Positioning and Activity in Critically Ill Patients
Cytokine Response to Mobilization of the Critically Ill
Research Projects
Principal Investigator, "Resource Utilization and Outcomes of the Critically Ill Obese Patient," Convener, Greater Cleveland Research Consortium, Regents Infrastructure Grant, 2002.
Principal Investigator, "Mobilization in the ICU," Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, 2002.
Principal Investigator, "Selected Cytokines and Mobilization of ICU Patients: Is There a Relationship?" American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 2002-2005.
Principal Investigator, "Using Actigraph to Measure ICU Activity," Ohio Nurse's Foundation, Ohio Nurse's Association, 2004-2005.
Principal Investigator, "Activity and Outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients," Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, 2004-2006.
Principal Investigator, "Barriers and Facilitators to Early Progressive Mobility." Funded by Hill-Rom. 2007-2009.
Training Projects
Glennan Fellow, "Prescribing Technology for Pharmacology and Therapeutics," Case Western Reserve University, 2002 Academic Year.
Fellow, "Summer Genetics Institute," National Institutes of Health, 2002.
Education Interests
Integrating Electronic Resources in the Classroom and Curriculum
Advanced Practice Adult Critical Care Nursing
Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
Pharmacology
Research
Educational Background
BSN, Nursing, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
MSN, Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC
PhD, Nursing, Case Western Reserve Univesity, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH
