About Christine Mueller
Long-Term Care
Nursing Leadership and Management
About Christine Mueller
 Christine
Mueller, PhD, RN, C, CNAA began her professional nursing career in 1974 in the
specialty of gerontological nursing and for those 29 years has focused primarily
on care of elders in long-term care facilities. She has had numerous leadership
roles in nursing facilities: clinician, nurse administrator, staff development
educator, consultant, and researcher. She has taught gerontological nursing
and nursing administration/management at several universities. She served as
the clinical research associate for the HCFA National Nursing Home Case-mix
and Quality demonstration project and has worked on several HCFA projects related
to nursing home quality of care. Currently, she is an associate professor in
the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Mueller is
certified by the ANCC in gerontological nursing and nursing adminstration advanced.
She is a member of the National Association of Directors of Nursing in Long-term
Care, Sigma Theta Tau International, the Minnesota Nurses Association, the Gerontological
Society of America, and the Council on Graduate Education in Nursing Administration.
Dr. Mueller was selected to be a1999 Scholar for the Hartford Geriatric Nursing
Research Institute. She was involved in the development of the ANCC Magnet Nursing
Program for Long-term Care and serves as a site appraiser for the program.
Dr. Mueller's research
program is focused on nurse staffing and nursing care delivery models in long-term
care facilities. She is also on the review panel for four journals and the editorial
board for one. She has been funded for numerous research studies and projects
and has published over 30 articles and book chapters.
From 1985-1987,
Dr. Mueller participated in the American Nurses Foundation project, "The
Professional Development and Education of Nurse Administrators/Directors of
Nursing in Long-term Care." This project involved partnering university-based
schools of nursing with directors of nursing in nursing homes through a unique
education offering designed exclusively for directors of nursing. In part, this
website and the online courses carries that project forward into the 21st century.
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