Kirsten N Corazzini

Journal article J Am Geriatr Soc · September 2007 Featured Publication OBJECTIVES: To identify barriers to and facilitators of the diffusion of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and clinical protocols in nursing homes (NHs). DESIGN: Qualitative analysis. SETTING: Four randomly selected community nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS: ... Full text Link to item Cite

Paying attention: A leap toward quality care.

Journal article Director · 2007 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

Exit interview-consultation for research validation and dissemination.

Journal article West J Nurs Res · December 2006 Featured Publication Dissemination of research findings to practice and maintenance of rigor and validity in qualitative research are continuing challenges for nurse researchers. Using three nursing home case studies as examples, this article describes how exit interview-consu ... Full text Link to item Cite

MDS coordinator relationships and nursing home care processes.

Journal article West J Nurs Res · April 2006 Featured Publication This study describes how Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinators' relationship patterns influence nursing home care processes. MDS coordinators interact with nursing home staff to coordinate resident assessment and care planning, but little is known about how ... Full text Link to item Cite

Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

Journal article Qual Health Res · February 2006 Featured Publication Complexity science teaches that relationships among health care providers are key to our understanding of how quality care emerges. The authors sought to compare the effects of differing patterns of medicine-nursing communication on the quality of informat ... Full text Link to item Cite

Connection, regulation, and care plan innovation: a case study of four nursing homes.

Journal article Health Care Manage Rev · 2006 Featured Publication We describe how connections among nursing home staff impact the care planning process using a complexity science framework. We completed six-month case studies of four nursing homes. Field observations (n = 274), shadowing encounters (n = 69), and in-depth ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nurse assistant mental models, sensemaking, care actions, and consequences for nursing home residents.

Journal article Qual Health Res · October 2005 Featured Publication In a nursing home case study using observation and interview data, the authors described two mental models that guided certified nurse assistants (CNAs) in resident care. The Golden Rule guided CNAs to respond to residents as they would want someone to do ... Full text Link to item Cite

The power of relationship for high-quality long-term care.

Journal article J Nurs Care Qual · 2005 Featured Publication Full text Link to item Cite

"The Golden Rule": Only a starting point for quality care.

Journal article Director · 2005 Featured Publication The Golden Rule guides people to choose for others what they would choose for themselves. The Golden Rule is often described as 'putting yourself in someone else's shoes', or 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you'(Baumrin 2004). The viewpoint ... Link to item Cite

Complexity science and the dynamics of climate and communication: reducing nursing home turnover.

Journal article The Gerontologist · June 2004 Featured Publication PurposeTurnover in nursing homes is a widespread problem adversely affecting care quality. Using complexity theory, we tested the effect of administrative climate, communication patterns, and the interaction between the two on turnover, controllin ... Full text Cite

How state-funded home care programs respond to changes in Medicare home health care: resource allocation decisions on the front line.

Journal article Health services research · October 2003 Featured Publication ObjectiveTo examine how case managers in a state-funded home care program allocate home care services in response to information about a client's Medicare home health care status, with particular attention to the influence of work environment. ... Full text Cite

The relative effects of home care client characteristics on the resource allocation process: do personality and demeanor matter?

Journal article The Gerontologist · December 2002 Featured Publication PurposeThis study measures the differential effects of home care client characteristics typically included in standardized needs assessment protocols, and client characteristics such as attitude or demeanor that arise from the case manager-client ... Full text Cite

Case management decision making: goal transformation through discretion and client interpretation.

Journal article Home health care services quarterly · January 2000 Featured Publication This study examines the decision-making strategies employed by case managers in a state-funded home care program for the elderly. Specifically, this study applies Lipsky's (1980) theory of street-level bureaucracy to gerontological research on case managem ... Full text Cite

Factors affecting influenza vaccination among attendees at a senior center.

Journal article Maryland medical journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985) · January 1996 Featured Publication Influenza is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. We questioned attendees at a Baltimore County senior center that offered influenza vaccination about the factors that influenced their decision to receive vaccination. Of the 43 res ... Cite

Guidelines for the use of tacrine in Alzheimer's disease: clinical application and effectiveness. Johns Hopkins Dementia Research Clinic.

Journal article The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · January 1996 Featured Publication The efficacy of tacrine for treatment of Alzheimer's has been demonstrated in several clinical trials but has not been assessed in cases complicated by medical and psychiatric comorbidities. Additionally, the benefit-risk ratio of tacrine is small, so it i ... Full text Cite

Mania in Alzheimer's disease.

Journal article The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences · January 1995 Featured Publication A chart review of 134 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showed a 2.2% prevalence of mania, lower than previously cited. Of 3 patients with mania, 2 had a history of mania before the onset of AD. Prevalence rates and the role of Alzheimer's disease in ... Full text Cite