Program of Research:
End of Life Issues; Long-term Ventilation; Caregiving in Chronic Illness; Health Care Outcomes and Costs; and Disease Management-Chronically Ill
Research Projects:
Principal Investigator, "Intensive Communication for Chronically Critically Ill," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, R01-NR008941, 2005-2008.
Principal Investigator, "Disease Management of the Chronically Critically Ill," National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1-NR05207-01, 2001-2004.
Co-Investigator, "Adult Failure to Thrive in Long-Term Ventilator Patients," Patricia A. Higgins, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, RO1-NR05005-01A2, 2001-2005.
Co-Investigator, "Donation After Cardiac Death: Validating Identification Criteria," M. DeVita, Principal Investigator, Funded by the Division of Transplantation, 2003-2005. Training Projects: Bioethics M.A. Program in Medical School Education Interests: Ethics; Philosophical Inquiry; Critical Care Educational Background: BSN, Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA MSN, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, OH MA, Philosophy, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH PhD, Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH |