Bonnie Westra

Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN Assistant Professor Telephone Number: 612-625-4470 FAX Number: 612-625-7091 E-mail Address: westr006@umn.edu Office Location: 6-135 Weaver-Densford Hall

Co-operative Membership:
Population Health and Systems

Mailing Address:
School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:

BS, 1975, College of St. Theresa, Winona, MN (Nursing)
MS, 1979, University of Colorado, Denver (Community Health Nursing)
PhD, 1991, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Gerontology, Chronic Illness)

Teaching Areas:

Informatics

Research Interests:

Informatics; knowledge discovery in databases; leadership; business process improvement; quality improvement; systems analysis; home care; hospice; public health.

Current Research Funding:

Title of Project: Using Electronic Health Record Data to Predict Medical Emergencies for Homecare Patients
Role: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency: UMN Digital Technology Initiative, University of Minnesota
Project Dates: 5/1/06-6/30/07

Title of Project: The Impact of Health Information Exchange
Role: Investigator (Speedie, PI – Medicine)
Funding Agency: UMN Faculty Research Development Grant
Project Dates: 1/1/06-12/31/08

Title of Project: Improving Informatics Competencies for Minnesota Nursing Leaders
Role: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency: Office for Public Engagement, University of Minnesota
Project Dates: 1/1/2007-12/31/2007

Title of Project: Developing Predictive Models for Improving Home Care Patients’ Ambulation and Medication Management Outcomes
Role: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency: Grant In Aide, University of Minnesota
Project Dates: 1/1/2007- 6/30/2008

Title of Project: Predictive Modeling for Improving Incontinence and Pressures Ulcers in Homecare
Role: Primary Investigator
Funding Agency: P20, University of Minnesota
Project Dates: 5/1/2007- 4/30/2008

Selected Publications:

McCormick KA, Delaney CJ, Brennan PF, Effken JA, Kendrick K, Murphy J, Skiba DJ, Warren JJ, Weaver CA, Weiner B, & Westra BL. (2007). Guideposts to the Future - An Agenda for Nursing Informatics. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 14, 19-24.

Westra, B.L, Solomon, D., & Ashley, D.M. (2006). Use of the Omaha System Data to Validate Medicare Required Outcomes in Home Care. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 20(3), 88-94.

Westra, B.L. (2005). National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) and Nursing: Implementing the Omaha System in Community-Based Practice.   http://www.himss.org/ASP/ topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=96.

Westra, B.L. (1999).  The Omaha System:  Bridging Home Care and Technology.  On Line Journal of Nursing Informatics. http://cac.psu.edu/~dxm12/ojni.html

Westra, BL,  Holland DE, Aufenthie J, Cullen L, Finley J, Griebenow L, Hess G, Jacobson T, Kennebek S, McHale J, McMyler E, Ohland J, Ryan S, Wollan P.  (1998)  Testing the Uniform Needs Assessment Instrument for hospital discharge planning with older adults.  Journal of Gerontolological Nursing, 24(5):42-6.

Marek, K.D., Jenkins, M., Westra, B.L., & McGinley, A.  (1998). Implementation of a Clinical Information System in Nurse-Managed Care, Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, ,30(3), 37-44.

Button, P., Androwich, I., Hibben, L., Kern, V., Madden, G., Marek, K., Westra, B., Zingo, C., and Mead, C.N.  (1998).  Challenges and Issues Related to Implementation of Nursing Vocabularies in Computer-based Systems.  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 5:332-334.

Westra, B.L., Johnson, S.J., Brady-Schluttner, K., Ellenbecker, Sue, Johnson, M., Lassegard, E., Maas, Meridean, Stone, J.L.(1996).  Evaluating Physical Functional Outcomes:  One Category of the NOC System. Medsurg Nursing, The Journal of Adult Health, 5 (3), 157-162

Westra, B. L., Martin, K. S., & Swan, A.  (1996). Recognizing the need for standardized documentation and classifying patient needs. Journal of Home Health Care Management and Practice, 8(5), 24-31.

Westra, B. L., & Raup, G.  (1995). Computerized charting: An essential tool for survival.  Caring, IV(8), 57-61.

Westra, B. L., Cullen, L., Brody, D., Jump, P., Geanon, L., & Milad, E.  (1995).  Development of the home care client satisfaction instrument. Public Health Nursing, 12, 393-399.

Werley, H., Devine, B., Zorn, C., Ryan, P., & Westra, B.  (1992).  The Nursing Minimum Data Set:  Abstraction Tool for Standardized, Comparable, Essential Data.  1992 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics.  Stuttgart:  Schattauer.

Westra, B. L. & Rodgers, B. L.  (1991).  The concept of integration:  A foundation for evaluating outcomes of nursing care.  Journal of Professional Nursing, 7 277-282.

Werley, H., Devine, B., Zorn, C., Ryan, P., & Westra, B.  (1991).  The Nursing Minimum Data Set:  Abstraction Tool for Standardized, Comparable, Essential Data.  American Journal of Public Health, 81, 421-426.

Center Membership:

Center for Gerontological Nursing