Center for Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Clinical Research
Mission
The Center for Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Research focuses on the development, funding, and dissemination of research and scholarly projects. Mentorship, teamwork, and a strong clinical base are the foundation of the Center.
The Center is dedicated to evidence-based research that focuses on vulnerable populations, health-care disparities, and the role of the APN in addressing healthcare needs. The Center is committed to developing collaborative relationships with other disciplines, community sites, institutions and clinical facilities in order to address the patient and population needs.
The Center provides mentorship for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students as they pursue research studies related to their Capstone Projects. The DNP program is an on-line program that allows students from all areas of the country to pursue their doctorate. This enables students that work and live in rural and underserved areas to conduct research that impacts the needs of the populations they serve.
External Grants (Center faculty since 2005)
Rutledge C, Garzon L, Tufts KA, & Karlowicz K. (2008-2011). [$764,686]. Educating Culturally
Competent Nurses Educators/Administrators. Department of Health and Human Services
Advanced Practice Nursing Program.
Garzon L. (2007). [$14,233]. Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship, HRSA, BHPr,
Garzon L. (2007). [$62,524]. Advanced Nurse Education Traineeships, HRSA, BHPr
Bluestein D & Rutledge C. (2007). [$26,828]. Attitudes of Family Practice Patients toward
Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia. The Joint AAFT/F-AAFP Grants Awards Program.
Garzon L, Rutledge CM & Maihafer M. (2004-2005). [$3,000]. Standardized Patient Cases: Used in
Televised and Web Courses. Faculty Innovator Grants.
Garzon L. (2006). [$9,233]. Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship, HRSA, BHPr.
Garzon L & Rutledge CM. (2003-2006). [$533,029]. Educating Culturally Competent Nurse
Practitioners in Rural Virginia. HRSA Advanced Education Nursing Program Grant.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Rutledge C & Garzon L. (2004-2005). [$24,948]. Clinical Experiences in Federally Funded
Community Health Centers. HRSA. Department of Health and Human Services.
Rutledge CM, Garzon L, Benjamin R, Little C & Plichta S. (2004-2007). [$578,130]. Educating
Culturally Competent Nurse Midwives in Rural Virginia. HRSA Advanced Education
Nursing Program. Department of Health and Human Services.
Garzon L. (2005). [$78,524]. Advanced Nurse Education Traineeships, HRSA, BHPr.
Garzon L. (2005). [$9,233]. Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship, HRSA, BHPr.
Pending Grants
Garzon L, Rutledge C, Renaud M, Scott M. (2010-2013). [$792,772]. Addressing Disparities
with DNPs prepared in Telehealth. Department of Health and Human Services Advanced
Practice Nursing Program.
Publications (Center faculty since 2005)
Rutledge CM, Rimer D. (In press). Goth Culture. In Levesque R. Encyclopedia of Adolescence.
New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Bluestein DA, Rutledge CM, Healey A. (2010). Psychosocial Correlates of Insomnia Severity in
Primary Care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 23:204 -211.
Barham P, Benjamin R, Eaton P, Palmer K, Rutledge CM, Wiles L. (2009). Virtual learning platform,
Monarch General Hospital: Enhancing BSN Student Interaction with Culturally Diverse
Virtual Patients. In Jeffreys M, Teaching Cultural Competence in Nursing and Health
Care: Inquiry, Action, and Innovation (2nd Edition). New York: Springer Publishing
Company.
Rutledge CM, Barham P, Wiles L, Benjamin R, Eaton P & Palmer K. (2008). An integrative
approach to educating culturally competent baccalaureate nurses using simulation.
Contemporary Nurse, 28(1-2), 129-140.
Rutledge, CM, Rimer D & Scott, MA (2008). Vulnerable goth teens: The role of schools in this
psychosocial high risk culture. Journal of School Health, 78(9), 459-464.
Hunter A, Denman-Vitale S, Garzon L, Jackson-Allen P & Schumann L. (2007). Global
infections: Recognition, management and prevention. Nurse Practitioner, 32(2), 34-42.
Renaud. MT. (2007). We Are Mothers Too: Childbearing Experiences of Lesbian Families.
JOGNN, 36 (2): 190-199.
Bluestein DA, Rutledge CM (2006). Perceived Health and Geriatric Risk Stratification.
Canadian Family Physician. 52: 627-230.
Clements PT, Garzon L & Milliken TF. (September 2006). Survivors Guilt Following Sudden
Traumatic Loss: Promoting Early Intervention in the Critical Care Setting. Critical
Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 18(3), 359-369.
Garzon L, Ewald R, Rutledge C & Meadows T. (2006). The school nurses role in prevention
of student use of performance enhancing supplements. Journal of School Health,
76(5),159-163.
Biddle W. (2005) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter, in T.M. Buttaro, J. Trybulski, J.
Sandberg-Cook (editors), Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice,Mosby- Year
Book, Inc.: St. Louis. Revised chapter 1st, 2nd, 3rd editions.
Biddle W. (2005) Hepatitis Chapter, in T.M. Buttaro, J. Trybulski, J. Sandberg-Cook (editors),
Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, Mosby- Year Book, Inc.: St.Louis. Revised
chapter 2nd, 3rd editions.
Recent Activities
ODU SON Faculty and students attended the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners (VCNP) Annual Conference in March 2010. Over 430 nurse practitioners attended this annual conference in Reston, Virginia. Two graduate faculty and twelve DNP students participated in the conference's poster presentation. All of the DNP student posters focused on evaluating program to address the health of vulnerable and underserved populations.
This year the conference recognized outstanding posters from the thirty one posters that were submitted. Christie Fowler and Sherri Doss, both DNP students from ODU, received 2nd and 3rd place (tied) recognition for their posters. Their posters focused on the Capstone Projects they developed in the DNP program. Christi Fowler's poster was based on her study of the quality of life of caregivers of elderly individuals with and without primary care providers. Sherrie Doss evaluated the impact of a training program to help patients with urinary incontinence.
Pictures below include Christi Fowler (Second Place)and Sherrie Doss (tied for third place).
Christi Fowler Sherrie Doss
Caregiver Quality of Life and Access to Reduction of Urinary Symptoms in
Primary Care Provider Women Age 65 and Older
Five Center faculty (Drs. Carolyn Rutledge, Laurel Garzon, Michelle Renaud, Micah Scott and Kathleen Putnam) will be participating in the 36th annual National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (NONPF) Conference in Washington DC in April 2010. They will be presenting a symposium entitled, "Addressing the Health Care Crisis with an Innovative DNP Program".