Barbara Swope Turner | Scholars@Duke

Barbara Swope Turner
Elizabeth Hanes Professor of Nursing

Dr. Barbara S. Turner is Elizabeth P. Hanes Professor of Nursing and Chair of the Health of Women, Children, and Families Division of the Duke University School of Nursing. She earned graduate degrees in hospital administration and perinatal nursing prior to receiving her PhD from the University of California at San Francisco. Following her retirement from the Army Nurse Corps, she established the Center for Nursing Research at Duke and held the position of Associate Dean for Research for 13 years.

Dr. Turner’s research interests focus on the effect of nursing intervention on critically ill newborns, including exogenous surfactant administration, endotracheal suctioning, high frequency ventilators and airway management. She has published widely in journals, books, monographs and computer-assisted instruction. Dr. Turner serves as a Section Editor in Heart & Lung in addition to being a reviewer for other nursing journals. She is active professionally in the American Academy of Nursing, American Nurses Association, North Carolina Nurses Association, and Sigma Theta Tau International.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Elizabeth Hanes Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2011
Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing, Duke University 2002
Division Chair, Women and Children, School of Nursing, Duke University 2015

Contact Information

Box 3322 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
School of Nursing, Room 3116, Durham, NC 27710
barbara.turner@duke.edu (919) 684-9251

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- D.N.Sc., University of California - San Francisco 1984
Duke Appointment History
- Director, DNP Program, School of Nursing, Duke University 2011 - 2016
- Associate Dean, Research Affairs, School of Nursing, Duke University 1993 - 2005
- Chief, Division of Pediatric and Acute Care Nursing Programs, School of Nursing, Duke University 1998 - 2002
- Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 1993 - 2002
- Director of Nursing Research, School of Nursing, Duke University 1993 - 1994
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2017 - 2019
- Advanced Nursing Education Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2016 - 2019
- Veterans Healthcare Program awarded by Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence 2014 - 2016
- Pediatric Acute/Chronic Care Nurse Practitioner Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2009 - 2013
- Innovation in Nursing Education and Technology awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2009 - 2013
- Doctor of Nursing Practice awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2009 - 2012
- TIP-NEP Technology Integration Program for Nursing Education and Practice awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2006 - 2011
- Simulations and Partners Across Communities for Registered Nurse Education (SIM-PAC-RN) awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2007 - 2011
- Clinical Research Management Program for Nurses awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2006 - 2009
- Nurse Anesthesia Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2006 - 2009
- Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner for FNPs awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2006 - 2009
- Duke SON Accelerated BSN Basic Education Grant awarded by Department of Health and Human Services 2003 - 2006
- Duke Interdisciplinary Faculty Development in Genetics awarded by Department of Health and Human Services 2001 - 2004
- Combined NNP/PNP program for Rural Health awarded by Department of Health and Human Services 2001 - 2004
- Advanced Nurse Education Program: Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program awarded by Department of Health and Human Services 1999 - 2002
- Synaptic Regeneration In Lesioned Grafted Hippocampus awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2001
- Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2000
- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 1999
- Endotracheal Suctioning In Newborns awarded by National Institutes of Health 1993 - 1994
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Wheat, LL, Turner, BS, Diaz, A, and Maani, CV. "Military Service Members and Emergence Delirium Screening: An Evidence-Based Practice Project." Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses 33, no. 5 (October 2018): 608-615. Full Text
  - Miller, LB, Brennan-Cook, J, Turner, B, Husband-Ardoin, M, and Hayes, CS. "Utilizing an Evidence-Based Alcohol Screening Tool for Identification of Alcohol Misuse." Journal of Addictions Nursing 29, no. 2 (April 2018): 90-95. Full Text
  - Evans, KA, Yap, T, and Turner, B. "Screening Commercial Vehicle Drivers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Tools, Barriers, and Recommendations." Workplace Health & Safety 65, no. 10 (October 2017): 487-492. Full Text
  - Portillas, R, Turner, B, Jeffers, A, Chen, L-L, and Champagne, M. "High-Dose Interleukin-2: Evaluation of a Standardized Order Set for Biotherapy in an Intensive Care Unit ." Clinical journal of oncology nursing 21, no. 2 (April 2017): E49-E53. Full Text
  - Seldon, LE, McDonough, K, Turner, B, and Simmons, LA. "Evaluation of a Hospital-Based Pneumonia Nurse Navigator Program." The Journal of nursing administration 46, no. 12 (December 2016): 654-661. Full Text
  - Merkl, MA, Tanabe, P, Sverha, JP, and Turner, B. "A Quality Improvement Initiative for Designing and Implementing a Military Service Screening Tool for a Community Emergency Department." Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association 42, no. 5 (September 2016): 400-407. Full Text
  - Ming Teh, AH, Turner, BS, Tan, SB, and Tham, CS. "Effectiveness of an Advanced Practice Nurse-Led Preoperative Telephone Assessment." Journal of nursing care quality 31, no. 2 (April 2016): 191-196. Full Text
  - Kelly, K, Harrington, L, Matos, P, Turner, B, and Johnson, C. "Creating a Culture of Safety Around Bar-Code Medication Administration: An Evidence-Based Evaluation Framework." The Journal of Nursing Administration 46, no. 1 (January 2016): 30-37. Full Text
  - Allen, N, Lubejko, BG, Thompson, J, and Turner, BS. "Evaluation of a web course to increase evidence-based practice knowledge among nurses." Clinical journal of oncology nursing 19, no. 5 (October 2015): 623-627. Full Text
  - Biernacki, PJ, Champagne, MT, Peng, S, Maizel, DR, and Turner, BS. "Transformation of Care: Integrating the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator into the Patient-Centered Medical Home." Population health management 18, no. 5 (October 2015): 330-336. Full Text
  - Uzarski, D, Burke, J, Turner, B, Vroom, J, and Short, N. "A Plan for Academic Biobank Solvency-Leveraging Resources and Applying Business Processes to Improve Sustainability." Clinical and Translational Science 8, no. 5 (October 2015): 553-557. Full Text
  - Grossmann, VM, Turner, BS, Snyder, D, Stewart, RD, Bowen, T, Cifuentes, AA, and Cliff, C. "Zinc and Vitamin Supplementation in an Under-5 Indigenous Population of Guatemala: Influence of Lay Health Promoters in Decreasing Incidence of Diarrhea." Journal of Transcultural Nursing : Official Journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society 26, no. 4 (September 2015): 402-408. Full Text
  - Wilkinson, M, Turner, BS, Ellis, KK, Knestrick, J, and Bondmass, M. "Online Clinical Education Training for Preceptors: A Pilot QI Project." Journal for Nurse Practitioners 11, no. 7 (January 1, 2015): e43-e50. Full Text
  - Cadmus, E, Reis, L, and Turner, B. "Ever-evolving: population care coordinators." Nursing management 44, no. 12 (December 2013): 9-11. Full Text
  - Malfitano, J, Turner, BS, Piper, E, Burlingame, PA, and D'Angelo, E. "Improving stroke education performance measures scores: the impact of a stroke nurse coordinator." J Neurosci Nurs 45, no. 6 (December 2013): 332-337. Full Text Link to Item
  - Strahm, A, Mohsini, K, Nwankwo, M, and Turner, B. "Optimizing protein intake in premature infants: a neonatal quality improvement project." Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 13, no. 6 (December 2013): E1-E8. Full Text
  - Trotter, K, Schneider, SM, and Turner, BS. "Group appointments in a breast cancer survivorship clinic." Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology 4, no. 6 (November 2013): 423-431. (Review) Link to Item
  - Hill, RR, Vorderstrasse, A, Turner, B, Pereira, K, and Thompson, J. "Screening for Depression in Patients with Diabetes: Addressing the Challenge." The Journal for Nurse Practitioners 9, no. 4 (April 2013): 208-213. Full Text
  - Yackel, EE, Short, NM, Lewis, PC, Breckenridge-Sproat, ST, and Turner, BS. "Improving the adoption of evidence-based practice among nurses in army outpatient medical treatment facilities." Military Medicine 178, no. 9 (2013): 1002-1009. Full Text
  - Seto, W, Turner, BS, Champagne, MT, and Liu, L. "Utilizing a diabetic registry to manage diabetes in a low-income asian American population." Population Health Management 15, no. 4 (2012): 207-215. Full Text
  - Brandon, DH, Tully, KP, Silva, SG, Malcolm, WF, Murtha, AP, Turner, BS, and Holditch-Davis, D. "Emotional responses of mothers of late-preterm and term infants." Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing : Jognn 40, no. 6 (November 3, 2011): 719-731. Full Text
  - Kime, T, Mohsini, K, Nwankwo, MU, and Turner, B. "Central line "attention" is their best prevention." Advances in Neonatal Care 11, no. 4 (2011): 242-248. Full Text
  - Lucky, D, Turner, B, Hall, M, Lefaver, S, and Werk, AD. "Blood pressure screenings through community nursing health fairs: Motivating individuals to seek health care follow-up." Journal of Community Health Nursing 28, no. 3 (2011): 119-129. Full Text
  - McGraw, LK, Turner, BS, Paul, SM, Stotts, NA, and Dracup, KA. "Cardiovascular risk factors in deployed service members with and without acute coronary syndromes." J Cardiovasc Nurs 26, no. 1 (January 2011): 74-81. Full Text Link to Item
  - Mcgraw, LK, Turner, BS, Stotts, NA, and Dracup, KA. "Acute coronary syndromes in deployed military personnel." Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 23, no. 8 (2011): 427-433. Full Text
  - Caruso, DM, Holditch-Davis, D, Bartlett, R, and Turner, B. "ACES: A Program to Improve Asthma Outcomes in a High-Morbidity Pediatric Population." Clinical Scholars Review 3, no. 2 (October 2010): 64-74. Full Text
  - Schneider, SM, Turner, BS, Califf, RM, Burks, W, McHutchinson, JG, and Gilliss, CL. "Issues in clinical trials management. Academic research units: opportunities and challenges for nursing practice." Research Practitioner 9, no. 5 (September 2008): 175-184. (Academic Article)
  - McGraw, LK, Turner, BS, and Dracup, KA. "Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors in deployed military personnel." Communicating Nursing Research 41 (March 2008): 434-. (Academic Article)
  - McGraw, LK, Turner, BS, Stotts, NA, and Dracup, KA. "A review of cardiovascular risk factors in US military personnel." The Journal of cardiovascular nursing 23, no. 4 (2008): 338-344. Full Text
  - Wells, J, Turner, B, and Coombs, E. "Evaluation of "The Many Faces of Pain": a chronic cancer pain management education program." Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique 17, no. 2 (2007): 91-101.
  - Turner, BS, Strand, J, and Speer, MC. "Genetics Interdisciplinary Faculty Training (GIFT): Integrating genetics into graduate nursing curricula." Annual Review of Nursing Education 4 (December 1, 2006): 23-44. (Review)
  - Turner, BS, Bradshaw, W, and Brandon, D. "Neonatal lung remodeling: structural, inflammatory, and ventilator-induced injury." J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 19, no. 4 (October 2005): 362-376. (Review) Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Generating excitement for nursing research." Journal for Nurses in Staff Development 10, no. 3 (May 2004): 173-174. (Academic Article)
  - Kennedy, T, Turner, B, Nevidjon, B, Short, N, and Lagasse, C. "The nursing leadership program. The Cyprus experience--a tale of two cultures." Nurs Leadersh Forum 8, no. 3 (2004): 88-94. Link to Item
  - Ostbye, T, McBride, C, Demark-Wahnefried, W, Bastian, L, Morey, M, Krause, KM, Brouwer, R, and Turner, B. "Interest in healthy diet and physical activity interventions peripartum among female partners of active duty military." Mil Med 168, no. 4 (April 2003): 320-325. Link to Item
  - Wilson, J, and Turner, BS. "Re-examination of original 1960’s unit dose as a key in solving 21st century safety problems in inpatient drug delivery." Hospital Pharmacy , no. May (2001): 16-18. (Academic Article)
  - Turner, BS, and Loan, LA. "Tracheobronchial trauma associated with airway management in neonates." AACN Clin Issues 11, no. 2 (May 2000): 283-299. (Review) Link to Item
  - Cheek, DJ, McHugh, JM, Blood-Siegfried, J, McFetridge, JF, and Turner, BS. "A historical perspective on the discovery of adenyl purines." Biol Res Nurs 1, no. 4 (April 2000): 265-275. Full Text Link to Item
  - Saunders, C, and Turner, BS. "The role of nurse practitioners as principal investigators for clinical studies." Research Practitioner 1, no. 4 (2000): 129-133. (Academic Article)
  - Turner, BS, Bhaskar, KR, Hadzopoulou-Cladaras, M, and LaMont, JT. "Cysteine-rich regions of pig gastric mucin contain von willebrand factor and cystine knot domains at the carboxyl terminal(1)." Biochim Biophys Acta 1447, no. 1 (October 6, 1999): 77-92. Link to Item
  - Kyle, LA, and Turner, BS. "Efficacy of saline vs heparin in maintaining 24-gauge intermittent intravenous catheters in a rabbit model." Neonatal Netw 18, no. 6 (September 1999): 49-54. Full Text Link to Item
  - Cao, X, Bansil, R, Bhaskar, KR, Turner, BS, LaMont, JT, Niu, N, and Afdhal, NH. "pH-dependent conformational change of gastric mucin leads to sol-gel transition." Biophysical Journal 76, no. 3 (March 1999): 1250-1258. Full Text
  - Turner, BS. "Ageing and generational conflicts: a reply to Sarah Irwin." Br J Sociol 49, no. 2 (June 1998): 299-304. Link to Item
  - Maas, ML, Specht, JP, Weiler, K, Buckwalter, KC, and Turner, B. "Special care units for people with Alzheimer's disease. Only for the privileged few?." Journal of Gerontological Nursing 24, no. 3 (March 1998): 28-37. Full Text
  - Bhaskar, KR, Turner, BS, Grubman, SA, Jefferson, DM, and LaMont, JT. "Dysregulation of proteoglycan production by intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells bearing defective (delta-f508) cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator." Hepatology 27, no. 1 (January 1998): 7-14. Full Text Link to Item
  - Kerr, ME, Sereika, SM, Orndoff, P, Weber, B, Rudy, EB, Marion, D, Stone, K, and Turner, B. "Effect of neuromuscular blockers and opiates on the cerebrovascular response to endotracheal suctioning in adults with severe head injuries." American Journal of Critical Care 7, no. 3 (1998): 205-217.
  - Kerr, ME, Rudy, EB, Weber, BB, Stone, KS, Turner, BS, Orndoff, PA, Sereika, SM, and Marion, DW. "Effect of short-duration hyperventilation during endotracheal suctioning on intracranial pressure in severe head-injured adults." Nurs Res 46, no. 4 (July 1997): 195-201. Link to Item
  - Goodwin, L, Saville, J, Jasion, B, Turner, B, Prather, J, Dobousek, T, and Egger, S. "A collaborative international nursing informatics research project: Predicting ARDS risk in critically ill patients." Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 46 (January 1, 1997): 247-249. Full Text
  - Turner, BS. "Medicine, diet and moral regulation: Foucault's impact on medical sociology." Clio Med 43 (1997): 175-194. Link to Item
  - Larson, RG, Turner, BS, Bhaskar, KR, LaMont, JT, and Rothschild, MF. "Rapid communication: BamHI restriction fragment length polymorphism detected with a pig gastric mucin (MUC5AC) probe." J Anim Sci 74, no. 6 (June 1996): 1443-. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS, Bhaskar, KR, Hadzopoulou-Cladaras, M, Specian, RD, and LaMont, JT. "Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding pig gastric mucin." Biochem J 308 ( Pt 1) (May 15, 1995): 89-96. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS, and Weiss, M. "How to make research happen: working with staff." J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 23, no. 4 (May 1994): 345-349. Link to Item
  - Burton, B, Fitzpatrick, K, Rogers, J, Mitchell, L, Turner, B, Jaison, B, and Seville, J. "Perspectives on research." Journal of nursing staff development : JNSD 10, no. 6 (1994): 333-334.
  - Turner, B. "How staff development specialists can promote and facilitate research." Journal of nursing staff development : JNSD 10, no. 3 (1994): 173-174.
  - Turner, BS. "Left handedness." BMJ 307, no. 6919 (December 18, 1993): 1577-1578. Link to Item
  - Bhaskar, KR, Garik, P, Turner, BS, Bradley, JD, Bansil, R, Stanley, HE, and LaMont, JT. "Viscous fingering of HCl through gastric mucin." Nature 360, no. 6403 (December 3, 1992): 458-461. Full Text Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "The "other" intensive care unit." Heart Lung 21, no. 5 (September 1992): 409-410. Link to Item
  - Bhaskar, KR, Gong, DH, Bansil, R, Pajevic, S, Hamilton, JA, Turner, BS, and LaMont, JT. "Profound increase in viscosity and aggregation of pig gastric mucin at low pH." The American Journal of Physiology 261, no. 5 Pt 1 (November 1991): G827-G832. Full Text
  - Rudy, EB, Turner, BS, Baun, M, Stone, KS, and Brucia, J. "Endotracheal suctioning in adults with head injury." Heart Lung 20, no. 6 (November 1991): 667-674. Link to Item
  - O'Leary, DP, Murray, FE, Turner, BS, and LaMont, JT. "Bile salts stimulate glycoprotein release by guinea pig gallbladder in vitro." Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 13, no. 5 (May 1991): 957-961. Full Text
  - Smith, PS, and Turner, BS. "The physiologic effects of positioning premature infants in car seats." Neonatal Netw 9, no. 4 (December 1990): 11-15. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Maintaining the artificial airway: current concepts." Pediatr Nurs 16, no. 5 (September 1990): 487-493. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Embryologic and physiologic basis of neonatal respiration." AACN Clin Issues Crit Care Nurs 1, no. 2 (August 1990): 389-400. (Review) Link to Item
  - Wiswell, TE, Tuggle, JM, and Turner, BS. "Meconium aspiration syndrome: have we made a difference?." Pediatrics 85, no. 5 (May 1990): 715-721. Link to Item
  - Wiswell, TE, Bley, JA, Turner, BS, Hunt, RE, and Fritz, DL. "Different high-frequency ventilator strategies: effect on the propagation of tracheobronchial histopathologic changes." Pediatrics 85, no. 1 (January 1990): 70-78. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Ageing, status politics and sociological theory." Br J Sociol 40, no. 4 (December 1989): 588-606. (Review) Link to Item
  - Wiswell, TE, Turner, BS, Bley, JA, Fritz, DL, and Hunt, RE. "Determinants of tracheobronchial histologic alterations during conventional mechanical ventilation." Pediatrics 84, no. 2 (August 1989): 304-311. Link to Item
  - Stone, KS, and Turner, B. "Endotracheal suctioning." Annual Review of Nursing Research 7 (January 1989): 27-49. (Review) Full Text
  - Stone, KS, and Turner, BS. "Endotracheal suctioning in the adult and newborn." Annual Review of Nursing Research 7 (1989): 27-49. (Academic Article)
  - Turner, BS. "Agency and structure in the sociology of sickness." Psychiatr Med 5, no. 1 (1987): 29-37. Link to Item
  - Pérez Fontán, JJ, Turner, BS, Heldt, GP, and Gregory, GA. "Pulmonary mechanics during rapid mechanical ventilation in rabbits with saline-lavaged lungs." Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 61, no. 4 (October 1986): 1431-1437. Full Text
  - Rudy, EB, Baun, M, Stone, K, and Turner, B. "The relationship between endotracheal suctioning and changes in intracranial pressure: A review of the literature." Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care 15, no. 5 (1986): 488-494.
  - Turner, BS. "Amniotic band syndrome." J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 14, no. 4 (July 1985): 298-301. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Knowledge, skill and occupational strategy: the professionalisation of paramedical groups." Community Health Stud 9, no. 1 (1985): 38-47. Link to Item
  - Moore, JR, Turner, BS, and LaMont, JT. "Hydrocortisone inhibits mucin secretion from guinea pig gallbladder." The American Journal of Physiology 247, no. 4 Pt 1 (October 1984): G427-G431. Full Text
  - LaMont, JT, Turner, BS, DiBenedetto, D, Handin, R, and Schafer, AI. "Arachidonic acid stimulates mucin secretion in prairie dog gallbladder." The American Journal of Physiology 245, no. 1 (July 1983): G92-G98. Full Text
  - LaMont, JT, Turner, BS, Bernstein, SE, and Trotman, B. "Gallbladder glycoprotein secretion in mice with hemolytic anemia and pigment gallstones." Hepatology 3, no. 2 (March 1983): 198-200. Link to Item
  - Turner, BS. "Current concepts in endotracheal suctioning." Journal of the California Perinatal Association 3, no. 1 (1983): 104-105. (Academic Article)
  - Turner, BS, and Merenstein, GB. "Hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill neonate." Critical Care Quarterly 2, no. 2 (January 1, 1979): 77-86.
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