Karen A. Monsen

ORCID: 0000-0003-0196-9799
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Research Areas
  • Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • School Health and Nursing Education
  • Health and Wellbeing Research
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Nursing Roles and Practices
  • Frailty in Older Adults

University of Minnesota
2015-2024

University of Alabama in Huntsville
2024

Twin Cities Orthopedics
2022-2024

Karen Hospital
2024

ORCID
2024

University of Missouri
2024

Christie's
2024

Robin Medical (United States)
2024

John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2023

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
2023

Countries around the world are facing very similar healthcare issues: quality and cost of care, poor outcomes, lack access to transparency information, a growing dissatisfaction among both patients caregivers. In United States, constitutes 15.7% gross national product compared 9.7% in Netherlands, 8.9% Norway, 7.5% Ireland. According report recently released by World Economic Forum,1 with no reforms underway that would affect fundamental drivers expenditures, some estimate 2040 total...

10.7453/gahmj.2014.030 article EN Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2015-01-01

Abstract Objectives The purpose was to determine the feasibility of using a standardized language, Omaha System, describe community‐level strengths. objectives were: (a) evaluate System at community level reflect strengths and (b) preliminary results observations across international settings. Design Sample A descriptive qualitative design used. sample data set 284 windshield surveys by nursing students in 5 countries: Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey, United States. Measures An online...

10.1111/phn.12558 article EN Public Health Nursing 2018-11-28

This systematic literature review explores the role of school nurses n helping children being bullied in three countries, Norway, Scotland and United States (US). Comparisons were made way trained employed to better understand how this reflects their roles responsibilities within context bullying among children. Different systems used support affected by explored examples good practice shared. The challenges faced due limited numbers compared pupils they was a common phenomenon all...

10.12968/bjsn.2016.11.5.246 article EN British Journal of School Nursing 2016-06-02

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the attitudes of health professionals towards electronic records (EHRs) in primary care settings Turkey.Methods: A survey was administered 754 working Family Health Centres (FHCs) seven districts Istanbul, Turkey. The developed based on extensive literature review, and consisted 33 statements rated a five-point Likert-scale.Results: total 325 completed questionnaires were received, representing 43% response rate, with 97% respondents being satisfied EHR...

10.3109/17538157.2013.834342 article EN Informatics for Health and Social Care 2013-10-16

Nurses in acute care settings are affected by the technologies they use, including electronic health records. This study investigated impacts of adoption a comprehensive record measuring nursing locations and interventions three units before 12 months after adoption. Time-motion methodology with handheld recording platform based on Omaha System standardized terminology was used to collect location intervention data. In addition, investigators administered Caring Efficacy Scale better...

10.1097/cin.0000000000000441 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2018-04-24

This study examined nurses' work, comparing nursing interventions and locations across three units in a United States hospital using Omaha System standardized terminology as the organizing framework.The differences acute-care work unit types are not well understood. Prior investigators have used time-motion methodologies; few compared units, nor terminology.Nurse-observers recorded of nurses on hand-held devices web-based TimeCaT™ software. Nursing were mapped to terms. Unit-differences...

10.1111/jonm.12502 article EN Journal of Nursing Management 2017-08-29

ABSTRACT Objectives: To use structured clinical data from public health nurse (PHN) documentation to describe client risk, family home visiting interventions, including tailoring, and assess the associations between risk intervention tailoring. Design Sample: Retrospective cohort design. A of 486 clients who received at least 3 visits PHNs in a local Midwest agency (2000–2005). Measures: Omaha System variables documenting assessments, outcomes. index was created identify low‐ high‐risk...

10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00911.x article EN Public Health Nursing 2011-01-20

Meaningful use has become ubiquitous in the vocabulary of health information technology. It suggests that better healthcare does not result from adoption technology and electronic records, but by increasing interoperability informing clinical decisions at point care. Although initial application meaningful was limited to eligible professionals hospitals, it incorporates complex processes workflow involve all nurses, other practitioners, settings. The community will more integrated,...

10.1097/ncn.0b013e3181f9ddc6 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2010-11-20

Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) provide a clinical view of patient health. EHR data are becoming available in large sets and enabling research that will transform the landscape healthcare research. Methods needed to incorporate wellbeing dimensions strengths sets. The purpose this study was examine potential alignment Wellbeing Model with interface terminology standard, Omaha System, for documenting assessments. Objective: To map System use assessment evaluate feasibility...

10.7453/gahmj.2015.040 article EN Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2015-05-01

10.1891/1078-4535.19.3.122 article EN Creative Nursing 2013-08-01

Visualization is a Big Data method for detecting and validating previously unknown hidden patterns within large data sets. This study used visualization techniques to discover test novel in public health nurse (PHN)-client-risk-intervention-outcome relationships. To understand the mechanism underlying risk reduction among high mothers, representing complex social interventions were visualized series of three steps, analyzed with other important contextual factors using standard descriptive...

10.1177/0193945916679663 article EN Western Journal of Nursing Research 2016-12-15

MONSEN, KAREN A. PhD, RN, FAAN; PETERSON, JESSICA J. MS, CRNA; MATHIASON, MICHELLE MS; KIM, ERA LEE, SEONAH PhD; CHI, CHIN-LIN MBA; PIECZKIEWICZ, DAVID S. PhD Author Information

10.1097/cin.0000000000000190 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2015-10-01

10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.06.010 article EN International Journal of Medical Informatics 2015-07-05

Abstract Purpose To explore resilience in the context of whole‐person health and social determinants at individual community levels using large, standardized nursing datasets. Design A retrospective, observational, correlational study existing deidentified Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)‐compliant data Omaha System its equivalent, Simplified Terms. Methods We used three samples to for patterns resilience: pre‐COVID‐19 community‐generated ( N = 383), clinical...

10.1111/jnu.12634 article EN public-domain Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2021-04-03

Preparing nursing students to achieve informatics competencies is essential in today's information-intensive healthcare delivery systems. This study aimed provide hands-on experience and identify the frequency type of home care clients' health problems, interventions, outcomes using a standardized terminology, Omaha System. Data were collected by 159 on visits 598 clients, who received 8657 interventions from faculty for 2267 addition services provided centers. Skin, neuromusculoskelatal...

10.1097/nxn.0b013e318282eala article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2013-02-23

Summary Background: EHR clinical document synthesis by clinicians may be time-consuming and error-prone due to the complex organization of narratives, excessive redundancy within documents, and, at times, inadvertent proliferation data inconsistencies. Development systems that are easily adaptable user’s work processes requires research into visualization techniques can optimize information point care. Objective: To evaluate effect a prototype tool for clinically relevant new on clinicians’...

10.4338/aci-2012-05-ra-0017 article EN Applied Clinical Informatics 2012-01-01

Background Public health nurses (PHNs) engage in home visiting services and documentation of care for at-risk clients. To increase efficiency decrease burden, it would be useful PHNs to identify critical data elements most associated with patient priorities outcomes. Machine learning techniques can aid retrospective identification elements. Objective We used two different machine feature selection minimum redundancy–maximum relevance ( mRMR ) LASSO (least absolute shrinkage operator) elastic...

10.1097/nnr.0000000000000315 article EN Nursing Research 2018-08-30

Austin, Robin R. PhD, DNP, RN-BC, FAMIA; Mathiason, Michelle A. MS; Lu, Sheng-Chieh RN; Lindquist, Ruth ACNS, RN, FAAN; McMahon, Siobhan K. Pieczkiewicz, David S. PhD; Monsen, Karen FAMIA, FAANEditor(s): Alexander, Susan ANP-BC, ADM-BC Author Information

10.1097/cin.0000000000000862 article EN CIN Computers Informatics Nursing 2022-02-01

Many East African refugee women have experienced torture and trauma while fleeing from their home countries. also experience high rates of isolation, depression, symptoms posttraumatic stress disorder after resettlement. Effective methods are needed for improving the mental well-being this population. This pilot study (N = 19) tested feasibility, accessibility, acceptability a strengths-based, community-delivered intervention with Somali Ethiopian refugees. Feasibility was established...

10.1080/15325024.2010.507645 article EN Journal of Loss and Trauma 2010-09-14
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