Dr. Ruth Kleinpell

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Rush University Medical Center
DirectorAppointed: 2007
Rush University Medical Center
College of Nursing
Adult Health Nursing
Professor
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Mailing Address

600 S. Paulina
1062B AAC
Chicago, Illinois 60612
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (312) 942-2320
Fax: (312) 942-3038
Ruth_M_Kleinpell@rush.edu

Qualifications

Nurse Practitioner, Rush University College of Nursing, Acute Care, 1995.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing, 1991.
M.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, Medical Surgical Nursing, 1988.
B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, Nursing, 1986.
Diploma, Lutheran Medical Center School of Nursing, Nursing, 1981.

Expertise and Research Interests

Outcomes Research
Evidence Based Practice
Clinical Nursing Research
Outcomes for Critically Ill Elderly Patients
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Roles and Practice
Advanced Practice Nursing Outcomes
Telehealth Research

Other Expertise

National Sepsis Education Curriculum Consultant, Eli Lilly
PAREXEL International Course instructor, Clinical Research Coordinator
Contributing Writer, The Nursing Spectrum
Medical Writer, Chicago Center for Clinical Research/Radiant Research/Provident Research
Continuing Education Review Panel, Nurseweek

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Elderly Patients, Nursing, Outcomes Research (Medical).

Additional Terms:

Advanced Practice Nursing Outcomes Research, Clinical Nursing Research, Evidence Based Practice, Outcomes Research, Outcomes for Critically Ill Elderly Patients, Telehealth.

Memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
American College of Nurse Practitioners
American Heart Association
American Nurses Association
Midwest Nursing Research Society
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
Sigma Theta Tau International
Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards

2007, Norma J Shoemaker Award for Clinical Excellence in Critical Care, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2007, Sigma Theta Tau International Clinical Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International
2005, Fellow, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2005, Circle of Excellence in Education Award, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
2004, Fellow, Institute of Medicine of Chicago
2003, Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
2002, Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2000, Distinguished Writer, Sigma Theta TAu International
1999-2000, Luther Christman Award for Excellance in Published Writing, Gamma Phi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
1993-1994, Wyeth Ayerst Mentor, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Who's Who in American Nursing,
Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who

Funding Received

  • American Nurses Foundation: Longitudinal Survey of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, $3,500, Oct 1996 to .
  • Rush University College of Nursing: Home Telehealth Monitoring of Elderly Cardiac Surgery Patients : A Pilot Study, $10,000, May 2003 to .
  • Center for Research on Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health, University of Illinois College of Nursing: Home Telehealth Monitoring of Elderly Cardiac Surgery Patients : A Pilot Study, $5,000, Jun 2003 to .
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses: Survey of Acute CAre Nurse Practitioners, $8,000, Jun 1989 to .
  • National Institute of Nursing Research: Exploring Outcomes After Critical Illness in the Elderly, $300,000, Aug 1995 to Jun 2002.
  • National Institute of Nursing Research: Quality of Life of Critically Ill Elderly Patients, $25,000, Aug 1989 to Aug 1990.
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses: Targeting Hypoglycemia in the ICU With Evidence Based Practice Strategies, $10,000, 2008 to .
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives: Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Promote Evidence Based Falls Prevention Risk Screening, $5000, 2007 to .
  • Prince Foundation: Generating Solutions to Improving Nursing Morale, $40,000, 2007 to .
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Discharge Planning and Telehealth for post CABG elders, $1,168,533, 2006 to 2010.
  • Illinois Society of Advanced Practice Nurses, Illinois Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Illinois Association of Certified Nurse Midwives: Illinois Survey of Advance Practice Nurses, $7500, 2004 to 2005.

Publications

  • Kleinpell RM, Hanson NA, Buchner BR, Winters R, Wilson MJ, Keck AC (May 2008) Hospitalist services: an evolving opportunity., The Nurse practitioner, 33 (5), 9-10 Abstract
  • Melander SD, Kleinpell RM, Hravnak M, King J, Miller K (Feb 2008) Post-masters certification programs for nurse practitioners: population specialty role preparation., Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20 (2), 63-8 Abstract
  • Kleinpell R (Sep 2007) Supporting independence in hospitalized elders in acute care., Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 19 (3), 247-52, v Abstract
  • Kleinpell R (Sep 2007) Supporting independence in hospitalized elders in acute care., Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 19 (3), 247-52, v Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM (May 2007) APNs: invisible champions?, Nursing management, 38 (5), 18-22 Abstract
  • Melander S, Kleinpell R, McLaughlin R (Apr 2007) Ensuring clinical competency for NPs in acute care., The Nurse practitioner, 32 (4), 19-20 Abstract
  • Ahrens, Tom, Prentice, Donna, Kleinpell, Ruth (2007) Critical Care Nursing Certification, 5th Edition, New York, Mc-Graw Hill Companies, Inc., 736 pages, ISBN=9780071465861
  • Murray T, Kleinpell R (Dec 2006) Implementing a rapid response team: factors influencing success., Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 18 (4), 493-501, x Abstract
  • Kleinpell R, Thompson D, Kelso L, Pronovost PJ (Dec 2006) Targeting errors in the ICU: use of a national database., Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 18 (4), 509-14 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Gawlinski A, Burns SM (Aug 2006) Searching and critiquing literature essential for acute care NPs., The Nurse practitioner, 31 (8), 12-3 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM (Sep 2005) Billing for NP provider services: updates on coding regulations., Nurse practitioner, 13 (9), 24-8; quiz 29 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Hravnak MM (Jun 2005) Strategies for success in the acute care nurse practitioner role., Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 17 (2), 177-81, xi Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM (May 2005) Acute care nurse practitioner practice: results of a 5-year longitudinal study., American Journal of Critical Care : an Official Publication, American Association of Critical-care Nurses., 14 (3), 211-9; quiz 220-1 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM (Apr 2005) Working out the complexities of severe sepsis., The Nurse Practitioner, 30 (4), 43-4, 46-8 Abstract
  • Kleinpell R, Gawlinski A (Jan-Mar 2005) Assessing outcomes in advanced practice nursing practice: the use of quality indicators and evidence-based practice., Aacn Clinical Issues, 16 (1), 43-57 Abstract
  • Kleinpell, R., Randomized trail of an ICU based early discharge planning intervention for critically ill elderly patients, American Journal of Critical Care, 13(4), 335-345, 2004
  • Kleinpell, R., Working out the complexities of severe sepsis, Nursing Management, 35, 48A-48H, 2004
  • Kleinpell R, Advances in treating patients with severe sepsis. Role of drotrecogin alfa (activated), Critical Care Nurse, 23(3), 16-29; quiz 67-8, June 2003 Abstract
  • Ely EW, Kleinpell RM, Goyette RE, Advances in the understanding of clinical manifestations and therapy of severe sepsis: an update for critical care nurses, American Journal of Critical Care : an Official Publication, American Association of Critical-care Nurses., 12(2), 120-33; quiz 134-5, March 2003 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, The role of the critical care nurse in the assessment and management of the patient with severe sepsis, Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 15(1), 27-34, March 2003 Abstract
  • Kleinpell, R., Exploring outcomes after critical illness in the elderly, Outcomes Management, 7(3), 159-169, 2003
  • Kleinpell RM, Ferrans CE, Quality of life of elderly patients after treatment in the ICU, Research in Nursing and Health, 25(3), 212-21, June 2002 Abstract
  • Kleinpell R, Witnessing history in the making, Critical Care Nurse, 22(3), 15-6, June 2002 Abstract
  • Foreman, M & Kleinpell, R., Medical Intensive Care. In Fulmer, T.,Walker, M. & Foreman, Critical Care Nursing ofthe Elderly. New York: Springer, 252-261, 2001
  • Davidson M.H., Dicklin M.R., Maki K.C. & Kleinpell, R., Benefits of a new, nonsystemic lipid-lowering agent: The clinician's perspective, Preventive Cardiology, 38-39, Winter 2001
  • Kleinpell, R. & Mick, Evaluating Outcomes. In Fulmer, T., Walker, M. & Foreman, M, (Eds.), Critical Care Nursing of the Elderly. New York: Springer, 179-196, 2001
  • Kleinpell-Nowell R., Longitudinal Survey of Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice: Year 2, AACN Clinical Issues, 12, 447-452, 2001
  • Davidson MH, Dicklin MR, Maki KC, Kleinpell RM, Colesevelam hydrochloride: a non-absorbed, polymeric cholesterol-lowering agent, Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 9(11), 2663-71, November 2000 Abstract
  • Kleinpell, R. (ed)., Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing, Spring 2000
  • Kleinpell, R., Measuring Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing, Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing, New York: Springer, 2000
  • Kleinpell, R., Vazquez, M. & Gailani, K., A Brief Spanish Translation Guide for Intensive Care Nurses, Critical Care Nurse, 20(2), 100-104, 2000
  • Kleinpell, R., Implementation Strategies: Assessing Outcomes in the Elderly In Acute Care, AACN Clinical Issues, 11(3), 442-452, 2000
  • Kleinpell RM, Hayden J, Longitudinal survey of acute care nurse practitioners, Nurse Practitioner, 24(8), 105-6, August 1999 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Continuing education for advanced practice nurses, Aacn Clinical Issues, 10(1), 127-32, February 1999 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Evolving role descriptions of the acute care nurse practitioner, Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 21(4), 9-15, February 1999 Abstract
  • Kleinpell-Nowell R., Longitudinal Survey of Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice: Year 1, AACN Clinical Issues, 10(4), 515-520, 1999
  • Kleinpell, R., Approach to the Hospitalized Patient, in Logan, P. (ed) Principles of Practice for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Prentice Hall, 111-116, 1999
  • Kleinpell, R. & Weiner, T., Measuring Advanced Practice Nursing Outcomes, AACN Clinical Issues, 10(3), 356-370, 1999
  • Kleinpell, R., Continuing Education for Advanced Practice Nurses, AACN Clinical Issues, 10(1), 127-132, 1999
  • Kleinpell, R. & Hayden, J., Longitudinal Survey of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner, 24(8), 105-106, 1999
  • Kleinpell, R., Reports of Role Descriptions of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, AACN Clinical Issues, 9(2), 290-295, 1998
  • Kleinpell, R. & Piano, M. (editors), Practice Issues for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Springer Publishing, 1998
  • Kleinpell, R. and Ferrans, C., Factors Influencing ICU Survival for Critically Ill Elderly Patients, Heart and Lung, 27(5), 337-343, 1998
  • Kleinpell RM, Improving telephone follow-up after ambulatory surgery, Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing, 12(5), 336-40, October 1997 Abstract
  • Minnick AF, Roberts MJ, Young WB, Kleinpell RM, Marcantonio RJ, What influences patients' reports of three aspects of hospital services?, Medical Care, 35(4), 399-409, April 1997 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Acute-care nurse practitioners: roles and practice profiles, Aacn Clinical Issues, 8(1), 156-62, February 1997 Abstract
  • Minnick A, Roberts MJ, Young WB, Marcantonio R, Kleinpell RM, Ethnic diversity and staff nurse employment in hospitals, Nursing Outlook, 45(1), 35-40, 1997 Abstract
  • Kleinpell, R., Whose Outcomes - Patients, Payors or Providers, Nursing Clinics of North America, 32(3), 513-520, 1997
  • Kleinpell, R., Improving Telephone Follow Up After Ambulatory Surgery, Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 12(5), 336-340, 1997
  • Kleinpell, R., Acute-Care Nurse Practitioners: Roles and Practice Profiles, AACN Clinical Issues, 8(1), 156-162, 1997
  • Minnick, A., Kleinpell, R., Micek, W., and Dudley, D., The Management of a Multi-Site Study, Journal of Professional Nursing, 12(1), 7-15, 1996
  • Kleinpell, R., Bedrosian, C., McCormick, L., Kremer, M., & Bronsted, R., ICU Nursing Practice Use of Peripheral Nerve Stimulators in Patients Receiving Neuromuscular Blockade, American Journal of Critical Care, 5(6), 449-454, 1996
  • Casey, V., Kleinpell, R., Pacura, L., & Tarlos-Benka, J., Assessing the Need for A Family Bereavement Program, International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 2(2), 174-177, 1996
  • Minnick, A., Roberts, M., Young, W., Kleinpell, R., Micek, W, Telephone Survery Response Rates and the Measurement of Patient Centered Care, Nursing Research, 44(6), 371-375, 1995
  • Daly, K., Kleinpell, R., Casey, G., & Lawinger, S, The Effect of Two Nursing Interventions on Families of ICU Patients, Clinical Nursing Research, 3(4), 414-422, 1994
  • Kleinpell, R.M., The Use of Adenosine to treat Proxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia - A Case Study, Heart and Lung, 21(2), 187-188, 1992
  • Kleinpell, R. M. and Powers, M.J., Needs of Family Members of Intensive Care Unit Patients, Applied Nursing Research, 5, 2-8, 1992
  • Kleinpell, R.M., A Concept Analysis of Quality of Life, Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 10(4), 223-229, 1991
  • Kleinpell, R. M., Needs of Families of Patients Hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit Setting: A Review of the Literature, Critical Care Nurse, 11(8), 34-40, 1991
  • Foreman, M.D. and Kleinpell R.M., Assessing Quality of Life of Elderly Persons, In Varricchio, C., and Ferrans, C.(Eds.) Quality of Life Assessment in Clinical Practice. Oncology Nursing Forum, 6(4), 292-297, 1990
  • Kleinpell RM, Graves BT, Ackerman MH, Incidence, pathogenesis, and management of sepsis: an overview., AACN advanced critical care, 17 (4), 385-93 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Avitall B, Integrating telehealth as a strategy for patient management after discharge for cardiac surgery: results of a pilot study., The Journal of cardiovascular nursing, 22 (1), 38-42 Abstract
  • Kleinpell RM, Promoting research in clinical practice: strategies for implementing research initiatives., AACN advanced critical care, 19 (2), 155-61; quiz 162-3 Abstract
  • Kleinpell, R., Professional Issues in Advanced Practice, in Gawlinski, A. and Hamwi, D. (eds) (1998) Certification Review for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners, AACN, 952-960

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