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Patricia E. Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN
Professor, Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality
(web site)
Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences
(Joint Appointment, Dept. of Physiological Nursing)
Contact Information:
Telephone: 415 476-4313 Fax: 415-476-6552
Email: patricia.benner@ucsf.edu
Web Address: http://www.PatriciaBenner.com
I am currently the Director of a National Nursing Education Research Project under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement in Teaching. This research project is part of a larger project that studies the preparation for the professions (PPP). The project requires 60% of my time which is paid for by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement in Teaching. This is the first national study of nursing education for the past 30 years. The Project is beginning the second year of a three year period of funding.
I am Co-Principal Director of the project entitled "Clinical Knowledge Development of Nurses in an Operational environment." The project seeks to address three research aims: 1. To articulate, describe, and interpret experiential learning regarding medical and nursing care during combat operations in order to evaluate and extend this knowledge. 2. To provide narratives of combat practice that could assist in the design and teaching of combat health care. 3. To create a collection of narratives around practice topics or issues that are identified that can be published as a learning resource for nurses.
I am completing a 6 year research project to develop a taxonomy of nursing error and a data collection instrument for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Entitled "The Taxonomy of Root Cause Analysis for Practice Responsibility" (TERCAP). This data collection tool is now being implemented nationally by State Boards of Nursing. A monograph on this work will be published in 2006.
2002-2005. Genomics Education for Advanced Practice Nurses $308,663 This training grant is designed to develop new advanced practice nurse specialists who can provide needed quality health care and education in genomics nursing in the following areas: dual specialty clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, doctorally prepared nurse educators, and practicing nurse clinicians.
2005-2006. Data collection to begin in October, 2005 "Clinical Knowledge Development of Nurses in an Operational Environment" (Funding Approved, Human Subjects Protocol Approved) Federal Nursing Branch, Washington D.C., $176, 000 20% effort as Co-P.I.
2004-2007. National Study of Nursing Education, Funded by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. $434,341 salary reimbursement for three years.
2003-2005. "Values Ethics and Rationing in ICUs" A National Task Force. $24,000 allocated to Patricia Benner/UCSF to do a qualitative study of everyday management of cost constraints and limitations in ICUs. Funded by the Eli Lilly Company.
2002-2005. National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Developing a Taxonomy of nursing error and data collection tool for a national data base on nursing errors reported to State Boards of Nursing: $60,000.
2002-2006. Health Policy for Advanced Practice Nurses Grant #6D09 HP 00326. The goal of this program is to address existing gaps in nursing education and practice expertise in the area of Health Policy. $624,259. P. I. Charlene Harrington
2004 Sage Award for Contributions to Nursing Leadership, Center for Nursing Leadership, University of Minnesota October 10-12, 2004.
2004 Ross Products-American Association of Critical Care Nurses Pioneering Spirit Award, recognizing significant contributions that influence acute and critical care nursing
2003 Benner, P. The Institute for Nursing Health Care Leadership, Boston, MA: Celebration of 20 years of collecting and extending clinical wisdom, experiential learning, and caring practices.
2002 Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair, Ethics and Spirituality. UCSF, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
2002 Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
1999 Book of the Year Award in the categories of Critical Care and Emergency, Research, and Advanced Practice, American Journal of Nrusing, for Benner, P., Hooper-Kyriakidid P., Stannard, D. Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care. A thinking-In-Action Approach.
1999 Excellence in Caring Award, Yale University
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Books
2004 The use of nursing narratives for reflecting on ethical and clinical judgment. (In Press) Shorinsha Publishers.
2005 in progress: Benner, Patricia "Towards an Ethic of Advocacy and Care." (Manuscript near completion.) To be published by Prentice-Hall in 2006.
2006 in progress: Malloch, K., Benner, P., Weeks, V. "A Taxonomy of Nursing Error: Strategies for reducing nursing error in nursing practice." (Manuscript in final editing phase.) National Council of State Boards of Nursing. To be published in 2006.
2002 The nursing narratives for reflecting on ethical and clinical judgment. (In Press) Shorinsa Publishers, June.
1999 Benner, P., Hooper-Kyriakides, P., Stannard, D. Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care: A thinking-In-Action Approach.
Original Articles
2005 Benner, P. "Using the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to describe and interpret skill acquisition and clinical judgment in nursing practice and education." The Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society Special Issue: Human Expertise in the Age of the Computer. Vol. 24 (3) 188-199
2005 Harrington, C., Crider, M.C., Benner, P., Malone, R. "Advanced nursing training in health policy: Designing and implementing a new program." Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice 6(2) May 2005., 99-108.
In Press. Spichiger, E., Wallhagen, M., Benner, P. "Nursing as a caring practice from a phenomenological perspective." Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. Dracup, K. Cronenwett, L., Benner, P., Meleis, A., "Reflections on the Doctorate of Nursing Practice." Nursing Outlook. (In Press, Sept. 2005)
2002 Benner, P. Using the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to describe and interpret skill acquisition and clinical judgment in nursing practice and education. (In Press) The Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society.
2002 Weiss, S.M., Malone, R.e., Merighi, J.R., & Benner, P. Economism, efficiency, and the moral ecology of good nursing practice. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 34(2), 95-119.
2002 Benner, P., Sheetw, V., Uris, P., Malloch, K., Schwed, K., & Jamison, D. Individual, practice, and system causes of errors in nursing: A taxonomy. Journal of Nursing Research. 32(10), 509-523.
2001 Puntillo, K.A., Benner, P., Drought, t., Drew, B., Stotts, Stannard, D., Rushton, C., White, C. End-of-life issues in intensive care units: A national random survey on nurses' knowledge and beliefs. American Journal of Critical Care. 10(4), 216-299.
2000 Emami, W., Benner, P., Ekman, S.L. A sociocultural health model for late-in-life immigrants. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 12(1), 15-24.
2000 Benner, P. Developing clinical expertise in undergraduate education. Expert Nurse. (In Japanese) 12(15) 107-113.
Book Chapters
2002 Benner, P. "Finding the good behind the right; A dialogue between Nursing and Bioethics." In The Nature and Prospect of Bioethics, Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Miller, F.G., Fletcher, J.C., Humber, J.M. (Eds.) Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press.
2002 Benner, P. "Clinical Reasoning, Articulating Experiential learning in Nursing Practice." In Slevin,O. Basford,L. (Eds.) Theory and Practice of Nursing.
2005 Benner, P (2005) "Stigma and personal responsibility: Moral dimensions of a chronic illness. In Educating for Moral Action A Sourcebook in Health and Rehabilitation Ethics (R.B. Purtilo, G.M. Jensen, C.Brasic Royeen (Eds.) Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.
2005 Benner, P."Experiential learning, Skill Acquisition and Gaining Clinical Expertise" In Preparation for Practice. Osborn, K. Watson, A., Wraa, C. (Eds.) Prentice-Hall. In Press.
2005 Benner, P., Leonard, V.W.,"Patient Concerns and Choices and Clinical Judgment in EBP" In Melnyk, B., Fineout-Overholt, E. (Eds.). Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthccare: A guide to best practices. Philadelphia: Lippincott
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