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Falls
Handbook
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Deanna
Gray-Miceli, DNSc, APRN, FAANP is consultant to
New York University-John Hartford Institute for Geriatric
Nursing (NYU-JHIGN), invited consultant to a state department
of health for statewide fall prevention initiatives and
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania,
School of Nursing. As a doctorally prepared gerontological
nurse practitioner for over 2 decades, Deanna has devoted
her clinical and research interests to evaluation and care
of older adults who fall. In the mid-1990’s she founded
and directed the first academic nurse managed Fall Assessment
and Prevention Program in the country, housed at a school
of medicine. In 2001, she completed a doctoral degree focusing
her dissertation research on the “Lived experience
and meaning of a serious fall to older adults”. In
2002, Deanna was awarded a two-year Post-Doctoral Scholarship
by The John A. Hartford Building Academic Geriatric Nursing
Capacity Program, working with faculty mentors from the
School of Nursing and School of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania.
Dr.
Gray-Miceli’s program of research includes the development,
validation and feasibility for RNs to use a post-fall assessment
tool for older adults in nursing homes who fall. The tool
is capable of detecting reasons for fall events by clinical
staff. To further test its clinical use and feasibility
by clinical staff to reduce falls, Deanna was awarded a
pilot grant through the Division of Long-Term Care Awards
at the University of Pennsylvania- School of Medicine.
Dr.
Gray-Miceli's work in fall prevention includes nursing,
interdisciplinary, and consumer education, clinical research
and development of programs and services for older adults
who fall. In 2006, she was an invited reviewer to the State
and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association
(STIPDA), Injury Surveillance Workgroup on Falls [ISW4]
Report: Consensus Recommendations for Surveillance of Falls
and Fall-related Injuries, and contributed to ECRI’s
book “Fall Prevention Strategies in Health Care Settings”
. Deanna has published over 25 refereed journal articles,
10 book chapters and presented over 25 papers or posters
at national and local scientific meetings most related to
falls in older adults. As a consultant to NYU, Deanna is
Project Director to the AACN/JHI sponsored grant ““Preparing
Nursing Students to Care for Older Adults: Enhancing Gerontology
in Senior-level Undergraduate Courses: The G-NEC Experience.”
Deanna is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
and the Gerontological Society of America.
Elizabeth
Capezuti PhD, RN, FAAN is a BS graduate of Lehman
College (1980), and a MSN graduate of Hunter College - Bellevue
School of Nursing (Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, 1984).
In 1995 she received her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University
of Pennsylvania and is currently an Associate Professor
and Co-Director of the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute
for Geriatric Nursing, both at New York University College
of Nursing. Dr. Capezuti has published extensively in the
areas of fall prevention, restraint/side rail elimination,
elder mistreatment and legal liability issues. In recognition
of her work, she the 2001 recipient of the Otsuka/American
Geriatrics Society Outstanding Scientific Achievement for
Clinical Investigation Award. She is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Nursing, the Gerontological Society of America,
and the New York Academy of Medicine.
William
T. Lawson, III, BA, BSA, JD earned his BS (Accounting)
and his JD from Villanova University in 1980. He is admitted
to practice law in Pennsylvania, New York and Georgia. He
maintains his primary law practice in Philadelphia, with
a specialization in nursing home litigation and elder law.
Mr. Lawson is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers
of America and is listed in Who’s Who in American
Law. He provides pro bono legal services for indigent elders
through Judicare and Villanova University’s law school
mentorship program. Mr. Lawson has published and lectured
in the areas of nursing home litigation, elder law and elder
abuse legislation.
Patricia
Iyer RN, MSN, LNCC, CLNI is president of Med
League Support Services, Inc., a legal nurse consulting
firm that was established in 1989 in Flemington, NJ. Ms.
Iyer has testified as an expert witness for 20 years. She
is the editor or coauthor of 23 books. Her most recent book
is Nursing Malpractice,
Third Edition, which she coedited with Barbara
Levin BSN RN LNCC ONC. She earned her MSN from University
of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She is certified as a legal
nurse consultant from the American Association of Legal
Nurse Consulting. Elected to the Board of Directors of the
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, she completed
a five year term in 2003, including one year as president
of the Association (2002-2003). She served a two year term
as the chair of the Education Committee of the American
Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and was the chief
editor of the AALNC online legal nurse consulting course.
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