The Center for Nursing Research & Innovation

Curriculum Vitae
Nancy E. Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Prepared: December 2012

CV Sections:

Current Titles & Department:

• Clinical Professor Department of Physiological Nursing
• Core Faculty UCSF Centre for Evidence-Based Patient Care Quality Improvement --An Affiliate Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute
  

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Education:

• 1966-68 California State University, Los Angeles, BSN
• 1977-79 California State University, Los Angeles, MSN
• 1984-88 University of California, San Francisco, DNSc

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Licenses, Certifications, etc.:

• 1968-Now Registered Nurse, State of California, J190020
• 1968-Now Certified Public Health Nurse #13166
• 1980 Lifetime, Community College Instructor Credential
• 1981-1990 Certificate of Precision, NCAST Scales, University of Washington, School of Nursing
• 1982-1988 American Nurses Association Maternal-Child Health Nurse Certification
• 2009-Now Certified Reviewer, Quantitative/Qualitative Modules, Joanna Briggs Institute
• 2010-Now Certified Instructor, Joanna Briggs Institute Comprehensive Systematic Review

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Principal Positions Held:

• 1968-1970 Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles, Staff Home Health Nurse
• 1973-1979 Hoag Memorial Hospital, Newport Beach, CA, Childbirth Educator/Post Partum Follow-up Nurse
• 1979-1980 Children's Hospital of Orange County, CA. Parent-Child Clinical Nurse Specialist
• 1983-1984 Statewide Nursing Program, The Consortium of the California State University, Long Beach, CA, Curriculum Development Associate (BSN)
• 1984-1987 Statewide Nursing Program, The Consortium of the California State University, Long Beach, CA, MSN Curriculum & Courseware Development Coordinator
• 1987-1988 Statewide Nursing Program, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA, Associate Director, Special Projects
• 1988-1989 University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange CA, Associate Director of Nursing; Director, Nursing Research
• 1989-1991 University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange CA, Associate Director of Nursing; Director, Nursing Research & Education
• 1991-1993 University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange CA, Director, Nursing Research & Principal Investigator/Project Director, Orange County Research Utilization in Nursing Project
• 1993-1995 UniHealth America, Burbank, CA, Executive Director, Clinical Effectiveness Quality Outcomes Management
• 1995-1999 Donaldson & Associates, Newport Beach, CA, Principal/CEO
• 1999-2011, Founding Director, UCSF Stanford Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, San Francisco & Stanford, CA, Director; UCSF School of Nursing, Department of Physiological Nursing, Associate Clinical Professor; Associate Dean for Practice

Ancillary Positions Held Concurrently:

• 1985-1997 Part-Time Faculty, BSN/MSN Program. Division of Nursing, California State University, Dominguez Hills. Seminar, Telecourse and Web-based delivery modes.

• 1990-1993 Assistant Clinical Professor (without salary), School of Nursing, University of California Los Angeles.

• 1995-1996 Principal Subject Matter Expert, Instructional Design Consultant, and Faculty, American Nurses Association, Nursing Quality Report Card OUTCOMES National Continuing Education Curriculum (A Train-the-Trainer and Strategic Planning Integrated Program)

• 1996-1997 Curriculum/Instructional Designer/Subject Matter Expert; Adjunct Faculty-- Western University of Health Sciences Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Program, a web-based, problem-based distance education program. Designed 12 one-unit core courses.

• 1996-1998 Faculty, Jones Education Connection - Mind Extension University Internet/Cable National Telecourse, BSN 360 (24 video sessions)-Professional Issues, Division of Nursing, California State University Dominguez Hills.

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Honors and Awards:

• 1984 Shirley Titus Scholarship, California Nurses Association.
• 1984 Purdue Frederick Fellowship, Nurses Association of the American College of OB GYN.
• 1984 Professional Nurse Traineeship, Title II, Grant Number A11 NU00298 09.
• 1985-1987 National Research Service Award, Pre Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Division of Nursing.
• 1987 Nurses' Association of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• 1987 Research Grant Award ($2,000).
• 1989 California Nurses Association Lulu Hassenplug Nursing Education Award.
• 1989 Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, California State University Dominguez Hills.
• 1991 Nurse of the Year, Nurses' Association of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District IX.
• 1992 Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Tau Chapter, Excellence in Leadership Award.
• 1998 Organization of Nurse Executives-California, Excellence in Advancement of Clinical Practice Award.
• 2001 Nominated. UCSF Medical Center Department of Nursing Colleague of the Year Award.
• 2002 Fellowship, American Academy of Nursing
• 2004 ANA\California Florence Nightingale Award.
• 2007 Edge Runners Award to the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition, American Academy of Nursing
• 2007 Nominee, AHRQ National Advisory Board, American Academy of Nursing
• 2007 Edge Runners Award to the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition, American Academy of Nursing
• 2007 Nominee, AHRQ National Advisory Board, American Academy of Nursing
• 2011 University of California Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, The Excellence in Leadership Award.
  

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Memberships in Professional Organizations:

• 1973-Now American Nurses Association\California (formerly California Nurses Association)
• 1996-Now Association California Nurse Leaders
• 1996-Now Association for Health Services Research
• 1988-Now Individual Member, Western Institute of Nursing/Western Society of Research in Nursing
• 1980-1999 Sigma Theta Tau/Gamma Tau
• 1999-Now Sigma Theta Tau/Alpha Eta
• 1997-Now Friends, National Institute of Nursing Research
• 1988-Now UCSF School of Nursing Alumni Association.
• 2000-Now Founding Member, American Academy of Nursing Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science
• 2002-Now American Academy of Nursing

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Professional Activity:

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

• 1977-1987 National Continuing Education Faculty, The Fourth Trimester, continuing education course. Nurses Association of the American College of OB-GYN
• 1983-1987 Elected: Region I Director, California Nurses Association Board of Directors.
• 1986-1987 Appointed: California Nurses Association Political Action Committee Board of Trustees.
• 1986-1988 Elected: California Nurses Association Delegate to American Nurses Association House of Delegates.
• 1987-1990 Liaison, California Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition.
• 1987-1991 Research Chair, District IX Advisory Council. Nurses Association of the American College of OB-GYN.
• 1988-1990 Board of Directors, California Nurses Association Services, Inc.
• 1990 Chair, California Nurses Association Panel of Expert Nurse Researchers.
• 1991-1993 Founding Chair, California Nurses Association Council of Nurse Researchers.
• 1991-1992 Corresponding Member, National Research Committee. Nurses Association of the American College of OB-GYN.
• 1992-1993 Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, California Nurses Foundation.
• 1994-1995 Member, Board of Directors, Professional Nurses Network.
• 1995-1996 Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, American Nurses Association/California.
• 1995-Now American Nurses Association/California Project Director and Consulting Project Advisor California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Project
• 1997-Now American Nurses Association/California Representative to American Nurses Association Coalition of Nursing Quality Report Card Projects & Liaison, National Database Nursing Quality Indicators.
• 1999-2000 Appointed Member, Membership Committee. Western Institute of Nursing.
• 1999-2000 Membership Committee Representative, Strategic Planning Committee. Western Institute of Nursing.
• 2000 Board Member and Chair, Awards Committee. Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Eta Chapter.
• 2001 Member Awards Committee. Sigma Theta Tau, Alpha Eta Chapter.
• 2000-Now Appointed, American Nurses Association Nursing Information & Data Set Evaluation Center (NIDSEC) Accreditation Committee.
• 2002-Now Appointed, American Academy of Nursing, Expert Panel on Quality
• 2006 –Now Appointed, National Quality Forum, NQF 15 Tracking Project, Advisory Panel

HEALTH CARE QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS, AND APPROPRIATENESS APPOINTMENTS/ACTIVITIES

• 1991 Invited Observer, National Center for Nursing Research Invitational Conference, Patient Outcomes Research: Examining the Effectiveness of Nursing Practice.
• 1991 California Nurses Association Representative, American Nurses Association Consultant Training Workshop, Nursing's Quality, Effectiveness, and Appropriateness Initiatives.
• 1993 Instructional Design Consultant and Collaborating Investigator, California Nurses Association, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Funded Western Regional Conference Project Improving Effectiveness & Outcomes of Health Care Services, San Francisco.
• 1992-1995 Consumer Member, Post Stroke Rehabilitation, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Clinical Practice Guideline Development Expert Panel.
• 1995-1996 Principal Subject Matter Expert, Instructional Design Consultant, & Faculty, American Nurses Association Nursing Quality Report Card OUTCOMES National Continuing Education Curriculum.
• 1999 Invited Panel Presenter/Discussant, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force to seek input on the key research questions that need to be answered to improve patient safety throughout the nation's health care system; Chicago, November 30.
• 2000 Invited testimony. CHIPDAC Patient Safety Committee, State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
• 2001 Invited Panel Participant. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meeting on Nurse Staffing and Nosocomial Infections. Atlanta.
• 2001 Invited Participant and Discussion Group Facilitator. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Conference. Role & Responsibility of Physicians to Improve Patient Safety; Alexandria, VA. September 4-5.
• 2003 Invited Presenter & Participant, “Outcomes of Adoption: Measuring Evidence Update by Individuals and Organizations” University of Iowa Health Care- Conference Advancing Quality Care Through Translation Research, Iowa City, IA, October 13, 2003

NATIONAL AND STATE EXPERT/ADVISORY PANELS

• 1990-Now Appointed Member Advisory Board, Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature Information Systems, Glendale, CA.
• 1997-Now Appointed Member, California Department of Health Services, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission, Technical Advisory Committee.
• 1999-2000 Appointed Member, Health Resources and Services Administration Technical Expert Panel, Nurse Staffing & Quality of Care Project.
• 2001-Now Appointed Member, Kaiser Permanente California Division, Professional Advisory Group, Nurse Staffing Ratio and Nursing Care Delivery Models Forum.
• 2001-Now Appointed Member, Case Management Society of American (CMSA) Standards of Care Reference Group.
• 2001-Now Strategic Alliance for Error Reduction in California Healthcare-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Developmental Center for Education and Research in Patient Safety; Advisory Board.
• 2002-Now Invited Member, Rush University, College of Nursing Expert Panel for Physical Restraints and Therapy Disruption in Hospitals Grant
• 2003-Now Member AHRQ Partners in Quality Council; Chair, Evaluation Subcommittee.
• 2003-Now Appointed VA National Nursing Outcomes Advisory Group
• 2003-Now Invited Member, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Panel of Experts validating the Safety Climate Instrument.
  

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH & NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH PEER REVIEW SERVICE

• 1997-1998 SBIR Peer Reviewer, NIH, NINR, July 1997 and December 1997; Summer 1998.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

• Member, Global Missions Committee, Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Carlos, CA
• Member, Bay Area Research Group, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, San Francisco, CA
  

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

• 1996-Now Founding Co-Editor, The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations. A Peer Reviewed Publication. CINAHL Information Systems, Glendale CA.
• 2001-Now Reviewer, Medical Care-Journal of the Medical Care Section; American Public Health Association.
• 2001-2002 Reviewer, Qualitative Health Research, Sage Periodicals Press.
• 2002 Invited Letter to the Editor, in response to Narrative Matters, Medical Care-Journal of the Medical Care Section; American Public Health Association.
• 2003 Reviewer, Japan Academy of Nursing Science Journal.
• Appointed, Associated Editor, Policy, Journal of Professional Nursing.

CONSULTATIONS

• 1981-1983 Nursing Information Consortium of Orange County, CA Education Consultant
• 1987 Program Guide for Trainers, AIDS Health Provider Education and Training Project
• California Nurses Association Educational consultant and member of the Instructional Design Team
• 1995-1996 American Nurses Association, Washington, DC Instructional Design Consultant. Created National Nursing Quality Ed Program
• 1996-1997 Western University for Health Sciences
• Pomona, CA MS/NP Curriculum Consultant
• 1996-1997 UC Irvine Human Subjects Research Education & Training Project, UC Irvine Office of Research Instructional Designer in the Blueprint Phase
• 1995-1998 UniHealth Systemwide Clinical Workforce Initiative: Neonatal Critical Care, Patient Care Technician and Optimizing Professional Role Performance Courseware Instructional Design/Development Consultant
• 1998-1999 Center for Case Management Accountability Consultant in National Indicator & State of the Science Project
• 1998-1999 Martin Luther Hospital, Anaheim CA Pediatric Sexual Abuse Database Project
• 1995-Now Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) Clinical Innovation Database Knowledge Utilization & Clinical Innovation Expert
• 1999-2000 American Nurses Association\California. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Small Conference Grant to support CalNOC Millennium Conference, January 20-21, 2000 in Los Angeles Consultant grant writer. Conference Program Coordinator, Authored project report to AHRQ
• 2001-2002 Army Nurse Corps CalNOC Phase I Replication Project. Contract ($39,000) to UCSF Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, UCSF PI/PD and Principal Consultant
• 2001 New Jersey Department of Health Nursing quality indicators and related regulations
• 2002-Now Veterans Affairs National Nursing Outcomes Database Project (VANOD), Nursing quality indicators and related regulations; CalNOC methods & findings

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Presentations:

INVITED INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

• 1979 World Federation for Mental Health International Congress, Moderator/Facilitator and Convener, Workshop on Parent-Infant Bonding and Attachment. Salzburg, Austria, July, 1979.
• 1987 Chinese Nurses Association, Guest Lecture Series, Introduction to Nursing Research, Presented to 150 nurses, Hongzhou, Peoples Republic of China, April, 1988.
• 1991 Models for integrating research conduct and utilization in clinical settings. Proceedings of the American Nurses' Association, Council of Nurse Researchers 1991 International Nursing Research Conference. Los Angeles, California.
• 1993 "The Role of the Hospital-based Department of Nursing Research-Strategic Mission and Objectives for the 1990s and Beyond," Podium Presentation, International Council of Nurses (ICN) 20th Quadrennial Congress, Madrid, June 1993.
• 1997 Using nursing's quality indicators for outcomes measurement: A national CE project. Proceedings, ICN 21st. Quadrennial Congress, Presented June 1997, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• 1999 Beijing Hospital, Peoples Republic of China. Invited, in collaboration with Diane Brown RN, PhD., co-present the "Introduction to Nursing Quality Measurement" lecture/workshop series. November 12-18, 2000.
• 2000 Arhus University, Arhus, Denmark. Invited, to present "Linking Performance Improvement & Evidence-based Practice" lecture, June 7, 2001.
• 2001 Symposium, Linking Nursing Quality, Staffing and Evidence-based Practice to Improve Patient Safety. ICN Congress, 2001. June 13, 2001. Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 2003 St. Luke's College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan, Open Seminar 2003 “Creation &
  Innovation for Patient Care: Collaboration among People, Nurses and Researchers.” Invited to present: “Research and Support to Solve Clinical Problems”, and “Bridging Research & Practice” September 20, 2003.
• 2004 Aarhus University, Denmark. Visiting Professor, School of Nursing, Master's in Nursing
  Program, “Evidence-based Nursing”. Dr. Ingegerd Harder, PhD., Faculty Sponsor,. May 2004.
• 2005 St. Luke's College of Nursing, Tokyo, Japan. “Bridging Research & Practice —The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Patient Care Safety” at Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare: Nurse Staffing and Outcome Indicators for Patient Safety. (Japan Acute Health Care Foundation Research Release) February 19, 2005
• 2005 Aarhus University, Denmark. Visiting Professor, School of Nursing, Master's in Nursing Program, “Evidence-based Nursing”. Dr. Ingegerd Harder, PhD., Faculty Sponsor,. May 2005.
• 2005 “Leveraging Nursing's Quality Measurement Infrastructure to Expedite Evidence-based Practice: Conceptual Foundations” Sigma Theta Tau International Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Pre-conference Kona, HI, July 13, 2005
• 2006 Sigma Theta Tau International 17th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, “Building Capacity for Evidence-Based Practice” poster presentation, July, 2006
• 2007 Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, “The Ultimate Innovation—Using Data to Drive Improvements in Nursing Quality and Outcomes—Introduction to the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project” at El Cuidado Como Ciencia & Estrategia del Arte en Enfermeria, December 1, 2006
• 2007 Clinica del Country 1st International Nursing Congress,, Care in Nursing, Excellence and Efficiency, “Practica Basada en la Evidencia —La clave para la Excelencia Clinica”,(English: Understanding Nursing Practice Effectiveness – The Maximum Efficiency) Bogotá, Columbia, March 8, 2007
• 2007 Clinica del Country 1st International Nursing Congress, Care in Nursing, Excellence and Efficiency, “El Uso de la Medición de los resultados en el Logro de la Excelencia Clínica (English: Using Outcomes Measurement to Drive Performance
  Improvement) Bogotá, Columbia, March 9, 2007
• 2007 “CalNOC Partners to Reduce Patient Falls Project – Results of a 4 Year Effort Leveraging Nursing Quality Benchmarks, Self-Assessment, and Coaching EBP to Improve Patient Falls.” With Diane Storer Brown, Sigma Theta Tau International 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Vienna, Austria, July 12, 2007
• 2007 “California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Collaboration: A Transdisciplinary Roadmap to Discovery.” With Diane Storer Brown, Sigma Theta Tau International 18th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Vienna, Austria, July 12, 2007
• 2007 Invitation Discussant, Knowledge Utilization Colloquium 2007, Stockholm, Sweden, poster presentation August 15 & 16, 2007
• 2007 Keynote Address, 6th Annual R&D Conference: “Knowledge in Nursing and Nursing Education” August 24, 2007, Aarhus, Denmark
  
  
  

INVITED NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• 1993 Keynote-"Research Dissemination and Utilization in Nursing-Lessons from OCRUN," Sigma Theta Tau Delta Kappa Chapter, University of Texas, & New Mexico State University, Research Day, San Antonio, October 1993.
• 1996 "Introduction to Measuring Cost and Quality Outcomes of Clinical Case Management Programs," Pre-Convention Workshop (full day session) with Gerri Lamb Ph.D., RN, FAAN. Medical Case Management Convention VIII, Orlando, September 1996.
• 1998 "Strategic Outcomes Measurement," Contemporary Forums, Chicago, March 16, 1998.
• 1999 "Outcomes Measurement and Management" & "Tools and Resources to Support Case Management Evaluations," Concurrent Sessions I & II, Co-Presented with Geri Lamb. CMSA'S Ninth Annual Case Management Conference and Exposition and The Journal of Case Management, Minneapolis MN, June 16-19, 1999.
• 1999 Toward a California Nursing Quality Report Card: California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Strategic Context, Data Integrity, and Insights. Organization of Nurse Executives Convention, Charlotte, NC.
• 2000 Closing Keynote Address-"Linking Research to Practice: An Excellent Adventure," Bay Area Healthcare Facilities-10th Annual Medical-Surgical Nursing Conference, South San Francisco, CA, April 6-7, 2000.
• 2000 Keynote-"An Outcome Monitoring Program for Nursing: The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Project" (Part I: Rationale) & (Part II: How to do it?). U.S. Army-11th Biannual Phyllis J. Verhonick Nursing Research Course, "Using Research to Meet the Challenges of the Military Health Care System." San Antonio, Texas, May 1, 2000.
• 2000 Invited Panel Discussant--Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Conference Patient Safety at the Clinical Interface, "What do clinicians and managers see as the greatest opportunities for research to develop and test strategies for reducing risk?" Chicago, IL, November 30, 2000.
• 2002 “Advancing Patient Care, Quality and Effectiveness” Shriners Hospital for Children, 3rd Annual Research Symposium, June 20, 2002
• 2003 AHRQ Patient Safety Conference, “CalNOC Partners for Quality TRIP to Reduce Hospital Falls, Year 1” “Impact of Unit Level Nurse Workload on Patient Safety” and “The UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project” Poster Presentations, March 2003.
• 2003 “The Journey to Excellence: Building Multipurpose Databases to Integrate Data Demands for Benchmarking, Accreditation Standards, and Patient Safety Research”, Concurrent Session I Co-Presented with Diane Storer Brown, NAHQ's 28th Annual Educational Conference, Phoenix, AZ, September 8, 2003
• 2003 Invited Panel Presenter—Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science Conference Promoting Research Intensive Environments in Clinical Settings “Promoting and Sustaining Infrastructure Support for Research Leverage and Synergy Between Clinical and Academic Settings”, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, September 11-12, 2003
• 2003 “Translating Research into Practice – The UCSF Venous Access Safety Education Project” National Association of Vascular Access Networks – Advancing Practice through Research and Technology – 17th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 13, 2003
• 2003 “Outcomes of Adoption Measuring Evidence Uptake by Individuals and Organizations.” Titler Conference: Advancing Quality Care Through Translation Research, Iowa City, IA October 14, 2003.
• 2003 UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project” National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice – 2nd National Summit on Patient Safety Research, Arlington, VA November 6, 2003
• 2004 “CalNOC Partners for Quality TRIP to Reduce Falls,” 5th National Conference – Evidence-Based Fall Prevention, Clearwater, FL, April 1, 2004.
• 2004 Keynote--“Leveraging Evidence to Advance Excellence: A Strategic Imperative,” Excellence Through Evidence – VHA Nurse Executive Conference, Phoenix, AZ, April 15, 2004
• 2004 “Excellence through Evidence,” Phyllis J. Verhonik Nursing Research Conference, San Antonio, TX April 26, 2004
• 2004 “Updating Unit Level Nurse Workload Impact on Patient Safety” 2004 ANA Biennial Convention - Nurses: Your voice, Your Health, Your Life, Minneapolis, MN, June 27, 2004
• 2004 “Translating Research into Practice through Innovative Curricula” Co-Presented with Paul Barach and Pamela Mitchell, 2004 AHRQ Making the Health Care System Safer: Third Annual Patient Safety Research Conference, Concurrent Session I, Arlington, VA, September 27, 2004
• 2004 “Variation in Measuring Indicators of Safety” Co-Presented with Meg Johantgen, 2004 AHRQ Making the Health Care System Safer: Third Annual Patient Safety Research Conference, Concurrent Session IV, Arlington, VA, September 27, 2004
• 2004 “Framework for Knowledge Transfer of Patient Safety Research Results” 2004 AHRQ Making the Health Care System Safer: Third Annual Patient Safety Research Conference, Concurrent Session V, Arlington, VA, September 28, 2004
• 2004 “Impact of Unit Level Nurse Staffing on Hospital Patient Falls” Nursing Science: Working Toward a Healthier Nation, 2004 National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington, DC, October 7, 2004
• 2004 “Fanning the Flame of Inquiry—Creating and Sustaining the Capacity for Research in Clinical Practice” Texas Woman's University Fall Lectureship, Houston, TX October 22, 2004
• 2005 “Fall Program Outcomes Databases, Management and Benchmarking” University of South Florida College of Nursing and VISN 8 Patient Center of Inquiry- Evidence-Based Strategies for Patient Falls and Wandering, Clearwater, FL May 11, 2005
• 2005 “Translating Evidence into Practice: Patient Falls” University of South Florida College of Nursing and VISN 8 Patient Center of Inquiry- Evidence-Based Strategies for Patient Falls and Wandering, Clearwater, FL May 12, 2005
• 2005 Panel: Systems Issues and Clinical Environment Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety, Patient Safety/HIT Conference: Making the Health Care System Safer Through Implementation and Innovation, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Washington DC, June 2005
• 2005 “Leveraging Nursing's Quality Measurement Infrastructure to Expedite Evidence-based Practice: Conceptual Foundations” Sigma Theta Tau International Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Pre-conference Kona, HI, July 13, 2005
• 2005 “ Building Capacity for Evidence-based Practice Change Using External Coaches and Internal Linkers to Reduce Hospital Falls: Analysis of Intervention Processes and Content” with Jeffrey Ashley and Joanne Kingsbury, Sigma Theta Tau International Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Pre-conference Kona, HI, July 13, 2005
• 2005 “Baseline Data and First Formative Assessment of Intervention Impacts” with Carolyn Aydin, Sigma Theta Tau International Third International Evidence-Based Nursing Pre-conference Kona, HI, July 13, 2005
• 2005 National Nursing Quality Database 2005 Conference, “State of the Science, CalNOC Pre-Post Ratio Findings and New Findings Comparing CalNOC and OSHPD Data Sources”, with Joanne Spetz, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2005
• 2005 National Nursing Quality Database 2005 Conference, “Clock Watching, Tapping Nursing Quality at Shift, Daily or Monthly Time Intervals”, with Joanne Spetz, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2005
• 2005 National Nursing Quality Database 2005 Conference, “TRIP to Reduce Patient Falls, Preliminary Results of the CalNOC Partners to Reduce Falls Project and the NDNQI Connection”, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2005
• 2005 Looking Ahead: Innovations in Nursing Science, Practice and Education, 19th Annual Western Institute of Nursing Assembly, “Roundtable Update on CalNOC: 10 years and 20 million + Days Later” San Francisco, CA, April 7, 2005
• 2005 American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Quality Health Care, Scottsdale, AZ, November 10, 2005
• 2006 Western Institute of Nursing, 39th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference “CalNOC's First 10 years and 24 Million Patient Days: Evidence-Based Reflections”, Albuquerque, NM, April 7, 2006
• 2006 AONE 2006 Annual Meeting, Leveraging Energy and Dreams: The Power for Nursing's Future, “Impact of Mandated Ratios on RN Staffing and Patient Outcomes”, Orlando, FL, April 22, 2006
• 2006 AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition “Nursing Outcomes Research: CalNOC—The First Decade” with Linda Burnes Bolton, Anaheim, CA May 22, 2006
• 2006 Catholic Healthcare West Risk Services Education Teleconference “CalNOC 101 for Risk and Quality Professional” Web conference September 17, 2006
• 2007 NDNQI Conference “CalNOC Partners for Quality TRIP to Reduce Hospital Falls” Las Vegas, NV January 30, 2007
• 2007 Keynote , Arizona State University College of Nursing, Evidence-based Practice Conference, “- From Here to Eternity”, Phoenix, AZ, February 22, 2007
• 2008 National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators National Data Use Conference “Developing a Medication Administration Accuracy Nurse Sensitive Indicator: Research and Implementation Opportunities and Challenges” with Mary Foley, Orlando, FL, January 30, 2008
• 2008 Western Institute of Nursing, “The Circle of Nursing Knowledge: Education, Practice & Research. “Can coaches impact fall prevention efforts and fall rates in California hospitals?” Rutledge, D.N., Donaldson, N.E., Geiser, K., & Aydin, C.E. Garden Grove CA. April 17-19, 2008
• 2008 “The Ultimate WIN-WIN: Transforming Patient Care Through Nursing Quality Measurement” Contemporary Forums, June 6, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
• 2008
• “ Capacity for Evidence-based Practice: Impact on Hospital Quality and Outcomes”, 2008 ANCC National Magnet Conference, with James Stotts, October 16, 2008, Salt Lake City, UT
  

INVITED REGIONAL/LOCAL SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• 1994 "Optimizing Outcomes Through Patient Education," Children's Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California. Department of Nursing (full day session), November 1995.
• 1996 "Nursing Quality Report Card-Challenges & Opportunities," Nurse Executive Council of Southern California Annual Education Conference (full day session), August 1996.
• 1996 State University Dominguez Hills Division of Nursing, Area G, September 1996.
• 1996 Closing Address-"Clinical Innovation-Using Research to Optimize Outcomes," Southern California Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Research Conference, San Diego, October 1996.
• 1996 "Managed Health Care-RN Role Development Imperatives", Fall Colloquium, CA.
• 1997 Keynote-"New Knowledge as a Source of Perpetual Practice Improvement," Kaiser Permanente Fourth Annual Research Potpourri, Oakland, January 29, 1997.
• 1997 "Measuring Across Systems to Assure Quality Nursing Care in Current and Future Health Care Systems," Division of Nursing 5th Anniversary Symposium, April 30, 1997, Washington, DC.
• 1997 "Indicators of Nursing Quality and Patient Outcomes," American Association of Colleges of Nursing 1997 Summer Seminar, Co-Presented with Deloras Jones, RN, MSN, July 1997, San Diego, CA.
• 1997 "Nursing's Outcomes Measurement Initiative," California Conference of Local Health Department Nursing Directors, Sept. 15, 1997, Asilomar, CA.
• 1997 "Case Management: Strategic Evaluation," MCMC IX, Post Conference Seminar, Co-presented with Gerri Lamb, October 1-2, 1997, Nashville, TN.
• 1998 "Reframing the Role of Families in Stroke Outcomes", Health South Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Neuro Rehab Conference, November 9, 1998, Cambridge, MA.
• 1998 "Keynote-The Ultimate Accountability: Capturing Target Outcomes", CA. Assoc. of PHN, Annual Conference PHN in the 21st Century, Oakland, June 5, 1998.
• 1998 "Nursing's Quality Initiative," Kaiser Permanente Teleconference, May 5, 1998.
• 1998 "Patient Education Principles of Effectiveness: Making it Count!" Orange County Chapter, Oncology Nursing Society, April 28, 1998
• 1998 Keynote-"Expediting the Harvest and Transfer of Knowledge for Practice Improvement,"Sharp Health Care Annual Nursing Research Symposium, San Diego, October 23, 1998.
• 2000 Keynote-"Linking Performance Improvement & Evidence-based Practice: Adventures in Excellence," North California Vascular Access Network Conference, October 27, 2000.
• 2001 California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project--Methodological Overview 2001 United Nurses Assoc. California (UNAC) Convention. Oct.15, 2001, San Bernardino, CA.
• 2001 The Effects of the Nursing Shortage on Patient Safety: California Nursing Outcomes Coalition. CAHQ Regional Fall Conference, October 5, 2001, Palo Alto, CA.
• 2001 Clinical Leadership Development Series. Team Building & Collaboration. UCSF Medical Center, May 9, 2001.
• 2001 UCSF Medical Center Patient Education Conference, "Assessing Readiness to Learn". March 30, 2001.
• 2001 UCSF Medical Center, Clinical Development Seminar Series, "How to Write a Project Proposal", March 14, 2001.
• 2001 "Using New Knowledge to Improve Nursing Practice", Workshop for Clinicians. Stanford University Center for Education. March 9, 2001.
• 2001 California Nursing Outcomes Coalition: Strategic Context. Leadership Lecture. Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) Annual Conference, February 14, 2001, Costa Mesa, CA.
• 2001 Optimizing the RN Staffing Safety Threshold-The Big Picture. UCSF Grand Rounds.
• 2002 "Turning Your Clinical Questions Into a Researchable Project"-Workshop, UCSF Medical Center, Nursing Education & Research Program, January 22, 2002.
• 2001 California Nursing Outcomes Coalition: Strategic Context. Leadership Lecture. Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) Annual Conference, February 14, 2001, Costa Mesa, CA.
• 2001 “Using New Knowledge to Improve Nursing Practice”, Workshop for Clinicians. Stanford Center for Education and Professional Development. March 9, 2001.
• 2001 UCSF Medical Center, Clinical Development Seminar Series, “How to Write a Project Proposal”, March 14, 2001.
• 2001 UCSF Medical Center Patient Education Conference, “Assessing Readiness to Learn”. March 30, 2001.
• 2001 Clinical Leadership Development Series. Team Building & Collaboration. UCSF Medical Center, May 9, 2001.
• 2001 “Proposal Writing Workshop- Workshop for Innovations in Patient Care, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, September 13, 2001
• 2001 The Effects of the Nursing Shortage on Patient Safety: California Nursing Outcomes Coalition. CAHQ Regional Fall Conference, October 5, 2001, Palo Alto, CA.
• 2001 “CalNOC Phase III Federal Grants” Co-Presented with Diane Storer Brown, Linda Burnes Bolton and Carolyn Aydin, CalNOC 3rd Annual Conference: Advancing Patient Safety Through Nursing Quality Measurement, October 10, 2001, San Diego, CA
• 2001 “CalNOC Methodological Overview and Insights” CalNOC 3rd Annual Conference: Advancing Patient Safety Through Nursing Quality Measurement, October 10, 2001, San Diego, CA
  
• 2001 “CalNOC Update”, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, NUHHCE, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, UNAC/UHCP 29th Annual One Day Convention, “Leading the Way for Health Care Professionals”, October 15, 2001
• 2001 “Skin Breakdown” Do No Harm: Promoting Patient Safety, UCSF October 19, 2001
• 2001 California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project--Methodological Overview 2001 United Nurses Assoc. California (UNAC) Convention. Oct.15, 2001, San Bernardino, CA.
• 2002 “A Walk on the Safe Side” with Deloras Jones, Diane Storer Brown and Marsha Nelson, Fourth Annual President's Enrichment Series Association of California Nurse Leaders 2002 Annual Program, Discovering the Oasis, February 5, 2002
• 2002 “CalNOC RO1” with Diane Storer Brown, PhD, RN, Networking Breakfast. Association of California Nurse Leaders 2002 Annual Program, Discovering the Oasis, February 5, 2002
• 2002 “Grant Writing for Beginners: Proposal Development Basics”, Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Center for Education and Professional Development, February 20, 2002
• 2002 “The California Outcomes Project (CalNOC) and its Role in Guiding the Development of Staffing Guidelines”, American Nurses Association/California General Assembly, March 16, 2002, San Diego, CA
• 2002 “CalNOC Database 2002: Expanding Context, Results and Implications” Symposium Presentation, Western Institute of Nursing 35th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, 16th Annual WIN Assembly, Health Disparities: Meeting the Challenge, April 18-10, 2002, Palm Springs, CA
• 2002 “Evidence-Based Practice Y2K: The Strategic Imperative” UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, Research Day 2002 “Research In Action” May 2, 2002, South San Francisco, CA
• 2002 Proposal Writing Workshop – Workshop for Innovations in Patient Care, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital October 21, 2002
• 2002 “Grant Writing for Beginners: Proposal Development Basics” Stanford Center for Education and Professional Development, October 25, 2002
• 2002 “Navigating the Interchange: GlobalConnections” CalNOC 4th Annual Conference: Quality Improvement. The Journey to Excellence, November 7, 2002 Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA
• 2003 ACNL-CalNOC Conference, Sacramento, February, 2003
• 2003 Best Practice Through Nursing Research. 17th Annual Nursing Research Conference, California State University, Fresno, May 2, 2003
• 2003 “Expediting the Harvest and Transfer of New Knowledge for Practice in Nursing”, Workshop for Clinicians. Stanford Center for Education and Professional Development June 6, 2003
• 2003 Proposal Writing Workshop – Workshop for Innovations in Patient Care, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, September 2003.
• 2003 “What the Data Tells Us, 7 Years and 12 Million Patient Days Later” with Diane Storer Brown, and Carolyn Aydin, and “Hot off the Press: Preliminary Findings from Unit Level Nurse Workload Impacts on Patient Safety”, Fifth Annual California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Conference, Strategic Leveraging for Safe Patient Care: Quality and Staffing Measurement, Sacramento, CA November 17, and 18, 2003.
• 2004 “Stars and Stripes: Leveraging for Safe Patient Care: Quality and Staffing Measurement.” CalNOC Panel with Diane Storer Brown and Nancy Carlson, 26th Annual ACNL Conference: Mission Possible at Mission Bay, San Diego, CA, February 11, 2004
• 2004 “CalNOC Nursing Outcomes Coalition Project: An Update.” ANA/C Biennial General Assembly: Dawn of Opportunity Leading the Way to the Future, San Mateo, CA, March 20, 2004.
• 2004 “It's Time to TRIP to Reduce Falls”, Glendale Adventist Medical Center, April 21, 2004, Glendale, CA
• 2004 Keynote--“Evaluating and Sustaining Evidence-Based Changes in Practice,” UCLA 3rd Annual Evidence-Based Practice Conference: The Challenges of Changing Practice, Los Angeles, CA April 28, 2004
• 2004 Research Roundtable, The Informed Consent Process for Human Subject Research: Issues and Considerations, A panel discussion and Q and A for Stanford Hospital and Stanford School of Medicine Staff, Sponsored by ACCESS Clinical Trials Office and the Stanford Hospital and Clinics Research Office, Stanford, CA, May 4, 2004
• 2004 Southern California Nurse Executive Council Conference. CalNOC Nursing Outcomes Coalition Project: An Update”, June 15, 2004. Los Angeles.
• 2005 CalNOC Panel with Diane Storer Brown and Nancy Carlson, 26th Annual ACNL Conference: Destination Monterey: Jazz Up Your Drive, Monterey, CA, February 9, 2005
• 2005 Building Bridges from Research to Practice, CalNOC 2005 Conference, “The Bottom Line, What We Know 24 Quarters Later” with Diane Storer Brown, San Francisco, CA April 4, 2005
• 2005 Building Bridges from Research to Practice, CalNOC 2005 Conference, “Building Foundations for the Future, The Betty Irene Moore Nursing Initiative, UCSF, CalNOC Evaluation Project Overview” with Mary Foley, San Francisco, CA April 4, 2005
• 2005 Building Bridges from Research to Practice, CalNOC 2005 Conference, “Envisioning Transformation, Progress Toward Institutionalization” with Patricia McFarland, San Francisco, CA, April 4, 2005
• 2005 UC Irvine Nursing Grand Rounds, “The Quest for Evidence-based Excellence” May 9, 2005
• 2005 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, “Developing Capacity for Evidence-Based Patient Care Workshop for Nurse Leaders and Coaches” with Susan Shapiro, South San Francisco, CA May 20, 2005
• 2005 Kaiser San Francisco Evidence Based Practice Conference “Implementing Evidence-based Practice Strategies/Challenges” San Francisco, CA 6/29/2005
• 2005 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, “Evidence-based Fellows Role Development Workshops” with Susan Shapiro, Palo Alto, CA September 29, October 13, and November 18, 2005, January 11, 2006.
• 2005 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, Research Role Development Workshops “Grantsmanship for Beginners” October 26, 2005, South San Francisco, CA
• 2005 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, Research Role Development Workshops “Writing Good Abstracts” October 26, 2005, South San Francisco, CA
• 2005 "CalNOC Update--Using Data to Improve Practice" UCSF Grand Rounds. San Francisco, CA , November 8, 2005
• 2005 Proposal Writing Workshop – Workshop for Innovations in Patient Care, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, CA, November 9, 2005
• 2006 “Writing Abstracts” – Workshop for Stanford Hospital and Clinics Nursing Administration, Stanford, CAJanuary 11, 2006
• 2006 South Bay Chapter of AACN, Spring Symposium, San Jose, CA April 28, 2006
• 2006 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, Research Role Development Workshops “Writing Good Abstracts” October 25, 2006, South San Francisco, CA
• 2006 UCSF Stanford LPCH Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care, Research Role Development Workshops “Grantsmanship for Beginners”+ “Measuring Outcomes—Sources of Measures” October 25, 2006, South San Francisco, CA
• 2006 2006 CalNOC Conference From Vision to Value, CalNOC's Second Decade, Focusing on Patient Safety and Quality.” Falls and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers – Rater to Standard Training” with Nancy Stotts, EdD, RN, FAAN, and Mary Foley, RN, MSN, November 2006
• 2006 CalNOC Conference From Vision to Value, CalNOC's Second Decade, Focusing on Patient Safety and Quality “Impacts of Products Emerging from CalNOC Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Project, with Marti Buffum, DNSc, RN, CS, November 2006.
• 2007 Catalyst Systems—“ Nursing Outcomes, Past, Present and Future”, Novato, January 3, 2007
• 2007 East Bay Association of California Nurse Leaders “Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing” San Ramon, CA January 3, 2007
• 2007 John Muir Medical Center Research Fair, “Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice”, January 8, 2007 2007 Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) 29th Annual Conference, Coaching the Waves of Change “General Session- CalNOC from Benchmarks to Better Practices!”, February 7, 2007
• 2007 Keynote, Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing Annual Research Day, Evidence-based Practice “Building Capacity for Evidence-based Clinical Excellence” Azusa, CA, March 13, 2007
• 2007 Keynote, Kaiser Santa Rosa Nursing Research Council, the Lambda Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International and the North Bay Network for Health Education, Second Annual Nursing Research Symposium, “Building Capacity for Evidence-based Clinical Excellence” Santa Rosa, CA May 8, 2007.
• 2008 Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) 30th Annual Conference, Win, Place or Show, Leadership on Track “ General Session – Advancing High Reliability Patient Care Learning from and Leveraging CalNOC Data”, February 13, 2008, Rancho Mirage, CA
• 2008 NWONE conference, The Power of Influence: Leading at all Levels of the Health Care System, “ Influencing with Information: Using Nurse Sensitive Outcome Measures to Advance Quality & Assess Staffing Effectiveness”, September 12, 2008, Portland, OR
• 2008 UCSF Center for Nursing Research & Innovation, Research Role Development Workshops “Grantsmanship for Beginners”+ “Sustaining and Spreading Successful Innovations” October 22, 2008, South San Francisco, CA
  
  

   

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Research and Creative Activity:

My program of research focuses on improving nursing practice, patient safety and clinical outcomes. My first study explored methods and processes for expediting the transfer of new knowledge into nursing practice (Donaldson & Rutledge, JONA, 1993). With the emergence of nursing's quality initiative and the nation's safety strategic priorities, my work has focused on advancing nursing's capacity for quality measurement, benchmarking and clinical quality/safety research through the development of a statewide nursing quality data repository (Donaldson et al., 2001). The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC) was launched in 1996 through a partnership between American Nurses Association\California and the Association of California Nurses Leaders (ACNL) and the CalNOC Steering Committee was formed. CalNOC's subsequent proposal to the American Nurses Association, in response to an American Nurses Association Request for Applications, was funded and in 1996 CalNOC became one of American Nurses Association's six original state-based quality indicator research and development projects (Donaldson, Brown, Aydin & Burnes Bolton, 2001; Grobe, 1998; Redmond, Riggleman, Sorrell & Zerull, 1999; Sheehy, et. Al, 2000). The CalNOC Project has successfully completed a feasibility study (1995-1996), a pilot study (1997-1998) and is in the midst of an indicator expansion and research program development (1999-2009). CalNOC has successfully confronted inherent challenges to the integrity of multisite quality report card efforts identified by Jennings et al (2001) including indicator measurement standardization, feasible data retrieval, strategic relevance, and linking the work to the contemporary demands of clinical nursing. CalNOC's mission is to, 1) build and sustain the CalNOC statewide nursing staffing and quality database repository; 2) conduct research to advance evidence-based administrative and clinical decision-making; and 3) provide data to resolve public policy and clinical dilemmas in patient care delivery influenced by nurse staffing and quality. Since its inception, I have served as Co- Principal Investigator for CalNOC, the largest ongoing statewide prospective nursing quality measurement research and development project in the nation and a major contributor of data to the American Nurses Association's National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). As the CalNOC database has grown into a robust source of nurse staffing and patient outcomes data, I have advanced proposals and initiated highly collaborative studies leveraging the CalNOC infrastructure to better understand the associations between nurse staffing and patient care quality/safety (AHRQ R01 Unit Based Nurse Workload Impacts on patient Safety), and explored using CalNOC to expedite the translation of evidence-based practice improvement in participating hospitals (AHRQ CalNOC Partners to Reduce Patient Falls Study). In 2004 the Center was funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to develop and lead a project using CalNOC capacity for nursing quality measurement to evaluate the impact of the GBMF $110 million multifaceted intervention to improve nurse related patient care quality and safety in 42 Bay Area hospitals. The UCSF CalNOC GBMF Nursing Initiative Project ($1.4M—Year 1) was launched in April 2004 (Donaldson as PI) and expanded CalNOC's research, administrative and data management enterprise. In 2005, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation invited the me to submit a proposal to evaluate the impact of their national Rapid Response Team Learning Network grants and I recruited Drs. Mary Scott RN, PhD., Susan Shapiro RN PHD, and Joanne Spetz PhD., to participate in this exciting project that integrates quantitative data and onsite interviews in 18 hospitals drawn from 13 states, to explore the impact of RRT implementation through the eyes of the nurse. This exciting project is now in progress.

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Grants Awarded:

My programs of research and instructional design innovation are well aligned with patient safety priorities at the NIH and the US PHS. In response to emerging RFAs, I developed and submitted three new projects in 2001 and two of those projects, an R01 building on the CalNOC project and an interdisciplinary education project, were funded. Currently in progress, those projects are described in detail below.

IN PROGRESS

2011 - Now Senior Scientist, CALNOC Registry, and Chair, Board of Directors, CALNOC, Inc.

1996- 2011, Co-Principal Investigator
Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes Project (CALNOC).

A collaborative project between the American Nurses Association\California and a Association of California Nurse Leaders, supported by myriad donations, including grants from the American Nurses Association, Kaiser Permanente, and California Healthcare Foundation. I served as PI/PD for three successful proposals to the American Nurses Association\California Coalition for Nursing Outcomes 1996, 1997 and 1999.

The aim of the Collaborative Alliance for Nursing Outcomes (CALNOC) Project is advance patient safety and quality of care. In 1995, CALNOC indicators were selected from among the first American Nurses Association (ANA) Acute Care Indicators to be advanced for testing. Additional indicators have emerged based on recommendations from CALNOC sites and in response to regulatory imperatives (e.g, restraint prevalence). Today, over 90 acute care hospitals are currently collecting CALNOC data statewide. The CALNOC data repository currently contains 13 consecutive quarters of staffing data from 400 medical, surgical, step down, and critical care units. The following nursing quality indicators are the focus of CALNOC's current data collection efforts:

• Patient days, direct care hours, skill mix, and RN education level and certification
• Patient falls-risk, incidence, and consequences
• Pressure ulcers-risk and prevalence; stage and nosocomial
• Restraint Prevalence-type and clinical justification
• Patient satisfaction with pain management, patient education, and overall nursing care.

CALNOC uses a rolling site accrual process and a voluntary, convenience sampling method in an effort to enroll hospitals with a strong strategic commitment to support the requisite data collection and repository growth over a sustained period. CALNOC data are hospital generated and collected at the patient level or patient care unit level. All CALNOC sites use the CALNOC Acute Care Codebook to ensure data collection precision. CALNOC sites receive quarterly aggregated descriptive reports, which currently fuel their internal and external benchmarking. Future reports will be enhanced with relational data, expanding the utility of current descriptive findings.

2008- NOW (Principal Investigator)
“Impact of Medical Surgical Acute Care Microsystem Nurse Characteristics and Practices on Patient Outcomes”
Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $299,971 The aim of the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CALNOC) INQRI project is to develop an empirically derived predictive model examining individual and collective effects of unit level nurse workload, staff nurse characteristics and selected risk assessment and preventive intervention processes of care on variance in nurse sensitive outcomes of acute care medical-surgical units. The study uses “community-based action” research methods in a non experimental design that integrates quantitative and qualitative (observational) methods. This study will be conducted in 100 medical surgical acute care units drawn from hospitals of the CALNOC network over a 24 month period. The outcomes studied include, (1) incidence of falls and fall related injuries, (2) prevalence of hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU), (3) prevalence of medication administration errors, and (4) prevalence of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) associated blood stream infections. As a secondary aim, we will add a new measure, Hospital Acquired Stage 3-4 Pressure Ulcer Incidence, to the CALNOC dataset. Integrating this publicly reported indicator into the CALNOC dataset will enable timely study of the association between HAPU prevalence and incidence, and exploratory investigation of the sensitivity of both HAPU measures to variation in nurse workload, staff expertise and selected clinical risk assessment and prevention practices, and the predictive power of early stage prevalence for late stage incidence. The aims of the CALNOC INQRI study are responsive to the goals of RWJF’s INQRI, advancing understanding of how nurses contribute to and improve quality of care. Project dissemination will leverage CALNOC’s regional, national and international partners and policy makers, and will reach out to diverse stakeholders through briefings, forums, presentations and publications.

2006-Now (Principal Investigator)
“Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Impact of EMR Nursing Documentation on Medication Administration Accuracy Study.” Funded by Pediatric Research Program $35,000. This study will establish the baseline for medication administration accuracy using current systems and then repeat the measure of medication administration accuracy following LINKS Phase II implementation of the nursing documentation system. Principal aims of this study will be to: • Describe the baseline prevalence of errors in medication administration, both type of error and number of actual errors, in relation to the number of dose opportunities for error on representative LPCH critical care and medical surgical units. • Describe the prevalence of errors in medication administration, both type of error and number of actual errors, in relation to the number of dose opportunities for error on acute care medical surgical units post-LINKS implementation. • Compare medication administration errors identified through the CalNOC medication administration accuracy indicator observation method with the incidence of errors captured by the LPCH unusual occurrence reporting system, noting difference in both when compared to reported benchmarks in adult medication safety literature.

COMPLETED

• 1986-1988 National Research Service Award (NRSA) funded dissertation research: "The Effect of Telephone Based Follow up Nursing Care on Maternal Adaptation at 8 Weeks Postpartum," a randomized controlled trial in cooperation with the Department of Nursing, University of California, Irvine Medical Center.
• 1990-1992 Project Director, Orange County AHEC Border Initiative Projects, "Minority Nurse Development." and "Non Nurse Workers in Health Care Settings." AHEC Grant #2D39PE 00004.
• 1992-1993 Collaborative Investigator/Instructional Design Consultant, "Innovation, Effectiveness, and Outcomes of Health Care Services," Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Conference Grant to California Nurses Association. $49,080.
• 1990-1994 Principal Investigator/Project Director, OCRUN Project. A three year Special Project funded by the Division of Nursing (1 DIO Nu 29217 01), US Public Health Service. $240,000.
• 1994 Co-Investigator, OCRUN Follow-up Project--Effects of Networking & CE on Nurses' Research Use. Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Tau, Grant to Dana R. Rutledge, PI. $5000.
• 1998 Consultant grant author/Conference Program Coordinator. CalNOC Millennium 2000 Conference. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) Conference Grant # R13 HS 10089-01 to American Nurses Association \California, $25,000.
• 2001 Consulting Principal Investigator/US Army Nurse Corps Outcomes Database Project. CalNOC Phase I Replication Project. UCSF Contract, funded by Henry Jackson Foundation. $39,000.
• 2001-2003, Donaldson, C. (Principal Investigator) Unit Level Nurse Workload Impacts on Patient Safety Study. Diane S. Brown RN, PhD., Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor Linda Burnes Bolton RN, Dr.PH, FAAN, Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor Carolyn Aydin PhD., Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor and Steven Paul PhD., Co-Investigator; Senior Statistician. RO1 HS11954 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $698,890.
• 2001-2004 Donaldson, C. (Principal Investigator) Unit Level Nurse Workload Impacts on Patient Safety Study. Diane S. Brown RN, PhD., Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor, Linda Burnes Bolton RN, Dr.PH, FAAN, Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor, Carolyn Aydin PhD., Co-Investigator; Assistant Clinical Professor and Steven Paul PhD., Co-Investigator; Senior Statistician. RO1 HS11954 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $698,890. Unfunded extension through September 2004
• 2001-2004 Donaldson, N. (Principal Investigator) UCSF Vascular Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project. HRSA 1D51 HP 10004 01, $277,352. Drs. Ann Williamson RN, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Pearl MD are Co-Investigators
  

2002-2007 . (Principal Investigator)
“CalNOC Partners to Reduce Patient Falls Project” AHRQ #1U18HS1370401 ($1.2 million/ACNL Prime)

The primary aim of the AHRQ Funded (Grant # U18 HS13704) CalNOC Partners for Quality TRIP To Reduce Patient Falls Project, a four-year quality improvement demonstration project, is to use evidence from the reported literature and the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition statewide repository to reduce the incidence of patient falls and severity of fall-related injury in California Hospitals. The proposed project builds on the infrastructure of the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC). CalNOC engages California acute care hospitals in voluntarily reporting standardized nurse staffing, patient falls, and fall-related injuries, as well as other quality indicators, in a collaborative repository development and benchmarking project using American Nurses Association's quality indicators. CalNOC is the largest of the American Nurse's Association (ANA) nursing quality measurement research and development project and a major contributor of data to the ANA's National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI). This demonstration project expands and advances CalNOC's efforts to use its quality benchmarking infrastructure as a vibrant network to expedite the transfer of evidence-based knowledge into practice as the basis for improving patient care quality and safety.

Reducing patient falls in acute care hospitals in California may be viewed as a first step in reducing patient falls nationally. Analysis of 13 quarters of CalNOC prospective hospital-generated patient falls risk assessment, incidence, and injury data reveals wide variation in fall rates, ranging from less than 1.0 to 13.0+ per 1,000 patient days and nearly 50 percent of patients with unknown or undocumented risk assessment status. A majority of CalNOC sites (76 percent) report using "home grown" fall risk assessment tools with unknown predictive validity. We believe these findings may be representative of processes of care nationwide and present a clear professional mandate to reduce patient falls in acute care hospitals by translating evidence-based knowledge of falls risk assessment and the efficacy of fall prevention interventions into nursing practice.

We have recruited 92 medical surgical units drawn from 33 hospitals and are engaged in coaching their individualized falls improvement projects. We are concurrently working with ANA and the NDNQI to launch this project in a web-based version in 2005.

2005-2008 Donaldson, N. (Principal Investigator) A solicited Grant. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. National Rapid Response Team Initiative Evaluation Study, $224,023 . This solicited proposal engaged Donaldson and her team of co-investigators (Drs. Mary Scott, RN, PhD, Susan Shapiro, RN, PhD., Joanne Spetz, PhD.) in working with RWJF grantees to capture quantitative measures and qualitative data from their hospitals and can be leveraged to understand the impact of RRT implementation both clinically and from the perspective of the registered nurse. Donaldson's team has collected interview data from site visits to 18 hospitals in 13 states. Data analysis is now in progress and findings are expected to be released in early 2008.

2006-Now Donaldson, N. (Principal Investigator) Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital, Impact of EMR Nursing Documentation on Medication Administration Accuracy Study. Funded by Pediatric Research Program $35,000. This study will establish the baseline for medication administration accuracy using current systems and then repeat the measure of medication administration accuracy following LINKS Phase II implementation of the nursing documentation system. Principal aims of this study will be to:

• Describe the baseline prevalence of errors in medication administration, both type of error and number of actual errors, in relation to the number of dose opportunities for error on representative LPCH critical care and medical surgical units.
• Describe the prevalence of errors in medication administration, both type of error and number of actual errors, in relation to the number of dose opportunities for error on acute care medical surgical units post-LINKS implementation.
• Compare medication administration errors identified through the CALNOC medication administration accuracy indicator observation method with the incidence of errors captured by the LPCH unusual occurrence reporting system, noting difference in both when compared to reported benchmarks in adult medication safety literature.

A secondary aim of the study will be to develop and pilot test courseware for training nurses to be naïve observers as required for data capture. CALNOC has developed preliminary training materials; however, to ensure a high degree of inter-observer reliability, a systematic and formalized training program will be developed and upon completion of this study, deployed statewide as the CALNOC training standard.

2004-2006 Donaldson, N. (PI and Co- Investigator) Moore Foundation Nursing Initiative—CalNOC Baseline Outcomes Measurement Project ($1.4 M – Year 1; 750K – Year 2

This Phase I project focuses on 7 key objectives that are expected to cumulatively expand CalNOC's measurement, administrative, and data management capacity, strengthen its strategic partnerships and engage target hospitals in CalNOC enrollment and readiness for ongoing expanded data capture. The Target Outputs/Deliverables include:

#1 Target Output/Deliverable--Expand and strengthen CalNOC strategic partnerships and its administrative, research and data management infrastructure to establish the expanded baseline and ongoing outcome measurement of the impact of the GBMF Nursing Initiative in acute care hospitals in 5 Bay Area counties.

#2 Target Output/Deliverable—Integrate the CalNOC Steering Committee and Data Advisory groups, and expand stakeholder representation, to form the CalNOC Advisory Group, with the explicit aim of engaging authoritative national and regional interdisciplinary experts and clinicians in advising the CalNOC GBMF Project Team and the CalNOC Executive Team, to expedite and advance the strategic aims of the project

#3 Target Output/Deliverable—Recruit non-CalNOC hospitals in the target Bay Area counties to voluntarily join CalNOC and retain 95%+ or N=42 of the target acute care hospitals in the CalNOC database for the duration of the GBMF Project.

#4 Target Output/Deliverable—Expand CalNOC capacity for unit-based primary data collection, data management/analysis; transmission to the American Nurses Association (ANA) National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI); and effective reporting of data to hospitals to optimize the impact CalNOC analyses and benchmarking improvements in nursing-related patient outcomes.

#5 Target Output/Deliverable--Aggregate 24 quarters of current CalNOC data for hospitals within the 5 Bay Area Counties to provide a preliminary BASELINE for existing CalNOC indicators and assess focal opportunities to improve unit level nursing-related patient outcomes related to staffing effectiveness, risk assessment and prevention of patient falls, risk assessment and prevention of hospital acquired pressure ulcers, restraint use prevalence, care along continuum from in hospital-based acute to post acute care, and in collaboration with the NDNQI, identify opportunities to improve RN work satisfaction.

#6 Target Output/Deliverable-- Aggregate 24 quarters of CalNOC data for hospitals within the 5 Bay Area Counties to provide a preliminary BASLINE for patients 65 years+ for existing CalNOC indicators and explore differential impacts of nursing staffing on patient outcomes when sample is stratified by age.

#7 Target Output/Deliverable—Expand unit-level prospective outcome indicator measurement capacity for target Bay Area hospitals, building on NDNQI, NQF and IOM recommendations, design and conduct pilot data capture feasibility studies, develop design to capture evidence of Nursing Initiative impacts on knowledge, policies/procedure and practices; and integrate OSHPD outcomes data for selected “hospital/service level” outcomes.

In addition to achieving the target objectives 1-7 for Phase I, it is expected that the Moore CalNOC Project Team will develop and advance a Phase II proposal, during Phase I, to build on the ongoing measurement of nursing-related patient outcomes with rapid cycle interventions to expedite the translation and adoption of evidence-based Best Practices to improve patient safety and outcomes.

Phase II Outputs
Sustain Year 1 capacity development; new indicator development, dissemination and hospital recruitment/retention activities to deliver the first CalNOC Hospital Level BIMNI Report Card January 15, 2006 for the following indicators:
• Falls
• Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU)
• Catheter Assoc. Blood Stream Infections (CABSI)
• Medication Administration Accuracy
• Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) new indicators to CalNOC BIMNI Report Card dataset

 

COLLABORATVE CLINICAL STUDIES (UNFUNDED) CONDUCTED BY THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION IN PATIENT CARE

• 1999 RN Work Satisfaction Survey at UCSF, Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
• 1999 RN Recruitment/Retention Focus Group Project: Preventing Early Resignations
• 2000 Family Centered Care Survey Instrument Development Project (Staff & Family Version)
• 2000 UCSF Children's Hospital Family Centered Care Survey (Staff & Family Version)
• 2000 LPCH Neonatal Family Centered Care Survey (Staff & Family Version)
• 2000 UCSF Medical Center RN Work Satisfaction Survey (N=935)
• 2000 UCSF Medical Center Vascular Access Device Adverse Events Pilot Study
• 2001 LPCH Pediatric Vascular Access Device Adverse Events Study
• 2001 UCSF Children's Hospital Pediatric Palliative Care Survey Instrument Development (Staff & Family Version)
• 2002 Stanford and LPCH RN Work Satisfaction Survey
• 2003 LPCH Pediatric Vascular Access Device Adverse Events Study, Phase II

OTHER GRANTS MANAGEMENT

• 1986-1987 Kaiser Permanente, Southern California, Parent Child Clinical Nurse Specialist Curriculum Development. Statewide Nursing Program, CSUDH, $35,000.
• 1986-1987 W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 1987 Post Basic Nursing Education Project in Nanjing, China. Statewide Nursing Program, California State University, Dominguez Hills ($72,000).
• 1987-1988 Kaiser Permanente, Southern California, Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Curriculum Development Project. Statewide Nursing Program, California State University, Dominguez Hills ($35,000).
• 1990-1994 PI/PD Orange County Research Utilization in Nursing Project. $240,000, Division of Nursing, PHS, DHHS grant # 1DIONU29217-01.

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Publications:

BOOKS

• 1998 Lamb, G., Donaldson, N., and Kellogg, J. Case Management: A Guide to Strategic Evaluation. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Year Book, Inc.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN PRINTED JOURNALS

All publications cited are peer reviewed unless annotated (*). Articles annotated with (+) report data based findings.

2011 Donaldson, N.E., Shapiro, S.E. Impact of California Mandated Acute Care Hospital Nurse Staffing Ratios: A Literature Synthesis, Policy, Politics and & Nursing Practice.

2011 Patrician, P. A., Loan, L., McCarthy, M., Fridman, M., Donaldson, N., Bingham, M., Brosch, L. R. The Association of Shift-Level Nurse Staffing With Adverse Patient Events, JONA, 41(2)64-70

2010 Shapiro, S.E., Donaldson, NE et. al. Rapid Response Systems through the Eyes of the Nurse, American Journal of Nursing 110(6). 28-34

2010 Loan, L., McCarthy, M., Fridman, M., Bingham, Donaldson, N.E., Using Shift Level Prospective Data to Examine the Associations between Nurse Staffing and Adverse Events

2010 Brown, D.S., Aydin, C., Donaldson, N.E., Burnes Bolton, L., et al (2010) Benchmarking for Small Hospitals: Size Didn’t Matter! Journal for Healthcare Quality 32(4). 50-60

2010 Brown, D.S., Donaldson, N.E., Burnes Bolton, L., Aydin, C., "Nursing Sensitive Benchmarks for Hospitals to Gauge High Reliability Performance" Journal of Healthcare Quality (32(6), 9-17

2009 Donaldson, N. E., S. E. Shapiro, et al. (2009). "Leading successful rapid response teams, A multisite implementation evaluation." JONA 39(4). 176-181

2008 Spetz J, Donaldson N, Aydin C, Brown DS. How Many Nurses per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services ResearchHealth Serv Res. May 5 2008.

2008 Shapiro, Susan E., Donaldson, N.E. Evidence-based Practice for Advanced Practice Emergency Nurse Part III: Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating an Evidence-based Small Test of Change. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 30,(3), 322-332

2008 Donaldson NE, Rutledge DN, Geiser K. The Role of the Coach in Advancing Research Translation. In: Henricksen K, Battles JB, Keyes MA, Grady ML, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol 1. Washington, D.C.: AHRQ; 2008:285-302.

2008 Shapiro SE, Donaldson NE. Evidence-based Practice for Advanced Practice Emergency Nurses, Part II Critically Appraising the Literature. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 30(2) 139-150

2008 Brown, D., Donaldson, N.E., Aydin, C., Quartile Dashboards: Translating Large Datasets into Performance Improvement Priorities" Journal for Healthcare Quality, December 2008, 30(6) 18-30

2008 Aydin C, Burnes Bolton L, Donaldson N, Brown DS, Mukerji A. Beyond Nursing Quality Measurement: The Nation's First Regional Nursing Virtual Dashboard. In: Henricksen K, Battles J, Keyes MA, Grady ML, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches. Vol 1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2008:217-234.

2006 Bolton, L.B., Donaldson, N.E., Rutledge, D.N., Bennett, C., Brown, D.S., (2006) The Impact of Nursing Interventions – Outcome Measures, Effective Interventions and Priorities for Future Research. Medical Care Research & Review. Apr 2007;64: pp. 123S - 143S.

2006 Donaldson, N.E., Horn, S.D., Edwards, J.C., Miller, G., Gassaway, J., Delbanco, S.F., Belden, G., Hagan, M., Evaluating the Impact of Partnerships to Improve Clinical Quality, Supplemental issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety

2005 Nieva, V.F., Murphy, R., Ridley, N., Donaldson, N.E., Combes, J., Mitchell, P., Kovner, C., Hoy, E., Carpenter, D., (2005) From Science to Service: A Framework for the Transfer of Patient Safety Research into Practice, AHRQ Monograph, Advances in Patient Safety

2005 Donaldson, N; Plank, R.; Williamson, A., Pearl, J., Kellogg, J., Ryder, M. (2005) Expediting Clinician Adoption of Safety Practices: The UCSF Venous Access Patient Safety Interdisciplinary Education Project. AHRQ Monograph, Advances in Patient Safety

2005 Donaldson, N., Brown, D. S., Aydin, C. E., Bolton, M. L., & Rutledge, D. N. (2005). Leveraging nurse-related dashboard benchmarks to expedite performance improvement and document excellence. Journal of Nursing Administration, 35(4), 163-172.

2005 Donaldson, N., Bolton, L.B., Aydin, C., Brown, D., Elashoff, J., and Sandhu, M., Impact of California's Licensed Nurse-Patient Ratios on Unit-Level Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes, August 2005, Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice 6(3):1-12

2004 Donaldson, N.E., Brown, D.S., Aydin, C.E., Bolton, L.B., Nurse Staffing in California Hospitals 1998-2000: Findings from the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project, Quality Nursing, The Japanese Journal of Nursing Education & Nursing Research, April 2004, 10(4):51-61

2004 Donaldson, N.E., Bridging Research & Practice, Quality Nursing, The Japanese Journal of Nursing Education & Nursing Research, April 2004, 10(4):51-61

2004 Donaldson, N.E., Research and Support to Solve Clinical Problems, Quality Nursing, The Japanese Journal of Nursing Education & Nursing Research, April 2004, 10(4):51-61

2004 Donaldson, N.E., Rutledge, D.N., Ashley, J., (2004) Outcomes of Adoption: Measuring Evidence Uptake by Individuals and Organizations. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing Sept. 2004

2004 Aydin, C., Burnes Bolton, L., Donaldson, N., Brown, D., Buffum, M., Elashoff, J., and Sandu, M. Creating and Analyzing a Statewide Nursing Quality Measurement Database. Journal of Nursing Scholarship

2002 Brown, D.S. and Donaldson, N.E. Teaching Quality Concepts to an International Audience. Journal Healthcare Quality.

2003 Burnes Bolton, Aydin, Donaldson, Brown, Nelson & Harms. (2003) Nurse Staffing and Patient Perceptions of Nursing Care. Journal of Nursing Administration Nov 2003 33(11):607-614

2001 Pravikoff, D. S., & Donaldson, N. E. (2001). Online journals: Access and support for evidence-based practice. AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care.

2001 Burnes Bolton, Jones, Adin, Donaldson, Brown, Lowe, McFarland, & Harms (2001) California's response to mandated nursing ratios: The need for evidence-based public policy. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Spring, 179-184.

2001 Donaldson, Brown, Aydin, Burnes Bolton et al. (2001) Staffing in California Hospitals 1998-2000: The CalNOC Ratios Report. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 2(1), 19-28.

2001 Brown, Donaldson, Aydin, Burnes Bolton, et al. (2001) Building a Statewide Nursing Quality Data Respository: The Evolution of CalNOC. Journal Healthcare Quality. 23(4)22-27.

1998 Donaldson, N. Measuring across systems to assure quality nursing care in current and future health systems. Invited paper, Proceedings Division of Nursing 50th Anniversary Symposium, April 29-30, 1997, Washington, DC: Proceedings, Division of Nursing.

1995 Rutledge, D. & Donaldson, N. Building Organizational Capacity to Engage in Research Utilization. Journal of Nursing Administration, 25(10), 12-16.

1995 Gresham, G., Duncan, P., et al., Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Patient & Family Guide. US Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Rockville, MD.*

1995 Gresham, G., Duncan, P., et al., Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Guideline Technical Report. US Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Rockville, MD.*

1995 Donaldson, N. Stroke Outcomes: Consumer's Perspective. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation— Psychosocial Issues in Stroke, 2(2), 1-9. (Case Study Narrative)

1992 Donaldson, N. Nursing's Research Utilization Imperative: If not new, then when? Invited State of the Art paper, Commissioned by the Western Society for Research in Nursing, May 1992, San Diego, California.

1991 Donaldson, N. A review of nursing intervention research on maternal adaptation in the first 8 weeks postpartum. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 4(4), 1-11.

1987 Donaldson, N. Qualitatively advancing nursing science: The phenomenological method. In S. Gortner (Ed.), Nursing science methods: A reader. San Francisco: University of California.*

1986 Donaldson, N. and Leaphart, E. Postpartum follow up: A nursing practice guide (R25). OGN Nursing Practice Resource, October 1 7.

1981 Donaldson, N. The postpartum follow up clinician. JOGN Nursing, July/August.

1977 Donaldson, N. Fourth trimester follow up. American Journal of Nursing, July.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN ONLINE JOURNALS

In addition to publications in a wide range of well-established peer reviewed journals, in my role as Founding Co-Editor of the Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, I have been first, second, or contributing author for every article published. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations is a peer reviewed scholarly publication (Murphy, S.C, 2001, Nursing research journals: An annotated guide, Serials Review, 27[1]. 26-44; Pravikoff & Donaldson, 2001a) that engages subject matter experts, as well as its Editorial Board, as collaborators and reviewers in developing, critiquing, revising and finalizing manuscripts that synthesize knowledge for practice using a comprehensive and innovative integrative review method. At the direction of the Editorial Board, Donaldson & Rutledge have served as principal authors during the first years of Online Journal of Clinical Innovations publication in order to develop, refine and reliably replicate the knowledge synthesis approach and integrative literature strategies that comprise the journal. Beginning in 2001, having accomplished the developmental aims above, with the support of the Editorial Board, Donaldson & Rutledge began mentoring and facilitating the work of other authors (Bowden & Greenberg, 2001).

• 1998 Donaldson, N. E., Rutledge, D. N., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1998). Editorial. Research utilization in nursing: the next generation. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(1). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Donaldson, N. E. & Rutledge, D. R. (1998). Expediting the harvest and transfer of knowledge for practice in nursing: catalyst for a journal. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1 (Article 2). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Rutledge, D. R. & Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Improving readability of print materials in patient care & health services. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 3). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Editorial. A moment of unprecedented opportunity. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations,1 (Article 4). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Rutledge, D. R. & Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Pain assessment and documentation. Part I - overview and application in adults. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations,1 (Article 5). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Rutledge, D. R. & Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Pain assessment and documentation. Part II - special populations of adults. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 6). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Rutledge, D. R. & Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Pain assessment and documentation. Part III - pediatrics. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 7). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Editorial. Enhancing nursing's intellectual capital. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 8). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1998 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1998). Fall risk assessment and prevention in healthcare facilities. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 9). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1999 Donaldson, N. E., Rutledge, D. N., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1999). Principles of effective adult-focused patient education in nursing. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 2(Article 2). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1999 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1999). Patient education in disease and symptom management: asthma. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 2 (Article 3). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 1999 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1999). Patient education in disease and symptom management: arthritis. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 2(Article 4). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2000 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (1999). Patient education in disease and symptom management: diabetes mellitus. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 3(Article 5). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2000 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (2000). Caring for families of patients in acute or chronic health care settings: Part I - principles. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 3(2), 1-26. http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2000 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. (2000). Caring for families of patients in acute or chronic health care settings: Part II - interventions. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 3(3), 1-52. http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2000 Bowden VR., Greenberg CS., & Donaldson NE Developmental care of the newborn. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 2000 Dec 15; 3(7): 1-77 (286 ref). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2000 Rutledge DN., Donaldson NE., & Pravikoff DS. Protection of skin integrity: progress in pressure ulcer prevention since the AHCPR 1992 guideline. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 2000 Nov 15; 3(5): 1-67 (160 ref) http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2001 Pravikoff, D. S., & Donaldson, N. E. (2001a). The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. March 2001. http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic11
• 2001 Donaldson, N. Editorial: Navigating the Quality Chasm. The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations 2001 Jul 15; 4(1): 2. http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2001 Rutledge, D. N., Donaldson, N. E., & Pravikoff, D. S. Patient Education in Disease and Symptom Management: Congestive Heart Failure The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations 2001 Jul 15; 4(2): 1-52 (91 ref). http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2002 Rutledge, D.N., Donaldson, N.E., Pravikoff, D.S., Update. Pain Assessment and Documentation. Special Population of Adults. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations Mar 30, 5(2):1-50http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2003 Rutledge, D.N., Donaldson, N.E., Pravikoff, D.S., Use of Restraints Part 1. Acute Nonpsychiatric Care. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations Sept. 30, 6(2):1-69http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2003 Rutledge, D.N., Donaldson, N.E., Pravikoff, D., Update 2003: Falls Risk Assessment and Prevention in Hospitalized Patients. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations Dec 31, 6(5):1-56 http://www.cinahl.com/
• 2004 Rutledge, D.N., Donaldson, N.E., Pravikoff, D.S., Update. Pain Assessment and Documentation. Pediatrics. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations Mar 30, 5(3):1-45 http://www.cinahl.com/

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VIDEO/MEDIA

• 1996 Donaldson, N, Jones Education Connection (JEC-Formerly Mind Extension University) & CSUDH Division of Nursing, Professional Issues in Nursing (BSN 360-4 units) 24 one hour video sessions integrated with Internet interaction/delivery. Currently broadcast nationally via JEC Cablevision, Denver.
• 1997 Donaldson, N, JEC & CSUDH Division of Nursing, Managed Health Care: RN Role Development Imperatives (BSN 495-I unit)-3-hour video session for web-based national distance education delivery in 1998.
• 2001 Donaldson, N. & Diane Brown. July, 2001. CalNOC Orientation 2001. Kaiser Permanente Teleconference Production.
• 2006 Donaldson, N. Aydin, C., Brown, D.S., Foley, M.Using CalNOC Data to Optimize Patient Care Delivery, CalNOC Production
• 2006 Donaldson, N. Aydin, C., Brown, D.S., Foley, M.CalNOC Database Project New Site Orientation — Continuing Site Refresher Session, CalNOC Production
• 2006 Brown, D.S., Donaldson, N. Aydin, C., Foley, M. Using CalNOC Data to Optimize Patient Care Delivery, CalNOC Production
  

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TEXTBOOK CHAPTERS/CONTRIBUTIONS & MAJOR PUBLISHED SYLLABI

• 1980 Donaldson, N. The fourth trimester. In M. Olds, et al (Eds.), Obstetric nursing. Waltham, MA: Addison Wesley.
• 1985 Donaldson, N. Nursing leadership strategies toward health for all 2000. Instructional module, World Health Organization, under a contract to Statewide Nursing Program, California State University.
• 1986 Donaldson, N. Family integration during the fourth trimester. In K. May & J. Neeson (Eds.), Comprehensive maternity nursing. New York: Lippincott.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. Research Notes column. Nurseweek: Digesting research reports; When is new knowledge ready for practice; Capturing clinical case studies; Scientific evidence that nursing makes a difference.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. Family integration during the fourth trimester. In K. May & L. Mahlmeister (Eds.), Comprehensive maternity nursing (2nd ed.). New York: Lippincott.
• 1991 Donaldson, N. Research and professional issues. In S. Mattson and K. Smith, NAACOG: A core curriculum for inpatient obstetric nursing. Orlando, FL: Saunders.
• 1993 Donaldson, N. Innovation, Effectiveness and Outcomes of Health Care Services. Syllabus for AHCPR funded Regional Invitational Conference sponsored by ANA, CNA, & ONA. July 1994.
• 1994-95 Donaldson, N. & Kellogg, J. UniHealth Clinical Case Management Role Development Curriculum; nine module course accredited for 4 units Graduate Extension Credit, CSUDH and presented to 50 students 1994-1995.
• 1996 ANA Nursing Quality Report Card OUTCOMES CE Course Syllabi, "Introduction to Quality Outcomes Measurement"; "Using Nursing's Quality Indicators for Outcomes Measurement"; "Train-the-Trainer Guides for SNA CE Course Facilitators." Principal Content and Instructional Design Consultant. Washington DC: American Nurses Pub.
• 1996 Lewis, E., Marshall, L., Vonglis, AM., & Donaldson, N. Quality Outcomes Management: Executive Role Imperative, In Meisenheimer, C. (Ed.), Improving Quality: A Complete Guide to Effective Programs. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
• 2005 Donaldson, ND, Plank, RK, Williamson, A, Pearl, J, Kellogg, J and Ryder, M. Expediting clinician adoption of safety practice: The UCSF venous access patient safety interdisciplinary education project. In Henricksen, K, Battles, JB, Marks, ES and Lewin DI (Editors). Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume IV--Programs, Tools and Products. Pgs 283-297. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for health Care Research & Quality; February 2005.
• 2008 Clarke, S, Donaldson, NE, Nurse Staffing and Patient Care Quality and Safety. In Hughes, RG (Editor). Patient Safety & Quality: An Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses. AHRQ Publication No. 07-00151. Rockville, MD: Agency for Health Care Research & Quality
  

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PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS

• 1988 Donaldson, N. Effect of telephone postpartum follow up: A clinical trial. Podium Presentation, Proceedings of the Western Society for Research in Nursing. Salt Lake City, Utah.
• 1989 Donaldson, N. Strategies for promoting research utilization in clinical nursing practice. Proceedings of the ICN 19th Quadrennial Congress. Seoul, Korea.
• 1989 Donaldson, N. Research utilization in nursing: A regional assessment. Podium Presentation, Proceedings of Cedars Sinai Medical Center Sixth Annual Nursing Research Conference. Los Angeles, California.
• 1989 Donaldson, N. The crucial nursing science alliance: Nursing research, practice, and education. Workshop, Proceedings of Memphis State University West Coast Workshop: Creative Teaching for Nursing Educators. Anaheim, California.
• 1989 Donaldson, N. Putting new knowledge into nursing practice: Research utilization. Podium Presentation, Proceedings of Sigma Theta Tau Southern California Regional Conference. Laguna Beach, California.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. Bowden, V., & Mulnard, R. Regional nursing research utilization in clinical settings: A survey. Podium Presentation, Proceedings of the Western Society for Research in Nursing. Denver, Colorado.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. & Bowden, V. Establishing a clinical research utilization program. Proceedings of the University of Arizona Sixth Annual Research Utilization Conference. Tucson, Arizona.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. & Bowden, V. Clinical innovations: Putting new knowledge into practice. Proceedings of the California Nurses Association Clinical Sessions. Monterey, California.
• 1990 Donaldson, N. Demystifying research: Clinical applications. Keynote Presentation, Proceedings of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses Ninth Annual Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 1992 Donaldson, N. Research utilization in clinical and academic settings-years one and two: The Orange County Research Utilization in Nursing Project. Proceedings of the California State University, Dominguez Hills, Division of Nursing, Second Annual Nursing Research Conference. Long Beach, California.
• 1992 Donaldson, N. & Bowden, V. Developing research utilization in clinical and academic settings-year one: The Orange County Research Utilization in Nursing Project. Podium Presentation, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference. San Diego, California.
• 1992 Donaldson, N. & Bowden, V. (). Nurse leaders research utilization: A regional assessment. Podium Presentation, Western Institute of Nursing, San Diego, May 3, 1993.
• 1993 Donaldson, N. & Rutledge, D. Effects of research use continuing education on nurse leaders' innovativeness. Podium Presentation, Western Society for Research in Nursing, Bellevue.
• 1993 Donaldson, N. & Rutledge, D. Research use indicators in practicing nurses. Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
• 1993 Donaldson, N. Strategic mission for the hospital-based department of nursing research for the 1990's and beyond. Podium Presentation, International Council of Nursing Quadrennial Congress, Madrid.
• 1993 Donaldson, N. Regional models for advancing innovation use in nursing. Podium Presentation, CNA Western Regional Invitational Conference, Innovation, Effectiveness and Outcomes in Health Care Services, San Francisco.
• 1994 Donaldson, N. & Rutledge, D. Effects of CE and regional networking on research use in nurses. Podium Presentation, Western Society for Research in Nursing. Phoenix, AZ.
• 1994 Rutledge, D. & Donaldson, N. Effects of the OCRUN Project on research use in nursing service organizations. Podium Presentation, Western Society for Research in Nursing. Phoenix, AZ.
• 1995 Donaldson, N. & Rutledge, D. Predicting role-related research use: Impact of continuing education. Podium Presentation, Western Society for Research in Nursing, San Diego.
• 1997 Donaldson, N, Rutledge, D., Pravikoff, D. and Levy, J. CINAHL Clinical Innovation Database project: Moving New Knowledge Into Practice, Phase I. Podium Presentation, Proceedings, Western Institute of Nursing. April 30-May 3, 1997. Portland, OR
• 1998 Donaldson, N., & Rutledge, D. Cinahl Clinical Innovations Database: Moving New Knowledge into Practice. Poster Presentation. University of Utah 15th Annual Issues in Nursing Research Conference, February 1998.
• 1998 Donaldson, N. & Brown, D. CalNOC Phase II: Data Integrity, Insights and Advancing Practice-Symposium Context and Overview. WIN, Phoenix, May 1998.
• 1999 Donaldson, N. From quality measurement to evidence-based practice. WIN, San Diego.
• 1999 Donaldson, N. & Brown, D. CalNOC Phase II: Strategic Context. WIN, San Diego, April 22, 1999.
• 1999 Donaldson, N. & Gerri Lamb. Beyond the basics: An advanced seminar in strategic case management evaluation. MCMC XI, San Diego, September 21, 1999.
• 1999 Donaldson, N. & Deloras Jones. Toward a California nursing quality report card: CalNOC strategic context, data integrity & insights. AONE, Charlotte, NC, March, 1999.
• 1999 Donaldson, Brown, Burnes Bolton, Aydin & Buffum. Threats to scientific integrity of a Statewide nursing quality respository: Exemplars from the CalNOC Project. Symposium, NIH NINR, State of the Science Congress. Washington, DC. September 16, 1999.
• 2000 Brown, Donaldson, Aydin, Burnes Bolton. The Emerging Legacy of the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition: Linking nurse staffing to quality and outcomes of patient care in hospitals and beyond. American Academy of Nursing, San Diego, November 3, 2000.
• 2000 Brown, Donaldson, Aydin, Burnes Bolton. Linking Quality Measurement and Evidence-Based Practice Research: The California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Experience. National Assoc. for Healthcare Quality, 25th Annual Conference, "Celebrating 25 Years of Quality, Dallas Texas, September 16-19, 2000.
• 2001 Linking Nursing Quality, Staffing and Evidence-based Practice to Improve Patient Care: California Nursing Outcomes Database. ICN 22nd Quadrennial Congress, Copenhagen, June 10-15, 2001.
• 2004 “Updating Unit Level Nurse Workload Impacts on Patient Safety,” American Nurses Association 2004 Biennial Convention & Education Program. Specialty Nursing Organization Lecture Series, Minneapolis, MN, June 27, 2004
• 2004 “Impact of Unit Level Nurse Staffing on Hospital Patient Falls,” National State of the Science Conference, Washington, D.C., October6-9, 2004
  

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