Bradi Bartrug Granger | Scholars@Duke

Bradi Bartrug Granger
Professor in the School of Nursing

Dr. Granger is Associate Professor and Associate Director of Duke Translational Nursing Institute. She is also Director of the Duke Heart Center Nursing Research Program and adjunct faculty at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr. Granger received her doctorate in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her MSN from Duke University, and her BSN from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Dr. Granger has extensive clinical experience in cardiovascular nursing, and her clinical work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist has been dedicated to overcoming barriers to the use and conduct of research in the service setting through development of pragmatic tools that change the way nurses learn about, apply, and conduct nursing science. She has developed an innovative model for clinical inquiry and research in the hospital setting, which has been adopted in clinical settings across the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Granger is an active member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, the American Heart Association and the European Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2016
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2018

Contact Information

307 Trent Drive, DUMC Box 3322, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3322 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
grang004@mc.duke.edu (919) 684-1622

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2004
- M.S.N., Duke University 1991
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2010 - 2016
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2009 - 2010
- Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2004 - 2009
- Clinical Associate in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 1994 - 2000
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. American Academy of Nursing. 2007
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
Research
Selected Grants
- PROMOTE Rezulin Grant awarded by Marshall University 2017 - 2018
- Sanofi Phase II MGH-Duke Collaboration awarded by Sanofi US 2016 - 2017
- Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2016
- From Clinic to Community: Achieving Health Equity in the Southern United States awarded by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2012 - 2015
- Tailored Case Management for Diabetes and Hypertension awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2013
- A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study of an Intervention for Medication Adherence awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Pokorney, SD, Bloom, D, Granger, CB, Thomas, KL, Al-Khatib, SM, Roettig, ML, Anderson, J, Heflin, MT, and Granger, BB. "Exploring patient-provider decision-making for use of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: Results of the INFORM-AF study." European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing : Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology (November 12, 2018): 1474515118812252-null. Full Text
  - Kirby, AM, Kruger, B, Jain, R, OʼHair, DP, and Granger, BB. "Using Clinical Decision Support to Improve Referral Rates in Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis: A Quality Improvement Initiative." Computers, Informatics, Nursing : Cin 36, no. 11 (November 2018): 525-529. Full Text
  - DeWald, T, Granger, B, and Bowers, M. "Making Sense of Hypertension Guidelines." Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 33, no. 5 (September 1, 2018): 413-419. (Review) Full Text
  - Van Houtven, CH, Greiner, MA, Heidenfelder, B, Spratt, SE, Granger, BB, Dunham, AA, Qualls, LG, and Curtis, LH. "Medicare utilization, screening, and costs among participants in the Southeastern Diabetes Initiative: A population-based evaluation." Primary Care Diabetes 12, no. 2 (April 2018): 172-183. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, McCant, F, Silberberg, M, Johnson, F, Granger, BB, and Bosworth, HB. "Changing CHANGE: adaptations of an evidence-based telehealth cardiovascular disease risk reduction intervention." Translational Behavioral Medicine 8, no. 2 (March 2018): 225-232. Full Text
  - Dupre, ME, Xu, H, Granger, BB, Lynch, SM, Nelson, A, Churchill, E, Willis, JM, Curtis, LH, and Peterson, ED. "Access to routine care and risks for 30-day readmission in patients with cardiovascular disease." American Heart Journal 196 (February 2018): 9-17. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Rogers, J, Miller, C, Martin, K, and Olson, DM. "The Language of Data Program: Use of Gaming to Promote Critical Appraisal Skills." Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing 15, no. 1 (February 2018): 80-82. Full Text
  - Granger, BB. "Science of Improvement Versus Science of Implementation: Integrating Both Into Clinical Inquiry." Aacn Advanced Critical Care 29, no. 2 (January 2018): 208-212. Full Text
  - Zhao, Y, and Granger, BB. "Using Health System Data for Improvement Science: Getting Started." Aacn Advanced Critical Care 29, no. 3 (January 2018): 348-353. Full Text
  - Dupre, ME, Nelson, A, Lynch, SM, Granger, BB, Xu, H, Churchill, E, Willis, JM, Curtis, LH, and Peterson, ED. "Socioeconomic, Psychosocial and Behavioral Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized With Cardiovascular Disease." The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 354, no. 6 (December 2017): 565-572. Full Text
  - Olson, DM, Rogers, J, Miller, C, Martin, K, and Granger, BB. "Improving Nurse Competencies for Using Evidence in Practice: A Pilot Study of the Language of Data Program." Journal for Nurses in Professional Development 33, no. 6 (November 2017): 287-295. Full Text
  - Ekman, I, Wolf, A, Vaughan Dickson, V, Bosworth, HB, and Granger, BB. "Unmet expectations of medications and care providers among patients with heart failure assessed to be poorly adherent: results from the Chronic Heart Failure Intervention to Improve MEdication Adherence (CHIME) study." European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology 16, no. 7 (October 2017): 646-654. Full Text
  - Shaw, CL, Casterline, GL, Taylor, D, Fogle, M, and Granger, B. "Increasing Health Portal Utilization in Cardiac Ambulatory Patients: A Pilot Project." Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN 35, no. 10 (October 2017): 512-519. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Locke, SC, Bowers, M, Sawyer, T, Shang, H, Abernethy, AP, Bloomfield, RA, and Gilliss, CL. "The Digital Drag and Drop Pillbox: Design and Feasibility of a Skill-based Education Model to Improve Medication Management." The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 32, no. 5 (September 2017): E14-E20. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Chang, LL, DeVore, AD, Granger, BB, Eapen, ZJ, Ariely, D, and Hernandez, AF. "Leveraging Behavioral Economics to Improve Heart Failure Care and Outcomes." Circulation 136, no. 8 (August 2017): 765-772. (Review) Full Text
  - Rogers, JG, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Adams, PA, Speck, A, Johnson, KS, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Jr, TDH, Kirchner, JL, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, and Tulsky, JA. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 70, no. 3 (July 18, 2017): 332-341. Link to Item
  - Rogers, JG, Patel, CB, Mentz, RJ, Granger, BB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Adams, PA, Speck, A, Johnson, KS, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Taylor, DH, Kirchner, JL, Mark, DB, O'Connor, CM, and Tulsky, JA. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: The PAL-HF Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 3 (July 2017): 331-341. Full Text
  - Dupre, ME, Nelson, A, Lynch, SM, Granger, BB, Xu, H, Willis, JM, Curtis, LH, and Peterson, ED. "Identifying Nonclinical Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for an Observational Study." Jmir Research Protocols 6, no. 6 (June 15, 2017): e118-null. Full Text
  - Spratt, SE, Pereira, K, Granger, BB, Batch, BC, Phelan, M, Pencina, M, Miranda, ML, Boulware, E, Lucas, JE, Nelson, CL, Neely, B, Goldstein, BA, Barth, P, Richesson, RL, Riley, IL, Corsino, L, McPeek Hinz, ER, Rusincovitch, S, Green, J, Barton, AB, DDC Phenotype Group, , Kelley, C, Hyland, K, Tang, M, Elliott, A, Ruel, E, Clark, A, Mabrey, M, Morrissey, KL, Rao, J, Hong, B, Pierre-Louis, M, Kelly, K, and Jelesoff, N. "Assessing electronic health record phenotypes against gold-standard diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : Jamia 24, no. e1 (April 2017): e121-e128. Full Text
  - Ellis, M, McGugan, L, Engel, J, and Granger, BB. "Creating Clinical Research Protocols in Advanced Practice: Part IV, Designing Research to Fit Practice." AACN advanced critical care 28, no. 2 (January 2017): 210-217. Full Text
  - Whalley Buono, E, Vrijens, B, Bosworth, HB, Liu, LZ, Zullig, LL, and Granger, BB. "Coming full circle in the measurement of medication adherence: opportunities and implications for health care." Patient Preference and Adherence 11 (January 2017): 1009-1017. Full Text
  - Rogers, J, Patel, C, Mentz, R, Steinhauser, K, Granger, B, Fiuzat, M, Adams, P, Speck, A, Johnson, K, Krishnamoorthy, A, Yang, H, Anstrom, K, Dodson, G, O'Connor, C, and Tulsky, J. "Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Results of a Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial." Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 11 (November 2016): 940-940. Full Text
  - Engel, J, McGugan, L, and Ellis, M. "Creating Clinical Research Protocols in Advanced Practice: Part II, Operational Steps to Improve Project Feasibility." AACN advanced critical care 27, no. 4 (October 2016): 454-461. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, and Engel, J. "Creating Clinical Research Protocols in Advanced Practice: Part I, Identifying the Fit and the Aim." AACN advanced critical care 27, no. 3 (July 2016): 338-343. Full Text
  - Stewart, S, Riegel, B, Boyd, C, Ahamed, Y, Thompson, DR, Burrell, LM, Carrington, MJ, Coats, A, Granger, BB, Hides, J, Weintraub, WS, Moser, DK, Dickson, VV, McDermott, CJ, Keates, AK, and Rich, MW. "Establishing a pragmatic framework to optimise health outcomes in heart failure and multimorbidity (ARISE-HF): A multidisciplinary position statement." International journal of cardiology 212 (June 2016): 1-10. (Review) Full Text
  - Javier, M, Kim, JY, Toone, E, and Granger, BB. "Overcoming Barriers to Using Patient-Reported Outcomes for Clinical Inquiry." AACN advanced critical care 27, no. 2 (April 2016): 230-235. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Pokorney, SD, and Taft, C. "Blending Quality Improvement and Research Methods for Implementation Science, Part III: Analysis of the Effectiveness of Implementation." AACN advanced critical care 27, no. 1 (February 2016): 103-110. Full Text
  - Sawyer, T, Nelson, MJ, McKee, V, Bowers, MT, Meggitt, C, Baxt, SK, Washington, D, Saladino, L, Lehman, EP, Brewer, C, Locke, SC, Abernethy, A, Gilliss, CL, and Granger, BB. "Implementing Electronic Tablet-Based Education of Acute Care Patients." Critical care nurse 36, no. 1 (February 2016): 60-70. Full Text
  - Bosworth, HB, Zullig, LL, Mendys, P, Ho, M, Trygstad, T, Granger, C, Oakes, MM, and Granger, BB. "Health Information Technology: Meaningful Use and Next Steps to Improving Electronic Facilitation of Medication Adherence." JMIR medical informatics 4, no. 1 (January 2016): e9-. Full Text
  - Kelly, K, Grau-Sepulveda, MV, Goldstein, BA, Spratt, SE, Wolfley, A, Hatfield, V, Murphy, M, Jones, E, and Granger, BB. "The agreement of patient-reported versus observed medication adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)." Bmj Open Diabetes Research & Care 4, no. 1 (January 2016): e000182-null. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Granger, BB, and Bosworth, HB. "A renewed Medication Adherence Alliance call to action: harnessing momentum to address medication nonadherence in the United States." Patient Preference and Adherence 10 (January 2016): 1189-1195. Full Text
  - Reed, SD, Neilson, MP, Gardner, M, Li, Y, Briggs, AH, Polsky, DE, Graham, FL, Bowers, MT, Paul, SC, Granger, BB, Schulman, KA, Whellan, DJ, Riegel, B, and Levy, WC. "Tools for Economic Analysis of Patient Management Interventions in Heart Failure Cost-Effectiveness Model: A Web-based program designed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of disease management programs in heart failure." American heart journal 170, no. 5 (November 2015): 951-960. Full Text
  - Granger, BB. "Self-reported medication adherence for heart failure is associated with lower risk of all-cause hospitalisation and death." Evidence-based nursing 18, no. 4 (October 2015): 123-. Full Text
  - Pokorney, SD, Taft, C, and Granger, BB. "Blending Quality Improvement and Research Methods for Implementation Science, Part II: Analysis of the Quality of Implementation." AACN advanced critical care 26, no. 4 (October 2015): 366-371. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, and Shah, BR. "Blending Quality Improvement and Research Methods for Implementation Science, Part I: Design and Data Collection." AACN advanced critical care 26, no. 3 (July 2015): 268-274. Full Text
  - Edelman, D, Dolor, RJ, Coffman, CJ, Pereira, KC, Granger, BB, Lindquist, JH, Neary, AM, Harris, AJ, and Bosworth, HB. "Nurse-led behavioral management of diabetes and hypertension in community practices: a randomized trial." Journal of General Internal Medicine 30, no. 5 (May 2015): 626-633. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Granger, BB, Ekman, I, Hernandez, AF, Sawyer, T, Bowers, MT, DeWald, TA, Zhao, Y, Levy, J, and Bosworth, HB. "Results of the Chronic Heart Failure Intervention to Improve MEdication Adherence study: A randomized intervention in high-risk patients." American heart journal 169, no. 4 (April 2015): 539-548. Full Text
  - Heidenfelder, BL, and Granger, BB. "Tools for improving the quality of data capture for clinical inquiry." Aacn Advanced Critical Care 26, no. 2 (April 2015): 168-172. Full Text
  - Vesterlund, M, Granger, B, Thompson, TJ, Coggin, C, and Oermann, MH. "Tailoring your heart failure project for success in rural areas." Quality management in health care 24, no. 2 (April 2015): 91-95. Full Text
  - Spratt, SE, Batch, BC, Davis, LP, Dunham, AA, Easterling, M, Feinglos, MN, Granger, BB, Harris, G, Lyn, MJ, Maxson, PJ, Shah, BR, Strauss, B, Thomas, T, Califf, RM, and Miranda, ML. "Methods and initial findings from the Durham Diabetes Coalition: Integrating geospatial health technology and community interventions to reduce death and disability." Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology 2, no. 1 (March 2015): 26-36. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Gellad, WF, Moaddeb, J, Crowley, MJ, Shrank, W, Granger, BB, Granger, CB, Trygstad, T, Liu, LZ, and Bosworth, HB. "Improving diabetes medication adherence: successful, scalable interventions." Patient Preference and Adherence 9 (January 23, 2015): 139-149. (Review) Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Ekman, I, Hernandez, AF, Sawyer, T, Bowers, MT, Dewald, TA, Zhao, Y, Levy, J, and Bosworth, HB. "Results of the chronic heart failure intervention to improve medication adherence study: A randomized intervention in high-risk patients." American Heart Journal 169, no. 4 (January 1, 2015): 539-548. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Staton, M, Peterson, L, and Rusincovitch, SA. "Prevalence and Access of Secondary Source Medication Data: Evaluation of the Southeastern Diabetes Initiative (SEDI)." AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science 2015 (January 2015): 66-70.
  - Hughes, HA, Bowers, M, Mckee, V, Saladino, L, Sawyer, T, Washington, DL, Bettger, JP, and Granger, BB. "Comparison of Health Literacy by Race and Gender Among Heart Failure Patients." CIRCULATION 130 (November 25, 2014). Link to Item
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (November 2014): 645-651.e1. Full Text
  - Hughes, HA, and Granger, BB. "Racial disparities and the use of technology for self-management in blacks with heart failure: a literature review." Current heart failure reports 11, no. 3 (September 2014): 281-289. (Review) Full Text
  - "Racial disparities and the use of technology for self-management in blacks with heart failure: A literature review." Current Heart Failure Reports 11, no. 3 (January 1, 2014): 281-289. (Review) Full Text
  - Mendys, P, Zullig, LL, Burkholder, R, Granger, BB, and Bosworth, HB. "Medication adherence: process for implementation." Patient Preference and Adherence 8 (January 2014): 1025-1034. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Tulsky, JA, Granger, BB, Anstrom, KJ, Adams, PA, Dodson, GC, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Taylor, DH, O'Connor, CM, and Rogers, JG. "The palliative care in heart failure trial: Rationale and design." American Heart Journal 168, no. 5 (January 1, 2014): 645-651.e1. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Zhao, Y, Rogers, J, Miller, C, Gilliss, CL, and Champagne, M. "The language of data: tools to translate evidence for nurses in clinical practice." J Nurses Prof Dev 29, no. 6 (November 2013): 294-300. Full Text Link to Item
  - Crowley, MJ, Bosworth, HB, Coffman, CJ, Lindquist, JH, Neary, AM, Harris, AC, Datta, SK, Granger, BB, Pereira, K, Dolor, RJ, and Edelman, D. "Tailored Case Management for Diabetes and Hypertension (TEACH-DM) in a community population: study design and baseline sample characteristics." Contemp Clin Trials 36, no. 1 (September 2013): 298-306. Full Text Link to Item
  - Ellis, MF, Benjamin, K, Cornell, M, Decker, K, Farrell, D, McGugan, L, Porter, GP, Shearin, H, Zhao, Y, and Granger, BB. "Suitability of capillary blood glucose analysis in patients receiving vasopressors." Am J Crit Care 22, no. 5 (September 2013): 423-429. Full Text Link to Item
  - Falk, H, Ekman, I, Anderson, R, Fu, M, and Granger, B. "Older patients' experiences of heart failure-an integrative literature review." Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 45, no. 3 (September 2013): 247-255. (Review) Full Text
  - Fullwood, JE, Mostaghimi, Z, Granger, CB, Washam, JB, Bride, W, Zhao, Y, and Granger, BB. "Alcohol withdrawal prevention: a randomized evaluation of lorazepam and ethanol--a pilot study." Am J Crit Care 22, no. 5 (September 2013): 398-406. Full Text Link to Item
  - Reshamwala, A, McBroom, K, Choi, YI, LaTour, L, Ramos-Embler, A, Steele, R, Lomugdang, V, Newman, M, Reid, C, Zhao, Y, and Granger, BB. "Microbial colonization of electrocardiographic telemetry systems before and after cleaning." Am J Crit Care 22, no. 5 (September 2013): 382-389. Full Text Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, McBroom, K, Bosworth, HB, Hernandez, A, and Ekman, I. "The meanings associated with medicines in heart failure patients." European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing : Journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology 12, no. 3 (June 2013): 276-283. Full Text
  - Bolte, J, and Granger, BB. "Monitoring the quality of clinical inquiry projects." AACN Adv Crit Care 24, no. 1 (January 2013): 78-81. Full Text Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Rusincovitch, SA, Avery, S, Batch, BC, Dunham, AA, Feinglos, MN, Kelly, K, Pierre-Louis, M, Spratt, SE, and Califf, RM. "Missing signposts on the roadmap to quality: a call to improve medication adherence indicators in data collection for population research." Frontiers in Pharmacology 4 (January 2013): 139-null. Full Text
  - Rusincovitch, SA, Batch, BC, Spratt, S, Granger, BB, Dunham, AA, Davis, LP, Brinson, S, Ferranti, JM, Shang, HC, and Califf, RM. "Framework for Curating and Applying Data Elements within Continuing Use Data: A Case Study from the Durham Diabetes Coalition. (Published online)" AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc 2013 (2013): 228-. Link to Item
  - Bettger, JP, and Granger, BB. "Engaging research partners to advance clinical inquiry." AACN Adv Crit Care 23, no. 4 (October 2012): 471-476. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Johnson, RW, Zhao, Y, Newby, LK, Granger, CB, and Granger, BB. "Reasons for noncompletion of advance directives in a cardiac intensive care unit." Am J Crit Care 21, no. 5 (September 2012): 311-320. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sandman, L, Granger, BB, Ekman, I, and Munthe, C. "Adherence, shared decision-making and patient autonomy." Medicine, Health Care, and Philosophy 15, no. 2 (May 2012): 115-127. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Prvu-Bettger, J, Aucoin, J, Fuchs, MA, Mitchell, PH, Holditch-Davis, D, Roth, D, Califf, RM, and Gilliss, CL. "An academic-health service partnership in nursing: lessons from the field." Journal of Nursing Scholarship : an Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 44, no. 1 (March 2012): 71-79. Full Text
  - Granger, B. "Research evidence and beyond." AACN advanced critical care 23, no. 2 (2012): 215-216. Full Text
  - Johnson, RW, Cook, W, Granger, CB, Bride, W, and Granger, BB. "Supporting choices in end of life care: a descriptive analysis of patient deaths to evaluate level of end of life care in an intensive care unit." American Journal of Critical Care (2012). (Academic Article)
  - Patel, MJ, Bensimhon, DR, Pierson, L, Ndubuizu, K, Craig, KP, Cummings, A, Granger, B, Heinsimer, JA, and Kraus, WE. "Improving cardiac rehabilitation referral patterns using computerized physician order entry systems." Am J Med 124, no. 10 (October 2011): 908-910. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bosworth, HB, Granger, BB, Mendys, P, Brindis, R, Burkholder, R, Czajkowski, SM, Daniel, JG, Ekman, I, Ho, M, Johnson, M, Kimmel, SE, Liu, LZ, Musaus, J, Shrank, WH, Whalley Buono, E, Weiss, K, and Granger, CB. "Medication adherence: a call for action." American Heart Journal 162, no. 3 (September 2011): 412-424. (Review) Full Text
  - Granger, BB, and Bosworth, HB. "Medication adherence: emerging use of technology." Current Opinion in Cardiology 26, no. 4 (July 2011): 279-287. (Review) Full Text
  - Ekman, I, Granger, B, Swedberg, K, Stenlund, H, and Boman, K. "Measuring shortness of breath in heart failure (SOB-HF): Development and validation of a new dyspnoea assessment tool." European Journal of Heart Failure 13, no. 8 (2011): 838-845. Full Text
  - Johnson, RW, Newby, LK, Granger, CB, Cook, WA, Peterson, ED, Echols, M, Bride, W, and Granger, BB. "Differences in level of care at the end of life according to race." American Journal of Critical Care : an Official Publication, American Association of Critical Care Nurses 19, no. 4 (July 2010): 335-344. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Ekman, I, Granger, CB, Ostergren, J, Olofsson, B, Michelson, E, McMurray, JJV, Yusuf, S, Pfeffer, MA, and Swedberg, K. "Adherence to medication according to sex and age in the CHARM programme." Eur J Heart Fail 11, no. 11 (November 2009): 1092-1098. Full Text Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Sandelowski, M, Tahshjain, H, Swedberg, K, and Ekman, I. "A qualitative descriptive study of the work of adherence to a chronic heart failure regimen: patient and physician perspectives." J Cardiovasc Nurs 24, no. 4 (July 2009): 308-315. Full Text Link to Item
  - Porter, G, Edwards, PB, and Granger, BB. "Stagnant perceptions of nursing among high school students: results of a shadowing intervention study." J Prof Nurs 25, no. 4 (July 2009): 227-233. Full Text Link to Item
  - Patel, MJ, Bensimhon, DR, Granger, BB, Mendys, P, Craig, KP, Jr, MB, Kraus, WE, and Heinsimer, JA. "A Simple and Effective Approach to Improving Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) Referrals: Improving Clinical Practice Through Mandatory Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 53, no. 10 (March 10, 2009): A225-A225. Link to Item
  - Granger, BB. "Practical steps for evidence-based practice: putting one foot in front of the other." Aacn Advanced Critical Care 19, no. 3 (July 2008): 314-324. (Review) Full Text
  - Falk, K, Granger, BB, Swedberg, K, and Ekman, I. "Breaking the vicious circle of fatigue in patients with chronic heart failure." Qualitative Health Research 17, no. 8 (October 2007): 1020-1027. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Moser, D, Harrell, J, Sandelowski, M, and Ekman, I. "A practical use of theory to study adherence." Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 22, no. 3 (2007): 152-158. (Review) Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Moser, D, Harrell, J, Sandelowski, M, and Ekman, I. "A practical use of theory to study adherence." Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing 22, no. 3 (January 1, 2007): 152-158. (Review) Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Moser, D, Germino, B, Harrell, J, and Ekman, I. "Caring for patients with chronic heart failure: The trajectory model." Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 5, no. 3 (September 2006): 222-227. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Swedberg, K, Ekman, I, Granger, CB, Olofsson, B, McMurray, JJV, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, Pfeffer, MA, and CHARM investigators, . "Adherence to candesartan and placebo and outcomes in chronic heart failure in the CHARM programme: double-blind, randomised, controlled clinical trial." Lancet (London, England) 366, no. 9502 (December 2005): 2005-2011. Full Text
  - Helfrich Jones, ML, Granger, BB, Short, LM, and Croll Taylor, M. "A new response to heart disease in women." Nurs Manage 35, no. 7 (July 2004): 19-25. (Review) Link to Item
  - Granger, BB. "How to make nursing research work for you." Nursing 33, no. 11 (November 2003): 47-49. Link to Item
  - Granger, BB. "Research strategies for clinicians." Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 13, no. 4 (December 2001): 605-615. Full Text
  - GRANGER, BRADIB, and MILLER, CORINNEM. "Acute coronary syndrome: Putting the new guidelines to work." Nursing 31, no. 11 (November 2001): 36-45. Full Text
  - Granger, BB, Miller, C, Johnson, R, Merrill, M, Cox, M, DeWald, T, and Bride, W. "Applying new guidelines for acute coronary syndromes." Nursing 31, no. 11 (November 2001): 36-43. (Academic Article)
  - Whellan, DJ, Gaulden, L, Gattis, WA, Granger, B, Russell, SD, Blazing, MA, Cuffe, MS, and O'Connor, CM. "The benefit of implementing a heart failure disease management program." Arch Intern Med 161, no. 18 (October 8, 2001): 2223-2228. Link to Item
  - Saur, CD, Granger, BB, Muhlbaier, LH, Forman, LM, McKenzie, RJ, Taylor, MC, and Smith, PK. "Depressive symptoms and outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting." American Journal of Critical Care : an Official Publication, American Association of Critical Care Nurses 10, no. 1 (January 2001): 4-10.
  - Cheek, DJ, and Granger, BB. "Acute Care Cardiology, Preface." Nurs Clin North Am 35, no. 4 (December 2000): xiii-xiv. Link to Item
  - Fullwood, J, Butler, G, Smith, T, Cox, M, Bride, W, Mostaghimi, Z, Cook, PS, and Granger, BB. "New strategies in the management of acute coronary syndromes." Nurs Clin North Am 35, no. 4 (December 2000): 877-895. (Review) Link to Item
  - Newby, LK, Kaplan, AL, Granger, BB, Sedor, F, Califf, RM, and Ohman, EM. "Comparison of cardiac troponin T versus creatine kinase-MB for risk stratification in a chest pain evaluation unit." The American Journal of Cardiology 85, no. 7 (April 2000): 801-805. Full Text
  - Whellan, DJ, Gattis, WA, Gaulden, L, Granger, B, and O'Connor, CM. "Disease management of congestive heart failure." Am J Manag Care 5, no. 4 (April 1999): 499-507. Link to Item
  - Fullwood, J, Granger, BB, Bride, W, and Taylor, MC. "Heart Center nursing research: a team effort. Heart Center Nursing Research Work Group Members." Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 14, no. 1 (1999): 25-29. Link to Item
  - Esposito, GA, Dunham, G, Granger, BB, Tudor, GE, and Granger, CB. "Converting i.v. nitroglycerin therapy to nitroglycerin ointment therapy: a comparison of two methods." Am J Crit Care 7, no. 2 (March 1998): 123-130. Link to Item
  - Newby, LK, Ohman, EM, Granger, BB, Sawyer, T, Sedor, F, Holleman, CM, and Califf, RM. "Use of diagnostic tools in a chest pain evaluation unit: Value of troponin T testing." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY 29, no. 2 (February 1997): 7562-7562. Link to Item
  - White, SK, Bartrug, B, and Bride, W. "Supporting nursing innovations in a cost-conscious environment." Critical care nursing clinics of North America 7, no. 2 (June 1995): 399-406. (Academic Article)
  - Bartrug, B, Fullwood, J, Rogers, L, and Bride, W. "Delirium tremens in acute myocardial infarction." Heart & lung : the journal of critical care 23, no. 1 (May 1994): 21-26. (Academic Article)
- Conference Papers
  - Mentz, RJ, O'Connor, CM, Granger, BB, Yang, H, Patel, CB, Steinhauser, KE, Fiuzat, M, Johnson, KS, Anstrom, KJ, Dodson, GC, Taylor, DH, Mark, DB, Tulsky, JA, and Rogers, JG. "Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial." October 2018. Full Text
  - Pokorney, SD, Granger, CB, Bloom, D, Thomas, KL, Al-Khatib, SM, Anderson, J, Heflin, MT, and Granger, BB. "Provider Rather Than Patient Misperceptions Appear to be the Most Common Barriers to Oral Anticoagulation Use for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation." November 11, 2016. Link to Item
  - Pokorney, SD, Granger, CB, Bloom, D, Thomas, KL, Al-Khatib, SM, Anderson, J, Heflin, MT, and Granger, BB. "Provider Rather Than Patient Misperceptions Appear to be the Most Common Barriers to Oral Anticoagulation Use for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation." November 11, 2016. Link to Item
  - Edelman, D, Coffman, CJ, Dolor, R, Lindquist, JH, Pereira, KC, Granger, BB, Neary, AM, Harris, AC, and Bosworth, H. "RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF TELEPHONE NURSE CASE CO-MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION IN COMMUNITY PRACTICE." April 2014. Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Bosworth, H, Hernandez, A, Reed, S, and Ekman, I. "Results of the Chronic Heart Failure Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence (CHIME) Study: A Randomized Self-Management Intervention in High Risk Non-Adherent Patients." November 26, 2013. Link to Item
  - Granger, BB, Swedberg, K, Ekman, I, Ostergren, J, Yusuf, S, Michelson, EL, Zeneca, A, Granger, CB, and Pfeffer, MA. "Adherence, even to placebo, is strongly and independently related to outcome in patients with chronic heart failure: Results from the CHARM program." October 26, 2004. Link to Item
  - Granger, BB. "A qualitative analysis of the transfer of adherence work to others in heart failure." November 5, 2002. Link to Item
  - Garg, R, Whellan, DJ, Blazing, MA, Russell, SD, Gaulden, LH, Granger, BB, Gattis, WA, and O'Connor, C. "Opinions of primary care physicians regarding duke congestive heart failure (CHF) program." November 2, 1999. Link to Item
  - Kaplan, AL, Newby, K, Granger, BB, Sedor, FA, and Ohman, EM. "Long-term prognostic value of troponin T testing in a chest pain unit." November 2, 1999. Link to Item
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