Jablonski PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN, Rita

Jablonski PhD, CRNP, FGSA, FAAN, Rita
Professor of Nursing

Scientist (C), Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging , School of Medicine 2012 -
Associate Professor (S), Behavioral & Population Sciences , School of Dentistry 2013 -
Professor (P), Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care , Nursing Academic Affairs 2014 -
Scientist (C), Center for Palliative & Supportive Care , Department of Medicine 2015 -
Scientist (C), Alzheimer's Disease Center , Neurology 2016 -
Director, Nursing Research & Scholarship , School of Nursing 2019 -

Overview

Dr. Rita Jablonski’s internationally-renowned program of research is focused on improving the lives of older adults, especially those with dementia who reside in nursing homes. Her most recent studies have tested interventions that improve oral hygiene for persons with dementia who resist care. The strategies for reducing threat perception using dementia-centric communication strategies are congruent with the principles of person-centered care and nursing home culture change initiatives.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Description of Process and Content of Online Dementia Coaching for Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia. 2019
2018	Randomised clinical trial: Efficacy of strategies to provide oral hygiene activities to nursing home residents with dementia who resist mouth care 2018
2018	Understanding Anosognosia for Hemiplegia After Stroke. 2018
2017	Feasibility of providing safe mouth care and collecting oral and fecal microbiome samples from nursing home residents with dysphagia 2017
2016	Geographic access to interventional cardiology services in one rural state 2016
2016	Revising the Resistiveness-to-Care Scale 2016
2016	From reducing threat to relationship-centered care: Maturation of the MOUTh intervention 2016
2016	Maturation of the MOUTh intervention: From reducing threat to relationship-centered care 2016
2016	Revising the resistiveness to care scale 2016
2015	A personal reflection on measurement from three decades away 2015
2015	Effectiveness of regionalized systems for stroke and myocardial infarction 2015
2015	Effectiveness of regionalized systems for stroke and myocardial infarction 2015
2015	Multimorbidity and Breast Cancer 2015
2015	Multimorbidity and breast cancer 2015
2014	Can Speed of Processing Training Ameliorate Depressive Symptomatology in Adults with HIV? 2014
2014	Personality as a moderator of cognitive stimulation in older adults at high risk for cognitive decline 2014
2014	Maintaining oral health across the life span 2014
2014	A nurse developed toolkit for long-term care ombudsmen 2014
2014	Ask the Expert: Hands-on solutions for long-term care nurses providing oral healthcare 2014
2014	Beyond Pediatrics: Maintaining Oral Health Throughout the Life Span 2014
2014	Can speed of processing training ameliorate depressive symptomatology in adults with HIV? 2014
2014	Hands-on solutions for long-term care nurses providing oral healthcare 2014
2013	The 2012 Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award: Ann Kolanowski.(Invited submission) 2013
2013	The invisible elderly: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults 2013
2013	Mouth Care as Oral Infection control to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia 2013
2013	Mouth care to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia 2013
2013	Dementia is not dementia is not dementia 2013
2013	Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults 2013
2013	The 2012 doris schwartz gerontological nursing research award 2013
2012	Workforce implications of injury among home health workers: Evidence from the national home health aide survey 2012
2012	Hypertensive African American women and the DASH diet 2012
2012	Oral Health (Editorial) 2012
2012	Oral Health and Hygiene Content in Nursing Fundamentals Textbooks 2012
2012	Oral health and hygiene content in nursing fundamentals textbooks. 2012
2011	No more fighting and biting during mouth care: applying the theoretical constructs of threat perception to clinical practice. 2011
2011	Reducing care-resistant behaviors during oral hygiene in persons with dementia 2011
2011	Profile of Nursing Home Residents with Dementia Who Require Assistance with Mouth Care 2011
2011	Oral Hygiene & Care-resistant Behaviors: Making a Difference. 2011
2011	An intervention to reduce care-resistant behavior in persons with dementia during oral hygiene: A pilot study 2011
2011	Reducing Care Resistant Behaviors During Mouth Care 2011
2011	Reducing Care-Resistant Behaviors During Dental Procedures 2011
2011	Review: Denture hygiene care for residents in nursing homes in north wales 2011
2010	Denture hygiene care for residents in nursing homes in North Wales 2010
2010	Examining oral health in nursing home residents and overcoming mouth care-resistive behaviors 2010
2010	Missed Opportunities: Under-detection of Trauma in Elderly Adults Involved inMotor Vehicle Crashes 2010
2009	Diabetes in the nursing home 2009
2009	Measuring the oral health of nursing home elders 2009
2009	Strategies for improving family satisfaction with long-term care facilities: Direct care and family-staff interactions 2009
2009	Mouth Care in Nursing Homes: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of Nursing Assistants 2009
2009	Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Order Adults 2009
2009	Informed consent to research in long-term care settings 2009
2009	Physiology of aging: Impact on critical illness and treatment. 2009
2008	Research Applications: Delivering Mouth Care to Persons with Dementia 2008
2008	Skills-enhancement training program for home care providers: Implications for redefining quality care 2008
2007	The value of geriatric care enhancement training for direct service workers 2007
2007	Decisions about transfer from nursing home to emergency department 2007
2007	Enhanced care assistant training to address the workforce crisis in home care: Changes related to job satisfaction and career commitment 2007
2007	Consensus Building on Principles of Respect-Worthy Behavior via Multi-Site Video Conferencing in Continuing Education of Personal Care Assistants 2007
2006	Oral health measurement in nursing research: State of the science 2006
2006	Oral health measurement in nursing research: state of the science. 2006
2005	The role of biobehavioral, environmental, and social forces on oral health disparities in frail and functionally dependent nursing home elders 2005
2005	Care intervention for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: effect of family involvement on cognitive and functional outcomes in nursing homes. 2005
2005	The Role of Oral Health in Respiratory Disease 2005
2003	Common medical problems: Cardiovascular through hematogical disorders 2003
2003	From Sparks to Wildfires: The Emergence and Impacft of the Nurse Practitioner Movement on Nursing Education at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing 2003
2003	Recognition, Respect, and Responsiblity: Enhanced Care Assistant Training 2003
2003	Sparks to wildfires: The emergence and impact of nurse practitioner education at Virginia Commonwealth University 1974-1991 2003
2000	Caring for adults with mental retardation 2000
2000	Discovering asthma in the older adult 2000
1999	Practice Pointers: OLDCARTSS 1999
1996	Effect of three teaching methods on a nursing staff's knowledge of medication error risk reduction strategies. 1996
1995	Nurses' perceptions of harmful outcomes from medication errors. 1995
1995	If ventilator patients could talk. 1995
1994	Effect of three teaching methods on nursing staff's knowledge of medication error risk-reduction strategies: 1994
1994	Needs assessment for a patient education program in a nursing department: A delphi approach 1994
1994	Needs assessment for patient education program in a department of nursing: A delphi approach 1994
1994	Programmed instruction for reduction of medication errors 1994
1994	The Experience of Being Mechanically Ventilated 1994
1994	The Experience of Being Mechanically Ventilated: A Qualitative Study 1994
1993	Nausea: The forgotten symptom 1993
1992	Remember the person attached to the ventilator 1992
	Feasibility of providing safe mouth care and collecting oral and fecal microbiome samples from nursing home residents with dysphagia: Proof of concept.
	Randomized clinical trial: Efficacy of the MOUTh intervention for reducing care-resistant behaviors and improving oral health in nursing home residents with dementia.
	Revising the Resistiveness-to-Care Scale
	The association between oral cavity problems and the diabetes continuum in ommunity-cwelling older adults
	Understanding anosognosia for hemiplegia after stroke.

Chapter

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	Dementia and Memory Disorders in Abuse of Elderly 2019
2018	Elder abuse and neglect [in Section 1: Emergency & Critical Care Nursing 2018

Research Overview

Aging; dementia-related behaviors; oral health; long-term care; nursing home culture change; person-centered care; nursing assistant workforce issues; safety in nursing homes; nursing-home acquired pneumonia; evidence-based mouth care; mouth care for persons with dysphagia; advanced nursing practice; informal caregivers.