Patricia Berry, PhD, APRN, BC-PCM

Contact Information:

• Mailing Address:
• University of Utah
• College of Nursing
• 10 South 2000 East
• Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5880
• Phone: (801) 585-9636
• FAX: (801) 585-3438
• E-mail: patricia.berry@nurs.utah.edu

Background:

I am certified as a gerontological nurse practitioner and an advanced practice palliative care nurse. I also am a member of the University's interdisciplinary Center on Aging and serve on the editorial boards for the International Journal of Palliative Nursing and Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. Recently, I was invited to join the national faculty for the Geriatric End-of-Life Nursing Education (ELNEC).

Before joining the faculty at the College of Nursing in 2001, I oversaw the collaboration between the University of Wisconsin and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) which produced the JCAHO pain assessment and management standards. I also assisted with national pain management organizational change programs in home health programs and other small organizations.

Research Program/Scholarly Activity:

My areas of research and scholarship center around end-of-life care for vulnerable and under served persons, including nursing home and assisted living residents. I am completing a study on the prevalence of pain in assisted living residents. I am also a member of the research team developing a tool to measure quality of nursing care related to pain management.

Selected Past and Present Funding:

Selected Recent and Representative Publications:

• Berry, PH & Dahl, JL. (in press). Advanced practice nurse controlled substances prescriptive authority: A review of the regulations and implications for effective pain management at end of life. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
• Berry, PH. (2007). The pain of residents with terminal cancer in USA nursing home: Family members' perspectives. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 13, 20-27.
• Stevenson KM, Dahl JL, Berry PH, Beck SL, Griffie J. (2006). Institutionalizing effective pain management practices: Practice change programs to improve the quality of pain management in small health care organizations. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 31, 248-61.
• Berry PH, Griffie J. (2006). Planning for the actual death. In B. R. Ferrell & N. Coyle (Eds.), Textbook of Palliative Nursing (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Berry PH (Ed.). (2005) Core Curriculum for the Generalist Hospice and Palliative Nurse (2nd ed.), Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt.
• Duggleby W. Berry PH. (2005). Transitions and shifting goals of care for palliative patients and their families. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 9(4), 425-8.
• Berry PH, Matzo, MM. (2004). Death and an aging society. In Gerontologic Palliative Care Nursing (Matzo MM; Sherman DW). St. Louis, MO, Mosby, 31-51
• Berry PH. (2003). Compliance with the Joint Commission Standards. In Approaches to Pain Management: An Essential Guide for Clinical Leaders. Oakbrook, IL, Joint Commission Resources.
• Kuebler KK, Berry, PH, Heidrich D. (2002). (Eds.), End-of-life care: Clinical Practice Guidelines Philadelphia: Saunde.
• Berry PH, Dahl JL. (2000). The new JCAHO pain standards: Implications for pain management nurses. Pain Management Nursing, 1,1-8

Recent Presentations:

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Selected Affiliations with Professional Organizations:

• Gerontological Society of America
• Sigma Theta Tau International
• Oncology Nursing Society
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
• American Nurses Association/Utah Nurses Association

Areas of Teaching Responsibility

• Nursing 6564, Interdisciplinary Approach to End-of-Life/Palliative Care (Cross listed with Pharmacy and Social Work)
• Nursing 5050, Best Practices in Geriatric Nursing

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