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Content Experts
ConsultGeriRn was made possible by contributions from the following content experts. We extend thanks for their hard work and dedication to improving the care of older adults.
- Evaluating Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Best Practice
Rona Levin, Ph.D., R.N., Joanne K. Singleton, PhD, APRN, BC, FNAP, Susan Kaplan Jacobs, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP - Measuring Performance, Improving Quality
Lenard L. Parisi, RN MA CPHQ FNAHQ - Assessment of Function
Denise M. Kresevic, RN, PhD - Assessing Cognitive Function
Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Tom Braes, RN, MSN, PhDCan, Koen Milisen, RN, PhD - Atypical Presentation
Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, BC Adjunct Professor, Deanne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC - Depression in Older Adults
Lenore H. Kurlowicz, PhD, RN, CS, Theresa A. Harvath, PhD, RN, CNS - Dementia
Kathleen Fletcher, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN, Deanne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC - Delirium: Prevention, Early Recognition, and Treatment
Dorothy F. Tullmann, PhD, RN, Lorraine C. Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN, Kathleen Fletcher, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN, Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN, Deanne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC - Elder Mistreatment and Abuse
Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN , Sherry Greenberg, MSN, APRN, BC, GNP - Family Caregiving for Older Adults
Deborah C. Messecar, PHD, MPH, RN, CNS - Frailty and its Implications for Care
Lazelle E Benefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rachel L. Higbee, BSN, RN - Preventing Falls in Acute Care
Deanna Gray-Miceli - Medication
DeAnne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC - Pain Management
Ann L. Horgas, RN PhD FGSA FAAN, Saunjoo L. Yoon, PhD, RN - Palliative Care
Maria Gatto, MA, APRN, BC-PCM, NP, BC-AHN, HNP, DeAnne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC - Iatrogenesis: The Nurses Role in Preventing Patient Harm
Deborah C. Francis, MSN APRN BC - Reducing Adverse Drug Events
DeAnne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC, Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN - Urinary Incontinence
Annmarie Dowling-Castronovo, RN, MA-GNP, Christine Bradway, PhD, CRNP - Mealtime Difficulties
Elaine J. Amella, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN - Nutrition in Aging
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSN - Managing Oral Hydration
Janet C. Mentes, PhD, APRN, BC - Oral Health Care
Linda J. O'Connor, MSN, RNC, APRN-BC - Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Skin Tears
Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, APRN,BC, CWOCN, FAPWCA, FAAN , R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC(C) - Age-related Changes in Health
Constance M. Smith, PhD, RN, Valerie T. Cotter, MSN, CRNP, FAANP - Excessive Sleepiness
Mary Grace Umlauf, RN, PhD, FAAN, Laura L. Williams, MSN, CRNP, Eileen R. Chasens, RN, DSN - Sensory Changes
Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, RN, BCGNP - Physical Restraints and Side Rails in Acute and Critical Care Settings: Legal, Ethical and Practice Issues
Rosanne M. Radziewicz, RN PMHCNS-BC, Shelly Amato, MSN RN CRRN, Cheryl Bradas, BSN RN, Lorraine C. Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN - Healthcare Decision Making
Ethel L. Mitty, EdD, RN, Linda Farber Post, JD, MA, BSN - Advance Directives
Ethel L. Mitty, EdD, RN, Gloria C. Ramsey, JD, RN - Comprehensive Assessment and Management of the Critically Ill
Michele C. Balas, PhD, RN, CCRN, CRNP, BC, Colleen M. Casey, BS, RN, CCRN, Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN - Fluid Overload: Identifying and Managing Heart Failure Patients at Risk for Hospital Re-admission
Jessica Coviello, MSN, APRN,, Deborah A. Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA - Cancer Assessment and Intervention Strategies
Janine Overcash, PhD, ARNP, BC - Issues Regarding Sexuality
Jacqueline M. Arena, BS, BSN, RN, Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN - Substance Abuse
Madeline Naegle, APRN-BC, PhD, FAAN
CONTRIBUTORS
Shelly Amato, MSN RN CRRN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Brain Injury/Stroke Rehabilitation
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland OH 44109
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Elaine J. Amella, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN
Associate Dean for Research & Evaluation
College of Nursing Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
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Jacqueline M. Arena, BS, BSN, RN
Fairfield University, School of Nursing
Fairfield, CT
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Elizabeth Ann Ayello, PhD, RN, APRN,BC, CWOCN, FAPWCA, FAAN
President, Ayello, Harris, & Associates, Inc.
Clinical Associate Editor, Advances in Skin & Wound Care
Faculty, Excelsior College, School of Nursing
Executive Editor, Journal of World Council of Enterostomal Therapists
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Michele C. Balas, PhD, RN, CCRN, CRNP, BC
2005-2007 Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Hartford-Atlantic Fellow
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
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Lazelle E Benefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Parry Chair in Gerontological Nursing
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1100 North Stonewall Avenue; P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117
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Cheryl M. Bradas, BSN RN
Education Specialist
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland OH 44109
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Christine Bradway, PhD, CRNP
Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic
Geriatric Nursing Capacity Program
University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
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Tom Braes RN, MSN, PhDCan
Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium
And
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine,
University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium
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Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, RN, BCGNP
Associate Professor
Saint Louis University, Doisy College of Health Sciences
St. Louis, MO 63104
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Colleen M. Casey, BS, RN, CCRN
Predoctoral Scholar
2005-2007 John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
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Eileen R. Chasens, RN, DSN
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
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Deborah Chyun, PhD, RN, FAHA
Associate Professor and Director
Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty
Yale University School of Nursing
New Haven, CT
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Valerie Cotter, MSN, CRNP, FAANP
Program Director, Adult Health and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Programs
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
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Jessica Shank Coviello, MSN, APRN,
Yale University School of Nursing
New Haven, CT
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Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, PhD, RN, CNSN
Associate Professor
West Virginia University School of Nursing
Morgantown, WV 26506
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Annemarie Dowling-Castronovo, RN, MA-GNP
Doctoral Candidate
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
College of Nursing
Newark, NJ
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Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, BC Adjunct Professor
New York University College of Nursing
Director of Quality Improvement
Village Care of New York
New York, NY
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Kathleen Fletcher, RN, MSN, APRN-BC, GNP, FAAN
Director Senior Services
Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
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Marquis D. Foreman, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Associate Dean for Nursing Science Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Nursing
Chicago, IL
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Deborah C. Francis, MSN APRN BC
Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
South Sacramento, CA
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Terry Fulmer, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
New York University College of Nursing
Dean and Erline Perkins McGriff Professor
New York, NY
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Maria Gatto, MA, APRN, BC-PCM, NP, BC-AHN, HNP
Director of Palliative Care
Bon Secours Health System
Marriottsville, MD
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Deanna L Gray-Miceli, PhD, APRN, FAANP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing and Center for Bioethics and Health Law
Adjunct Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
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Theresa A. Harvath, PhD, RN, CNS
Associate Professor and Director, Advanced Practice Gerontology
School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
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Rachel L. Higbee, BSN, RN
Scholar, American Indian Alaskan Native MS to PhD Nursing
Science Bridge Program, College of Nursing, University of Oklahoma
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Ann L. Horgas, RN PhD FGSA FAAN
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research
University of Florida
College of Nursing
Gainesville, FL 32610-0187
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Susan Kaplan Jacobs, MLS, MA, RN, AHIP
Assistant Curator, Health Sciences Librarian
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University
New York, NY
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Denise M. Kresevic, RN, PhD
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner/Researcher
Louis Stokes Cleveland MAMC
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland OH
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Lenore H. Kurlowicz, PhD, RN, CS
Assistant Professor of Geropsychiatric Nursing
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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Rona F. Levin, Ph.D., R.N.
Professor
Lienhard School of Nursing, Pace University
and
Visiting Faculty
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
New York, NY
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Janet C. Mentes, PhD, APRN, BC Assistant Professor
University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing
Los Angeles, CA
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Deborah C Messecar, PHD, MPH, RN, CNS
Associate Professor
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Nursing
Portland OR
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Koen Milisen, RN, PhD
Associate Professor
Center for Health Services and Nursing Research
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium
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Lorraine C. Mion, PhD, RN, FAAN
Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville TN 37240
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Ethel Mitty, EdD, RN
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Nursing
New York UniversityCollege of Nursing
New York, NY
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Madeline Naegle, APRN-BC, PhD, FAAN
Professor and Director, WHO Collaborating Center
New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY
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Linda J. O'Connor, MSN, RNC, APRN-BC
Clinical Nurse Manager- Medical Services
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
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Janine Overcash, PhD, ARNP, BC
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
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Lenard L. Parisi, RN MA CPHQ FNAHQ
Vice President Quality Management/Performance Improvement
Metropolitan Jewish Health System
Brooklyn, NY
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Linda Farber Post, JD, MA, BSN
Bioethicist and Clinical Ethics Consultant
Saddle River, NJ
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Sherry A. Greenberg, MSN, APRN, BC, GNP
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Consultant, The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing
New York University College of Nursing
New York, NY
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Rosanne M. Radziewicz, RN PMHCNS-BC
Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse
MetroHealth Medical Center
Cleveland OH 44109
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Gloria Ramsey, JD, RN
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Nursing,
Assistant Research Professor, School of Medicine,
Director, Community Outreach and Information Dissemination,
Center for Health Disparities Research and Education
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
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R. Gary Sibbald, MD, FRCPC(C)
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Director of Continuing Education Department of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, CA
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Joanne K. Singleton, PhD, APRN, BC, FNAP
Professor & Co-Director, Institute for Healthy Aging
Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing
New York, NY
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Constance M. Smith. PhD, RN
Wilmington, DE
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Dorothy F. Tullmann, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
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Mary Grace Umlauf, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor
University of Alabama School of Nursing
Birmingham, AL
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Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN
Assistant Professor & Adult Nurse Practitioner
Specialty Program Coordinator
Fairfield University School of Nursing
Fairfield, CT
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Laura L. Williams, MSN, CRNP
Doctoral Student
University of Alabama School of Nursing
Birmingham, AL
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Saunjoo Yoon, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Florida
College of Nursing
Gainesville, FL
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DeAnne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC
Senior Advisor
Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing
New York University, College of Nursing
New York, NY
RECOGNITION TO SPRINGER PUBLISHING
ConsultGeriRN.org graciously thanks Springer Publishing for granting permission to use content from the book: Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, 2nd Edition.
Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice is designed to stimulate evidenced-based geriatric nursing care practice in hospitals. Content experts on the following topics developed the Practice Protocols and guidelines:
Evaluation Clinical Practice Guidelines
Measuring Performance, Integrity, Quality
Excessive Sleepiness
Mealtime Difficulties
Urinary Incontinence
Assessing Cognitive Function
Delirium: Strategies for Assessing and Treating
Preventing Falls in Acute Care
Preventing Pressure Ulcers and Skin Tears
Depression in Older Adults
Medication in Older Adults
Pain Management
Use of Physical Restraints in the Acute Care Setting
Advance Directives: Protecting Patients Rights
Discharge Planning for the Older Adult
Clinical Practice Protocols: Translating Knowledge into Practice
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