 Caroline Stephens, PhD, GNP, FAAN
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| Title(s) | Associate Professor, Community Health Systems |
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| School | School of Nursing |
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| Phone | 415-502-6340 |
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 Biography | University of California, San Francisco | Ph.D. | 2010 | Gerontological Nursing & Health Policy | | University of Pennsylvania | Post-Master's Certificate, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner | 2001 | School of Nursing | | University of Pennsylvania | MSN, Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nursing (CNS) | 2000 | School of Nursing | | University of Pennsylvania | BSN | 1999 | School of Nursing | | University of California, Davis | BS, Biological Psychology with Minor in Human Development & Aging | 1995 | College of Letters & Sciences |
| UCSF | 2013
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| 2018 | Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) KL2 Scholar | | San Francisco VA Medical Center | 2010
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| 2012 | National Veteran's Administration Quality Scholar (VAQS) | | UCSF | 2010
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| 2012 | John A. Hartford Foundation/Atlantic Philanthropies Claire M. Fagin Fellow | | Alpha Eta Chapter - UCSF | 2010 | | Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honors Society Research Award | | UCSF | 2008 | | 9th Annual UCSF Outstanding Health Policy Paper Award | | UCSF | 2007
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| 2009 | John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Scholar | | UCSF | 2006
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| 2007 | Cota Robles Fellow | | University of Pennsylvania | 2002 | | University of Pennsylvania Dean's Award | | University of Pennsylvania | 1999 | | University of Pennsylvania Nightingale Award | | Xi & Alpha Eta Chapters | 1999 | | Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honors Society |
Overview My program of research focuses on vulnerable populations at high risk for poor care transitions, particularly in the long term care setting. Using national CMS claims and resident assessment data, I recently completed a series of studies examining key factors associated with Emergency Department (ED) use by high risk nursing home residents, such as those with cognitive impairment, a history of falls and feeding tubes. While much of my work to date has involved large data set analyses, I am currently looking at innovative ways we can use emerging health technologies to promote greater interdisciplinary collaborative work processes across care settings and more actively engage nursing home residents, families, nursing home staff and EDs to reduce unnecessary acute care transfers and promote better care coordination.
Clinically, I am a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and Geropsychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse, and I have cared for frail older adults across the care continuum, including the provision of geropsychiatric consultations in over 100 nursing homes in 3 states. I still maintain a geropsychiatric faculty practice in the nursing home setting.
From a teaching perspective, I am passionate about, and locally and nationally involved in, figuring out innovative ways to infuse more gerontological and geropsychiatric content into the generalist APN curriculum and across disciplines.
Research ORNG Applications Bibliographic
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Stephens CE, Halifax E, David D, Bui N, Lee SJ, Shim J, Ritchie CS. "They Don't Trust Us": The Influence of Perceptions of Inadequate Nursing Home Care on Emergency Department Transfers and the Potential Role for Telehealth. Clin Nurs Res. 2019 Apr 21; 1054773819835015. PMID: 31007055.
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Hunt LJ, Ritchie CS, Cataldo JK, Patel K, Stephens CE, Smith AK. Pain and Emergency Department Use in the Last Month of Life Among Older Adults With Dementia. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 12; 56(6):871-877.e7. PMID: 30223013.
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Stephens CE, Evans LK, Bradway C, Buckwalter K. Challenges in Aging, Dementia, and Mental Health: New Knowledge and Energy to Inform Solutions. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 04; 66 Suppl 1:S1-S3. PMID: 29659007.
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Hunt LJ, Coombs LA, Stephens CE. Emergency Department Use by Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia in the United States: An Integrative Review. J Gerontol Nurs. 2018 Mar 01; 44(3):23-30. PMID: 29355877.
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Stephens CE, Hunt LJ, Bui N, Halifax E, Ritchie CS, Lee SJ. Palliative Care Eligibility, Symptom Burden, and Quality-of-Life Ratings in Nursing Home Residents. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 01 01; 178(1):141-142. PMID: 29159368.
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Stephens CE, Harris M, Buron B. The Current State of U.S. Geropsychiatric Graduate Nursing Education: Results of the National Geropsychiatric Graduate Nursing Education Survey. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2015 Nov-Dec; 21(6):385-94. PMID: 26597905.
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Hunt LJ, Covinsky KE, Yaffe K, Stephens CE, Miao Y, Boscardin WJ, Smith AK. Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Aug; 63(8):1503-11. PMID: 26200445.
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Newman, J., Sudore, R., Stephens, C., Miller, BJ, Ritchie, C.Advance Care Planning: A Community-Based Initiative in San Francisco. SFMS Journal: San Francisco Medicine. 2015.
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Hunt, L.J., Covinsky, K.E., Yaffe, K., Stephens, C., Miao, Y., Boscardin, J., Smith, A.K.Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Dementia: Results from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. J Amer Geriatr Soc, in press. 2015.
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Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C. The effects of cognitive impairment on nursing home residents' emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Alzheimers Dement. 2014 Nov; 10(6):835-43. PMID: 25028060.
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Stephens, C. Confusion in the Elderly: Common Clinical Questions.In C.S. Landefeld, A. Chang, & B. Williams (Eds.), Current Geriatrics Diagnosis & Treatment. 2014.
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Stephens CE, Sackett N, Govindarajan P, Lee SJ. Emergency department visits and hospitalizations by tube-fed nursing home residents with varying degrees of cognitive impairment: a national study. BMC Geriatr. 2014 Mar 20; 14:35. PMID: 24650076.
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Harrington, C., Stephens, C., Wagner, L.M. .Long Term Services and Supports Policy Issues. In D.J. Mason, J.K. Leavitt, M.W. Chaffee (Eds.), Policy & Politics in Nursing and Healthcare (7th ed.). Elsevier. In press. 2014.
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Stephens CE, Newcomer R, Blegen M, Miller B, Harrington C. Emergency department use by nursing home residents: effect of severity of cognitive impairment. Gerontologist. 2012 Jun; 52(3):383-93. PMID: 22056961.
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Stephens, C. .Evolving Case Studies as a Learning Resource - Evaluating Acute Confusion: A CNS Perspective. In "Transitioning to the New Model for Regulation of APRNs: Ensuring the APRN Workforce is Prepared to Care for Older Adults". 2011.
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Harrington, C., O'Meara, J., Collier, E., Kang, T., Stephens, C., Chang, J.Impact of California's Medi-cal Long Term Care Reimbursement Act on Access, Quality & Costs. Report Prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation. San Francisco, CA: University of California. 2008.
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Naylor MD, Hirschman KB, Bowles KH, Bixby MB, Konick-McMahan J, Stephens C. Care coordination for cognitively impaired older adults and their caregivers. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2007; 26(4):57-78. PMID: 18032200.
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Naylor MD, Stephens C, Bowles KH, Bixby MB. Cognitively impaired older adults: from hospital to home. Am J Nurs. 2005 Feb; 105(2):52-61; quiz 61-2. PMID: 15674058.
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