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Berry, Patricia H., PhD, APRN, ACHPN, FAAN

Current Position: Associate Professor and Associate Director, Education and Practice for the University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Contact Information

Address:
College of Nursing
10 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City , Utah 84112

Phone: 801-793-5746
Fax: 801-585-3438
Email: patricia.berry@nurs.utah.edu

Background

I am an Associate Professor (with Tenure) and Associate Director for Education and Practice, the University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence. I graduated from the College of St. Teresa in Winona, MN with a BS in nursing, the University of Utah College of Nursing with a master's degree in Nursing (Gerontological Nurse Practitioner) and from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies.

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

Before joining the faculty at the College of Nursing in the fall of 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

• Enhanced RN Credentials
• My research and scholarship interests center on end-of-life care and pain and symptom management and I find I do my best work in interdisciplinary, collaborative teams.
• I am currently involved in a number of research studies including Measuring Nursing Care Quality Related to Pain Management, which includes parallel studies exploring how oncology certification impacts pain outcomes and the applicability of the instrument in hospitalized veterans. I have just completed a study, with colleagues Drs. Lee Ellington and Mardie Clayton, a study exploring the communication that occurs between home care hospices and family caregivers. In addition, I serve as a consultant for a Canadian project aimed at helping rural elders navigate the healthcare system entitled Timely Access and Seamless Transitions in Rural Palliative/End of Life Care. Finally, I am completing a study on the prevalence of pain in assisted living residents with the goal of developing a pain management intervention for assisted living staff, residents and families/close others.

Publications

• Clark, JM, Berry PH, McSteen K, Fabrey LJ. (in press). Reviewing and Revising the Blueprint for the Advanced Practice Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) Certification Examination: A National Practice Analysis. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing
• Berry PH, Griffie J. (in press). Planning for the actual death. In B. R. Ferrell & N. Coyle (Eds.), Textbook of Palliative Nursing (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Berry PH (in press). Management of other symptoms at end of life. Core Curriculum for the Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (2nd ed.), Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt
• Berry, PH & Planalp, S. (2008). Ethical Issues for Hospice Volunteers. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 25, 458-62.
• Berry, PH & Dahl, JL. (2007). 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, 9(5), 238-245.
• 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

Presentations

• 2008 "Measuring the Quality of Nursing Care Related to Pain Management" (Keynote address), Intermountain Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society Fall conference, Midway, UT
• 2008 "An Interdisciplinary Course in Palliative Care: Impact on Graduate Students in Nursing, Pharmacy, and Social Work" (with Katherine P. Supiano, MSSW), American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Annual Assembly, Tampa, FL
• 2007 "The GNL Program: Innovation in Baccalaureate Nursing Education," Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, OR
• 2006 "Clinical expertise and leadership in geriatric nursing: the Geriatric Nurse Leadership (GNL) RN-BS and Certificate Program at the University of Utah College of Nursing, " Utah Gerontological Society Annual Meeting, St. George, UT
• 2005 "Physician-Nurse Communication" (preconference), Annual Assembly of the American Association of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), New Orleans, LA, January 19-22, 2005
• 2004 "Families as Advocates for End-of-Life Care in Long-Term-Care: Insights from Family Focus Groups," Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, National Congress on the State of the Science in Nursing Research, Washington D.C
• 2004 "Shifting Perspectives in Palliative Care," Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress, Anaheim, CA
• 2003 "Pain Management: Guidelines and Best Practices," Utah Nursing Home Quality Measures Workshop: Pain Management, HealthInsight, Salt Lake City, UT
• 2002 "Palliative Care: Definitions, Philosophy, Challenges, and Controversies," Oncology Nursing Society Institutes of Learning, Seattle, WA
• 2002 "JCAHO Report Card on Standards," JCAHO Leadership Summit on Pain Management, San Francisco, CA
• 2001 "Pain Management in the Elderly," (teleconference)" "Pain Management in the Elderly," (teleconference)
• 2007 Berry PH, Prevalence of Pain in Assisted Living Residents, Western Institute of Nursing, Portland, OR)
• 2006 Marshall VB, Berry, PH, Calciphylaxis: From Diagnosis to Pain Management, The 16th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill, Montreal, Canada
• 2005 Berry PH. Families as Advocates for EOL Care in Nursing Homes: Implications for Clinical Practice and Research, Joint Clinical Conference, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, New Orleans, LA.
• 2003 Chang A, Ryan E, Berry P, MacLean C, Nedza S, Loeb J. Using the Modified Delphi Technique for Setting Performance Measurement Priorities to Assess the Efficacy of Pain-Management for Arthritis, Cancer, and Back Pain Across the Health Care Continuum, Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Boston, MA
• 2003 Stevenson KM, Dahl JL, Berry PH, Beck SL, Baseline Data from the Practice Change Programs: Room for Improvement, 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting, American Pain Society, Chicago, IL.
• 2001 Stevenson KM, Berry PH, Beck SL, Griffie J, Muchka S, Dahl, JL, Using Practice Change Programs to Improve Pain Management, International Association for the Study of Pain, 10th World Congress on Pain, San Diego, CA

Awards

• 2003 Book of the Year Award (Advanced Practice Category for End-of-Life Care: Clinical Practice Guidelines [with KK Kuebler & D Heindrich]), American Journal of Nursing

Areas of Teaching

• Nursing 7010, Domains of Knowledge
• Nursing 6564, Interdisciplinary Approach to End-of-Life/Palliative Care (Cross listed with Pharmacy and Social Work)
• Nursing 4410-094, Integrated Nursing Practice (Capstone) for the Geriatric Nursing Leadership Programs