologies that we use to do this.”
BASIC QUESTIONS
Informatics is an integrative field that combines information and decision sciences, systems
engineering, and related technologies to answer three basic questions:
l How do people think?
l What do they think about?
l How can the technology be used to support how they think and
what they need to think about?
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Consumer
Clinical provider
Knowledge representation
Knowledge discovery
Knowledge translation
Health transformation
Public health
AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH
The School of Nursing has adopted an integrative approach to
informatics that incorporates the perspectives of clinical providers,
patients or consumers, and public health professionals. In each
case, the questions are the same: How do they think? What do they
think about? How can this be supported by technology?
“Our focus at the school is research, education, and service,”
Westra says. “We want to transform health through knowledge
representation, knowledge discovery, and knowledge translation
within each of these missions.”
KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION
How do we describe patient, family, and community problems
and nursing interventions and outcomes in a way that’s understandable
across multiple settings like hospitals, health systems,
entire nations, and even around the world? This is the question
that researchers working in the area of knowledge representation
are trying to answer.
Knowledge representation involves the development of
standardized terms that have comparable meaning across settings.
This entails naming what nurses think about (concepts), developing
a definition, grouping concepts, and assigning a code to them.
Nursing knowledge is described on a detailed level using terminologies,
which are the backbone for describing nursing practice.
Higher-level description is accomplished through the use of minimum,
essential, core data sets.
There are two minimum data sets important to nursing in the
United States. The Nursing Minimum Data Set describes the clinical
practice of nursing. The Nursing Management Minimum Data Set
describes the resources and environment in which nurses practice.
At an international level, there is a minimum data set that
includes a combination of clinical and management data, the
International Nursing Minimum Data Set (i-NMDS). Together,
minimum data sets allow for comparison of higher-level data across
settings (see www.nursing.umn.edu/ICNP).
The use of terminologies and minimum data sets provides
consistent words with comparable meaning so that nursing care
can be documented electronically. “This is a welcome development,”
Westra says. “When I first began working with informatics in the
late 1980s, existing data bases had little information about nursing.”
KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
Once nursing knowledge and practice has been accurately represented
in information systems, researchers can extract certain kinds
of data for analysis and modeling. This can lead to improved patient
outcomes and safety, more efficient nursing practices, a reduction
in workload, and software that helps clinicians make better decisions.
For instance, researchers interested in medication errors can
extract recorded data on when, where, and how errors occurred in a
given setting, for certain kinds of patients, or during a certain period
of time. Subsequent analysis can lead to better understanding of
error patterns and how to avoid such errors in the future.
The expansion of knowledge representation using standardized
nursing terminologies allows researchers to discover how nursing
care can lead to better patient outcomes. That’s because the use
of informatics makes data available for secondary use in research.
(See “How Informatics Shapes Research,” page 11).
KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION
Once researchers have analyzed the data and discovered, for
example, factors that lead to medication errors, that information
along with other evidence-based practice guidelines can be
translated, or embedded, into practice. One way of doing this is
through the development of clinical decision support tools.
These include the computerized guidelines to support best
practices. The guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations
for screening patients with a particular set of symptoms, as
well as interventions recommended for improved patient care.
Another example of knowledge translation is the use of
computerized alerts in hospital charting systems. A sample alert
might read, “Based on this pain medication, the patient should
be observed every 30 minutes for the next two hours.”
HEALTH TRANSFORMATION
Nurses have always recorded and communicated information.
The use of informatics tools and practices is an extension of
nursing practice. Informatics may be high-tech, but nursing itself
remains close to patients and families. In other words, says Dean
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, “nursing brings a distinct
new humanity to this new science.”
The goal of SoN researchers is to combine informatics and
nursing in a way that will make health care safer, effective, efficient,
patient-centered, timely, and equitable for all patients.
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How Informatics Shapes Research
The use of informatics can change not only how
researchers investigate, but what they investigate.
Bonnie Westra cites one of her own recent studies
as an example.
“For instance, we know that 28 percent of home
care patients are readmitted to the hospital,” she says.
“So how can we predict which patients are likely to
be part of that 28 percent?”
Traditionally, researchers tried to predict repeat
hospitalizations by analyzing data about the patient’s
medical diagnosis, such as cancer or congestive heart
failure because that was the most widely collected data.
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Westra, however, took a different approach. She analyzed
data about 4,000 patients collected by 15 home care
agencies in the Midwest, including assessments and
standardized interventions using the Omaha System.
She clustered patients into four groups:
1. Those with mixed medical diagnoses who lived alone
2. Those with mixed medical diagnoses who lived
with someone else
3. Those with cardiac and circulatory problems
4. Those with functional impairments, including the
inability to manage oral medications
Her analysis revealed that while medical diagnoses
are important, additional variables are critical
in determining whether a patient is rehospitalized.
These additional variables are important to nursing.
They include caregiver support, cognitive functioning,
functional status, and patient behavior.
BEFORE STANDARDIZATION
In the past, these kinds of data weren’t available electronically.
To collect them, researchers would develop or
use a questionnaire and interview patients individually.
“Each interview would take at least an hour,” Westra
says. “Add travel, transcription, and error correction,
and the amount of time needed is overwhelming.”
Additionally, the use of standardized terminologies
to represent nursing and other clinical interventions did
not exist. The only measure of the care provided was
grossly defined by whether the patient received a visit.
REUSING AVAILABLE DATA
But in 1998, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services (CMS) began requiring home health agencies
to collect this data. CMS uses the data to assess
patients and risks and calculate Medicare payments,
as well as for quality improvement. At first, agencies
collected this data on paper, but around 2000, most
converted to electronic systems.
Nurses now routinely collect the data, which are
audited by the home health agencies. Westra obtains
the data sets from the system vendors. “In just a few
hours, I can have access to information on thousands
of patients and at the same time protect patient
privacy and confidentiality,” she says. “I’m not collecting
data, I’m reusing it.”
Westra is in the process of examining the relationship
between the interventions provided and the
likelihood of rehospitalization. “This is the next focus
for CMS—they would like to use standardized terms
to describe the care provided to study how to improve
outcomes and reduce cost,” she says.
This kind of research is entirely new for home care,
and Westra is hopeful that it will lead to the development
of evidence-based best practices. ˘
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Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, Professor and Dean
• Health informatics; knowledge discovery/data mining
• Management and international minimum data sets
• Knowledge representation
Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN
• Informatics, business process improvement, systems
analysis, quality improvement and public/health policy
• Public health, home-care, hospice
• Leadership, organizational, behavior change
Electronic Health Records Benefit Everyone
Today in many clinics, hospitals, or other health care
settings, electronic health records (EHRs) make patient
information available to all clinicians. EHRs reduce the
potential for misdiagnosis, drug interaction, duplicate
testing, and errors stemming from miscommunication
or missing information.
Ultimately EHRs will be interoperable, that is, data
entered into one system can be exchanged between
information systems and made accessible to everyone
who needs this information and has the right to
access it—patients, providers, and third-party payers.
The Department of Health and Human Services, through
the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, has successfully piloted models
for a Nationwide Health Information Network.
Using the Internet, this network of networks will
connect health information exchanges in different
markets to enable the secure and confidential sharing
of information across the health care system.
throughout the state. In fact, last year the Health
Record Act was passed in Minnesota. This law requires
all health care providers to use interoperable electronic
health records by 2015.
Among the goals of the Minnesota e-Health
Initiative are:
• Ensuring that patients have the information they
need to make good health and medical decisions
• Connecting providers so they can access and
exchange information electronically
• Protecting communities and improve public
health through the use of modern, interoperable
information systems
The Initiative is also working on standards for
information exchange and policies that ensure information
privacy and security. For more information, visit
www.health.state.mn.us/e-health.
E-HEALTH INITIATIVE
Closer to home, the Minnesota e-Health Initiative is
promoting the adoption and use of interoperable
EHRs and electronic health information exchange
Getting Ready For 2015
In January, the SoN organized the Minnesota Technology
Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) summit.
Nurses from all over the state gathered to develop an action
plan for meeting the requirements of the Health Record Act.
View PowerPoint presentations at
www.nursing.umn.edu/MNTiger/MNTiger_Presentation.html
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Thomas Clancy, PhD, MBA, RN
• Nursing administration
• Complexity
• Information systems
• Workflow process analysis
Minnesota Creates Institute
for Health Informatics
Informatics undergirds every aspect of health care research, delivery,
planning, and policy. That’s why the U of M’s Academic Health
Center has created the Institute for Health Informatics. The institute
is committed to improving health care through the effective and
efficient use of informatics.
A NICE SYNERGY
“Research is at the core of the institute, but education, service,
and technology transfer are also essential aspects of our work,”
says director Julie Jacko, PhD. “The institute will encourage interprofessional
collaboration across disciplines within the Academic
Health Center and provide links to researchers in engineering
and bioscience.”
The institute will also strive to leverage the University’s existing
partnerships with industry, government, communities, and health
care systems, and create new ones. “The combination of these
strategic partnerships, on-going academic research, and the graduate
program in health informatics creates a nice synergy,” Jacko says.
She believes that this synergy will result in the creation of
innovative products that can be used to enhance health care for both
providers and patients.
Jacko, who was named director of the institute in October,
holds appointments as professor in the School of Nursing and the
School of Public Health Division of Environmental Health Science.
Before coming to Minnesota, she held a joint appointment
as professor of biomedical engineering and professor of interactive
computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Emory
University School of Medicine. She also served as director for
research of the Health Systems Institute, a joint Georgia Tech-
Emory University initiative.
Julie A. Jacko, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, Director,
Academic Health Center Institute for Health Informatics
• Human-computer interaction
• Universal access to electronic information technologies
• Technological aspects of health care delivery
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Much of Jacko’s research focuses on human-computer interaction—
that is, the way people work and interact with electronic devices
like personal and laptop computers, information kiosks, hand-held
devices like Blackberries, and in particular, those designed for
medical diagnosis and treatment.
A device interface serves as the boundary between the user and
the machine’s intended functionality.” When the interface empowers
the user to operate the device seamlessly for its intended purpose,
the experience will be satisfying for the user and the result will be
increased productivity, reliability, and safety,” she says.
The applications of her research in human-computer interaction
span the fields of health informatics, technological aspects of
health care delivery, and universal access to electronic information
technologies.
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS AND EMPOWERMENT
Jacko has been recognized nationally and internationally by her
landmark achievements advancing technology access for people
with visual impairments and blindness.
Her research in this area has investigated a broad range of issues
that range from computational modeling of the behaviors and
strategies people with visual impairments exhibit when attempting
to make use of various technological forms and functions, to
mapping neuroplasticity in patients diagnosed with prevalent
ocular pathologies, such as macular degeneration (both age-related
and juvenile forms).
The overarching theme of this work is to empower people
disenfranchised by current technological designs and standards
to participate as full citizens in our information society.
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PHOTOALTO/MEDIABAKERY
Healthy
Family
Meals
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Jayne Fulkerson
• Child/adolescent health: prevention and
health promotion regarding eating disorders,
obesity, depression and substance abuse
• Family-based health promotion
• Psychometrics/instrument development
jayne fulkerson
increasing the time families
spend around the table
BY MARY KING HOFF
As a psychologist, Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, has seen firsthand the
many threats to the well-being of American children: challenges to
self-esteem, unhealthful eating, problems with weight control
and obesity, a sometimes-shortchanged need for family connection
and cohesion.
She also sees at least a partial solution: family meals.
POSITIVE CORRELATIONS
Before joining the SoN faculty, Fulkerson spent several years as
a senior research associate working on a series of children’s health
promotion studies in the School of Public Health. Along with
colleagues Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, and Mary Story, PhD,
she found a correlation between participation in family meals and
developmental assets like positive values, positive self-esteem,
and sociability. Lack of participation was correlated with traits such
as depression, violence, and eating disordered behaviors.
“When I realized that family meals were not only related to
better eating habits, but that they were also related to well-being
in kids, that really intrigued me,” Fulkerson says. Further research
added other dimensions to the picture. One study found that parents,
young adolescents, and older teens believed that family meals
were important—although this might come as a surprise to parents
of teens. Another study supported the notion that family meals,
particularly when they create a positive environment, are associated
with psychological well-being in young people.
But it was also abundantly clear that when the realities of
everyday life came into play, family meals often were among the
activities that are crossed off the list. “Sports, church, work schedules,
all kinds of things interfere with family meals,” Fulkerson says.
IDENTIFYING THE BARRIERS
Fulkerson wondered how busy families could increase the time
spent around the table. To find out, she applied for and received
funding from the National Institutes of Health for a project called
“Healthy Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment” or HOME.
This study aims to improve nutritional intake and prevent obesity
by promoting healthful family meals.
The first step was a survey of Twin Cities parents to identify
what would help them have more family meals. Fulkerson used
these findings to begin development of the HOME study.
“Some parents joked that they wanted maids and chefs,” she
says with a smile. But, she quickly adds, “That’s not going to work in
the real world, and it shows the time pressure parents feel.” On a
more practical level, the adults identified a number of specific factors,
ranging from exhaustion to lack of planning that made it tough
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A lot of parents had meals together when they were
children. They remember and like that idea.
The initial survey was followed by focus groups. Participants
elaborated on barriers: the stress of making separate meals for
fussy eaters; a lack of ideas for quick and healthy meals; a perceived
lack of time for meal planning, preparation, and cleanup; a conflict
between the desire to have the kids help and the need to get the
meal made quickly, efficiently, and without a lot of mess.
NUTRITION AND COOKING SKILLS
Fulkerson crafted an intervention based on the findings from the
surveys and the focus groups. She recruited 44 families from two
elementary schools. Half the families served as controls. The other
half participated in a series of five 90-minute sessions involving
nutrition education, cooking skills for kids, and cooperative cooking,
topped off with a big shared meal using foods the children
helped to prepare.
“We had a lot of interactive activities,” Fulkerson says. “The
families cooked together, the food was served as a buffet, and they
were all able to try the wide variety of foods they had made.” After
the series of sessions were over, she and her colleagues gathered
information from families on how their habits might have changed.
A preliminary analysis of the findings indicates that families
in the group that prepared and ate meals together are finding it
easier to limit pop in the home and to serve more fruit at dinner.
And children in that group are helping more with meal preparation
than those in the control group.
The findings also support the notion that families really want
to have family meals together. “A lot of parents had meals together
when they were children,” Fulkerson says. “They remember and like
that idea. They’d like to get over some of the barriers and have more
nutritionally sound family meals in their own homes.”
NEXT STEPS
Once the pilot study is complete, Fulkerson will pursue funding for
a full-scale intervention that would increase the frequency of
healthful family meals by helping families learn practical strategies
to make it work for them.
She’s also interested in exploring the relationship between
family meals and overweight. That’s hard to do under current
study designs, she says, because what’s measured is often whether
families eat together, not what they eat together. As a result, she’s
developing a survey tool to assess the healthfulness of what’s
served at family meals, as well as whether and how often families
eat together.
Another unexplored area is the relationship between culture
and family meals, and how that might affect intervention programs.
“My long-term goal is to prevent obesity or to decrease excess
weight gain by working with families,” Fulkerson says. “Ultimately
all of this hopefully will lead us to healthful, frequent family meals
as a way to decrease obesity.”
Making Meals Happen
Based on her research and anecdotal observations over
the years—as well as her real-life experience as the
parent of an active 10-year-old—Jayne Fulkerson offers
these suggestions to families:
• Focus on fruits and vegetables.
• Involve children in shopping, planning, and
making meals.
• Make family meals a priority. When eating together
is a priority, families make it happen. Don’t worry
if you can’t eat together every night, but do try to eat
together as frequently as possible.
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Diane Treat-Jacobson
• Outcomes of exercise training in patients
with claudication from peripheral arterial
disease (PAD)
• Quality of life assessment and measurement
diane treat-jacobson
arming against leg pain
the best treatment for hurting leg muscles?
how about…arm exercises?
BY MARY KING HOFF
Trying to reduce leg pain with an upper-body workout sounds a bit
like taking cough syrup for athlete’s foot. But Assistant Professor
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, is learning otherwise. Her research
focuses on peripheral arterial disease (PAD), in which plaque builds
up in the arteries of the legs, impeding blood circulation. PAD
affects an estimated 9 million Americans, including one in five over
70 years of age.
When persons with PAD walk or otherwise use their leg
muscles, oxygen is quickly depleted. This causes muscle pain or
cramping that feels like a charley horse. The discomfort keeps
many people from exercising, and that leads to a downward spiral
of inactivity and further vascular dysfunction. Severe PAD can
make it hard to perform the everyday tasks of living, from climbing
stairs to grocery shopping.
Until now, the conventional treatment for PAD, ironically, has
been using those aching legs. “Standard exercise therapy requires
walking until it hurts, resting for a few minutes until the pain
subsides, and then walking again,” Treat-Jacobson says. Walking
into the pain, she says, trains the muscle to use oxygen more
efficiently. Over time, the onset of pain is delayed, and the individual
is able to walk a little longer. But it’s not surprising that many
have a hard time following that prescription with much conviction
or consistency.
A LESS PAINFUL PRESCRIPTION
Might there be a less painful way to make progress against PAD?
While searching for ideas, Treat-Jacobson encountered a British
study that compared the effect of stationary bicycling to the effect
of “arm cycling”—performing aerobic exercise by rotating a crank
with the arms instead of the legs. The study found some improvement
in PAD symptoms in both treatment groups.
Treat-Jacobson was intrigued by the results, but felt they didn’t
provide enough information because cycling lacks the weightbearing
component of walking. She received a grant from the
American Heart Association to carry out her own research project
comparing the effectiveness of arm cycling and treadmill walking
on exercise-associated pain in persons with PAD.
Treat-Jacobson began by measuring how long subjects with
PAD could walk before they began to feel pain, then how long they
could walk with the pain before it shot up to “5” on her scale—too
intense to tolerate. Subjects then went through a 12-week exercise
routine that consisted of treadmill walking, treadmill walking plus
arm cycling, or arm cycling alone.
UNANTICIPATED FINDINGS
Before she started the study, Treat-Jacobson expected that
individuals assigned to perform both forms of exercise would have
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PHOTO: RICHARD ANDERSON
Arm cycling is a promising therapy for people who
are unstable or who can’t do lower body exercises.
the best outcome. All three groups did show statistically significant
gains in the distance study participants could walk before the
pain stopped them. But when it came to the amount of time they
could walk before the pain began, the arm cyclers were at least as
good, and perhaps even better, than subjects in the other treatment
groups. Not only that, but the arm cyclers also showed a decrease
in resting blood pressure, while the others did not.
“We were surprised,” Treat-Jacobson says. She suspects that
walking may cause inflammation in leg muscles that limits the
ability to benefit from the exercise. It also may be, she says, that
leg pain prevents walkers from reaching the same level of aerobic
benefit as the arm cyclers.
In a second study, Treat-Jacobson is now exploring how upper
body exercise affects people with more severe forms of PAD—those
for whom any use of the legs causes pain, or who experience PADrelated
pain at night or when they’re at rest. She’s measuring the
impact of exercise on ability to walk, exercise capacity, perception of
pain, and tissue oxygen levels in the feet. Preliminary results suggest
that arm exercises may make a big difference for these patients, too,
although the impact varies depending on how severe the problem is.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
Treat-Jacobson is excited about the potential of arm cycling to
make life better for people with PAD. “Especially for people who are
unstable or who can’t do lower body exercises, this could be a
promising therapy,” she says. “I think there are great possibilities to
be explored, for example, in long-term care facilities where people
worry about falling when performing walking exercise.”
As her work gets attention in the popular press, Treat-Jacobson
has the rare opportunity to see her research findings reinforced
by anecdotal experience. A man with a severe case of PAD sent her
an e-mail reporting that after spending a summer doing his own
form of upper-body exercise—using a hoe, rake, and shovel from a
sitting position in his large garden for 6 to 12 hours per week—
he had made tremendous gains in his ability to walk without pain.
“That was very gratifying,” Treat-Jacobson says.
LOOKING AHEAD
Treat-Jacobson aims to learn more about how to reduce the
devastating pain of PAD. She’d like to better understand why arm
cycling improves the ability to walk without pain. And she’d like
to measure other indicators of heart health to see how they
are affected by arm cycling and other forms of exercise in persons
with PAD. She recently submitted a major grant proposal to the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to request funding for a
more detailed study of the physiological impacts of various forms
of exercise.
“This disease can make people pretty miserable,” she says.
“There is so much work to be done: it’s a wonderful area for
nursing research.”
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Health, 19(6), 985–1003.
Findorff, M. J., Wyman, J. F., Nyman, J. A., &
Croghan, C. F. (2007). Methods: Measuring the
direct healthcare costs of a fall injury event.
Nursing Research, 56(1), 283–7.
Fulkerson, J. A., Strauss, J., Neumark-Sztainer, D.,
Story, M., & Boutelle, K. N. (2007). Correlates
of psychosocial well-being among overweight
adolescents: The role of the family. Journal
of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 75(1), 181–86.
Garcia, C. M. (2007). Commentary on Implementation
and evaluation of the Empower Youth
Program. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(1), 37–38.
Garcia, C. M., Duckett, L. J., Saewyc, E. M., &
Bearinger, L. H. (2007). Perceptions of health
among immigrant Latino adolescents from
Mexico. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(2), 81–91;
discussion 92; quiz 93–5.
Garcia, C. M., & Medeiros, M. (2007). Air, water,
land: Mexican-origin adolescents’ perceptions of
health and the environment. Revista Electronica
de Enfermagen, 9(3), 574–87.
Garcia, C. M., & Saewyc, E. M. (2007). Perceptions
of mental health among recently immigrated
Mexican adolescents. Issues in Mental Health
Nursing, 28,37–54.
Garcia, C. M., Skay, C. L., Sieving, R. E., Naughton,
S., & Bearinger, L. H. (2007). La familia y salud
mental: Examining the relationship of protective
family factors and mental health indicators
among 9th and 12th grade Latino adolescents.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(2 (suppl)), S30.
Gaugler, J. E., Duval, S., Anderson, K. A., & Kane, R. L.
(2007). Predicting nursing home admission
in the U.S.: A meta-analysis. BMC Geriatrics, 7, 13.
Gaugler, J. E., & Kane, R. L. (2007). Families and
assisted living. The Gerontologist, 47(Special
Issue III), 83–99.
Gaugler, J. E., Kane, R. L., & Newcomer, R. (2007).
Resilience and transitions from dementia
caregiving. Journals of Gerontology Series B:
Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 62(1),
P38–P44.
Gaugler, J. E., Pot, A. M., & Zarit, S. H. (2007).
Long-term adaptation to institutionalization in
dementia caregivers. Gerontologist, 47(6), 730–40.
Goins, R. T., Moss, M. P., Buchwald, D., & Guralnik,
J. M. (2007). Disability among older American
Indians and Alaska Natives: An analysis of the
2000 census public use microdata sample.
Gerontologist, 47(5), 690–6.
Gray, M., Bliss, D. Z., Doughty, D. B., Ermer-Seltun,
J., Kennedy-Evans, K. L., & Palmer, M. H. (2007).
Incontinence-associated dermatitis: A consensus.
Journal of Wound, Ostomy, & Continence Nursing,
34(1), 45–56.
Green, C., Garcia, C. M., & Lipscomb, M. (2007).
Book review. Nursing Philosophy, 8(1), 64–70.
Gross-Forneris, A., & Peden-McAlpine, C. J. (2007).
Evaluation of a reflective learning intervention
to improve critical thinking in novice nurses.
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 57(4), 410–21.
Halcón, L. L. (2007). Commentary on Searching
for Circles-of-Meaning and using spiritual
experiences to help parents of infants with life
threatening illness cope. Journal of Holistic
Nursing, 25(1), 50–51.
Halcón, L. L., Robertson, C. L., Monsen, K. A.,&
Claypatch, C. C. (2007). A theoretical framework
for using health realization to reduce stress
and improve coping in refugee communities.
Journal of Holistic Nursing, 25(3), 186–94.
Halm, M. A., Treat-Jacobson, D., Lindquist, R.,&
Savik, K. (2007). Caregiver burden and outcomes
of caregiving of spouses of patients who
undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Heart & Lung: The Journal of Critical Care, 36(3),
170–187.
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Hardie, N. A., Garrard, J., Gross, C. R., Bowers, S. E.,
Rarick, J. O., Bland, P., et al. (2007). The validity
of epilepsy or seizure documentation in nursing
homes. Epilepsy Research, 74(2–3), 171–175.
Hearst, M. O., Fulkerson, J. A., Maldonado-Molina,
M. M., Perry, C. L., & Komro, K. A. (2007). Who
needs liquor stores when parents will do? The
importance of social sources of alcohol among
young urban teens. Preventive Medicine, 44(6),
471–6.
Henly, S. J. (2007). Lost in time: The person in
nursing research. Nursing Research, 56(3), 147.
Hirsch, A. T., Murphy, T. P., Lovell, M. B., Twillman,
G., Treat-Jacobson, D., Harwood, E. M., et al.
(2007). Gaps in public knowledge of peripheral
arterial disease: The first national PAD public
awareness survey. Circulation, 116(18), 2086–94.
Huang, M. Z., Kuo, S. C., Avery, M. D., Chen, W.,
Lin, K. C., & Gau, M. L. (2007). Evaluating effects
of a prenatal web-based breastfeeding education
programme in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical
Nursing, 16(8), 1571–9.
Jukkala, A. M., & Henly, S. J. (2007). Readiness for
neonatal resuscitation: Measuring knowledge,
experience, and comfort level. Applied Nursing
Research, 20,78–85.
Kalb, K. A., & O’Conner-Von, S. (2007). Ethics
education in advanced practice nursing: Respect
for human dignity. Nursing Education Perspectives,
28(4), 196–202.
Kane, R. L., Arling, G., Mueller, C. A., Held, R., &
Cooke, V. (2007). A quality-based payment
strategy for nursing home care in Minnesota.
The Gerontologist, 47(1), 108–15.
Kane, R. L., Shamliyan, T., Mueller, C. A., Duval, S.,
& Wilt, T. J. (2007). Nurse staffing and quality
of patient care. Evidence Report/Technology
Assessment, (151), 1–115.
Kane, R. L., Shamliyan, T. A., Mueller, C. A., Duval, S.,
& Wilt, T. J. (2007). The association of registered
nurse staffing levels and patient outcomes.
Medical Care, 45(12), 1195–1204.
Kerr, M. J. (2007). Hearing conservation. AAOHN
Journal, 55(4), 152.
Kerr, M. J., Savik, K., Monsen, K. A., & Lusk, S. L.
(2007). Effectiveness of computer-based tailoring
versus targeting to promote use of hearing
protection. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research,
39(1), 80–97.
Krichbaum, K. E. (2007). GAPN postacute care
coordination improves hip fracture outcomes.
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 29(5), 523–44.
Krichbaum, K. E., Diemert, C., Jacox, L., Jones, A.,
Koenig, P., Mueller, C. A., Disch, J. M. (2007).
Complexity compression: Nurses under fire.
Nursing Forum, 42(2), 86–94.
Kubik, M. Y., Story, M., & Davey, C. (2007). Obesity
prevention in schools: Current role and future
practice of school nurses. Preventive Medicine,
44(6), 504–7.
Kubik, M. Y., Story, M., & Rieland, G. (2007).
Developing school-based BMI screening and
parent notification programs: Findings from
focus groups with parents of elementary school
students. Health Education & Behavior, 34(4),
622–33.
Lackner, T. E., McCarthy, T. C., Wyman, J. F.,
Monigold, M., & Davey, C. (2007). Cognitive
effect, safety, and tolerability of oral extendedrelease
oxybutynin in cognitively impaired
elders with urinary incontinence. [Abstract].
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,
55(Suppl 4) S77.
Lee, M., Delaney, C. W., & Moorhead, S. (2007).
Building a personal health record from a nursing
perspective. International Journal of Medical
Informatics, 76S, S308–16.
Lee, M. Y., Benn, R., Wimsatt, L., Cornman, J.,
Hedgecock, J., Gerik, S., et al (Kreitzer, M.J.).
(2007). Integrating complementary and
alternative medicine instruction into health
professions education: Organizational and
instructional strategies. Academic Medicine,
82(10), 939–45.
Lindeke, L. L. (2007). Looking back, staying
strong. Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 15(12), 16.
Lindeke, L. L. (2007). Playing by the rule book.
Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 15,17.
Lindeke, L. L. (2007). Where to go to be in the
know. Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 15(9), 18.
Lindeke, L. L., & Moen, G. (2007). Getting paid
for what you do. Advance for Nurse Practitioners,
15(5), 26.
Lindquist, R., & Sendelbach, S. E. (2007).
Maximizing safety of hospitalized elders. Critical
Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 19(3),
277–84.
Lindquist, R., Wyman, J. F., Talley, K. M., Findorff,
M. J.,& Gross, C. R. (2007). Design of controlgroup
conditions in clinical trials of behavioral
interventions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship,
39(3), 214–21.
Lu, D. F., Park, H. T., Ucharattana, P., Konicek, D., &
Delaney, C. W. (2007). Nursing outcomes
classification in the Systematized Nomenclature
of Medicine Clinical Terms: A cross-mapping
validation. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 25(3),
159–170.
McCormick, K. A., Delaney, C. W., Brennan, P. F.,
Effken, J. A., Kendrick, K., Murphy, J., et al. (2007).
Guideposts to the future—An agenda for
nursing informatics. Journal of the American
Medical Informatics Association, 14(1), 19–24.
McDaniel, A. M., & Delaney, C. W. (2007). AAN
news & opinion: Training scientists in the
nursing informatics research agenda. Nursing
Outlook, 55(2), 115–6.
Meiers, S. J., Tomlinson, P., & Peden-McAlpine, C.
(2007). Development of the Family Nurse Caring
Belief Scale (FNCBS). Journal of Family Nursing,
13(4), 484–502.
Mueller, C. A. (2007). Christine Mueller, PhD, RN,
BC, CNAA: Outstanding geriatric faculty member
award recipient. Journal of Gerontological
Nursing, 33(3), 4–5.
Mueller, C. A. (2007). Teaching gerontological
nursing: Lessons from a nurse educator.
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 33(3), 3.
Nachreiner, N. M., Findorff, M. J., Wyman, J. F.,&
McCarthy, T. C. (2007). Circumstances and
consequences of falls in community-dwelling
older women. Journal of Women’s Health, 16(10),
1437–46.
O’Boyle, C. A. (2007). Caring for caregivers.
Survey details what nurses need to perform in
the midst of disaster. Materials Management
in Health Care, 16(5), 15–17.
O’Conner-Von, S. (2007). Growth and development
of the school-aged child. In N. L. Potts, &
B. H. Mandleco (Eds.), Pediatric Nursing: Caring
for Children and Their Families. (2nd ed.). Clifton
Park, N.Y.: Thomson Delmar Learning.
Panagarakis, S. J., Harrington, K., Lindquist, R.,
Peden-McAlpine, C., and Finkelstein, S. (2007).
Electronic feedback messages for home
spirometry lung transplant recipients. Heart &
Lung, 20(10), 1–8.
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Park, H. T., Lu, D. F., Konicek, D., & Delaney, C. W.
(2007). Nursing interventions classification in
systematized nomenclature of medicine clinical
terms: A cross-mapping validation. Computers,
Informatics, Nursing, 25(4), 198–208; quiz 209–10.
Penrod, J., Yu, F., Kolanowski, A., Fick, D. M., Loeb,
S. J., & Hupcey, J. E. (2007). Reframing personcentered
nursing care for persons with dementia.
Research & Theory for Nursing Practice, 21(1),
57–72.
Regan, M.,& Liaschenko, J. (2007). In the mind of
the beholder: Hypothesized effect of intrapartum
nurses’ cognitive frames of childbirth cesarean
section rates. Qualitative Health Research, 17(5),
612–624.
Reilly, K. E., Mueller, C. A., & Zimmerman, D. R.
(2007). The centers for Medicare and Medicaid
services’ nursing home case-mix and quality
demonstration: A descriptive overview. Journal
of Aging & Social Policy, 19(1), 61–76.
Robertson, C. L.,& Duckett, L. J. (2007). Mothering
during war and postwar in Bosnia. Journal of
Family Nursing, 13(4), 461–83.
Robertson, C. L., Kerr, M. J., Garcia, C. M., &
Halterman, E. (2007). Noise and hearing protection:
Latino construction workers’ experiences.
AAOHN Journal, 55(4), 153–160.
Sakthong, P., Schommer, J. C., Gross, C. R.,
Sakulbumrungsil, R., & Prasithsirikul, W. (2007).
Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-BREF-
THAI in patients with HIV/AIDS. Journal of the
Medical Association of Thailand, 90(11), 2449–60.
Siegel, J. D., Rhinehart, E., Jackson, M., Chiarello, L.,
& Health Care Infection Control Practices
Advisory Committee (HICPAC, O’Boyle, C. A.).
(2007). 2007 Guideline for isolation precautions:
Preventing transmission of infectious agents
in health care settings. American Journal
of Infection Control, 35(10 (Suppl 2)), S65–164.
Siegel, J. D., Rhinehart, E., Jackson, M., Chiarello, L.,
& Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory
Committee (HICPAC, O’Boyle, C. A.). (2007).
Management of multi-drug resistant organisms
in health care settings, 2006. American Journal
of Infection Control, 35(10 (Suppl 2)), S165–93.
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Cunningham, A. J.,
Elder, W. G., & Bruckner, G. (2007). A healing
journal for cancer patients in Ontario and an
online interdisciplinary CAM course for allied
health students in Kentucky. Explore: The Journal
of Science & Healing, 3(4), 423–5.
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., & Leskowitz, E.
(2007). Innovations in integrative healthcare
education: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital—
the integrative medicine project. Explore: The
Journal of Science & Healing, 3(1), 70–71.
Sierpina, V. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Mackenzie, E., &
Sierpina, M. (2007). Regaining our humanity
through story. Explore: The Journal of Science &
Healing, 3(6), 626–32.
Sieving, R. E., Bearinger, L. H., Resnick, M. D.,
Pettingell, S. E., & Skay, C. L. (2007). Adolescent
dual method use: Relevant attitudes, normative
beliefs and self-efficacy. Journal of Adolescent
Health, 40(3), 275.e15–375.e22.
Silverberg-Koerner, S., & Kenyon, D. B. (2007).
Understanding “good days” and “bad days”:
Emotional and physical reactivity among
caregivers for elder relatives. Family Relations:
Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family
Studies, 56(1), 1–11.
Stein-Parbury, J., & Liaschenko, J. (2007).
Understanding doctor-nurse collaboration as
knowledge at work. American Journal of Critical
Care, 16(5), 470–77.
Stoddard, S. A., Kubik, M. Y.,& Savik, K. (2007).
Primary and secondary prevention of obesity
in older female adolescents attending a
reproductive health clinic: A missed opportunity
to intervene. Journal of Adolescent Health,
40(2 (suppl)), S34.
Tracy, M. F., & Lindquist, R. (2007). Systems
Thinking. In M. McKinley (Ed.), Acute and Critical
Care Clinical Nurse Specialists: Synergy for
Best Practices (pp. 127–141). Philadelphia, PA:
Saunders/Elsevier.
Treat-Jacobson, D.,& Lindquist, R. (2007).
Exercise, quality of life, and symptoms in men
and women five to six years after coronary
artery bypass graft surgery. Heart & Lung, 36(6),
387–97.
Vincent, A., Barton, D. L., Mandrekar, J. N., Cha, S. S.,
Zais, T., Wahner-Roedler, D. L., et al (Kreitzer, M. J.).
(2007). Acupuncture for hot flashes: a randomized,
sham-controlled clinical study. Menopause,
14(1), 45–52.
Westra, B. L., Delaney C. W. (2007). Informatics
competencies for nursing Leaders, Nursing
Outlook, 55, 210–211.
Whitson, B. A., Huddleston, S. J., Savik, K.,&
Shumway, S. J. (2007). Bloodless cardiac surgery
is associated with decreased morbidity and
mortality. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 22(5), 373–8.
Winbush, N. Y., Gross, C. R.,& Kreitzer, M. J.
(2007). The effects of mindfulness-based stress
reduction on sleep disturbance: A systematic
review. Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing,
3(6), 585–91.
Wyman, J. F. (2007). Bladder training for overactive
bladder. In K. Bo, B. Berghmans, M. Van Kampen
& S. Morkved (Eds.), Evidence-Based Physical
Therapy for the Pelvic Floor: Bridging Science and
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Elsevier.
Wyman, J. F., Croghan, C. F., Nachreiner, N. M.,
Gross, C. R., Stock, H. H., Talley, K. M., et al. (2007).
Effectiveness of education and individualized
counseling in reducing environmental hazards in
homes of community-dwelling older women.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55(10),
1548–56.
Yang, Y. O., Peden-McAlpine, C. J., & Chen, C. H.
(2007). A qualitative study of the experiences of
Taiwanese women having their first baby after
the age of 35 years. Midwifery, 23(4), 343–9.
Ye, X., Gross, C. R., Schommer, J., Cline, R., &
St. Peter, W. L. (2007). Association between
copayment and adherence to statin treatment
initiated after coronary heart disease hospitalization:
A longitudinal, retrospective, cohort
study. Clinical Therapeutics, 29(12), 2748–57.
Ye, X., Gross, C. R., Schommer, J. C., Cline, R.,
Xuan, J., & St. Peter, W. L. (2007). Initiation of
statins after hospitalization for coronary heart
disease. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy,
13(5), 385–396.
Young, D. R., Felton, G. M., Grieser, M., Elder, J. P.,
Johnson, C., Lee, J., Kubik, M.Y. (2007). Policies and
opportunities for physical activity in middle
school environments. Journal of School Health,
77(1), 41–7.
Zarit, S. H., Bottigi, K., & Gaugler, J. E. (2007).
Stress and Caregivers. In G. Fink, et al (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Stress (2nd ed., pp. 416–18).
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grant awards
faculty grants – 2007
school of nursing principal investigator
Avery, Melissa
Technology-enhanced Learning in
Graduate Nursing (TELIGN)
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Avery, Melissa
Development of an Exercise Intervention
for American Indian Women with Gestational
Diabetes: A Community-Based Approach
American College of Nurse-Midwives Foundation
Bearinger, Linda
Center for Adolescent Nursing
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bearinger, Linda
Adolescent Health Protection Research
Training Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bliss, Donna
The Impact of Fiber Fermentation
on Fecal Incontinence
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Bliss, Donna
Smart Seal Ostomy Appliance: Further Testing
National Institutes of Health/
National Center for Research Resources (Prime);
Korosensor
Bliss, Donna
Development of Tool to Identify
Perineal Dermatitis and its Severity
3M via University of Minnesota Foundation
Bliss, Donna
Evaluation of Characteristics and Typical Usage
of Incontinent Products for Fecal Incontinence
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Carney-Anderson, Lisa
The Perioperative Experience of
Parkinson’s Patients
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Chlan, Linda
Anxiety Self-Management for Patients
Receiving Mechanical Ventilatory Support
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Chlan, Linda
Patient-Controlled Sedation Feasibility Study
UMN – Academic Health Center Faculty Research
Development Program
Delaney, Connie
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Delaney, Connie
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Disch, Joanne
Improving Patient Safety through Effective
Nurse-Physician Partnerships Program
Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Chapter
Disch, Joanne
Improving Patient Safety through Physician/
Nurse Partnerships
American Organization of Nurse Executives
Institute for Patient Care Research & Education
Fulkerson, Jayne
Healthy Home Offerings via the
Mealtime Environment (HOME)
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Fulkerson, Jayne
Validation of a Self-Administered Tool
to Assess the Types of Foods Served at Family
Meals for the Prevention of Childhood Obesity
UMN Graduate School – Grant in Aid
Garcia, Carolyn
Health Insurance Affordability and
Health Care Access/Quality in High and
Low Uninsurance Communities
UMN Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA)
Garcia, Carolyn
Addressing the Mental Health of the
Twin Cities Latino Community
UMN School of Nursing Foundation
Garcia, Carolyn
Using Health Realization with Latino Adolescents:
Piloting the “No Te Quebres El Coco” Program
UMN President’s Faculty Multicultural Research Award
Garcia, Carolyn
An Instrument to Measure Latino Mental
Health Knowledge
Sigma Theta Tau International, Zeta Chapter
Garcia, Carolyn
Understanding Culturally-Based Perceptions of
Mental Health Among Mexican-Origin Immigrant
Latino Adolescents and Parents: A Pilot Study
Sigma Theta Tau International
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grant awards
Garcia, Carolyn
Development of an Instrument to Measure
Latino Mental Health Knowledge Using
Community-Based Participatory Action Research
STTI/Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
Garwick, Ann
Web-based Asthma Education for Urban
Head Start Program
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Garwick, Ann
Center for Children with Special
Health Care Needs
Maternal and Child Health Bureau/
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gaugler, Joseph
Comprehensive Support of Alzheimer’s
Disease Caregivers
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
Nursing Home Training to Impact CMS Indicators
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging (Prime);
HealthCare Interactive, Inc.
Gaugler, Joseph
Caregiver Outcomes Post Nursing Home
Placement of a Family Member
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
Caregiver Training in South India
Fogarty International (FIC)/
National Institutes of Health
Gaugler, Joseph
The Dementia Demonstration Project
Department of Veterans Affairs
Gaugler, Joseph
Early Dementia Identification Project
State of Minnesota/
Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Gaugler, Joseph
A Multi-Site, Cross-Sectional, Non-Treatment
Prospective Trial to Collect Bio-Fluids and
Neuropsychiatric Data from Cognitively Normal
Elderly Subjects
Pfizer, Inc (Prime); INC Research, Inc
Gaugler, Joseph
The Memory Club: Providing Support to Persons
with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease and Their
Care Partners
UMN Office for Public Engagement
Gross, Cynthia
Impact of Mind-Body Interventions
Post Organ Transplant
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Halcón, Linda
Recruitment Strategy for Testing Tea Tree Oil
Treatment of Bacterial Infections
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Henly, Susan
American Indian MS to PhD Nursing Science
Bridge – Phase 2
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Kerr, Madeleine
Latino-based Multimedia to Prevent NIHL
National Institutes of Health/
National Institutes of Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders
Kreitzer, Mary Jo
Residential Eating Disorders Grant
Park Nicollet Institute (Prime);
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Kubik, Martha
Team COOL Pilot Study
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Diabetes &
Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Kubik, Martha
A Clinic-based Intervention Targeting Primary
& Secondary Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Kubik, Martha
A School-Based Body Mass Index Screening
Program: Phase II
UMN – Academic Health Center Faculty Research
Development Program
Lindeke, Linda
Service Use and Outcomes of
Prematurity at Adolescence
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners,
Minnesota Chapter
Lindquist, Ruth
Neuropsychological, Biologic, and Health-Related
Quality of Life Outcomes of Patients Undergoing
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery “On” vs.“Off”
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Lindquist, Ruth
Neuropsychological Functioning, Delirium,
and Health Related Quality of Life of Patients
Following On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery
Bypass Surgery: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study
Minnesota Nurses Association Foundation
Lindquist, Ruth
Acupuncture for Prevention and Treatment
of Atrial Fibrillation in CABG Surgery Patients
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Looman, Wendy
Hmong Translation of the Social Capital Scale
for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)
Moss, Margaret
Native Nursing Careers Opportunity
Program (NNCOP)
Indian Health Service/
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mueller, Christine
Geriatric Nursing Education Project: Creating
Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Mueller, Christine
Developing Comprehensive Dementia-Specific
Nursing Home Quality Indicators
Alzheimer’s Association (Prime);
University of Indiana
Mueller, Christine
Multicultural Health and Wellness Services
for Seniors in Independent Housing
UMN Office for Public Engagement
O’Boyle, Carol
Minnesota Emergency Readiness
Education and Training (MERET)
Health Resources and Services Administration/
U.S. Department Of Health and Human Services
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O’Conner-Von, Susan
Field Test of a Web-based Program to Help Youth
Cope with Cancer Treatment (Phase Two)
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Olson-Keller, Linda
Enhancing the Capacity of Public Health
Nursing Through Partnerships
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing
Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Understanding Dying in Critical Care:
A Qualitative Study
UMN Graduate School – Grant in Aid
Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia
Extending Pediatric Critical Care Nurses’
Expertise in Family Settings
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Robertson, Cheryl
Modeling Psychological Functioning in Refugees
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
Sieving, Renee
Prime Time: Health Promotion
for Multiple Risk Behaviors
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Interdisciplinary Clinical Research Scholar Program
UMN Academic Health Center
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Claudication: Exercise versus
Endoluminal Revascularization
National Institutes of Health/
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (Prime);
Rhode Island Hospital (sub)
Westra, Bonnie
Developing Predictive Models for Improving
Home Care Patient’s Ambulation and
Oral Medication Management Outcomes
UMN Graduate School – Grant in Aid
Westra, Bonnie
Leadership through Nursing Informatics
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Prime);
Regents of the University of California
Westra, Bonnie
Improving Informatics Competencies
for Minnesota Nursing Leaders
UMN Office for Public Engagement
Westra, Bonnie
Using Electronic Health Record Data to Predict
Medical Emergencies for Home Care Patients
UMN Digital Technology Center
Wyman, Jean
(P20) Center for Health Trajectory Research
National Institutes of Health/
National Institute of Nursing Research
Wyman, Jean
Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
John A. Hartford Foundation
Yu, Fang
Functional Impact of Aerobic Exercise
Training in Alzheimer’s Disease
K12 Career Advancement Program for
Clinical Research Scholars (CAPS)
Yu, Fang
The Impact of Aerobic Exercise on Cognition and
Function in Older Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease
John A. Hartford Foundation
Treat-Jacobson, Diane
Predictors of a Successful Response to
Exercise Training
American Heart Association
Westra, Bonnie
Predictive Modeling for Improving Incontinence
And Pressure Ulcers in Homecare
P20 Center for Health Trajectory Research/
UMN School of Nursing
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honors and awards
Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, professor and SoN dean,
was elected to the LifeScience Alley Board of Directors.
faculty
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN, clinical professor and director,
Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership,
was appointed to the Board of Directors for the National Center for
Healthcare Leadership. Dr. Disch was also honored with the 2007
American Academy of Nursing Presidential Award in recognition
of her co-creation of the “Raise the Voice” campaign and with a
Pioneering Spirit Award from the American Association of Critical
Care Nurses.
Carolyn Garcia, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor, was named
a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health
(BIRCWH) scholar by the U of M Deborah E. Powell Center.
Joseph Gaugler, PhD, assistant professor, was named a fellow in
the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological
Society of America.
Cynthia Gross, PhD, professor, was appointed to a three-year term
as associate editor of Quality of Life Research.
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, BC,
CNAA, FAAN, associate professor
(left) and Linda Olson Keller,MS,
APRN, BC, FAAN, clinical associate
professor (right), were inducted as
Fellows into the American Academy
of Nursing at the Academy’s 34th
annual conference on November 10,
2007. The AAN selects fellows based
on evidence that the nominee’s
work has contributed significantly
to nursing and health care at a
national or international level, and
that their work has the capacity to
make contributions in the future.
Merrie Kaas, DNSc, RN, CNS, associate professor, was awarded the
2007 Best Practices in the Treatment Schizophrenia by the American
Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA).
Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, BC, CNAA, FAAN, associate professor,
was one of 40 individuals honored by her alma mater, Old Dominion
University School of Nursing at its 40th anniversary celebration.
Susan O’Conner-Von, DNSc, RNC, assistant professor, was appointed
to the editorial board of Pain Management Nursing, the official
journal for the American Society of Pain Management Nursing.
The Minnesota Nurses Association also honored her with the Nurse
Educator Award for her “commitment to patient care and to those
who will be the profession’s future.”
Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, assistant professor, was elected to the Board
of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
Kim Zemke, MS, MA, RN, clinical assistant professor, received the
Albert I. Wertheimer Leadership Fellowship in Social and Administrative
Pharmacy Award from the University of Minnesota College
of Pharmacy.
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students
April Beaudet received the Outstanding Master of Nursing Student
Award from the School of Nursing Alumni Society.
Jill Guttormson, MS, RN, received a National Research Service Award
(NRSA) from the National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH for
her project titled, “Patients’ recall and assessment of mechanical
ventilation: Impact of sedation.”
Denise Herrmann, MS RN, LSN, CPNP, School of Nursing DNP
student, presented testimony to a House of Representative committee
on November 1 concerning The Administration’s Regulatory
Actions on Medicaid: The Effects on Patients, Doctors, Hospitals,
and States. Read her testimony or view the video of the hearing at
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1590.
Gisli Kristofersson was awarded the 2007 Janssen Scholarship by
the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA).
Juliet Mock received the Nursing Spectrum Heartland Region
Nursing Award in Mentoring—the only Minnesota nurse to earn
this award. The Nursing Spectrum Award, given by NurseWeek
magazine, honors nurses in 13 separate regions of the country.
Three School of Nursing students
received the University’s Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Program
(UROP) Award:
Emily Croswell
Project Title: “Diet Modification
in Persons with Fecal Incontinence”
Advisor: Dr. Donna Bliss
Amanda Manthey
Project Title: “Individual Goals
of Fecal Incontinence Management”
Advisor: Dr. Donna Bliss
Amara Rosenthal
Project Title: “The Impact of
Extrinsic Factors of Nursing Homes
on Resident Satisfaction and
Quality of Life.”
Advisor: Dr. Christine Mueller
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center news
minnesota hartford center
of geriatric nursing excellence
The mission of the Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (MnHCGNE) is to advance
the care of older adults by preparing outstanding nursing faculty from diverse backgrounds who
can provide leadership in strengthening geriatric nursing at all levels of academic nursing programs.
Hartford Geriatric Nursing Education Scholars
One of the Center’s initiatives is to
provide mentorship and scholarship
support for promising PhD and DNP
students who are committed to
teaching careers in geriatric nursing.
Five students were selected as
Hartford Geriatric Nursing Education
Scholars for the 2007–2008
academic year. These individuals
were recognized at an inaugural
event on January 15.
Sue Bikkie, DNP student
Sue plans to conduct a clinical project to
improve the care of older hospitalized adults
who have delirium or are acutely confused.
Mary Dierich, PhD student
Mary is focusing her research on the
complexities associated with medication
regimens in older adults as a predictor
of home care outcomes.
Upper Midwest Geriatric
Nursing Alliance
Another initiative of the Center is to develop the
Upper Midwest Geriatric Nursing Alliance. The Alliance
is composed of associate degree and higher nursing
programs in Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Wisconsin, and Tribal College nursing programs nationally.
The Alliance will gather for their first meeting at
the University of Minnesota campus May 28–29, 2008.
This group will come together to share their experiences
and strategize on how to strengthen and infuse
gerontological nursing into all levels of curricula.
FLAG Institute
The third initiative of MnHCGNE is to offer an innovative
faculty development program. The Faculty Learning
about Geriatrics (FLAG) Institute will convene August
4–8, 2008. This program includes four core components:
geriatric nursing, teaching geriatric nursing, academic
leadership, and geriatric informatics. FLAG will use
technology-enhanced learning to offer continuing
education contact hours. FLAG components also include
a year-long mentorship program that allows participants
to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate a
geriatric nursing education project carried out in their
home institution, as well as on-going continuing
education opportunities and networking that supports
the development of the participant as a geriatric
nurse educator.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
MISSION:
To advance the care of older adults by
preparing outstanding nursing faculty
from diverse backgrounds who can
provide leadership in strengthening
geriatric nursing at all levels of academic
nursing programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeanne Carls, MEd, BS
Program Administrator
Phone: 612-626-2473
E-mail: carls072@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/HartfordCenter
“The Hartford Scholars program has provided the opportunity to unite my
passion for geriatric nursing research with my dream to become an educator!”
— Niloufar Hadidi
Niloufar Hadidi, PhD candidate
Niloufar’s research will explore depression
and physical function in patients following
stroke to improve care delivery to this
patient population.
Audrey Weymiller, PhD student
Audrey’s focus is on chronic disease management,
particularly diabetes, pursuing
promotion of optimum functioning whether
well or sick.
Dianne Willer-Sly, DNP student
Dianne’s clinical project will explore
improving care of patients with dementia
residing in assisted living settings by
focusing on communication between care
team members.
PhD student Darlene (Bjorklund) Lindahl, MA, APRN, BC
(left) pictured with her mentor, Associate Professor
Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, was recognized for her recent award
of a 2007–2009 John A. Hartford Foundation Predoctoral
Scholarship and 2007–2009 Mayday Fund. Darlene will
focus her dissertation research on the assessment and
management of pain for the older adult patient following
a fall and admission to a trauma ICU.
Founded in 1929, the John A. Hartford Foundation is a committed
champion of training, research, and service system innovations that
promote the health and independence of America’s older adults.
Through its grantmaking, the Foundation seeks to strengthen the
nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to this rapidly
increasing older population by educating “aging-prepared” health
professionals (physicians, nurses, social workers), and developing
innovations that improve and better integrate health and
supportive services. The Foundation was established by John A.
Hartford. Mr. Hartford and his brother, George L. Hartford, both
former chief executives of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company,
left the bulk of their estates to the Foundation upon their deaths
in the 1950s. Additional information about the Foundation and
its programs is available at www.jhartfound.org.
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center news
center for
adolescent nursing
12 543
Name a key ingredient for advancing the
research stature of an academic program.
Surprising as it might seem, it’s the quality of postdoctoral
fellows. Recent studies reported in the
Chronicle of Higher Education reaffirmed the value
of post-doctoral programs in research-intensive
institutions. The Center for Adolescent Nursing hopes
to further validate these findings with the growth of
a post-doctoral program focused in adolescent health.
In 2004, with a major training grant from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Center
for Adolescent Nursing made a significant investment
in post-doctoral training in a much-needed area—
the science behind how to protect the health of
young people. We believe this investment is already
paying dividends.
The numbers of the past three years add up like this:
• 12 post-doctoral fellows (plus 12 pre-doctoral
students) with full-time support from the Center
for Adolescent Nursing
• 5 lead faculty from the Schools of Nursing,
Medicine, and Public Health
• 4 disciplines learning advanced research skills—
nursing, medicine, nutrition, psychology
• 3 statisticians working one-on-one with the
adolescent health post-doc fellows
To develop an interdisciplinary post-doctoral
program housed in the School of Nursing, significant
transformations occurred at the University of
Minnesota. For the first time, an institutional training
grant housed in the SoN supports physicians, some
of whom have their post-doc appointments in the
Medical School. Post-doctoral fellows with primary
appointments in nursing hail from the disciplines of
psychology and medicine. Regardless of the clinical
practice experiences on their resumes, all fellows give
priority to public health and population-focused prevention.
And, across disciplines, they take courses and are
mentored by faculty from any one of the collaborating
Schools—Nursing, Medicine, and Public Health.
One post-doctoral fellow’s brief biography provides
an example. Naomi Duke, MD, MPH, is a nursing postdoctoral
fellow. She earned her medical degree from
Harvard and her MPH from the School of Public Health,
University of Minnesota. Following clinical work as a
pediatrician, and a couple of years in academic adolescent
medicine, she sought a post-doctoral fellowship
that would bolster her skills in public health research
with a special emphasis on translating research into
health policy. Since starting her post-doc fellowship in
the School of Nursing, working under the tutelage of
Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, Associate Professor and member
of the Center for Adolescent Nursing, Dr. Duke has
submitted two original manuscripts, mentored a master’s
nursing student’s research project and joined an
NIH-funded research team testing a multi-pronged
intervention with sexually at-risk girls in a host of
clinical settings in the Twin Cities. Next semester? Two
more manuscripts underway, the launch of a research
grant proposal, more coursework in the School of
Public Health, and a writing seminar in the Division of
Adolescent Health and Medicine in the Medical School’s
Department of Pediatrics.
Renee Sieving, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Center for Adolescent Nursing
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Linda H. Bearinger, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION:
To educate nurses and other health
professionals to be expert clinicians,
teachers, researchers, leaders, and
policymakers who will serve the health
needs of young people.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Linda H. Bearinger
Professor and Director
Phone: 612-624-5157
Fax: 612-626-2359
E-mail: beari001@umn.edu
PHOTO: JUDY GRIESEDIECK
The scholarly products of our post-doctoral fellows
reveal another aspect of success in developing research
skills in an interdisciplinary fashion. Since 2004, the
12 post-doctoral fellows have co-authored 56 articles in
peer-reviewed journals. Some of the titles of these
articles, first-authored by the fellows, demonstrate the
range of issues under investigation:
• “Assessing barriers and facilitators to achieving
goals in overweight inner-city adolescents in a
weight management program (Alm, et al., in
Diabetes Educator)
• “Perceptions of health among immigrant Latino
adolescents from Mexico” (Garcia, et al., in Journal
of Holistic Nursing)
• “College students’ psychological well-being during
the transition to college: Examining individuation
from parents” (Kenyon, et al., in Journal of Counseling
Psychology)
• “Dieting advice from magazines—helpful or
harmful? Five year associations with weight-control
behaviors and psychological outcomes in adolescents”
(van den Berg, et al., Pediatrics)
Naomi Duke, MD, MPH, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Adolescent
Nursing talks through an idea with colleagues.
Today we cross, with greater ease, the boundaries
that used to divide our Schools and our programs—
all in the name of interdisciplinary research aimed
at learning how to protect the health of young people.
Interested in the possibility of a post-doctoral
research fellowship? Please contact Linda H. Bearinger,
Director, Center for Adolescent Nursing, at
beari001@umn.edu.
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center news
katharine j. densford international center for
nursing leadership
In 2000, the Katherine R and C Walton Lillehei
Chair in Nursing Leadership was established
with a generous endowment to recruit a
leader and enhance the Densford Center as
“a community of thinkers, researchers, and
policy experts to apply the nursing perspective
to contemporary health issues.” Since
that time, a number of major programs have
been launched to reflect the original charge,
among them:
The Densford Clinical Scholars program, pairing
faculty members with advanced practice nurses
to conduct clinical research improving patient care
(20 projects thus far). This initiative has gained national
attention and serves as a model of collaboration
between academic and clinical leaders as they conduct
clinical research.
Two Summit of Sages conferences, which have
attracted international audiences. The most
recent Summit, held in October 2007, focused on social
justice. It featured a keynote address by Maya Angelou
and drew more than 500 participants. The next Summit
is schedule for November 4–6, 2009, and will focus
on innovation and inspiration.
Days of Dialogue, Nursing Grand Rounds, and
Community Forums, which bring together nurses
and other thought leaders to examine issues from the
nursing perspective. The most recent event, held in
January, focused on health care reform.
National research studies on the satisfaction and
productivity of nursing faculty and the role of the
chief nurse executive in promoting safety and quality.
PHOTO: TONY NELSON
University of Minnesota
Board of Regents Chair,
Patricia Simmons (left)
and School of Nursing
Dean Connie W. Delaney
(right) help renowned
writer, educator, activist,
and historian Maya
Angelou as she was
awarded an honorary
doctor of humane letters
degree at the Summit
of Sages conference.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Joanne Disch, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION:
To improve health and health care
worldwide through the education,
collaboration, and promotion of nurses
as strong leaders and good partners.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Arlene Birnbaum
Program Associate
Phone: 612-625-1187
E-mail: birnb023@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/densford
PHOTO: ARLENE BIRNBAUM
Participants engage in discussion about the role of nurses in
health care reform and enjoy the opportunity to work with
colleagues from across the profession.
Initiatives to enrich the undergraduate nursing
leadership experience, such as transforming
leadership curriculum content, creating the Densford
Undergraduate Leadership Scholar program—the first of
its kind in the country—and establishing an Undergraduate
Nursing Leadership Award.
Conferences and workshops on creating professional
practice environments, helping faculty
leaders lead, enhancing nursing’s visibility and influence,
and promoting interprofessional collaboration.
Over the past year, the Densford Center has
worked to extend its influence and importance
as a key nursing resource. The next phase of
the Densford Center is to position the Center
as a fully actualized international center for
nursing leadership. Actions include:
COMPLETED – The creation of a Densford
Executive Committee (DEX) of faculty whose
scholarship relates to leadership, administration,
systems, and/or informatics.
breakthrough thinking and action learning. The focus
of the day was on the vision of leadership that would
distinguish the U of M School of Nursing.
COMPLETED – Development of a white paper on
generative leadership which defines the SoN
as “a community that generates and translates new
knowledge and ways of thinking by creatively examining
issues, challenging the status quo, capitalizing
on opportunities, embracing a spirit of abundance, and
collectively leveraging the strengths of its members
and partners.” This philosophy will guide the research,
scholarship, education, and practice/service missions of
the School of Nursing. It will also shape the curriculum
throughout all of our program and permeate the entire
school because it will be reflected in our mission and
vision, organizational structure, strategic plan, systems,
and processes.
IN PROGRESS – Plans are underway for (1) a
formalized consultation service to capitalize on
the many requests for thought leadership, strategic
planning, curricular revision, and health care reform;
(2) products that could help groups and individuals
examine, teach, and express leadership in contemporary
ways; (3) a dynamic interactive Web site that would
serve as a resource for nurses and non-nurses, in
this country and beyond, on nursing leadership and
innovation; and four new programs to prepare nurses
to be geriatric leaders.
For more information on any of these initiatives—
or better yet, to share good ideas and work with us—
contact the Densford Center’s Director, Joanne Disch
at disch003@umn.edu.
COMPLETED – A one-day, high-intensity, rapidcycle
strategic planning workshop for several
members of the DEX and nationally known thought
leaders at the Vanderbilt Center for Better Health.
This dynamic learning center in Nashville stimulates
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center news
center for
child and family health
promotion research
Announcing
New Co-Director
The Executive Committee
is pleased to announce
that Jayne Fulkerson, PhD,
associate professor in
the School of Nursing has
accepted a leadership
position as Co-Director of the
Center for Child and Family
Health Promotion Research.
Dr. Fulkerson brings a wealth of content and methods
expertise related to health promotion research. Her
research interests include family meals, obesity prevention,
risk and protective factors in the development
of eating disorders, mental health among children and
adolescents; family-based health promotion, research
methods, psychometrics, and instrument development.
Dr. Fulkerson is working on several childhood obesity
prevention research initiatives. She is currently PI of the
Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment
(HOME). This grant is funded by NIH/NIDDK.
Announcing
new CCFHPR staff member
On February 5, 2008
Michele “Shelli” Quackenboss
joined the Center for Child
and Family Health Promotion
Research (CCFHPR) as a
part-time Executive Office
Administrative Specialist.
Shelli brings excellent project
administration, as well as
web-based and graphic skills to this position. She can
be reached at quack003@umn.edu.
Welcome
new Center members:
Debra Bernat, PhD, clinical associate professor, joined
the School of Nursing in December 2007. Her research
interests include child and adolescent health, alcohol
and tobacco use, public health policy, and evaluation
research. Dr. Bernat is the PI of a ClearWay Minnesota
New Tobacco Investigator Award entitled Effect of
Minnesota’s Statewide Clean Indoor Air Law on Young
Adults. She is also a co-investigator with Assistant
Professor Dr. Carolyn Garcia on a UMN President’s
Multicultural Faculty Award, Using Health Realization
with Latino Adolescents: Piloting the ‘No Te Quebres
El Coco’ Program.
Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, assistant professor, joined the
School of Nursing last fall. Her research interests focus
on informatics to improve decision-making, patient
care, and outcomes of public health nurse home visiting.
Dr. Monsen is a pioneering leader in public health
nursing informatics, who has extensive experience
using the Omaha system to improve client outcomes
in public health agencies. Her projects include A Public
Health Nursing Informatics Data and Practice Quality
Project, Intervention Pathways for Public Health Nurse
Home Visiting, and Using Standardized Nursing Language
to Describe Nurse Manager Interventions.
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN
CENTER CO-DIRECTOR:
Jayne Fulkerson, PhD
MISSION:
To improve the health of infants,
children, adolescents, parents, and
families in the context of their
communities. Center members develop
and disseminate evidence-based
interventions and best practices in
primary and secondary prevention.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
See Web site:
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCFHPR
E-mail: CCFHPR@umn.edu
Center presentations
at SoN Spring Research Day
CCFHPR is sponsoring two sessions at the annual School of Nursing Research Day
on April 11, 2008. Presentations illustrate how faculty, doctoral, and post-doctoral
Center investigators are working on timely topics to improve the health of infants,
children, adolescents, parents, and families in the context of their communities.
Topics and lead presenters are:
• Adolescent health risk factors by place: A comparison of risk
factors in urban, suburban, large rural and small rural school settings
Scott Harpin, MS, MPH, APRN-BC doctoral student and
DenYelle Kenyon, PhD post-doctoral fellow
• Are nutritional and other benefits of family meals apparent for at-risk
youth attending alternative high schools?
Jayne Fulkerson, PhD, and Martha Kubik, PhD, RN
• Comparing family health problems and outcomes across public health
nursing agencies
Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, and Madeleine Kerr, PhD, RN
• Discrimination, deportation fears, and depression. Cultural insights from
Latino youth and parents about mental health problems and solutions:
Sharing successes of a community-based focus group study
Carolyn Garcia, PhD, RN
• Health Education Priorities: Perspectives from Women’s Voices
Melissa Avery, PhD, RN
• Undergraduate community assessment incorporating Omaha System
community-level descriptors
Madeleine Kerr, PhD, RN, and Karen Monsen, PhD, RN
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center news
center for
children with special
health care needs
Palliative Care Course
Susan O’Conner-Von, DNSc, RNc will offer her popular
one-week seminar “Palliative Care for Children” in
May. This course examines the physical, psychosocial,
emotional, and spiritual needs of children facing
life-limiting conditions. The course will be offered for
academic credit and—new this year—continuing
education contact hours.
New Resources Available
on the CSHCN Web site
Presentations given by Judith Palfrey, MD, and Richard
Roberts, PhD, at the 2008 Interdisciplinary Transitions
Conference is available as PowerPoint slides on the
Children with Special Health Care Needs Web site at
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN.
Congratulations to
the first class of
PNP DNP graduates!
This has been a landmark year
for eight pediatric nurse practitioners
who graduated in the
first cohort of the SoN Doctor of
Nursing Practice program. These
pediatric nursing leaders are:
(top, l–r) Jacquelyn Zirbes, Cheri
Friedrich, Anne Boisclair-Fahey,
Marla Mills, Denise Herrmann,
Christine Poe (bottom, l–r) Melea
Anderson, Sarah Gutknecht
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, FAAN
MISSION:
To prepare advanced practice nurses to
fulfill leadership roles in interdisciplinary
clinical primary and specialty care, in the
organization and delivery of nursing services,
in policy and research arenas, and
in educational and advocacy settings, in
response to the growing population of
children with chronic illness and disability.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Andrea Christy
Program Coordinator
Phone: 612-626-7085
E-mail: cshcn@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CCSHCN
Transition Conference Highlights
On January 18, 2008, the Center for Children with Special
Health Care Needs hosted the 2008 Transition Conference:
Building an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda to
Enhance Quality of Life and Transition to Adulthood for
Youth with Chronic Health Conditions at the McNamara
Alumni Center on the Twin Cities campus. The goals
for the conference were to:
PHOTO: ANEISHA TUCKER
1 ) Identify health- and education-related transition
issues and research topics that need to be addressed
from an interdisciplinary, systems perspective
2 ) Develop a cadre of interdisciplinary researchers
and community partners who are committed to
conducting research to improve the quality of
services and quality of life for youth with chronic
conditions and their families
3 ) Create a prioritized transition research agenda
and action plan
Nationally known experts in transition set the
stage for the development of the transition research
agenda. Judith Palfrey, MD, a T. Berry Brazelton
Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, provided
an excellent overview of transition issues facing
youth with chronic health conditions with implications
for research. Richard N. Roberts, PhD, Professor of
Psychology from Utah State University, focused on
using participatory action research methods to develop
effective community-based strategies for improving
transition services for youth with chronic conditions
through systems change.
Young Adult Panel members Brendan McBride,
Cory Stingl, and Courtney Wells candidly shared their
personal transition experiences and recommendations
for improving services for youth with chronic illness
and disability. Their stories grounded the development
of the research agenda.
Youth with chronic conditions, parent advocates,
educators, health care and social service professionals,
representatives from the Minnesota Department of
Health and Department of Education, and faculty from
a variety of disciplines worked together to identify
pressing transition issues and research questions that
call for interdisciplinary research. A summary report
of the research recommendations will be available
this spring.
This interdisciplinary conference was sponsored
by the Center for Children with Special Health Care
Needs (CSHCN) at the University of Minnesota School
of Nursing and the Minnesota Children with Special
Health Needs program (MCSHN) at the Minnesota
Department of Health. Conference co-sponsors included
the Institute on Community Integration in the College
of Education and Human Development, the Maternal
and Child Health program in the School of Public Health,
and the Division of Pediatrics in the Medical School at
the University of Minnesota.
Young Adult Panel
members Brendan
McBride, Cory Stingl,
and Courtney Wells
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minnesota center for
health trajectory research
The Minnesota Center for Health Trajectory Research, established in 2005 with a $1.5 million
grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, is developing and testing innovative
interventions that will help individuals and families create optimal pathways to health.
Center researchers are exploring the interrelationships among the many biological, behavioral,
psychosocial, and environmental factors responsible for health or illness and how to manage
them over time.
The Center for Health Trajectory Research is focused on broadening its research dissemination
and educating the public on trajectory research methods. Following completion of the
seminars, links to seminars and presentations conducted on behalf of the Center are added to
the Web site. Seminars are available as PowerPoint handouts and Breeze presentation. They
can also be downloaded in MP3 format. Check out the Center’s new and improved Web site at
www.nursing.umn.edu/CHTR.
2007
September 6, 2007
Modeling Longitudinal Trajectories of Emotional Distress
David L. Roth, PhD
Biostatistics, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Seminars are ongoing, the 2007–08 series include:
2008
February 20, 2008
Pilot Study Design Issues
Karla Ballman, PhD
Chair, Division of Biostatistics
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
March 6, 2008
Intervention Fidelity
Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Dean, Yale University School of Nursing
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
MISSION:
Develop and test innovative interventions
that help individuals and families
create optimal pathways to health.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Linda Dahle, Program Administrator
Phone: 612-626-9443
E-mail: dahle081@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CHTR
Continuing Education Opportunities
New this year, one contact hour is now offered to those who attend the
seminars in person. Contact hours are also available to those who view
the Breeze presentation online. For more information, contact Linda Dahle,
dahle081@umn.edu.
October 17, 2007
Community Prevention Trials
Russell Luepker, MD
Department of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
September 19, 2007
Theory-Based Model Development:
Psychological Functioning Among Refugees
Cheryl Robertson, PhD, and Kay Savik, MS
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
November 21, 2007
Reading and Planning Randomized Trials through the Writing Lens:
The Consolidated Standards of Report Trials (CONSORT)
Susan Henly, PhD
University of Minnesota School of Nursing
April 10, 2008
Retention Issues and Strategies in Longitudinal Studies
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
April 10, 2008
Adherence Strategies and Measurement in Clinical Trials
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
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center news
center for
gerontological nursing
YU Named CAPS Scholar
Fang Yu, PhD, RN, was selected as a University of
Minnesota Career Advancement Program for Clinical
Research Scholar (CAPS). The University’s mentored
clinical research scholars program is one of nine K12
programs funded by the NIH offering support and
training for multidisciplinary scholars on clinical research
career paths. Dr. Yu’s research focuses on developing
effective aerobic exercise interventions to improve
executive cognitive function and, consequently, daily
functioning and overall quality of life for older adults
with Alzheimer’s disease. As a CAPS scholar, Yu is
allocated 75 percent protected time for research. She
will work with a multidisciplinary mentoring team
including: Donna Bliss, PhD, RN, FAAN, CGN member, and
Professor in Long-Term Care of Elders, School of Nursing;
Maurice Dysken, MD, Director, GRECC, Minneapolis VA
Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry, Medical
School; Arthur Leon, MD, MS, Professor, School of Kinesiology,
College of Education and Human Development,
and Director, Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and
Exercise Science; and Wei Pan, PhD, Associate Professor,
Biostatistics, School of Public Health.
DIGITAL VISION/MEDIABAKERY
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CENTER DIRECTOR:
Jean Wyman, PhD, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
MISSION:
To improve the health, quality of life
and delivery of quality nursing care to
aging adults of diverse cultures.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
or to join the University of
Minnesota gero nursing listserv:
Shelli Quackenboss
Phone 612-626-3847
E-mail: geronursing@umn.edu
www.nursing.umn.edu/CGN
GAUGLER
Receives Funding for Multiple Projects
Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD, received
funding for three projects related
to the care of dementia patients,
as well as factors surrounding
caregiver health and well-being.
Caregiver Outcomes Post NH
Placement of a Family Member,
a two-year study funded by a
grant from the National Institute
of Aging describes the patterns
of change in the degree of caregiver burden and
depression after patients with dementia are permanently
placed in a nursing home (NH). Comparisons
will be made relative to the caregivers of patients who
were not placed in a NH over the same time period,
caregivers of patients entering a nursing home following
a hospital stay, and caregivers of patients admitted
to nursing homes due to behavior or other factors
without a hospital stay. This study will also determine
which caregiver and patient factors prior to placement
predict persistently high or increased levels of
depression and burden after placement. In addition,
researchers will develop and validate a prognostic
index to identify caregivers at greatest risk of having
persistently high burden and depression after relinquishing
their at-home caregiver role. The eventual
goal is to integrate the prognostic index created in the
large-scale secondary analyses as a targeting tool in
the development and refinement of an evidence-based
clinical intervention for dementia caregivers. Dr. Gaugler
is the Principal Investigator of this project.
Early Dementia Identification Project. Dr. Gaugler
serves as a principal investigator for this subcontracted
project. Improvements in early detection of Alzheimer’s
disease may lead to more efficacious treatment for
AD, as the benefits of such treatments are likely to be
maximized prior to the massive neurological deficits
that characterize middle-to late-stage Alzheimer’s
disease. While earlier diagnosis of AD has improved
greatly, little attention has been given to whether early
dementia screening results in improved dementia
care. This one-year project funded by the Metropolitan
Area Agency on Aging will involve answering several
questions following implementation of a novel, early
dementia screening program at North Memorial
Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. These questions
include: Does a family physician/primary care provider
take action on early dementia identification project
discharge recommendations? Do family members bring
up dementia with the primary care provider? What
differentiates those who connect with the Alzheimer’s
Association/community-based long-term care services
from those who do not? Does the outcome of participation
in the early-dementia identification program
influence caregiver/patient-physician communication
about dementia?
Dementia Demonstration Project. The purpose of this
two-year project, funded by the Veteran’s Administration,
is to demonstrate that dementia can be successfully
managed in the primary care setting with the assistance
of an Advanced Practice Research Nurse (APRN) trained
in dementia care. Dr. Gaugler is a co-investigator for
this project.
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u of m school of nursing
foundation
Nursing Receives
$2.5 Million to
Support Scholarships
Gift is second largest in SoN history
The School of Nursing received a $2.5 million gift from the estate of the late
Mary K. Field to support scholarships for undergraduate and professional nursing
students. This is the second largest gift to the School in its 99-year history.
The gift has been approved for matching funds through the President’s
Scholarship Program, which will double the impact of the Field Scholarship.
“The School of Nursing deeply celebrates the generosity and the vision of
Mary K. Field,” said Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI. “The Mary K.
Field and Cyrus A. Field Scholarship significantly empowers the school to
address the nursing workforce shortage for entry-level nurses, advanced
nurse practitioners, and nursing faculty. This gift is particularly timely as the
school graduated its first classes in two new professional degree programs
in December 2007—the masters of nursing and the doctor of nursing practice
(DNP). This scholarship, which also enhances the resources for students in the
baccalaureate program offered at the Twin Cities and Rochester campuses,
will ultimately add breadth and depth to nurses—and their ability to transform
health care within interprofessional teams.”
Mary Kutz Field was born and raised in Bloomington, Minnesota, where her
parents were truck farmers. She graduated from Bloomington High School
and received her nurse’s training at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital. She became
an Army nurse during World War II. Her service included caring for troops in
Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. She later became a nurse anesthetist.
Mary and her husband Cyrus Adams Field met and married in Fergus
Falls, Minnesota, where Cyrus practiced law. They were married for 41 years.
A respected lawyer, Cyrus served as president of the Minnesota State Bar
Association during the early 1960s. During their later years, the Fields relocated
to Florida. Following her husband’s death, Mary remained in Florida where
she passed away in June 2007 at the age of 86.
In addition to the gift to SoN, the Fields’ estate also included a $250,000
gift to support the general University of Minnesota Scholarship Fund.
Mary and Cyrus Field have given $2.5 million to support
scholarships for SoN students.
President’s Scholarship Match
Doubles Gift Impact
Gifts of $25,000 or more that meet the qualifications are
eligible for the President’s Scholarship Match. Such a gift
is used to create an endowment fund. About 5 percent of
the fund’s market value is paid out annually to fund the
scholarship. Each year, the University matches this payout
to double the impact of the gift.
For more information, call Laurel Mallon, SoN Director of
Development, at 612-624-2490
Caring for Nursing’s Future
Endowment funds are the financial cornerstone for the
School of Nursing. They provide ongoing support for use
in attracting top students, retaining world-class faculty,
and fueling research and discovery. When a donor makes
an endowment gift, a new fund is created and invested by
the U of M Foundation to benefit the School of Nursing.
Providing a dependable resource for the School of Nursing,
investment returns are added back to the principal to
promote growth. A portion of the fund’s value is paid
annually to support the nursing program.
Typical Gift Amounts for
Endowed Funds*
Faculty Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
Faculty Professorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000
Faculty Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
Named Research Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
Named Lecture Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Named Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Named Scholarship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000
* Endowments also may be established for other purposes.
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where there’s a will,
there’s a way
…to ensure that your wishes will be fulfilled as you envisioned
…to pass on your assets to loved ones and favorite charities including
the School of Nursing
…to create a lasting legacy through your estate
A gift from your estate is an easy way to make a planned gift to the School
of Nursing. You retain use of dedicated assets during your lifetime and the
ability to modify your wishes. Estate gifts can be made through a will,
revocable (living) trust agreement, retirement plan, or life insurance policy.
Much of what the School offers today is the result of estate commitments.
Thanks to the bequest recently received from Mary Field and
matching University funds, our ability to award scholarships to deserving
students just increased by almost 50 percent. The School’s first endowed
faculty position, the Cora Meidl Siehl Chair in Nursing Research for Improved
Patient Care currently held by Dr. Jean Wyman, was established by bequest
in 1982 through the generosity of Eldon Siehl.
If you are considering a planned gift to the School of Nursing, please
share your intentions with us. Whether you wish to fund scholarships,
endow a faculty position, or support nursing research, we will ensure that
your intentions are clearly understood. In addition, you will become a
member of the Heritage Society, which recognizes donors who have made
a commitment to the school in their wills or estate plans.
If you have already named the School of Nursing as a beneficiary
of your estate but have not told us, please contact me at 612-624-2490
or mallo001@umn.edu. Where there’s a will, there’s a
powerful way to advance nursing research, education,
and service. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Wishes,
Laurel Mallon
President, School of Nursing Foundation
Development Director
When you include the School of Nursing
and the Nursing Foundation in your
will, you and your attorney should direct
your gift through the larger University of
Minnesota Foundation, a 503(c)(3) taxexempt
organization that is specifically set
up to ensure that all gifts to the University
are used exactly as the donor requests.
Please be sure to use the legal name and
address of the Foundation:
University of Minnesota Foundation
200 Oak Street Southeast, Suite 500
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-2010
Cora Meidl Siehl
How to Include the School of Nursing in Your Will
To ensure that your wishes are fulfilled, your
will should clearly state your intentions.
Standard wording that might be useful to
you or your attorney is: “I give, devise, and
bequeath to the University of Minnesota
Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, [the
sum, percentage, or description of your gift],
which is further designated to benefit the
School of Nursing.”
nursing foundation
heritage society
We are honored to recognize the following Heritage
Society members who are making future gifts,
including bequests, to the School of Nursing through
their estates.
Larry L. Asplin
Myrtle K. Aydelotte
M. Barbara Balik
Shannon Skelley Becking
Karen Johnston Berger
Arlene P. Bowles
Merilys P. Brown
Julie A. Bell Burlingame
Rosalie and Paul* Carlson
Mary Lou Christensen
John and Myrtle* Coe
Frederick and Jean Conrad
Carol & Sheldon Damberg
Connie White Delaney
Helen Ditmer
Sandra and Phillip Edwardson
June I. Engleson
Ruth Ann Foster
Mary and David Hand
M. Isabel Harris
Gloria and Eugene Hayden
Zorada E. Hoge
Delores Huanca
Ann D. Hueller
Marjorie K. Jamieson
Patricia and Dennis* Kane
Marjorie and Robert Kuhl
LuVerne Kuykendall
G. Anne and John W. LaBree
Ruth and Benjamin Leadholm
Sharon L. Lehmann
Katherine R. and
C. Walton* Lillehei
Carol A. Lindeman
Audrey F. Logsdon
Susan McKinley
Marie Manthey
Florence and George Marks
Ida M. Martinson
Shirley Hill Merendino
Marilee and John Miller
Patricia Morse
Christine A. Mueller
Eldred Mugford
Betty L. Murray
Eva L. Phelps
Joanna R. Lukens Pierce
Elagrace Reekie
Karen Reichensperger
Denise R. Remus
Virginia and Roger Rowlette
Florence R. Ruhland
Jerry D. Sansby
Carolyn and Clinton Schroeder
Florence M. Schubert
Lisa Buscher Sieling
Elaine and Donald Sime
Mariah Snyder
Alma G. Sparrow
John Spillane
Richard Spurzem
Ruth Stryker-Gordon
Enid* and Kenneth Swanson
Olive O. Swenson
J. Quinn Tierney
Dorothy and Ralph Townsend
Adrienne and Robert Weisbrod
Ruth D. Weise
Helen Wells
Nancy K. Williams
Janice and Curtis Wilson
Renata and John* Winsor
Timothy J. Wittwer
Billie and Dudley * Woehning
Verna Woodrich
Barbara and Keith* Zell
Anonymous (8)
Every gift is important to us. If you are making a future gift and
we have omitted your name, please be sure to let us know.
Contact Laurel Mallon at (612) 624-2490 or mallo001@umn.edu
for more information.
* Deceased
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alumni news
Centennial 2009
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
November 5, 2009
School of Nursing Centennial Gala
November 6, 2009
Alumni back-to-campus day
November 7, 2009
Pre-game tailgate party and football
game in new Gopher stadium!
Celebrating 100 years
Recognizing
Distinguished Alumni
In celebration of the School of Nursing’s 100th year in 2009, we will honor
100 Distinguished Alumni who exemplify the breadth, diversity, culture, and spirit
of the School of Nursing. Help us recognize deserving alumni for this important
distinction (you may self-nominate).
Please submit your nominations using the criteria and nomination form on
the following page. Award recipients will be honored at the School of Nursing
Centennial Gala on November 5, 2009.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF NURSING
100 Distinguished Nursing Alumni Nomination
ELIGIBILITY
Living alumni with nursing degrees from the University
of Minnesota who have profoundly affected families,
communities, the college, or the nursing profession at
the local, state, national, or international level.
CRITERIA
In 250 words or less, please describe how the nominee
contributed in one of the following ways:
• A sustained and profound impact on patient,
population or community health
• A significant innovation that transformed health
care or education
• A life-long contribution that has advanced the
science of nursing
• An extraordinary impact on the School of Nursing
SELECTION
The Centennial Awards Selection Committee will
review all nominations and make the final selection
of the award recipients.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Individuals may nominate one or more people. Selfnominations
are welcome. Nominations are not
confidential and nominees will be contacted to provide
supporting information. The nomination deadline
is September 30, 2008. Return completed nomination
forms to:
School of Nursing
Attention: Cathy Konat
5-140 WDH
308 Harvard St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-mail: kona0006@umn.edu
SCHOOL OF NURSING • EXPLORE • ENGAGE • EXCEL
100 Distinguished Alumni Nomination Form
NOMINATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Date of submission
NOMINATOR’S INFORMATION
FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL AND/OR MAIDEN NAME LAST NAME
ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
( ) ( )
DAYTIME PHONE
E-MAIL
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING
HOME PHONE
NOMINEE’S INFORMATION
FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL AND/OR MAIDEN NAME LAST NAME
If known, please list nominee’s
ADDRESS
CITY STATE ZIP
( ) ( )
DAYTIME PHONE
E-MAIL
HOME PHONE
NOMINATION STATEMENT (please be as complete as possible in 250 words or less)
On a separate page, describe why the nominee is deserving of this
recognition based on the criteria listed. Please give specific examples.
If the nominee is selected, we may edit this information for clarity,
content, and length for possible use in a publication. All nominees will be
notified of their nomination and asked to submit additional information.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THE NOMINEE

alumni news
Students discuss women’s health and public health
with SoN Clinical Assistant Professor Cecilia Wachdorf.
Speed Mentoring Momentum Continues
The third Annual Speed Mentoring Event held in the Twin Cities
February 7, was another rousing success. Nearly 35 students and
16 nurse mentors filled the room with conversation and career
connecting. Using the speed dating format, students had six minutes
with each nurse mentor representing a specialty area before
moving on to the next mentor. The pace was fast and the fun was
apparent for both students and mentors.
This past fall, the Speed Mentoring Event was taken on the
road for the first time to the Rochester campus. Feedback from
participating students and nursing alumni tell us that we'll be
back again next fall!
Sarah Gutknecht, Gillette Children’s Specialty Health, advises
students about the pediatric nurse practitioner area.
class notes
Lynn Assimacopoulos, BSN ’62, wrote
I Thought There Was A Road There. In the
book, Lynn shares insights of her ordinary,
but fascinating life. Lynn is also the publisher
and marketer of the book.
Florrie Deaner, BSN ’67, stepped down as
coordinator of the School Health program for
the Polk County Florida Health Department
in May 2005. She is now a part-time school
nurse for seven schools, six of which have
full-time LPNs.
Carolyn Garcia, PhD ’04, MPH
’97, RN ’94, led the Red Cross
Disaster Health Services
response to the I-35W bridge
collapse in Minneapolis on
August 1. Dr. Garcia directed a
team of health volunteers,
including nursing students,
who focused on identifying and contacting
all disaster victims in order to provide
follow-up services.
Meghan Gaspar, BSN ’02, earned her Juris
Doctor from Hamline University School
of Law. She will begin practicing medical
malpractice defense with Gislason & Hunter
in Minneapolis this fall.
Samuel Stone, PB ’03, was promoted
to director of Plaza Endoscopy at the
CentraCare Digestive Center in St. Cloud.
He will manage the business of plaza
and outreach endoscopy, which has grown
to more than 10,000 procedures annually.
Samuel began his career as an orderly
at St. Cloud Hospital and now has degrees
in biomedical science, nursing, and health
care administration.
Ruth Stryker-Gordon, BSN ’48, joined the
Board of Directors for Stratis Health. Stratis
Health is a Bloomington-based non-profit
quality improvement organization that
collaborates with providers and consumers
to improve health care.
Sherry Pontious, PhD, MS, ’73, RN, CNE,
Associate Dean and Professor, Florida International
University College of Nursing and
Health Sciences, became NLN Certified as an
advanced practice nurse educator in August
2007. In July 2007 she, as the PI, was awarded
an Advanced Education Nursing Grant from
HRSA entitled “A Culturally Competent Post-
MSN Nurse Educator Program” from July 1,
2007 through June 30, 2010.
Share your recent achievements, new employment and family news
by going to www.nursing.umn.edu/AlumniSociety/ClassNoteForm.
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alumni news
in memory
Martha Page Bombaci, BSN ’49, Beverly Hills,
Florida, on July 25, 2007. Martha served
as a Lieutenant in the Army Nursing Corp
in Europe during WWII.
Dr. Myrtle Irene Brown, BA ’42, Columbia,
South Carolina, on August 2, 2007. She
received a BA in Nursing Education in 1942
and during her career studied and researched
child health care with Dr.
Benjamin Spock. Before retiring in 1980,
Brown served as a professor and Associate
Dean of Graduate Programs at the University
of South Carolina College of Nursing.
Elizabeth Haglund Cort, BSN ’46, Santa Rosa,
California, on October 26, 2007. Elizabeth
spent 38 years with the United States
Public Health Service. The last ten years of
her career were spent in Washington, D.C.,
as the assistant to the Surgeon General.
She retired with the rank of Rear Admiral.
Elizabeth was the recipient of the U of M
Outstanding Achievement Award in 1976.
Marjorie M. Gunderson, BSN ’43, Clear Lake,
Minnesota, on September 1, 2007. Marjorie
retired from the St. Cloud VA Medical Center
in 1977.
Emiline E. Hauge, BSN ’36, Glendale, Arizona,
on September 1, 2007.
Kathryn Montgomery, MS ’70, Alpharetta,
Georgia, on August 6, 2007.
Genevieve A. Perry, BSN ’47, North Oaks,
Minnesota, on October 15, 2007.
Stephanie Pontious,
a 22-year-old senior
nursing student,
passed away tragically
on August 19, 2007.
Emily Rudolph, a student in the Master of
Science Program in Nursing, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, on December 31, 2007.
Ann (Fee) (Appert) Shiely, MS, Saint Paul,
Minnesota, in November 15, 2007. Ann once
served as chair of the University of Minnesota
School of Nursing Foundation Board.
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centennial events
Mark your calendar
for these School of Nursing
Centennial celebrations!
With the establishment of the nation’s first continuously-operated,
university-based school of nursing in 1909, the University of
Minnesota launched a new era in health care. The spirit of innovation
that shaped the School of Nursing for a full century is still
evident in today’s exciting synergy of research, education, and
practice. During our Centennial Year we celebrate the students,
faculty, staff, and friends of every era—past, present, and to come—
whose scholarship, service, leadership, and creativity continually
reinvent this community of learning and ensure that it will
continue to strengthen the health of our community, our nation,
and our world.
January 27
Nursing Grand Rounds—Launch of Centennial Celebrations
February
Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Midwife Student Conference
March 27–30
Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference
April 24
Alumni Spring Celebration
Nursing Research Day
Zeta Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony
May
May Gatherings Celebrations (held throughout the month)
May 5–7
Nurses’ Week Celebration
Nursing Grand Rounds
May 15
BSN Commencement Ceremony
September 24–27
American Association of the History of Nursing Conference
October 12
School of Nursing Foundation Scholarship Reception
November 4–6
Summit of Sages
November 5
Andrea Printy Memorial Lecture Luncheon
Centennial Gala
do you have
historic photos to share?
In preparation for the School of Nursing Centennial in 2009, the
Nursing Heritage Committee is in search of historic photos. There
is a particular shortage of pictures from 1960 to the present. Do
you have photos to donate to the Heritage Committee? If so,
please use a soft pencil or felt-tipped pen to identify on the
back who is in the picture and the date it was taken. Stories
about the photo are also welcome—for example, what the
event was and where it took place. Please send your photos
and stories to Cathy Konat at kona0006@umn.edu or mail
to Cathy at: School of Nursing, 5-140 WDH, 308 Harvard
Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Note that since we will be
unable to return your photos, you may want to either send
us copies or make copies for yourself.
November 6
Alumni Back-to-campus day
Alumni Luncheon
November 7
Tailgate party and football game (in the new Gopher stadium)
December 10
Graduate Commencement Ceremony
December 11
Florence Schorske Wald Lecture in Palliative and Hospice Care
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SoN & Girls In Science
In October, the School of Nursing participated in FOX 9’s
annual Girls & Science, a one-day, free community event
featuring women scientists. SoN students and faculty showed
young girls and boys how to listen to their heartbeat,
become “germ detectives,” give blood pressure screenings,
and start IVs in an artificial arm with a simulated vein.
Photo Finish
PHOTOS BY ANEISHA TUCKER
SoN Hosts First Minnesota TIGER Summit
In January, the SoN and MINING, co-hosted the Minnesota Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER)
summit. The event drew nurses from all over the state to discuss the application of leading-edge health informatics
tools, principles, theories, and practices.
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1 Susan Twite, Range Regional Health Services
2 Hans-Peter deRuiter, SoN teaching specialist and
Mari Elliott, Perham Memorial Hospital and Home
3 Laura Mickelson, SoN student and Marge Page
4 Shirley Brekken, Executive Director, Minnesota Board
of Nursing and Roy Simpson, Vice President of Nursing,
Cerner Corporation
5 Vickie Ruegemer, St. Cloud Hospital/CentraCare
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calendar of events
2008
For more information about
these School of Nursing events,
go to www.nursing.umn.edu.
April 11
Nursing Research Day
April 12
Alumni Spring Celebration
and Reunion
May 1 | may gatherings:
Learning about Research the
COOL Way!
May 2 | may gatherings:
Research in Action:
Arm Exercise for Leg Pain
May 5 | may gatherings:
The Power of Participatory Action
Research: Engaging Diverse
Communities in Asthma Initiatives
May 12 | may gatherings:
PHN Night – Moving from Wisdom
to Action: Public Health Nursing’s
Role in Health Care Reform
May 13 | may gatherings:
Culturally Focused Exercise
Intervention in the American
Indian Community
Building Bridges: Serving the
Hmong Community
May 13 | may gatherings:
Families and Long-Term Care:
Enhancing Links with the Community
Help for the Naked Ear
May 14 | may gatherings:
Changing the World:
One Megabyte at a Time
May 8
Nursing Grand Rounds presents
Florence Schorske Wald Lecture in
Palliative and Hospice Care
May 9
Graduate Commencement Ceremony
May 15
BSN Commencement Ceremony
July 28–31
Center for Adolescent Nursing
Summer Institute
August 4–8
FLAG Institute
(Faculty Learning About Geriatrics)