Kathleen
C. Buckwalter, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sally
Mathis Hartwig Professor in Gerontological Nursing and
Director, The John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing
Excellence
kathleen-buckwalter@uiowa.edu
482 Nursing Building
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Dr. Buckwalter is the Director of the
John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence,
Associate Director of the Gerontological Nursing Interventions
Research Center, Co-Director of the University's Center
on Aging, and holds joint appointments in the University
of Iowa College of Medicine Departments of Psychiatry and
Internal Medicine.
A prolific researcher of issues affecting
the elderly, Dr. Buckwalter's work has focused on improving
mental health services and providing community-based care
for chronically ill older persons. Her specific clinical
and research interests are in the area of geriatric mental
health. Dr. Buckwalter's research has been funded by several
branches of the NIH, including the National Institute on
Aging, the National Institute of Nursing Research, and the
National Institute of Mental Health, as well as numerous
private foundations.
She has written extensively in the field
of gerontology, authoring over 250 articles and 80 chapters,
and has edited eight books, the most recent being Swanson,
E. A., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Buckwalter, K. C. (Eds.). (2001).
Health promotion and disease prevention in the older adult:
Interventions and recommendations. New York: Springer Publishing
Co., and Maas, M., Buckwalter, K. C., Hardy, M., Tripp-Reimer,
T., Titler, M., & Specht, J. (Eds.). (2001). Nursing care
of older adults: Diagnosis, outcomes, and interventions.
St. Louis: Mosby.
In 1999, Dr. Buckwalter received the Distinguished
Contribution to Research Award from the Midwest Nursing
Research Society and was elected to the National Academy
of Sciences Institute of Medicine. In 2001, she was the
recipient of the American Psychiatric Nurses Associationn
Excellence in Research Award, and the first recipient of
the National Gerontological Nursing Association Board of
Directors Award. Currently Dr. Buckwalter serves on numerous
review committees, editorial boards, and advisory groups
including: the American Psychiatric Nursing Association's
Geropsychiatric/Long Term Care Council; the American Academy
of Nursing Expert Panel on Aging, Long Term Care Policy
Committee, the National Advisory Board for the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing's Hartford Gerontology
Project; the American Nurses Foundation Board of Trustees;
the Long-Term Care Task Force and Polisher Awards Committee
of the Gerontological Society of America; and the American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Committee on Aging.
Current Research:
- Evidence-Based Practice: Acute Pain
Management in the Elderly. Funded by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ).
- Gerontological Nursing Interventions
Research Center. Funded by the National Institute of Nursing
Research (NINR).
- Strengthening Geriatric Education and
Training in Iowa. Funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
- Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence.
Funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation.
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