Amy Miner Ross

• PhD RN CNS
• Program Director at Oregon Health & Science University

Background: Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, has been shown to improve the pain experience in arthritis patients and the immune system in normal healthy patients. Yet, a simulated forest immersion therapy (SFIT) experience has not been tested in these two populations and specifically not in cancer patients. If SFIT complementary therapy in these two p...

Background. With projected nursing shortages, an aging workforce, and the imminent retirement of nurse leaders, nursing leadership shortages are a concern. While several studies have indicated the interest of nurses in pursuing leadership positions, limited research has focused on examining the influence of the leadership practice environment on nu...

Background: Nurse leaders play a fundamental role in improving patient quality care delivery, thus improving patient clinical outcomes. Purpose: This systematic review examined the knowledge to date of nursing leadership on reducing patient readmission rates. Methods: A literature review was conducted using seven electronic databases: Medline...

Shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, may provide relief from chronic and breakthrough pain in patients with axial spondyloarthritis and improve immune function through increasing NK cell numbers and activity and their downstream effectors, perforin and granulysin, after chemo- or radiation therapy in breast and prostate cancer patients. The aim of this pa...

Background: Engaging with nature can profoundly impact psychological and physiological health of persons across the lifespan. Greenspace interventions (GSI) encompass a broad range of strategic, nature-based activities for overall health and wellbeing. Within the past 20 years there has been a growing interest in the access to and management of gr...

Aims: To investigate workplace violence and nurse outcomes by comparing gender differences. Design: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data. Methods: Workplace violence was measured by four items from the International Hospital Outcome Study. Nurse outcomes were measured by tools including burnout, job satisfaction and intention to...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to assess predictors of the turnover intention, burnout, and perceived quality of care among nurses working in Oman, and (b) to examine the potential moderating role of job satisfaction on the relationship between work environment and nurse turnover intention. Design: A cross-sectional design w...

Aim To identify factors influencing nurses’ willingness to lead. Background Given the ageing workforce and the projected retirement of nurse leaders, there is a concern about nursing leadership shortages in the next decade. Several studies have shown that nurses are not interested in pursuing leadership positions, but studies investigating nurses’...

This is a cross-sectional study that investigated the impact of work-related factors, specifically the nurse-physician inter-professional relationship, on direct-care nurses' willingness to engage in leadership roles.

Background: Immunodeficiency in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is thought to be a result of norepinephrine suppression of the lymphoid tissue. The possible differences in the distribution of lymphocytes after stroke may be due to differences in responsiveness of lymphocyte β-adrenergic receptors to their kinase (BARK-1). Objective: The objective wa...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to establish the psychometric properties of the new 16-item leadership environment scale. Background: The leadership environment scale was based on complexity science concepts relevant to complex adaptive health care systems. Methods: A workforce survey of direct-care nurses was conducted (n = 1,443) in Orego...

This study estimated the effects of the work environment on the quality of care in intensive care units (ICUs). Nurses in ICUs with good work environments or high nurse staffing were significantly less likely to report poor or fair quality of care (odds ratio [OR] = 0.37-0.47), rationing of nursing care (OR = 0.38-0.76), and health care-associated...

A unique extant database to explain heterogeneity in peripheral immune response (PIR) over time in response to stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) was used to compare changes in PIR between first-time and recurrent stroke/TIA and to identify distinct and common trajectories of change in the PIR in stroke/TIA. Associations between risk factors fo...

Women and men have unique stroke risk factors and can experience different poststroke infections. The aim of this study is to determine the influence of gender, age, and risk factors on the peripheral immune response in stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA). A total of 192 adult acute stroke/TIA cases were analyzed for age, gender, risk factors fo...

Students had difficulty integrating leadership and outcomes management skills into their burgeoning novice practice. Further, the Baccalaureate Completion Program for RNs, an online program, expanded student enrollment, which created difficulty in finding enough clinical placements in agencies with staff experienced in leading teams and conducting...

Goals: The aims of this study were to determine if the infection rate differs between the first and recurrent ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), if the pattern of the peripheral immune response (PIR) differs between the first and recurrent ischemic stroke/TIA and if infection further influenced the pattern of the PIR. Methods: Retr...

Purpose: To explore a set of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) categories that cover the spinal cord injury (SCI) nursing practice in China through a national expert survey. Methods: An internet-based email survey was used. An original set of ICF categories specifically for SCI nursing has been developed fr...

Purposes/Aims: The purpose of this symposium is to present five papers that outline spiraled learning activities that build skills essential to understanding and using levels of evidence in evidence-based nursing practice. Rationale/Background: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing (SON) and eight associate degree nursing sc...

Purposes/Aims: The purpose of the project was to create a process of multi-assignment learning that guides students to assess publication types for their contribution to the meaning of a pathophysiological mechanism and using newly found evidence in communicating to other professionals and to the public. Rationale/Background: When Oregon Health &...

Purposes/Aims: The purpose of this project was to create a multi-assignment learning process about the use and interpretation of existing, and the creation of new practice-based evidence in the process of continuous quality improvement and the evaluation of quality and safety. Rationale/Background: Understanding and using evidence are enduring es...

Purposes/Aims: The purpose of these two projects was to create multi-assignment learning that guided students in using and creating publicly available evidence. Rationale/Background: Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing created a shared curriculum with eight associate degree (AD) nursing schools in Oregon, known as the Oregon Cons...

Purposes/Aims: The purpose of this project was to create learning activities related to informatics in existing modules about health policy and outcomes management in a leadership and outcomes management course. Rationale/Background:Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing and eight associate degree nursing schools in Oregon have impl...

in an article by Ross, noone, luce, and sideras (2009) published in the June issue of the Journal of Nursing Education, a series of seven learning activities were described that focused on development of evidence-based practice (ebP) and outcomes management knowledge and skills throughout an under-graduate nursing curriculum. these seven learning a...

Preparing undergraduate nursing students to practice nursing in the 21st century requires a focus on the development of evidence-based practice and outcomes management knowledge and skills throughout the nursing curriculum. To this end, seven learning activities were created that spiral and increase in complexity while building on previously acquir...

RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND: In 2006 four associate degree nursing schools in Oregon (AD) and The Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing (SON) implemented a new competency based undergraduate program as part of the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education (OCNE). The participating AD schools offer a shared curriculum leading to a ba...

The peripheral inflammatory response, as a proxy for the acute-phase response (a known mechanism for ischemic preconditioning), and non– damage-producing transient ischemia must exist together in humans if this candidate mechanism confers ischemic tolerance. The present study was aimed at determining whether the peripheral inflammatory response (ie...

We developed a regional strategy to decrease the time to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Protocols were created for paramedics and referring hospitals to identify and directly triage all patients with STEMI to a single PCI center. Time to PCI reperfusion and in-hos...

Numerous preclinical studies have demonstrated that posttraumatic treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) with thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) or TRH analogs improves long-term behavioral recovery. The purpose of the present study is to provide preliminary data regarding the safety and potential efficacy of TRH in patients with acute SCI. A total...

In 195 elderly head-injured patients, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores (admission and 72 hours) and intracranial pressure (ICP) 0-12 days after injury were compared to 6 month Glasgow Outcome Scores. All patients remaining comatose at least 72 hours after injury died within 6 months. The mortality rate among patients with ICP greater than 20 mm Hg w...

Seventeen consecutive children with early clinical signs of tentorial herniation after head injury underwent immediate burr-hole exploration before computed tomography scanning. In nine children (53%), a subdural hematoma was discovered and immediately evacuated. In one, a small intracerebral hemorrhage was diagnosed by intraoperative ultrasonograp...

Recently, Ropper reported that horizontal brain shift caused by acute unilateral mass lesions correlated closely with consciousness, and suggested that recovery of consciousness was unlikely to occur after surgical evacuation if the shift was insufficient to explain the observed diminution of consciousness. The authors have sought to confirm the co...

The goal of this work was to demonstrate prospectively that maximal surgical resection of low grade oligodendroglio-mas without adjuvant therapy does not reduce life expectancy over that of historical controls. All patients with surgi-cally accessible grade II oligodendrogliomas underwent maximal resection using stereotactic guidance and/or cortica...

Abstract: leaf vi. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon Health & Science University, Feb. 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-77).