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Donaldson, Nancy, photo

Nancy E. Donaldson, RN, DNSc, FAAN

Clinical Professor
Dept. of Physiological Nursing
UCSF School of Nursing
2 Koret Way, #N-631C
San Francisco, CA  94143-0610
Telephone:  (415) 502-1826   Fax:  (415) 476-8899
Email:  nancy.donaldson@nursing.ucsf.edu


Activities/Projects

Director, UCSF Stanford Center for Research & Innovation in Patient Care.

Current Key Projects include:

Recent Grants

Professional Activities

Co-P.I., California Nursing Outcomes Coalition (CalNOC) Project -
A statewide nursing quality measurement initiative;

Appointed Member, California Department of Health Services, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission, Technical Advisory Committee;

Appointed Member Technical Advisory Panel, HRSA Nursing Quality Project;

Consulting Knowledge Utilization & Clinical Innovation Expert, Cumulative Index for Nursing and Allied Health Literature (Cinahl) Clinical Innovation Database Project and Co-Editor Cinahl On-line Journal Clinical Innovations.

Honors and Awards

2004   ANA\California Florence Nightingale Award.
2002   Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2001   Nominated. UCSF Medical Center Department of Nursing Colleague of the Year Award.
1998   ONE-California, Excellence in Advancement of Clinical Practice Award.
1992   Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Tau Chapter, Excellence in Leadership Award.
1991   Nurse of the Year, NAACOG, District IX.
1989   Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, CSUDH.
1989   CNA Lulu Hassenplug Nursing Education Award.
1987   NAACOG 1987 Research Grant Award ($2,000).
1985-87   National Research Service Award, Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, DHHS Public Health Service, Divn. of Nursing.
1984   Professional Nurse Traineeship, Title II, Grant Number A11 NU00298-09.
1984   Purdue Frederick Fellowship, Nurses Association of the American College of OB-GYN.
1984   Shirley Titus Scholarship, California Nurses Association

Education

DNSc., Doctorate of Nursing Science, University of California, San Francisco
BSN & MSN, California State University, Los Angeles

Selected Publications

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Texts

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

Media

Donaldson, N, (1996) 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.
Donaldson, N, (1997) 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.

Donaldson, N. & Diane Brown. (2001) CalNOC Orientation 2001. Kaiser Permanente Teleconference Production.

Original Articles

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)

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.

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).

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).

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).

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).

1998  Rutledge, D. R. & Donaldson, N. E. (1998). Pain assessment and documentation. Part III - pediatrics. Online Journal of Clinical Innovations, 1(Article 7).

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).

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).

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).

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, 2(Article 5).

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.

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.

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).

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)

2001  Pravikoff, D. S., & Donaldson, N. E. (2000). The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.

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, Aydin, 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 Repository: The Evolution of CalNOC. Journal Healthcare Quality. 23(4)22-27.

2001  Donaldson, N. Editorial: Navigating the Quality Chasm The Online Journal of Clinical Innovations 2001 Jul 15; 4(1): 2.

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).

2002  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

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):1-50

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):1-69

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

2003  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

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

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

In Press  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  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

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

In Press 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. A Commissioned Paper for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Under ReviewBingham, M., Loan, L., Aydin, C., Buffum, M., Dunton, N., Patrician, P., Elashoff, J., Gajewski, B., Donaldson, D., (2006) Predicting Patient Outcomes from Prospective Staffing Data: Analytic Conundrums and Recommended Statistical Strategies.

Textbook Chapters/Contributions &
Major Published Syllabi (Partial List)

Lewis, E., Marshall, L., Vonglis, AM., & Donaldson, N. (1996). Quality Outcomes Management: Executive Role Imperative, In Meisenheimer, C. (Ed.), Improving Quality: A Complete Guide to Effective Programs. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.

ANA (1996). 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.




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