University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Blaine Winters, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC

Blaine Winters MS, APRN, ACNP-BCTitle: Instructor (Clinical)
Current Position: Program Director for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist
Research Specialty: Acute care, care of acutely ill and injured older adults

Hartford Affiliation

Program Director, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist Program

Education

  • BS Brigham Young University
  • BS University of Utah
  • MS University of Utah
  • DNP University of Utah

Research/Scholarly Activities

  • 9/06-Present Principal Investigator, Use of Clinical Guidelines as Standard of Care in a Level I Trauma Center.
  • 5/08-12/08 DNP Project, A Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Pain in Older Adults With Rib Fractures.

Honors

  • 2008 Noorda Geriatric Nursing Scholar, University of Utah Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Related Publications

  • Winters, B. (2009). Older adults with traumatic rib fractures: An evidence-based approach to their care. Journal of Trauma Nursing.

Academic Activities

  • University Hospital Interdisciplinary Trauma Committee, member

  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, University of Utah Hospital Trauma Service
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses, member

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