Carol O'Boyle, PhD, RN Associate Professor Telephone Number: 612-624-9659 FAX Number: 612-625-7091 E-mail Address: oboyl002@umn.edu Office Location: 6-128 Weaver-Densford Hall

Mailing Address:

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

Educational Background:

BS, 1976, Science, University of Minnesota
MS, 1991, Public Health, University of Minnesota
PhD, 1998, Nursing, University of Minnesota

Teaching Areas:

International health
Population-focused nursing
Infectious disease
Infection control
Nursing leadership
Public health nursing

Research Interests:

Specialty areas are nurses' internal motivational factors related to infection control; hand hygiene; international public health and infection control; variables influencing nurses' response to bioterrorism; infection control staffing in U.S. health care facilities. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: MN Emergency Readiness Education & Training (MERET)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA
Project Dates: 10/1/05-9/30/08

Title of Project: NIS Multi-Country Partnerships Program for Nursing Education and Leadership Development
Funding Agency: American International Health Alliance (USAID Prime)
Role: co-Investigator
Project Dates: 03/2004-09/2006

Title of Project: Technology Enhanced Learning in Graduate Education
Funding Agency: DHHS/HRSA
Role: co-Director
Project Dates: 9/1/04-6/30/07

Title of Project: Variables that Influence the Response of Nurses During a Bioterrorism Event
Funding Agency: Research Foundation for the Prevention of Complications Associated with Health Care
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 4/15/04-4/14/05

Title of Project: Variables Influencing Nurses' Response to Bioterrorism
Funding Agency: Grant-in-Aid, U of Minnesota Graduate School
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 7/03-1/05

Title of Project: Reassuring Nurses During a Bioterrorism Event
Funding Agency: U Minnesota Faculty Summer Research
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 6/03-8/03

Title of Project: Prospective Surveillance for Community-Acquired MPSA in 10 Minnesota Hospitals
Funding Agency: State of Minnesota and USCDC
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 1999-2001

Title of Project: Staffing Research Project: I - Identifying the infection control staffing requirements of US health care facilities
Funding Agency: Association for Professionals in Infection Control
Role: Principal Investigator-Phase I
Project Dates: 10/99-6/01

Title of Project: A multi-dimensional intervention to improve health care workers' adherence to hand hygiene
Funding Agency: 3M Corporation
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 10/99-12/00

Selected Publications:

O'Boyle, C., & Jackson, M. (2005). Staffing. In APIC (Ed.), APIC text of infection control and epidemiology (2nd ed., pp. 36-1-36-6). Washington, DC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

O'Boyle, C., & Robertson, C. (2005). Qualitative analysis. In APIC (Ed.), APIC text of infection control and epidemiology (2nd ed., pp. 30-1-30-9). Washington, DC: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

O'Boyle, C. (2003). The expanded role of the nurse in hospital epidemiology. In R. P. Wenzel (Ed.), Prevention and control of nosocomial infections (4th ed., pp. 55-65). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Naimi, T. S., Anderson, D., O'Boyle, C., Boxrud, D. J., Johnson, S. K., Tenover, F. C., & Lynfield, R. (2003). Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus with phenotypic susceptibility to methicillin in a patient with recurrent bacteremia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 36(12), 1609-1612.

O'Boyle, C., Jackson, M., & Henly, S. J. (2002). Staffing requirements for infection control programs in US health care facilities: Delphi project. American Journal of Infection Control, 30(6), 321-333.

O'Boyle, C.A., Henly, S.J., & Duckett, L.J. (2001) Nurses' motivation to wash their hands. Applied Nursing Research, 14, 136-145.

O'Boyle, C.A., Henly, S.J., & Larson, E. (2001). Understanding adherence to hand hygiene recommendations: The theory of planned behavior. American Journal of Infection Control, 29, 352-360.

Center Membership:

Center for Child and Family Health Promotion Research