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| Nancy StottsSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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An instrument to measure healing in pressure ulcers: development and validation of the pressure ulcer scale for healing (PUSH)N A Stotts
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 56:M795-9. 2001..This article reports the two studies that were conducted to assess the validity of the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) as a tool to monitor healing of stage II-IV pressure ulcers...- The challenge to come: the care of older adultsNancy A Stotts
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Nurs 104:40-7; quiz 48. 2004 - Hospital recovery is facilitated by prevention of pressure ulcers in older adultsNancy A Stotts
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, 631, San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 19:269-75, vi. 2007..This article addresses recovery in older adults who are at risk for the development of a pressure ulcer... - Facilitating positive outcomes in older adults with woundsNancy A Stotts
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, No 631, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Nurs Clin North Am 40:267-79. 2005..These seemingly basic issues raise questions for clinicians as we strive to provide evidence-based care to this ever-increasing population of older Americans... - Assessing the patient with a wound as the basis for home care wound managementNancy A Stotts
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, 2 Koret Way #631, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610, USA
Home Healthc Nurse 23:82-92; quiz 93-4. 2005 - Increased fluid intake does not augment capacity to lay down new collagen in nursing home residents at risk for pressure ulcers: a randomized, controlled clinical trialNancy A Stotts
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Wound Repair Regen 17:780-8. 2009..Further work is needed to examine the relationship between fluid intake and hydration in nursing home residents as well as the role of hydration in pressure ulcer prevention... - How to try this: define your terms. Evaluating instruments for use in nursing practiceNancy A Stotts
School of Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, and John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Nurs 107:71-2. 2007 - How to try this: predicting pressure ulcer risk. Using the Braden scale with hospitalized older adults: the evidence supports itNancy A Stotts
John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Nurs 107:40-8; quiz 48-9. 2007 - Factors influencing patient assignment to level 2 and level 3 within the 5-level ESI triage systemRoxanne Garbez
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Emerg Nurs 37:526-32. 2011..The primary aim of this study was to identify specific factors used by triage nurses to differentiate level 2 patients from level 3 patients... - Nutritional risk and low weight in community-living older adults: a review of the literature (1995-2005)Carolyn Thompson Martin
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:927-34. 2006..Computerized database searches and footnote reviews were used to find published studies on nutritional risk and low weight. Twenty-two research articles are reviewed and summarized. Each study was reviewed according to preset criteria... - A review of cardiovascular risk factors in US military personnelLeigh K McGraw
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:338-44. 2008..With increases in current military operations in an acutely stressful environment, the role of stress and the manifestation of CV disease are also examined... - The Women's Initiative for Nonsmoking (WINS) XI: age-related differences in smoking cessation responses among women with cardiovascular diseaseDaniel M Doolan
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 17:37-47. 2008..Clinicians should be sure to also include older smokers in smoking assessments and smoking cessation interventions... - Shared faculty governance: a decision-making framework for evaluating the DNPDorrie K Fontaine
AcademicPrograms, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Nurs Outlook 56:167-73. 2008..The shared governance process promoted reflective conversation within the entire faculty and, in the end, supported the decision-making related to the DNP... - Cultural factors and medication compliance in Chinese immigrants who are taking antihypertensive medications: instrument developmentWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 0610, USA
J Nurs Meas 13:231-52. 2005..60. Results showed that most of the scales are applicable and acceptable in a Chinese immigrant population and had good reliability. However, further testing with a larger sample in other regions of the country is indicated... - A review of the literature on the multiple dimensions of chronic pain in adults with sickle cell diseaseLou Ella V Taylor
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0610, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 40:416-35. 2010..A secondary purpose was to identify gaps in knowledge and directions for future research on the multiple dimensions of chronic pain in adults with SCD... - Meeting the nursing faculty shortage challenge: an accelerated doctoral program in nursingTeresa Scherzer
School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Prof Nurs 26:366-70. 2010..Two cohorts have graduated from the accelerated program and are currently in faculty positions. This article describes the accelerated doctoral program and the academic progression and postgraduation employment of the first two cohorts... - Pathophysiology of constipation in the older adultG Lindsay McCrea
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143, United States
World J Gastroenterol 14:2631-8. 2008..Additional research is warranted on the effects of aging on GI function, as well as on the timing of these changes... - Beliefs about health, smoking, and future smoking cessation among South Korean men hospitalized for cardiovascular diseaseMin Sohn
Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Heart Lung 36:339-47. 2007..A particularly high rate of smoking among South Korean men corresponds to high rates of cardiovascular disease... - Wound care pain in hospitalized adult patientsNancy A Stotts
University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Heart Lung 33:321-32. 2004..CONCLUSION: Patients experience pain and distress with WC. Some behaviors and words consistently describe WC pain. Further work is warranted to refine pain assessment and management in patients undergoing WC procedures... - The link between tissue oxygen and hydration in nursing home residents with pressure ulcers: preliminary dataNancy A Stotts
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California-San Francisco, USA
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 30:184-90. 2003..Further research in this area is warranted... - Compliance with antihypertensive medication in Chinese immigrants: cultural specific issues and theoretical applicationWen Wen Li
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0610, USA
Res Theory Nurs Pract 21:236-54. 2007..Using a culturally sensitive model is important to guide studies of medication compliance in this population and to assist health care providers to support compliance with antihypertensive treatments for Chinese immigrants... - Critical care nurses provide their perspectives of patients' symptoms in intensive care unitsKathleen A Puntillo
University of California San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, San Francisco, California CA 94143 0610, USA
Heart Lung 37:466-75. 2008..Patients in intensive care units (ICUs) can be adversely affected by distressing symptoms. When critically ill patients are unable to self-report symptoms, ICU nurses become proxy reporters... - Level 2 and level 3 patients in emergency severity index triage system: comparison of characteristics and resource utilizationRoxanne Oertel Garbez
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Adv Emerg Nurs J 33:322-35. 2011..It is critical that nurses in the triage setting be aware of possible patient factors and resource needs that could influence assignment to specific triage levels... - Acute wound pain: gaining a better understandingCarmen Mabel Arroyo-Novoa
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Adv Skin Wound Care 22:373-80; quiz 381-2. 2009..Describe the causes of acute wound pain. 2. Discuss research findings related to the physiology of wound pain. 3. Identify current concepts in the management of acute wound pain... - How heel oxygenation changes under pressureVivian K Wong
School of Nursing, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192 0057, USA
Wound Repair Regen 15:786-94. 2007..Further work is needed to understand why this short period of external pressure results in decreased oxygenation and why oxygen tension does not return to baseline when pressure is removed... - Gender differences in self-reported constipation characteristics, symptoms, and bowel and dietary habits among patients attending a specialty clinic for constipationG Lindsay McCrea
Department of Nursing and Health Science, California State University, East Bay, California, USA
Gend Med 6:259-71. 2009..This study assessed gender differences in the frequency of various characteristics of constipation, constipation-specific symptoms, and bowel and dietary habits, as well as the effects of independent but associated risk factors... - A review of the literature on gender and age differences in the prevalence and characteristics of constipation in North AmericaG Lindsay McCrea
Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 37:737-45. 2009..Research is needed on gender and age differences in the symptoms of constipation, and how covariates impact the prevalence and severity of constipation in the elderly... - Self-care behaviors in indigent patients with heart failureAurelia Macabasco-O'Connell
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6918, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:223-30. 2008.... - Attitudes of critically ill Filipino patients and their families toward advance directivesJennifer L McAdam
School of Nursing, The University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Crit Care 14:17-25. 2005..Such behavior could partly explain the positive attitudes of the Filipino Americans toward advance directives. Further research is warranted to understand how to increase completion rates for advance directives among Filipino Americans... - Physiology and prevention of heel ulcers: The state of scienceVivian K Wong
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 30:191-8. 2003..It is only through understanding of the physiology of heel tissue perfusion and its relation to external pressure that effective preventive measures to reduce heel skin breakdown can be adapted in clinical practice... - Factors to consider when analyzing 12-lead electrocardiograms for evidence of acute myocardial ischemiaMary G Adams-Hamoda
University of California, San Francisco, Calif, USA
Am J Crit Care 12:9-16; quiz 17-8. 2003..The factors that alter electrocardiographic findings are reviewed, and the alterations that interfere with electrocardiogram-based diagnosis of myocardial ischemia are discussed... - Risk for low weight in community-dwelling, older adultsCarolyn T Martin
Nursing Department, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 95382, USA
Clin Nurse Spec 21:203-11; quiz 212-3. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe nutritional risk and low weight in community-dwelling elderly... - Improvement in balance, strength, and flexibility after 12 weeks of Tai chi exercise in ethnic Chinese adults with cardiovascular disease risk factorsRuth E Taylor-Piliae
Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Calif, USA
Altern Ther Health Med 12:50-8. 2006.... - Targeting cellulitisDeborah E Roy
US Navy Nurse Corps, Guam, USA
Nursing 32:46-7. 2002
Research Grants
- Supplemental Fluid & Collagen DepositionNancy Stotts; Fiscal Year: 2005..Significance: Findings from the study have the potential to significantly change how fluid is managed in nursing home residents and to lay the foundation for a major intervention study on pressure ulcer healing. ..