Key responsibilities --

• Methodology consultant to staff nurses at DUMC regarding clinical research projects.

Active  projects include:
• Effects of Telephone Follow-up in 1st-Time Chemotherapy Recipients

Geraldine Feldt, RN, Principal Investigator
• Sleep in Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Patients

Dai-Wai Olson, RN, Principal Investigator
 
See list of   funded projects  below
 
• Member of Duke University Medical Center's Institutional Review Board

• Conducts Program of Research on Disability in Nursing Home Residents

•   Preventing Disability in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

        (under review, National Institute for Nursing Research)
Co-investigators:  Laurence Branch, PhD, Carl Pieper, DrPH

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Funded Research
• Exercise, Axial Mobility and Function in Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents
Co-Principal Investigator:  Gary Kochersberger, MD, University of Rochester
• Co-investigators:

         Teepa Snow, MS, OTR, FAOTA, Durham Technical College,
Debra Weiner, MD, Carl Pieper, DrPH, Linda K. George, PhD,
Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
 
• Co-investigator in Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Measurement Core
                Principal Investigator Harvey Jay Cohen, MD
                Co-Investigators:  Deborah Gold, PhD, Miriam Morey, PhD,
                            Carl Pieper, DrPH,  Margaret Schenkman, PhD
National Institute on Aging # P60-AG11268

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• Sensory Loss, Behavior and Function in Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes
Co-investigators:
• Bettye Rose Connell, PhD, Principal Investigator

Dale Strasser, MD,
Atlanta VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center
• Gary Mancil, OD, Rickilyn Mancil, MA, Laura Rodriguez, MSN, Salisbury VAMC
• Catherine Gutmann, GNP, DrPH, Durham VAMC
• Project Manager:  Linda Folsom, BSN Durham VAMC
Department of Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Merit Review #E2044R

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Effects of Internet Access on Social Support of Older Adults
 
Co-Principal Investigator:  Heidi K. White, MD
Co-Investigators:
• Laurence Branch, PhD
• Elizabeth C. Clipp, PhD, RN
• Carl F. Pieper, DrPH
• Project Manager: Tami Box, BS

http://www.duke.edu/~tbox/ip.html
 
National Institute on Aging # P60-AG11268 &
Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Effects of Telephone Follow-up on First Time Chemotherapy Recipients,
            Geraldine Feldt, RN, Principal Investigator
            Oncology Nurses Foundation

• Teach in Research Methods Courses

• N307: Research Methods
• N308: Applied Statistics
• N312: Research Utilization

• Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development

• Clinical Nurse Specialist, Gerontology,

Durham VAMC Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center

• Address: Box 3322

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
• Office: Room 1003 School of Nursing
• Phone: 919-684-3786 Ext. 257
• Fax: 919-681-8899
• E-mail: mccon002@mc.duke.edu

Selected Publications

 McConnell, E.S.. Conceptual Framework for Gerontological Nursing. Chapter 1 in Matteson, M.A. and McConnell, E.S. (eds.) Gerontological Nursing: Concepts and Practice. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1988.

McConnell, E.S., Neelon, V.J. and Champagne, M.T. The Relationship Between Nutrition and Cognitive Impairment in the Hospitalized Elderly. in Funk, S., Tornquist, E.T., Champagne, M.T., Copp, L.A. and Wiese, R. (eds.) Key Aspects of Recovery: Mobility, Rest, and Nutrition. New York: Springer, 1990.

Lekan-Rutledge, D., McConnell, E.S., Ouimette, R., and Hogue, C.C. Competency-Based Education of Professional and Non-Professional Nursing Staff in Long-Term Care. Abstract in The Gerontologist. Vol. 30, Special Issue, 1990.

Neelon, V.J., Champagne, M.T., McConnell, E., Carlson, J. and Funk, S.G. (1992). Use of the Neecham Scale to assess acute confusional states of hospitalized older patients. in Funk, S.G., Tornquist, E.M., Champagne, M.T. and Wiese, R.A., (Eds). Key Aspects of Elder Care: Managing Falls, Incontinence, and Cognitive Impairment. (pp. 278-290), New York: Springer.

Matteson, M.A. & McConnell, E.S. (1992-1995). Translation and adaptation of the first English language edition of Gerontological Nursing, Concepts and Practice, Vol. 1-5. Tokyo: Igaku-Shoin, Ltd.

Hogue, C., Cullinan, S., and McConnell, E.S. (1993). Exercise interventions for the  Chronically Ill.  in Funk, S.F., Tornquist, E.T., Champagne, M.T., and Wiese, R. (eds). Key Aspects of Caring for the Chronically Ill: Hospital and Home. New York: Springer.

McConnell, E.S., Snow, T.S., Weiner, D.L., Kochersberger, G.K., Pieper, C. & George, L.K. (1994). Reliability and validity of a new physical performance measure for nursing home patients: Snow's intermediate functional task (SIFT) battery. The Gerontologist, Special Issue, Vol. 34, p. 150.

Adams-Mount, L., Kochersberger, G., McConnell, E.S., Murphy, T. & Purser, J. (1995). Video surveillance versus standard nursing assessment of risk factors for recurrent falls among extended care patients. Abstract Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 43(9), SA9.

McConnell, E.S. (1997). A conceptual framework for gerontological nursing practice. Chapter 1 in Matteson, M.A., McConnell, E.S., & Linton, A. Gerontological Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.

Weiner, D., Pieper, C. McConnell, E., Martinez, S. & Keefe, F (1996). Pain measurement in elders with chronic low back pain: Traditional and alternative approaches. Pain. 67, 461-467.

Kochersberger, G., McConnell, E., Pieper, C. & Kuchibhatla, M. (1996). Validity of a new measure of physical activity in older adults. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 77, 793-5.

McConnell, E.S., Kochersberger, G.K., Snow, T.L., Weiner, D.K., Pieper, C.F., & George, L.K. (1996). Effects of a nurse-led group strength and flexibility exercise program for nursing home residents.  The Gerontologist (Special Issue). Vol. 36, 42.

 Duke Medical Center Library

 Duke Long-Term Care Resouces Center
 
 Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Developmet

 National Institute for Nursing Research

 Sigma Theta Tau International

 Agency for Health Care Policy & Research (AHCPR)

 Health Care Financing Administration

 Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

 Institute of Medicine

•  Probability Central (an on-line course about basic probability concepts)
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)