Ruth A. Lindquist, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

• AHC Teaching Award
• Horace T. Morse Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Award
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers Member
• Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2014

• Co-operative Membership
  Adult and Gerontological Nursing
• Center Memberships:
  Center for Aging Science and Care Innovation
  Center for Spirituality and Healing

Personal control and quality of life; alterations in homeostatic function in elderly; risks of and response to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease; fall prevention; complementary and alternative therapies; home monitoring in lung transplant. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: Acupuncture for Prevention and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in CABG Surgery Patients

Funding Agency: MN Center for Health Trajectory Research (NINR-P20)
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 5/1/06-4/30/07

Title of Project: Informatics-based Nurse Triage in Lung Transplant Care
Funding Agency: NIH/NINR
Role: Co-Investigator (Finkelstein, PI - Medicine)
Project Dates: 7/1/05-6/30/09

Title of Project: Neuropsychological Functioning, Delirium, and Health Related Quality of Life of Patients Following On & Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Funding Agency: Minnesota Nurses Association Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 5/1/05-1/31/06

Title of Project: Event Detection for Lung Transplant Triage Support
Funding Agency: Grant-in-Aid, UMN Graduate School
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 1/04-12/04

Title of Project: Neuropsychological, Biologic, and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: "On" vs. "Off" Pump
Funding Agency: Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 2/02-12/04

Title of Project: A Fall Prevention Program for High Risk Elderly Women
Funding Agency: NINR, NIH NR05107
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 5/00-2/04

Title of Project: Comprehensive Needs Assessment of African-American Stroke Survivors, Family Members, and Health Providers
Funding Agency: President's Faculty Multicultural Research Award Program
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1999-2000

Title of Project: Development and Testing of a Novel System for Prompting and Monitoring Exercise Behavior in Older Adults
Funding Agency: Academic Health Center, U of MN
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 6/98-5/00

Title of Project: Needs Assessment of Stroke Survivors and Their Families
Funding Agency: American Heart Association, Minnesota Affiliate
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 5/97-10/98

Recent Publications:

Articles

• Song, Y., & Lindquist, R. (2018). Critical review of mindfulness-based stress reduction for anxiety and depression among patients with heart disease. The Asian International Journal of Life Sciences, Suppl. 15(1), 1-8.

• Whipple, M., Schorr, E. N., Talley, K. M. C., Lindquist, R., Bronas, U. G., Treat-Jacobson, D. T. (2017). Variability in individual response to aerobic exercise interventions among older adults. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Sep7: 1-37. doi: 10.1123/japa.2017-0054. [Epub ahead of print]

• Lindquist, R. (2017). Is the age-old practice of meditation a complement to comprehensive patient cardiovascular risk reduction? Science News, 1 – 4. Available at: http://professional.heart.org/professional/Science...

• Meghani, N., Tracy, M. F., Hadidi, N., & Lindquist R. (2017). Part I: The effects of music for the symptom Management of pain, anxiety and insomnia in critically ill patients. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 36 (4), 234-244.

• Schorr, E. N., Treat-Jacobson, D., & Lindquist, R. (2017). The relationship between peripheral artery disease symptoms and ischemia: A mixed method evaluation. Nursing Research, 66(5), 378-387.

• Meghani, N., Tracy, M. F., Hadidi, N., & Lindquist R. (2017). Part II: The effects of aroma-therapy and guided imagery for the symptom management of pain, anxiety and insomnia in critically ill patients. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 36(6), 334-348.

• Lee, S., Schorr, E., Chi, C.-L., Treat-Jacobson, D., Mathiason, M. A., & Lindquist, R. (2017). Peer group and text message-based weight-loss and management intervention for African American women. Western Journal of NursingResearch. Available at http://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/VwHxAbsRzpJkpaj...

• Hetland, B., Lindquist, R., Weinert, C. R., Peden-McAlpine, C., Savik, K., Chlan, L. (2017). Predictive associations of music, anxiety, and sedative exposure on mechanical ventilation weaning trials. American Journal of Critical Care, 26(3), 210-220.

• Hadidi, N. N., Huna Wagner, R. L., & Lindquist, R. (2017). Non-pharmacological treatments for poststroke depression: An integrative review of the literature. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 10(4), 182-195.

• Lee, J., Song, Y, Lindquist, R., Yoo, Y., Park, E., Lim, S., Chung, Y. & Mathiason, M. A. (2017). Nontraditional cardiac rehabilitation in Korean patients with coronary artery disease. Rehabilitation Nursing, 42(4), 191-198.

Recent Books & Chapters in Books

• Lindquist, R., Tracy, M. F., & Snyder, M. (2018). Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing (8th Ed.). New York: Springer.

• Song, Y., Lee, S., & Lindquist, R. (2018). Research (pp. 495-508). In R. Lindquist, M. F. Tracy & M. Snyder (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing (8th Ed.). New York: Springer.

• Watanuki, S., Tracy, M. F., & Lindquist, R. (2018). Therapeutic listening (pp. 29-46). In R. Lindquist, M. F. Tracy & M. Snyder (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing (8th Ed.). New York: Springer.

• Snyder, M., & Lindquist, R. (2018). Evolution and use of complementary therapies and integrative healthcare practices (pp. 3-18). In R. Lindquist, M. F. Tracy & M. Snyder (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing (8th Ed.). New York: Springer.

• Lindquist, R., Tracy, M. F., & Snyder, M. (2018). [Preface] Deepening dimensions of care (pp. xxix-xxxi). In R. Lindquist, M. F. Tracy & M. Snyder (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing (8th Ed.). New York: Springer.

Selected Publications:

• Lindquist, R., Watanuki, S., & Tracy, M. F. (2006). Applying research in advanced practice nursing. In M. P. M. Jansen & M. Zwygart-Stauffacher (Eds.), Advanced practice nursing: Core concepts for professional role development (3rd ed., pp. 157-178). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
• Sendelbach, S., Lindquist, R., Watanuki, S., & Savik, K. (2006). Correlates of neurocognitive function of patients after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. American Journal of Critical Care, 15(3), 290-298.
• Sendelbach, S., Lindquist, R., Watanuki, S., Roman, D. D., & Savik, K. (2005). Early neurocognitive function of patients after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Heart & Lung, 34(6), 367-374.
• Wyman, J., Gross, C., DiFabio, R., Nyman, J., Lindquist, R., McCarthy, T., Wade, M., Konstan, J., & Findorff, M. (2005). A randomized trial of exercise, education, and risk reduction counseling to prevent falls in population-based sample of older women [Abstract]. The Gerontologist, 45(Special Issue II), 297.
• Tracy, M. F., Lindquist, R., Savik, K., Watanuki, S., Sendelbach, S., Kreitzer, M. J., & Berman, B. (2005). Use of complementary and alternative therapies: A national survey of critical care nurses. American Journal of Critical Care, 14(5), 404-414.
• Fox, N. L., Hoogwerf, B. J., Czajkowski, S., Lindquist, R., Dupuis, G., Herd, J. A., Campeau, L., Hickey, A., Barton, F. B., & Terrin, M. L. (2004). Quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft: Results from the POST CABG Trial. Chest, 126(2), 487-495.
• Treat-Jacobson, D., & Lindquist, R. A. (2004). Functional recovery and exercise behavior in men and women 5 to 6 years following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(5), 479-498.
• Lindquist, R., Tracy, M. F., & Savik, K. (2003). Personal use of complementary and alternative therapies by critical care nurses. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 15(3), 393-399.
• Lindquist, R., Dupuis, G., Terrin, M. L., Hoogwerf, B., Czajkowski, S., Herd, J. A., Barton, F. B., Tracy, M. F., Hunninghake, D. B., Treat-Jacobson, D., Shumaker, S., Zyzanski, S., Goldenberg, I., & Knatterud, G. L. (2003). Comparison of health-related quality-of-life outcomes of men and women after coronary artery bypass surgery through 1 year: Findings from the POST CABG Biobehavioral Study. American Heart Journal, 146(6), 1038-1044.
• Tracy, M. F. & Lindquist, R. (2003). Nursing's role in complementary and alternative theray use in critical care. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 15(3), 289-294.
• Tracy, M. F. & Lindquist, R. (2003). Complementary and alternative therapies in critical care [Preface]. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 15(3), xii-xiv.
• Herd, J. A., Hoogwerf, B. J., Barton, F., Terrin, M. L., Czajkowski, S. M., Lindquist, R., et al. (2003). Heart rate and blood pressure responses to mental stress and clinical cardiovascular events in men and women after coronary artery bypass grafting: The Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (Post-CABG) biobehavioral study. American Heart Journal, 146(2), 273-279.
• Tracy, M. F., Lindquist, R., Watanuki, S., Sendelbach, S., Kreitzer, M. J., Berman, B., et al. (2003). Nurse attitudes towards the use of complementary and alternative therapies in critical care. Heart & Lung, 32(3), 197-209.
• Meghani, N., Lindquist, R., & Tracy, M. F. (2003). Critical care nurses' desire to use complementary/alternative modalities (CAM) in critical care and barriers to CAM use. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 22(3), 138-144.
• Snyder, M., & Lindquist, R. (May 31, 2001). Issues in Complementary Therapies: How We Got to Where We Are. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 6(2), 1-13.
• Zwygart-Stauffacher, M., Lindquist, R., & Savik, K. (2000). The development of health care delivery systems that are sensitive to the needs of stroke survivors and their caregivers. Journal of Nursing Administration Quarterly, 24(3): 33-42.
• Lindquist, R., Treat-Jacobson, D., & Watanuki, S. (2000). A case for multisite studies in critical care. Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 29(4), 269-277.
• Lindquist, R., & Watanuki, S. (1999). Nursing research. In M. Snyder, & M. Mirr (Eds.), Advanced practice nursing. New York: Springer.
• Lindquist, R., & Gersema, L. (1998). Understanding and preventing adverse drug effects. AACN Clinical Issues - Advanced Practice in Acute & Clinical Care. 9 (1), 119-128.
• Snyder, M., & Lindquist, R. (Eds.). (1998). Alternative/Complementary Therapies: A Guide for Nurses. (3rd Ed.). New York: Springer.
• Lindquist, R. (1998). Contracting. In M. Snyder & R. Lindquist (Eds.), Alternative/Complementary Therapies: A Guide for Nurses. (3rd Ed., pp. 295-307). New York: Springer.
• Czajkowski, S., Terrin, M., Lindquist, R., et al. (1997). Comparison of pre-operative characteristics of men and women undergoing bypass graft surgery: Design & baseline findings of the Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) biobehavioral study. American Journal of Cardiology, 79, 1017-1024.
• Wade, M., Lindquist, R., Taylor, J. & Treat-Jacobson, D. (1995). Optical flow, Spatial orientation, and the control of posture in the elderly. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 50B(1), P51-58.