PhD Student

Ann Bossen, MSN, RN, BC
203-5 NB

ann-bossen@uiowa.edu
319/335-7136

Education:
MSN, University of Iowa College of Nursing

BSN, University of Iowa College of Nursing

Certificates in Global Health and Nursing Informatics, University of Iowa College of Nursing

Advisor: 

Janet Specht, PhD, RN, FAAN

Cognate Area: 

I am considering environments, perhaps with a school of architecture or landscape architecture or potentially leisure studies. I need to investigate the possibilities further.

Research Focus:

My doctoral research will focus on the concepts of biophilia and attention restoration therapy as they relate to the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, especially persons with dementia in nursing homes. This will include looking at "nature-oriented" multisensory stimulation as an integral component of nursing home care.

 

Publications:

Bossen, A., Specht, J., McKenzie, S., (in press). Needs of persons with early stage dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

Specht, J., Taylor, R., Bossen, A., (in press). Planning care with persons with dementia: The evidence and the expert. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

Burgener, S.C., Buettner, L., Coen Buckwlater, K., Beattie, E., Bossen, A.L., Fick, D.M., Fitzsimmons, S., Kolanowski, A., Richeson, N.E.., Rose, K., Pringle Specht J.K., Testad, I., J., Yu, F., McKenzie, S., (In review, 2008, Special Edition of the Journal of Gerontologic Nursing on Early Stage Demenita).

Burgener, S.C., Buettner, L., Coen Buckwlater, K., Beattie, E., Bossen, A.L., Fick, D.M., Fitzsimmons, S., Kolanowski, A., Richeson, N.E.., Rose, K., Pringle Specht J.K., Testad, I., J., Yu, F., McKenzie, S., (Winter 2008). “Evidence supporting exercise interventions of persons in early-stage Alzheimer’s disease”. American Journal of Recreation Therapy.7(1), 17-24.

Burgener, S.C., Coen Buckwalter, K., Beattie, E., Bossen, A., Buettner, L., Burgener, S., Fick, D., Fitzsimmons, S., McKenzie, S., Richeson, N., Rose, K., Specht, J., Yu, F. Consensus Report: Review of Scientific Evidence Addressing Prevalence, Documented Needs, and Interdisciplineary Research; Persons in Early Stage Alzheimer’s Dementia. For the National Alzheimer’s Association, Chicago, Ill. Jan. 2007.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Zimmerman, B., Russell, J., (2008, in review). “Nurse Care Manger, Community Dementia Specialist: Role description & Caregiver Outcomes Evaluation”. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly.

Specht, J., & Bossen, A., Hall, G., Zimmerman, B., (In review). “Evaluating “Live-Alones: A Quick Assessment for Knowing When to Intervene”. In submission of Journal of Gerontologic Nursing.

Burgener, S.C., Buettner, L., Coen Buckwlater, K., Beattie, E., Bossen, A.L., Fick, D.M., Fitzsimmons, S., Kolanowski, A., Richeson, N.E.., Rose, K., Pringle Specht J.K., Testad, I., J., Yu, F., McKenzie, S., (2008). Evidence supporting nutritional interventions for persons with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 12, (1).

Goody, Cynthia M., Swanson, Elizabeth, Bossen, A.L., Osinsky, E., Frolova, E., Kuznetsova, O., & Plavinski, S. (2001). Russian Citizen's Trusted Sources of Health Promotion Information, International Journal of Global Health, 1 (2), 35-49.

Bossen, A., (2000). “Analyzing Telemedical Projects: Implications of Healthcare Reform - A Pilot Project in St. Petersburg, Russia”. In: Medical Issues & Health Care Reform in Russia. Hesli, V. and Mills, M., (Eds.). Edwin Mellon Press.

Bossen, A., assistant editor, Russian translation, (1997). “Iowa Neonatology Handbook”, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in cooperation with Professor Zoya Semerikova, Moscow Linguistic Institute, Moscow, Russia and Professor Margaret Mills, University of Iowa and Dr. Edward Bell, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.  

 

Presentations:

Specht, J., Mobily, P., Bossen, A., (accepted for presentation). “Perceived Leadership Effectiveness in Nursing Homes”, presentation at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society on Aging, November 21-25, 2008, National Harbor, Maryland

Bossen, A., Mobily, P., Specht, J. (accepted for presentation). “Perceived use of research based practice in nursing homes for urinary incontinence and pain” presentation at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society on Aging, November 21-25, 2008, National Harbor, Maryland

Bossen, A., (April 2nd, 2008). "Communicating with Older Adults and those with Sensory Impairments" invited talk to Nursing 96:126, University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA. March 21, 2007.

Bossen, A., McKay, S., & Lynch, N., “Restraint free care: An Introduction to N.E.S.T.”, presentation to a conference for the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals & the Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Ia. May 8, 2007.

Bossen, A., (April 2007) “AoA grant update”, presentation at the Iowa Adult Day Services Association Spring Meeting, , Des Moines, IA, April 5, 2007.

Bossen, A., (March 2007). "Communicating with Older Adults and those with Sensory Impairments" invited talk to Nursing 96:126, University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA. March 21, 2007.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., “One Piece of the Puzzle”, workshop presentation at the National Council on Aging/ American Association on Aging Annual Joint Conference, Chicago , Ill. March 7-10, 2007.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., “Enhancing Capacity in Adult Day Care for Persons with Dementia”, presentation at the 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society on Aging, Dallas, TX, November 16-20, 2006.

Bossen, A., Gregor, K., Specht, J., “Enhancing dementia care capacity in Adult Day Services through staff training”, presentation at the National Dementia Care Conference, Atlanta, GA. September 11-14, 2006.

Specht, J., Yeggy, L., Bossen, A., “Serving Persons with Dementia from Diverse Populations in Adult Day and Respite”, poster presentation at the National Dementia Care Conference, Atlanta, GA. September 11-14, 2006.

Riesenberg, A., Yeggy, L., Specht, J., Bossen, A.,”Developing Mobile and Drop in Community Respite Programs”, poster presentation at the National Dementia Care Conference, Atlanta, GA. September 11-14, 2006.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., “Dementia Care: The evidence”, presentation to the School of Nursing and others, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS. May 23, 2006.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., (March 2006) Presented 3 sessions; “Trends in Dementia Care”, “Diversity in Dementia Care”, and “Evaluating Outcomes within an Adult Day Services Environment”, at the Iowa Adult Day Services Association Spring Meeting, , Des Moines, IA, March 23, 2006.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Haverland, M., & Benson-Vorwald, J., (March 2006) Group presentation “Investing in Home and Community Based Services for Persons with Dementia: Enhancing Capacity in Adult Day Services” at the 2006 Joint Conference of the National Council On Aging and the American Society on Aging, “Investing in Aging, Strengthening Families, Communities and Ourselves, Anaheim, CA March 16-19, 2006.

Bossen, A., Walke, J., (February 2006). Presented an update of the grant for the Commission of the Iowa of Department of Elder Affairs. February 10, 2006.

Bossen, A., “Update on AoA Alzheimer’s Grant progress”, a presentation to Iowa Adult Day Association Board of Directors, January 9, 2006. Des Moines, Iowa.

Bossen, A., “The AoA Alzheimer’s Grant in Iowa; ADS Survey Results”, presentation to the Iowa Adult Day Services Association. September 15, 2005. Des Moines, Iowa.

Specht, J., & Bossen, A. (2005). “CNA Training; Enhancing Quality of Life for Yourself and your patients”. Community College Instructor Update, Marshalltown, IA August 4, 2005. Certification Center, University of Iowa, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, Iowa Valley Continuing Education Iowa Nurse Aide Curriculum and Testing Committees

Parks, J., & Bossen, A. (2005). A display, “Iowa’s Rural Alzheimer’s Demonstration Project AoA Grant: Enhancing capacity for dementia specific Adult Day Care and Respite for rural and emerging minority populations”. Building Iowa As A Healthy Community; The Governor’s Conference on Public Health Barn Raising V. Drake University, Des Moines, IA. July 28 & 29, 2005.

Bossen, A., & Bossen, K., (2005). A series of articles for Involvement magazine, the Heritage Area Agency on Aging newsletter; “Dementia and diversity; An African American health crisis”; a report from the conference “Aging, Dementia, & Diversity: Increasing Cultural Competency in the Aging Network”, University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, IA. July- August, 2005.

Bossen, A. (2004). “Iowa’s AoA Alzheimer’s Grant: Results from an Adult Day & Respite Survey”. Iowa Adult Day & Respite Services Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA March 17, 2005.

Hall, G., Bossen, A. (September 2004). Evaluating Live-Alones: A quick assessment for knowing when to intervene. Improving Chronic Care Quality; A National Conference on Transferring Geriatric Research into Practice. Columbia, MO. September 10-11, 2004.

Hall, G., Specht, J., Bossen, A., (September 2004). Accepted for presentation "Evaluating Live-Alones: A Quick Assessment for Knowing When to Intervene" at the "Improving Chronic Care Quality: Transferring Geriatric Research into Practice" conference Holiday Inn Select in Columbia, Missouri.

Bossen, A. (July 2004). Serving Underserved Populations: Living Alone in Iowa. The Alzheimer’s Association 12th National Alzheimer’s Disease Education Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Yeggy, L., (May 2004). Six hour training for Pleasantview Home, Kalona, Iowa.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., (March 2004). “ADRD Behavior and Communication; How they interplay”. In-service for Legacy Gardens, CCDI Unit. Iowa City, Iowa. March 23, 2004.

Bossen, A., (February 2004). “It’s a Family Issue”. Presentation at Ethical Challenges in Cognitive Loss, Genesis Heart Institute, Davenport, Iowa, February 26, 2004.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Robinswood, B., Zimmerman, B., (Feb 11, 2004) CON Research Colloquium, "Community Nurse Dementia Specialists; Education, training and evaluation". Iowa City, Iowa.

Bossen, A., Hall, G., Specht, J. Aired 1/16 & 17/2004 Iowa Public Television, Living in Iowa program on Rural Iowa Demonstration Project.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Robinswood, B., Zimmerman, B., (Feb 11, 2004), CON Research Colloquium, "Community Nurse Dementia Specialists; Education, training and evaluation". Iowa City, Iowa.

Bossen, A., Hall, G., Specht, J. Aired 1/16 & 17/2004 Iowa Public Television, Living in Iowa program on Rural Iowa Demonstration Project. Nancy Heather

Specht, J., Bossen, A., (December 2003). “Communicating with clients with ADRD: What makes it different”, In-service at Strawberry Point Lutheran Home, December 17, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Robinswood, B., (November 2003). "Determining Service Need for Clients with ADRD: What is the best measure". Presentation at the 56th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA. November 21-25, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Robinswood, B., (November 2003). Presentation, “AOA grant overview of outcomes" for the COA: Dr. Susan Schultz’ Clinical Studies in Aging Seminar: at University of Iowa. November 10, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Robinswood, B., Dodds, M. (October 2003). “Community Nurse Dementia Specialists: Implementation, Preparation and Evaluation”. Presented at the 6th International Conference on Care Management by the American Society on Aging, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 26-29, 2003.

Bossen, A., Specht, J., Hall, G., Robinswood, B., Yeggy, L., (July 2003). “Community Nurse Dementia Specialists: Implementation, Preparation and Evaluation”. Poster presentation at the 11th National Alzheimer's Disease Education Conference in Chicago, Illinois, July 20-23, 2003.

Hall, G., Specht, J., & Bossen, A., Robinswood, B (July 2003). “Evaluating “Live-Alones: A Quick Assessment for Knowing When to Intervene”. Presentation at the 11th National Alzheimer's Disease Education Conference in Chicago, Illinois, July 20-23, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., (March 2003). Mapping Dementia: Developmental Tasks along the Disease Trajectory& Nursing Interventions along the way. Presentations at the Iowa Public Health Nurses Association (IPHA) statewide conference in Ames, Iowa, March 25-26, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Dodds, M. (January 2003). Community Nurse Dementia Specialists: Implementation, Preparation and Evaluation. Poster presentation at the 25th Annual Meeting Midwestern Conference on HealthCare in the Elderly, January 31, 2003.

Bossen, A., (March 2003). The AoA Iowa Demonstration Project; “Building a Rural Dementia-specific Service Delivery System; Successful strategies learned for community health providers”. Presentation at the Iowa Public Health Nurses Association (IPHA) in Ames, Iowa, March 25-26, 2003.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., & Hall, G. (July, 2002). ADDGS, Building a Dementia-specific Service Delivery System for the Rural Aged in Iowa. 2nd Annual Year end conference of the AoA Grant. Des Moines, Iowa.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G. & Lemke, J. (March, 2002). Evaluation of Dementia-specific Nurse Care Manger Services to Caregivers. Paper presented at Midwest Nursing Research Society, Chicago, Illinois.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G. & Lemke, J. (April 2002). Use of NOC Outcomes to Evaluate a Demonstration Project to Develop Services to Persons with Dementia. Poster presentation at the NANDA, NIC and NOC Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Specht, J. & Bossen, A. Presentation, “Global Perspectives on Caregiving: From Iowa to St. Lucia”. University of Iowa Interdisciplinary Health Group, April 16, 2002, Iowa City, Iowa.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G. & J. Lemke. Poster presentation, "Comparison of NOC Outcomes for Rural Caregivers of People with Dementia". First Biennial Conference of the NNN Alliance on Nursing Diagnosis, Interventions and Outcomes: Developing, Linking and Integrating Nursing Language and Informatics. April 10-13, 2002, Chicago, Ill.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Lemke, J., Hall, G. & Jungling, J. “Evaluation of Dementia-Specific Nurse Care Manager Services to Caregivers”, presentation, 26th Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), March 1-4, 2002, Chicago ILL.

Specht, J., Bossen, A., Hall, G., Lemke, J., “Building a Seamless Dementia-specific Service Delivery System: A Project in Four Rural Iowa Regions”, poster presentation at the Twenty-Fourth Midwestern Conference on Health Care in the Elderly, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine and the University of Iowa Center on Aging. January 25, 2002, Iowa City, IA.

Bossen, A., Specht, J., Hall, G., Jungling, J. “Nurse Care Management: A Rural Iowa Project in Four Counties”. Presentation at the 54th Annual Scientific Meeting “2001 A Gerontologic Odyssey: Exploring Science, Society and Spirituality”. Gerontologic Society of America Conference. November 15-18, 2001, Chicago, ILL.

Bossen, A., “Rural Alzheimer’s Demonstration Project: An Update”, speaker, Stepping Stones to the Future, Governor’s Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, Des Moines, IA., November 12-13, 2001.

Bossen, A., “Overview: Rural Iowa Alzheimer’s Disease Demonstration Project”, presenter, Research Colloquium, University of Iowa College of Nursing, October 24, 2001

Bossen, A., “Building a Seamless Dementia Service Delivery System for Rural Iowa Aged”, presenter, Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, University of Iowa, September 25, 2001

Bossen, A., “Mapping Dementia: Individualized Training Along the Disease Continuum”, co- presenter, The 10th National Alzheimer’s Disease Education Conference, Chicago, Ill. July 15-18, 2001.

Bossen, A., “Cultural challenges translating high tech into the Former Soviet Union”, guest lecturer for US Health and Global Perspective, University of Iowa, November 2000.

Bossen, A., “Expanding nursing roles in rural family health care settings”, guest lecturer Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 2, 3, 2000.

Bossen, A., “Global perspectives on health care from Iceland and Russian experience”, guest lecturer for US Health and Global Perspective, University of Iowa, July 2000.

Bossen, A., “Non-communicable disease risk factors and health perceptions of the Russian elderly in Pontonni, Russia”, Family Medicine Conference, Medical Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia, March 2000.

Bossen, A., “Advanced Directives, Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney for HealthCare”, presenter, Johnson County Elderly Services Agency, CEU for Case Managers. December 9, 1998.

Bossen, A., “A Telemedicine Pilot Project in St. Petersburg, Russia”, presenter, AAASS 1997 Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, November 20-22, 1997.

Bossen, A., “Addressing telemedical potential in the Russian health care system in St. Petersburg, Russia”, presenter, Nursing Research Brown Bag, University of Iowa College of Nursing, September 24, 1997.

Bossen, A., “Analyzing Global Implications of Telemedical Practices: A Sample of US and European Projects”, presenter, Women’s Health Issues in Russia, Spring 1996 International Symposium, University of Iowa, May 17-18, 1996.  

 

Faculty or Clinical Research Affiliations:

I am currently the project director for Dr. Janet Specht’s RO1 NINR grant, “Improving continence and pain management in LTC: The MTRAIN Intervention study”. This study works with 50 NHs in northern Iowa to promote integration and knowledge of evidence-based practices in the LTC environment for pain management and urinary incontinence. It is a longitudinal quasi-experimental study following staff, resident, and institutional outcomes over a 12 month period. It involves over 1000 staff members, and 500 NH residents and families.