Chronic Pain and Chronic Wound Care in the Elderly
Nursing Home Quality
Evidence-Based Clinical, Teaching, and Managerial Practice
Research Projects
Co-Investigator and Director, Dissemination and Translation Core, P30 SMART Center Grant. NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research
Principal Investigator, DAY Program Evaluation. Parma Community Hospital Foundation
Education Interests
Health services research methods
Quality of care/quality improvement
Nursing systems
Health policy
Health care finance and reimbursement
Evidence-based practice
Implemenation/translation research
Educational Background
BSN, University of Michigan School of Nursing
MS, Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School
Ph.D., Administration and Policy Analysis, Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Post-doctoral Education: Health Care Quality and Finance, School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
Recent Publications
Jones, K. R. (2011). In M. Wykle and S. Gueldner (Ed.), Evidence-based Pain Management. In Aging Well: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Jones, K. R., Tullai-McGuinness, S., Dolansky, M., Farag, A., Krivanek, M. J., Matthews, L. (2011). Expanded adult day program as a transition option from hospital to home. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 12(1), 18-26.
Kosits, L., Jones, K. R. (2011). Interruptions Experienced by RNs Working in the Emergency Department. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 37(1), 3-8.
