abrahamsonk@uwosh.edu

Education

• - PhD, Sociology, Purdue University
• - MS, Sociology, Purdue University
• - MSN, emphasis in Leadership, Western Governors University
• - MA, Interdisciplinary Gerontology, Western Illinois University
• - BSN, Western Governors University
• - BS, Sociology, UW Oshkosh

Certifications

• - CNE: Certified Nurse Educator, National League for Nursing
• - CPHQ: Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, National Association for Healthcare Quality

Awards and Honors

• - 2023 - Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing, Purdue University
• - 2020 - Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
• - 2018 - Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• - 2017 - Hulman Achievement Award for Excellence in Public Health Science Research, Indiana Public Health Association
• - 2016 - Fellow, Gerontological Society of America Social Research, Policy and Practice Section

Presentations

• - Hass, Z., Abrahramson, K., Xu, D., and Cooke, V. “Understanding Nursing Home Responses to Minnesota’s New Value Based Reimbursement System.” Poster Presentation. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting. November, 2020. (Virtual due to Covid-19)
• - Wang, E, Abrahamson, K., Ahmed, A., Liu, M. “Can mobile technology improve weight loss in overweight adults” STTI International Research Conference. Abu Dhabi: July, 2020. (Virtual due to Covid-19)
• - Abrahamson, K., Davila, H., Kirk, L., Mueller, C. “Can a Nursing Home Psychotropic Reduction Project be Successfully Implemented in Assisted Living?” Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA: June, 2020. (COVID-19 pandemic alteration in setting)
• - Wang, E.*, Abrahamson, K., Ahmed, A., Liu, M. “Can mobile technology facilitate weight loss in overweight adults? A systematic review” Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting. Schaumburg, IL: April, 2020. Second Place Award for Best Student Poster
• - Alarcon Garavito, G.*, Abrahamson, K. “What Is the Evidence Base for Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Decrease Use of Psychotropic Medications?” Gerontological Society Annual Research Meeting. Austin, TX: November, 2019.
• - Fu, R., Abrahamson, K., Campbell, T. “Occupational Mobility and Chronic Illness in Late Life: A Systematic Review” Gerontological Society Annual Research Meeting. Austin, TX: November, 2019.
• - Moffat, L & Abrahamson, K. “The Accuracy of Machine Learning to Predict Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review." STTI Biannual Convention. Washington, DC: November, 2019.
• - Wang, E., Abrahamson, K., Ahmed, A. & Liu, P. “Can Mobile Technology Improve Weight Loss in Overweight Adults: A systematic review.” Summit on Flexible and Bendable Electronics. West Lafayette, IN: July, 2019.
• - Jones, C., Abrahamson, K., Richards, E. & Coddington, J. “Workflow Analysis in a Nurse Led Clinic” Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting. Kansas City, MO: March, 2019.
• - Abrahamson, K., Fox, R., Roundtree, A. & Farris, K. “I am Here to Take Care of You”: Nursing Assistant Perspectives of Their Roles in the Nursing Home Patient Experience” Gerontological Society of American Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA: November, 2018.
• - Xu, J., Hass, Z., Abrahamson, K., Xu, D., & Arling, G. “Caregiver Health Among Family Caregivers of Discharged Nursing Home Patients” Gerontological Society of American Annual Research Meeting. Boston, MA: November, 2018.
• - Cai, K. & Abrahamson, K.  “The Indiana SMART (Safer Medication Administration Regimens and Treatment) Campaign: a case study of an exemplar nursing home” Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Research Conference, West Lafayette, IN: April, 2018.
• - Fox, R., Roundtree, A., Abrahamson, K. & Farris, K. “I am here to take care of you”: Nursing Assistant Perspectives in their Role in the Nursing Home Resident Experience” Health Care Scholars Showcase, San Marcos, TX: February, 2018.

Publications

• - Fu, R., Abrahamson, K. & Campbell, T. (In Press) “Occupational Mobility and Chronic Health Conditions in Middle and Later Life: A Systematic Review” International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
• - Hass, Z., Abrahamson, K., & Arling, G. (In Press) “Ownership Change and Care Quality: Lessons from Minnesota’s Experience with Value-Based Purchasing” Innovations in Aging.
• - Luebcke, C., Smith, B., & Abrahamson, K. (2022) “An Integrated Review of Obstetric Admissions in the Intensive Care Unit” Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing, 41(3).
• - Resnick, B., Zimmerman, S., Gaugler, J., Ouslander, J., Abrahamson, K., Brandt, N., ... & Verbeek, H. (2022). “Pragmatic trials in long-term care: research challenges and potential solutions in relation to key areas of care” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 23(3), 330-338.
• - Van Houtven et al. (2021) “State Policy Responses to Covid-19 in Nursing Homes” Journal of Long Term Care: 264–282, DOI: http://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.81.
• - Abrahamson, K., Davila, H., Kirk, L., Garavito, G. A. & Mueller, C. (2021) “Can a Nursing Home Psychotropic Reduction Project be Successfully Implemented in Assisted Living?” Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(9): 1071-1079.
• - Wang, E., Abrahamson, K., Liu, P., & Ahmed, A. (2020) “Can Mobile Technology Improve Weight Loss in Overweight Adults: A systematic review” Western Journal of Nursing Research, 42(9): 747-759.
• - Evans, A., Abrahamson, K. (2020) “The Impact of Stigma on Suicide Bereavement: A systematic review” Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58 (4): 21-27.  (selected as CEU feature article)
• - Abrahamson, K., Fox, R., Roundtree, A., & Farris, K. (2020) “The Nursing Assistant Role in the Nursing Home Patient Experience” Nursing and Health Sciences, 22: 72-81.Abrahamson, K., Unroe, K., Iloabuchi, T., Lieb, K., Russell, R., Cai, Y*., & Nazir, A. (2020) “Lessons Learned from the Indiana SMART Campaign to Reduce Nursing Home Polypharmacy” Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (1): 140-141.
• - Abrahamson, K., Hass, Z., & Arling, G. (2020) “Shall I Stay or Shall I Go? The Choice to Remain in the Nursing Home among Residents with High Potential for Discharge” Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(8): 863-870.
• - Abrahamson, K., Mueller, C., Duan, F., & Cooke, V. (2019) “Heightening Person-Centered Care Processes in Nursing Restorative Care” Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 45(5):5-10.
• - Noureldin, M., Abrahamson, K. & Arling, G. (2019) “Home and Community-based Service Organizations’ Capacity for and Experiences with Quality Improvement Initiatives” Home Healthcare Management and Practice, 31(1): 23-29.
• - Noureldin, M., Hass, Z., Abrahamson, K., & Arling, G. (2018) "Fall Risk, Supports and Services, and Falls Following a Nursing Home Discharge" The Gerontologist, 58 (6): 1075-1084.
• - Buttke, D., Cooke, V., Abrahamson, K., Shippee, T., Davila, H. & Arling, G. (2018) “A State-wide Model to Assist Nursing Home Residents to Transition Successfully to the Community” Geriatrics,3 (18).
• - Hebdon, M., Abrahamson, K., Griggs, R., & McComb, S. (2018) “Shared Mental Models of Cancer Survivorship Care” European Journal of Cancer Care, 27 (2).
• - Abrahamson, K., Fu, R., Pressler, K., Fulton, B., Morgan, K., & Anderson, J. (2018) “Organizational Role and Perception of Organizational Safety Culture” Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (peer-reviewed journal of the American Nurses Association), 23 (3).
• - Abrahamson, K., Davila, H., Hountz, D. (2018) “Involving Nursing Assistants in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Nurses” American Journal of Nursing, 118 (2), 11.

Grants

• - Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Indiana CHOICE Program, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), subcontract with Indiana University School of Medicine, $130,000, 3/15/23-11/15/23
• - Principal Investigator, Implementation of an Evidence-based Approach to Address the Mental Health of Long- Term Care Residents and Staff, Purdue University Health Equity Initiative, $5000, 3/22-12/22.
• - Principal Investigator, Academic Detailing to Improve Opioid Prescribing Practice, Marion County (Indiana) Health Department, $33,000, 9/21-12/21.
• - Principal Investigator (Purdue subcontract), Statewide Caregiver Survey, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), subcontract with Indiana University School of Medicine, $6,673.86, 11/20-3/21.
• - Co-Principal Investigator, Consistent Nursing Home Staff Planning under Heterogeneous Service Demand, National Science Foundation, supplement of $25,000 to initial grant, PI: Kong, 6/20-6/21.
• - Co-Investigator, Evaluation of Minnesota Long Term Care Initiatives, Minnesota Department of Human Services, total budget $191, 730, PI: Arling, 6/20-12/20.
• - Co-Investigator, Cost-Effective Quality Care for Indiana’s Long-Term Care (LTC) Medicaid Patients, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), 20% salary effort for 3 year project period, total project budget $2,000,000, PI: Hountz, 11/18-9/20.
• - Principal Investigator, Minnesota Nursing Restorative Case Mix Groups Study, $17,500, Minnesota Department of Human Services, 2017-2018.
• - Principal Investigator, A Model to Improve Prescribing Practices in Indiana Nursing Homes, $600,000, Indiana State Department of Health, 2016-2018.
• - Co-Investigator, OPTIMISTIC, $473,749 (total Purdue subcontract, responsible for 5%), CMS, PI: Unroe, 2016-2020.