Nursing Faculty Publications and Grants

Publications

• Heydarian, N. M., Frankowski, S. D., Lee, M., Oh, K.M., An, K. Shin, C., Hughes, A. S., & Bogart, K. (Under Review) Updating the Attitudes Towards Disabled Persons Scale and Validating it within a Disability Stigma Framework. Disability and Health Journal.
• Oh, K., An, K., Lee, M., Shin, C. & Steve, SL (2023). Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities in Asian Americans: The Influences of Patient-Provider Communication and Social Media Use. Cancer Cause & Control. Accepted (CACO-D-22-00252R2), May 16 2023.

Grants

• 2024-2025: Earmark Grant, Reducing Materla Mortality among African American Women Using High Tech and Community Participatory Project, 1.5M (Under review)
• 2023-2024: Board of Regency, Addressing Nurse Shortage by Optimizing Pipeline education for Nurse Workforce, $512000 (Not funded).
• 2023-2024: Board of Regency, Addressing Nurse Shortage by Optimizing Experiential Learning for Nurse Workforce, $247,900.
• 2022-2023: PI. Developing a Pipeline for the Future of Nursing. GEER II NSRP Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, $247,822.88
• 2022-2026: Co-I with 20% FTE (PI: Karen Waler Schwab) HRSA Nurse Education, Practice Quality, Retention – Nurse Led Rural Healthcare Delivery to children & families receiving foster care services – Awarded 7/22 $4 million
• 2022-2023: PI. Interdependence of Cancer Survivor-Caregiver Dyad’s Engagement in Health Behavior. Thrive Well Foundation Research Grant, $25,000
• 2022-2025: e-SISTA (Empowering Sisters in Survivorship using Technology for Active-life). Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), PI, $1M, (Not funded)
• 2022-2026: PI. Obesity, Diabetes, and NAFLD among Hispanic-Latino Children and Adolescents and their Parents. Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio, 1.2 M. (Selected for Final Three, not funded)
• 2019-2020:Co-PI (with Dr. Jo Robins). Course redesign. VCU. $27,400
• 2016-2017 Principal Investigator. Cardiovascular risk in cancer survivors. JPB"

Grants

• Black Nurse Scientist Mentoring Program (BNSM). PI Schenita Randolph, Duke University School of Nursing. Gordon and Betty Irene Moore Foundation. $100,000 (2/1/2023 – 8/1/2024).
  Role: Multi-PI ($5,000 consultation)
• Reducing Stroke Risk Among Young Adult African Americans through Mobile App Education and Community Engagement. PI Herman Taylor, MD Morehouse School of Medicine. Propel Impact Health Grants for HBCU Institutions. $200,000 (03/1/2023-03/30/2024)
  Role: Co-PI
• Tailoring Stroke Education Materials to Increase Accuracy of Perceived Stroke Risk among African American Young Adults.
  Funded: Institute for Healthcare Advancement, $25,000; (3/2022-3/2024)
  Role: Co-PI ($4,586, 12.5% effort, semester course release)
• Alter – Rural Faith-Based Outreach.
  Funded: Georgia Department of Public Health, $16,000; (3/2021-8/2023); Lead PI Fayron Epps Role: Site PI (in kind effort)
• Stroke Counseling for Risk Reduction in Young African American Men.
  Funded: Betty Irene Moore Fellowship Program for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. $500,000; (7/1/2020 – 6/30/2023)
  Role: PI (30-40% effort)
• Georgia Geriatric Workforce Enforcement Program (GWEP, now GA Gear): Dementia Friendly Faith Village Community Program (now, Alter).
  Funded: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Subcontract $451,845; (7/1/2019- 6/30/2024); Lead PI Fayron Epps
  Role: Site PI (6-8% effort)
• Young Investigator Database Research Seed Grant Sponsored: American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (11/1/2019 – 9/30/2020); PI Blake McGee
  Role: Co-Mentor (in kind effort)
• Medicaid Coverage Expansion and 30-day Readmission after Acute Ischemic Stroke.
  Funded: American Nurses Foundation Anne Zimmerman Research Endowment Fund, $4,950.00. (9/1 2019 – 8/31/2020). PI Blake McGee
  Role: Co-Mentor (in kind effort)

Publications

• Marcus, J., DeMars, L., Bates, T., Zimmerman, C., Hendry, T., Cranwell-Bruce, L. (2022). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Virtual Mock Job Interview for Health Professions Students. A study in the college of nursing and health professions.

Grants

• DeMars, L. E. (Co-Principal), McGlothen, T. (Co-Principal), "CTC Initiative: Faculty Training of Portfolium," Sponsored by Lewis College, Georgia State University, $2,000.00. (July 1, 2019 – May 2020).
• DeMars, L. E. (Principal), “CTC Initiative: Increasing Graduate Students’ Utilization of Portfolium.” Sponsored by Lewis College, Georgia State University, $1,000.00. (July 1, 2020 – May 2021)

Publications

• Kang, Y. J., Mueller, C., Gaugler, J. E., & Monsen, K. A. (2024). Multitasking during medication management in a nursing home: A time motion study. Applied clinical informatics, 10.1055/a-2379-7206. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2379-7206
• Simpson, R.L., Li, Y., Kang, Y., Tsui, C. & Cimiotti, J.P. (2024). Medicare Meets the Cloud: The Development of a Secure Platform for the Storage and Analysis of Claims Data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Open, 7(1), ooae007. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooae007
• Kang, Y. J., Mueller, C. A., Gaugler, J. E., Mathiason Moore, M. A., & Monsen, K. A. (2023). Toward ensuring care quality and safety across settings: examining time pressure in a nursing home with observational time motion study metrics based on the Omaha system. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA, 30(11), 1837–1845. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocad113
• Jung, O. S., Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., Fridkin, S. K., Li, Y., Kang, Y. J., Becker, E. R., Joski, P. J., & Cimiotti, J. P. (2023). Nurse Work Environment and Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection. Medical care, 61(6), 360–365. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.00000000000018545. Kang, Y., Duan, Y., Mueller, C.A., McMorris, B.J., Gaugler, J.E., & Monsen, K.A. (2022) Interventions employed by licensed nurses in nursing homes: Refinement and validation of an existing Omaha System nursing intervention set. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. 2022; 36(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1891/RTNP-2021-01126. Kang, YJ., Monsen, K.A., Jeppesen, B., Hanson, C., Nichols, K., O'Neill, K., & Lundblad, J. (2022). Interprofessional roles and collaborations to address COVID-19 pandemic challenges in nursing homes. Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. 24; 9(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.24926/ijps.v9i1.4644. PubMed PMCID: PMC9574880
• Altiner, M., Secginli, S., & Kang, YJ. (2020). Refinement, reliability and validity of the Time Capture Tool (TimeCaT) using the Omaha System to support data capture for time motion studies. Japan Journal of Nursing Science. 2020 Apr; 17(2):e12296. PubMed PMID: 31621190
• Monsen, K., Kang, Y., Martinson, B.E., Stromme, A.E., Weirich, E.G., Schneider, R.N., Lawrence, E.C., Maki, T.A., Seebold, C., & Martin, K.S. (2017). Evaluation of the Omaha System prototype icons for global health literacy. Informatics, 4(2),13. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics4020013

Grants

External

• Title of Grant: Machine Learning Feature Identification for Sepsis Disparities in Nursing Home Residents (Kang)
  Role and Effort: Principal Investigator, 10% Effort
  Grant Number: Foundation Grant, Another Look 2024
  Funding Agency: Donaghue Foundation Submitted: 07/09/2024
  Total Costs: $201,461
• Title of Grant: Addressing Fairness Concerns in Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Predicting Health Outcomes among Medicare Patients for Post-Acute Care at Skilled Nursing Facilities (Jung)
  Role and Effort: Co-Investigator, 10% Effort
  Grant Number: GRANT14076075
  Funding Agency: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Submitted: 02/16/2024
  Total Costs: $428,535

Internal

• Title of Grant: Infection Preventionist Practice Environment and Organizational Readiness and Capacity for Policy Change in Georgia Nursing Homes (Kang)
  Role and Effort: Principal Investigator, 1% Effort
  Grant Number: Intramural Grant, Fall 2023
  Funding Agency: Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions, Georgia State University
  Total Costs: $6,992.9
  Funding Period: 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
• Title of Grant: Reimagine Long-Term Care Leadership: Influence of Health Information Technology on Nurse Intervention (Kang/Monsen)
  Role and Effort: Principal Investigator, 1% Effort
  Grant Number: Internal Dissertation Award
  Funding Agency: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota Total Costs: $1,500
  Funding Period: 09/01/2018 – 03/01/2020

Grants & Awards

• Language Support Program, Undergraduate Program, Women’s Philanthropy Network Grant, 2023, $34,000
• Georgia Department of Workforce Development. Award: $600,000
• AACN Resilience Training in Nursing Students Grant, 2022
  AACN. Award: $10,000
• CETLOE Mini-grant, College to Career, 2022
• Georgia State University. Award: $3,500
• Technology Fee Grant, 2022
• Georgia State University. Award: $5,000
• Lewis College Teaching Excellence Award, 2022
• Lewis College, Georgia State University. Award: $10,000
• Lewis College Teacher-Scholar Academy, Academic Year 2019. Lewis College, Georgia State University. Award: $750.00

Publications

• Cummings, S. M. & Kropf, N. P. (2019). Senior Cohousing: A New Way Forward for Active Older Adults. Springer Aging Briefs. - Ingersoll-Dayton, B., Kropf, N. P., Campbell, R., & Parker, M. (2019). A systematic review
  of dyadic approaches to reminiscence and life review among older adults. Journal of Aging
  and Mental Health. 23(9), 1074-1085.

Publications

• Lawrence, P.R, Faulkner, M.S., & Spratling, R. (under review). Social Support
  and Family Resources Influence Workload and Capacity in Parents of Children
  with Medical Complexity. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Pediatric Nursing.
• Lawrence, P. & Anderson, R. (2024). Poverty and disability: A state-level
  geospatial analysis. Clinical Nursing Research, 33, (5).
  https://doi.org/10.1177/10547738241249834

Grants

• 2023-2024 Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Congressionally Directed
  Community Project: Project Healthy Grandparents - $700,000. Patricia R.Lawrence, Project Director and Principal Investigator.
• 2023-2024 Project Healthy Grandparents, Family Preservation, P.R. Lawrence,
  Project Director, Funded for $100,000 by the Georgia Department of Human Services
  Project Healthy Grandparents, Community-Based Child Abuse
  Prevention, P.R. Lawrence, Project Director. Funded for $100,000 by the Georgia Department of Human Services
• 2020 NAPNAP Foundation PhD Student Scholarship - $3000

Publications

• Newberg, R., Lee, J., Clark, P., & Spratling, R. (Under Review). Comparison of the
  American Institutes for Research Self-Determination Scale and The Arc’s SelfDetermination Scale for Use with Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism. NASN School Nurse
• Brekke, I., Alecu, A., Ohrazda, C. & Lee, J. (2024). Implications of Childhood Autism
  Spectrum Disorder for Maternal Employment: United States vs. Norway. Maternal and Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-024-03961-z (referred: impact factor
  2.276)
• Sprtatling, R., ^Tannenat, M. & Lee, J. (2024). Symptom and Technology Management
  Intervention Usefulness for Caregivers of Children with Tracheostomies and Feeding Tubes.
  Western Journal of Nursing Research. (referred: impact factor 1.85).
  https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459241240422
• McPhillips, M.V., Petrovsky, D.V., Lorenz, R., Lee, J., George, T., Smyth, A., Bubu,
  O.M., & Brewster, G. (2024). Treatment Modalities for Insomnia in Adults Aged 55 and
  Older: A Systematic Review. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. (referred: impact factor 4.3).
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-024-00285-w

Publications

• Marcus, J., & Hendry, T. (2023). Using virtual remote interpretation in simulation for clients with
  limited English proficiency. Nursing Education Perspectives. 44(5), 314-315.
  https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001179. (refereed)
• Clark, P., Spratling, R., Aycock, D., Marcus, J. (2023). The Real Secret to Getting Published:
  Responding to Reviewers. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare. 00, 1-5.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.06.001. (refereed)
• Hendry T.M., Marcus J, Clark PC, MacMillan D. (2023). See it my way: Patient-perspective video
  capture debriefing in simulation. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.19(6).
  doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104643 (refereed)
• Marcus, J., DeMars, L., Zimmerman, C., Cranwell Bruce, L., & Hendry, T. (2023). Using virtual mock
  interviews to improve health care professional students’ interview skills. Journal of Nursing Education.
  62(8):479–482. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20230612-10. (refereed)
• Marcus, J. A., & Clark, P. C. (2021). Psychometrics of nurses’ perceptions of technology effectiveness
  scale. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 52(5), 248–252. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-
  20210414-09 (refereed)
• Clark, P. C., Kimble, L. P., Bates, T. A., & Marcus, J. A. (2020). Strategies for successful promotion for
  clinical track nursing faculty. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36(4), 200–205.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2019.12.002. (refereed)
• Marcus, J., Clark, P. C., MacMillan, D., & Ketchie, M. (2020). Nurses’ perceptions of technology used
  in language interpretation for patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses prefer video remote
  interpretation to telephone-based technology. AJN American Journal of Nursing, 120(9), 48–58.
  https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0000697652.73975.37. (refereed)
• Marcus, J; Adebayo, M., Cranwell-Bruce, L., Faulkner, M.S. (2020). Evaluating nursing students’
  perceptions of using quick response codes to enhance learning during nursing health assessment, Nursing
  Education Perspectives. https://doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000652. (refereed)

Grants

• Culinary Medicine for Nursing Students, PI. CETLOE SOTL Mini-Grant, $3500.00; 2023.
• Video Remote Interpretation, PI. Technology Fee Grant $4,094.00; 2023.
• Newborn Training Simulator with Infant Warmer, PI. Technology Fee Grant, $9,000; 2020.
• Video Remote Interpretation, PI. Technology Fee Grant $5,925, 2019

Publications

• Kim, S., & McGee, B. (2024). Racial/ethnic differences in associations between
  Medicaid expansion and causes and costs of readmission after acute ischemic stroke.
  Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 11(1), 101–109.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01501-5 (refereed)
• Attell, B., ^Barrett, P., Pace, B., McLemore, M., McGee, B., ^Oshe, R., DiGirolamo, A.,
  Cohen, L., & Snyder, A. (2024). Characteristics of emergency department visits made by
  individuals with sickle cell disease in the United States, 1999–2020. AJPM Focus, 3(1),
  100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2023.100158 (refereed)
• Attell, B., McGee, B., DiGirolamo, A., Cohen, L., & Snyder, A. (2024). Self-reported
  pain levels for emergency department visits associated with sickle cell disease in the
  United States. Blood Advances, 8(6), 1470–1473.
  https://doi.org/10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011127 (refereed)
• Smith, J., Annis, A., Courtwright, S., Ghazal, L., Girouard, S., Jones, D., Ma, C.,
  McGee, B., Nikpour, J., Riman, K., ^Root, M., Smith, J., Thompson, R., ^Turi, E., Cary,
  M., Brooks-Carthon, J. M., Germack, H., Lucero, R., Edmond, L., … & Kurtzman, E.
  (2023). Nurses leading the way: Insights from the 2023 AcademyHealth
  Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues annual meeting. Journal of Nursing
  Regulation, 14(2), 57–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2155-8256(23)00093-5 (invited) Multiple Publications: Refer to CV on website

Grants

• Do Copay Accumulators Lead to Inefficiency and Inequity in Heart Failure
  Treatment? (letter of intent)—under review.
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Source: The Donaghue Foundation Greater Value Portfolio Grant Program
  Amount: $396,000
  Project dates: January 1, 2025–December 31, 2027
• Understanding Medicaid Expansion Alternatives and Maximizing Coverage for
  Low-Income Working People—funded.
  Role: Principal Investigator / Fellow
  Source: Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators
  Amount: $500,000
  Project dates: July 1, 2024–June 30, 2027
• The Role of Expanded Medicaid in Maternal Health Equity in the Late Postpartum
  Period (resubmission)—under review. Impact score: 31. Percentile: 15.
  Role: Principal Investigator
  Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  R03 Small Research Grant Program
  Amount: $164,814
  Submitted: March 15, 2024

Publications

• Lawrence, P. R., Osborne, M. C., Sharma, D., Spratling, R., & Calamaro, C. J. (2023).
  Methodological Challenge: Addressing Bots in Online Research. Journal of
  Pediatric Healthcare, 37(3), 328–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2022.12.006
• Aycock, D. M., Clark, P. C., Anderson, A., Sharma, D. (2019). Health perceptions, stroke
  risk and readiness for behavior change: Gender differences in young adult
  African Americans. Journal of Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities, 6(4): 821-829.
  doi.org/10.1007/s40615-019-00581-0

Grants

• Funding Source: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Georgia State University Research Award, 2021
  Dollar Amount: $500.00
  Dates of Project: 11/2020-4/2022 Funding Source: School of Nursing Kaiser Permanente Doctoral Scholarship, 2020
  Dollar Amount: $1000.00
  Dates of Project: 11/2020-4/2022
• Maximizing Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Education (MAINE)
  Funding Source: Teacher Scholar Academy, Byrdine F. Lewis College of
  Nursing and Health Professions GSU
  Dollar Amount: $1000.00
  Dates of Project: 10/2023-04/2024
• Predicting Factors that Contribute to Successful Hypertension Outcomes Using a Social
  Determinants Framework
  Funding Source: AIM-AHEAD Clinicians Leading Ingenuity IN Al Quality
  (CLINAQ) Fellowship Program
  Dollar Amount: $55,000.00
  Dates of Project: 9/2024-9/2025

Publications

• Sims, T., Spratling, R., Grantham, C. & Cranford, J. (2024)
  Understanding and managing emotional intelligence for
  nursing students – a classroom innovation. Journal of
  Nursing Education. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240419-03

Grants

• Student Nurses Grant – spring 2023. The SON received $10,000
  for resiliency, self-care, wellness and leadership skill development.

Publications

• Grodzin, C., Henderson, E., Velasquez, A., Smith-Farmer, S., Gebreyonas, S., Necrotizing
  Clostridium subterminale Infection with an Odontogenic Origin, IDCases, (2021)
  doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01416

Publications

• 08/2021 – present Masking the Taste of Oral Versed: An Evidence-based Practice Project to Impact Patient Adherence; M. Brandt, Gettis, M., L. Griffin, S., Keen, M. Stephens, K. Tickle, & W. Hagar
• 08/2020 – 12/2021 Evaluation of the Mental Health Referral Process for African American Adolescents Within a Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project; M. Stephens (student PI), R. Spratling, & D. Holiday