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January 21, 2010
Ann Garwick, PhD, RN, LP, LMFT, FAANAssociate Dean for Research
School of NursingResearch
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
Month, day, year
The School of NursingA 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
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
Centers of Excellencein 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
LeadershipSchool of Nursing supported
-Center for Child & Family Health Promotion Research -Center for Gerontological Nursing
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
Research Portfolio
Health Promotion among Vulnerable PopulationsChildhood 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)
Prevention/Management of Chronic Health ConditionsExercise 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 O’Connor Von)• Caregiver Outcomes Post Nursing Home Placement (PI: Joseph Gaugler)
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)
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)
Federal80%
Corporate/ Foundation
16%
Internal UMN4%
State1%
Federal
Corporate/ Foundation
Internal UMN
State
Research Funding Sources
Based on FY 2009 annual direct costs (7.1 million)
Funded Grants
FY 2009 FY 2008 FY 2004
Total Direct Costs $27.6 million $25.4 million $17.0 million
Total Research Grants 63 53 61
Total Instructional Grants 11 11 13
Total “Other” Grants 14 12 6
Total funded projects 88 76 80
Research Portfolio
Interprofessional Collaboration
Currently, SON faculty are• PIs on 73 externally funded grant projects
13 involve key personnel from 15 University departments• Co-PI’s or Co-I’s on >20 interdisciplinary projects with PIs in other
departmentsExamples 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)
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
CCFHPRCenter for Child & Family Health Promotion Research
CGNCenter 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