The 2002 Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Fellows from left to right are:

Joan Masters, RN, GNP, PhD, Northeastern University, Bouve College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing: Health promotion/ risk-reduction and substance misuse among older adults.

Margarete Lieb Zalon, RN, BSN, MA, PhD, University of Scranton, Panuska College of Professional Studies, Department of Nursing: The intensity of acute pain and post-operative recovery in older adults.

Diane Mick, BA, RN, MSN, PhD, University of Rochester, School of Nursing, Merck/Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Fellow: Exploring predictors of cascade iatrogenesis in elders.


The 2002 Hartford Institute Geriatric Nursing Research Scholars are:

Karen Dick, BS, MS, RN, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Boston, College of Nursing and Health Sciences: Advanced nursing practice activities and the outcomes of those activities including acute confusion in hospitalized elderly, along with the effects of a nurse practitioner on process and outcomes of a home-based primary care program.

Elizabeth Gonzalez, BSN, MSN, PhD, MCP-Hahnemann University, College of Nursing & Health Professions: Urban minority older adults with Alzheimer's disease and the health status of their caregivers, including their resourcefulness, appraisals, and coping efforts.

Jean Lange, BSN, MSN, PhD, Fairfield University, School of Nursing: Patient satisfaction with hospital nursing care, and patients' knowledge of bedside caregivers' credentials.

Hong Li, RN, PhD, University of Rochester, School of Nursing: Family care for hospitalized elders, developing and testing nursing interventions in caring for hospitalized elders.

Sally Norton, RN, PhD, University of Rochester, School of Nursing: Dilemmas involving elderly patients, end-of-life decision-making, capacity, and surrogacy issues.

Lisa Ann Plowfield, PhD, University of Delaware, Department of Nursing: The demands of family care giving as well as the socialization of the marital couple after a spouse's stroke.

William Puentes, AS, BSN, MSN, DNSc, APRN, BC, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Nursing: Relationship between anxiety levels, coping mechanisms and frequency of simple reminiscence and the outcome of using these techniques.

Suzanne Sikma, BSN, MSN, PhD, University of Washington Bothell: Consumer directed care in gerontological nursing education and caregiver-consumer relationships.