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January 21, 2010 Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAAN Associate Dean for Research School of Nursing Research

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Centennial Landmarks U of MN School of Nursing : Longest continuously operated university-based school of nursing in the world Research-intensive; in top 5% of schools of nursing in the USA SON has the only PhD program in the state (n=128 graduates) More than 12,500 nursing degrees have been granted. Housed on 2 campuses - one in the Twin Cities & the other in Rochester

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Month, day, year The School of Nursing A Century in the Making 1909 8 students 1 nursing instructor Curriculum included the Practice of Nursing & Dietetics Initial clinical practice was at a 25 bed hospital Tuition $25/semester 2008-2009 980 students (49% UG; 51% GRAD) 40 Tenured/tenure track faculty 39 Clinical Track faculty Five degree; dual degree, & certificate programs Clinical practice -248 partnerships across all settings Tuition $326/credit

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Academic Programs Undergraduate Program: 1909 1st group of students entered University Program Graduate Programs: 1950 Masters of Science (MS) in Nursing 1983 PhD program initiated 2007 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) began 2007 Master of Nursing (MN) began

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Centers of Excellence in School of Nursing Federally Funded Centers: - Center for Adolescent Nursing (MCHB/HRSA) - Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs - Center for Health Trajectory Research (P20 NIH/NINR ) Foundation Funded Center - Minnesota Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (The John A. Hartford Foundation) International Centers - International Council for Nurses (ICN) Center for Nursing Minimum Data Set Knowledge Discovery - Katharine J. Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership School of Nursing supported -Center for Child & Family Health Promotion Research -Center for Gerontological Nursing

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SON Research Portfolio 4 SON Research Foci: Health Promotion among Vulnerable Populations Prevention & Management of Chronic Health Conditions Symptom Management Health/Nursing Informatics and Systems Improvement

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Research Portfolio Health Promotion among Vulnerable Populations Childhood Obesity Prevention Healthy Family Meals Intervention (PI: Jayne Fulkerson) Team COOL (PI: Martha Kubik) Adolescent Health Promotion PRIME TIME: Health Promotion for Multiple Risk Behaviors among Adolescents (PI: Renee Sieving) Immigrant/Refugee Health Latino-based Multimedia to Prevent Noise Induced Hearing Loss Among Construction Workers (PI: Madeleine Kerr) Understanding Somali Refugees Perceptions of Mental Health Care (PI: Cheryl Robertson)

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Prevention/Management of Chronic Health Conditions Exercise Interventions: Exercise Intervention for American Indian Women with Gestational Diabetes (PI: Melissa Avery) Arm Ergometry vs Treadmill Walking to Reduce Claudication (PI: Diane Treat-Jacobson) Comparison of Exercise Responses in Four End Stage Renal Disease Treatments (PI: Patricia Painter) Coping Interventions: Web-based Program to Help Youth Cope with Cancer Treatment - (PI: Susan OConnor Von) Caregiver Outcomes Post Nursing Home Placement (PI: Joseph Gaugler)

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Symptom Management Complementary & Alternative therapies Anxiety Self-Management/Mechanical Ventilation (PI: Linda Chlan) Mind-Body Interventions Post-Transplant (Co-PIs: Cynthia Gross & Mary Jo Kreitzer) Incontinence Disparities in Incontinence and Perineal Skin Damage in Nursing Home Elders (PI: Donna Bliss)

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Health/Nursing Informatics and Systems Improvement Improving Health Care Delivery & Services Adult Day Service Utilization and Outcomes:A Mixed Methods Approach (PI: Joseph Gaugler) Developing Comprehensive Dementia-Specific Nursing Home Quality Indicators (PI: Chris Mueller) Development of a Consumer Research Network for Studying Obesity (PI: Julie Jacko) Predictive Modeling for Improving Incontinence and Pressure Ulcers in Homecare (PI: Bonnie Westra)

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Research Funding Sources Based on FY 2009 annual direct costs (7.1 million)

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Funded Grants FY 2009FY 2008FY 2004 Total Direct Costs$27.6 million$25.4 million$17.0 million Total Research Grants635361 Total Instructional Grants11 13 Total Other Grants14126 Total funded projects887680

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Research Portfolio Interprofessional Collaboration Currently, SON faculty are PIs on 73 externally funded grant projects 13 involve key personnel from 15 University departments Co-PIs or Co-Is on >20 interdisciplinary projects with PIs in other departments Examples of Collaborators: Academic Health Center: College of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Medical School, School of Public Health Other University Colleges/Departments: College of Education & Human Development, Computer Science & Engineering, CFAD, CLA, Hubert Humphrey Institute (CURA)

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Community-based Research Partnerships: Center for Somali Family and Children Services - Sunlight Exposure, Dietary, and Dress Habits of Somali Girls Community Action Head Start Program - Get a Head Start on Asthma Project Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) - Latina Adolescent Program Global Partnerships: Iceland - International Asthma School Nurse Project (I-SNAP) US AID Project - Africa, Amazonia. India, South East Asia

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Lifespan Health Trajectories CCFHPR Center for Child & Family Health Promotion Research CGN Center for Gerontological Nursing Vulnerable Populations Health Trajectory Research Densford Leadership Nursing Informatics Children with Special Health Needs Adolescent Nursing Geriatric Excellence Research & Scholarship in SON