Denise Marie Kresevic, Ph.D., R.N., APN-BC

CURRICULUM VITAE

Ohio License (Nursing)
Certificate of Authority (Ohio)
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner Certificate to Prescribe (Ohio)


UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

1973-1977 Ursuline College Bachelor of Science
Pepper Pike, Ohio

1980-1983 Frances Payne Bolton Master of Science
School of Nursing Major: Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

1988-1997 Frances Payne Bolton PhD Nursing
School of Nursing Gerontological
Case Western Reserve University Nurse Practitioner
Practicuum

1978-1980 Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-Present Nurse Researcher, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Direct Care, Research
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center Consultation Quality Cleveland, Ohio Improvement

Aug. 1984-Present Clinical Nurse Specialist Direct Care, Consultation; Medical-Surgical Nursing Clinical Supervision/Education\University Hospitals of Cleveland Case Management; Quality
Improvement; Research

Sept. 1990-1995 Nursing Director Acute Care of the Elderly Research Project
University Hospitals of Cleveland

1984-Present Clinical Instructor Clinical Preceptor, Graduate
Frances Payne Bolton Undergraduate students
Case Western Reserve University Guest Lecturer

1983-1998 Weekend Staff Nurse Supplemental Staffing on Mt. Sinai Medical Center Medical/Surgical Floor
Cleveland, Ohio and Adult ICU

1983-1984 Instructor II Inservice and Orientation
University Hospitals of Cleveland classes; Clinical supervision
Cleveland, Ohio

1979-1982 Clinical Nurse II Charge Nurse for unit
University Hospitals of Cleveland Orientation of new nurses
Cleveland, Ohio Scheduling; Evaluations

1977-1979 Clinical Nurse I Staff Nurse for sixteen bed
University Hospitals of Cleveland Surgical Intensive Care Unit

1996 - Present Manuscript Reviewer Clinical Nurse
Specialist Journal

1985-1996 Ohio Nurses Association Peer Assistance
Columbus, Ohio Volunteer

1985-1990 Board of Directors
Greater Cleveland Nurses Association Cleveland, Ohio


HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2004 Univeristy Hospitals of Cleveland Role Model of the Month

2003 University Hospitals Quarter Century Club

2003 Ohio Certificate of Authority (CNS NP) , Certificate to Prescribe

1999-07 ANCC Certified Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate of Authority- NP

1997-2007 Ohio Advance Practice
Certificate of Authority -CNS

1992 National Institute of Health Geriatric Mental Health
Predoctoral Fellowship

1990, 1995, 2000 ANCC Certified Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist (recertified)

1998 Elizabeth K. Porter Involved Nurse Award (Cleveland, Ohio)

1985 ANA Certified Gerontological Nurse

1977 Who's Who in American Colleges


COMMUNITY SERVICE

2006 Speaker “The Gathering Place”

2005 Executive Council FPB
Board of Directors The Benjamin Rose Institutue

2005
Parent Advisory Group CWRU Mandel School of Social Sciences Partner’s Project for Adoptive Families PI Victor Groza Ph D

2004 Lecture, Parish Council, Hospital Vistor, St Monica Church Garfield Heights Ohio


CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

1976-Present Ohio Nurses Association

1989-Present Gerontological Society of America

1982 -present Sigma Theta Tau


RESEARCH

2005 - Joint Replacement Utilization Disparity: The Role of Communication

2002- Nursing Interventions to Improve Quality of Life of Prostate Cancer Survivors

2001-03 Feasibility and Durability of Hip protectors

2000- 2005 Model I project –National VA project to assess Long term care

2000-present The Use of Guided Imagery to Enhance Postoperative Outcomes in Joint
Replacement Patients

1998-99 Great Lakes Team Training Project. John A Hartford Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

1998 Caregivers Perceptions of Discharge Needs Pilot. Bowman, Rose, Kresevic.
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.

1994-1998 Prevalence Incidence and Predictor Variables for New Onset Urinary
Incontinence in the Elderly. Kresevic, D. University Hospitals of Cleveland
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University.
Supported by Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing Alumni Association.

1994-1998 Acute Care of the Elderly Unit. Landefeld, C., Palmer, R., Kresevic, D.,
Kowal, J. Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio (consultant).

1993 Patient Perceptions of Discharge Planning. Idemoto, Heyman, Kresevic.
University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Member, Advisory Board, Hartford Niche Project to Improve Hospitalized Care
of the Elderly. Co-Investigator, Pepper Project Cleveland, Funded through 1998.

1990-1998 The Dysfunctional Syndrome in Hospitalized Patients. Landefeld, S., Palmer,
R., Kowal, J., Kresevic, D. University Hospitals of Cleveland VA Medical Center

1990-1992 Postural Hypotension in Elderly Hospitalized Patients. Mader, S.M., Kresevic,
D., Menzel, L. Caring for Patients with AIDS Stress and Coping Strategies. Kresevic, D., Kohanski, P., University Hospitals of Cleveland.

1982 Unpublished Thesis; "Nurses' Learning Needs and Attitudes Concerning Elderly
Patients in Short Stay Hospitals". Case Western Reserve University


PRESENTATIONS

Polypharmacy Can Advanced Practiace Nurses Make a Difference Cleveland Ohio May 2006

Living to 100 and Beyond Healthy , ,Louis Stokes Cleveland Ohio January 2005, University of Virginia March 2005 University Hospitals of Cleveland March 2005

Elder Care Coordinators (Poster) A. Deramo, D. Kresevic , J Rose, D. Fortunato. GSA Washington Nov 2004, CWRU Research Symposium April 2005

Examining Associations among Veteran and Family Caregiver Characteristics, Hospitalizationand Home Care Utilization for Frail Elderly Veterans. T. Andersson. K. Abbott, R. Lawrence, M. Cappaert, A Deramo, D. Kresevic, J Rose Gerontological Society of American Annual Conference, November 2004 Washington D.C.

Assessing Quality of Care in Prostate Cancer Survivors and their Spouses . D. Kresevic Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC May 2004

Coordination of Care of Elders . Hocking Hills College Faculty Devleopment Workshop Sept 2004.

Holistic Health for Elders . Louis Stokes VAMC May 2004

Pain in Elderly. University Hospitals of Cleveland April 2004

Medications the Good the Bad and the Ugly. University Hospitals Advanced Practice Group April 2004

Delirium, prevention, assessment, management Lake Erie Critical Care Conference Cleveland Ohio May 2003

The Use of Guided Imagery for Joint Replacement Patients . Cleveland Ohio April 2003

Medications in the Elderly (Poster) K Abbott , A Deramo, D Kresevic J Rose.GSA Boston November 2002

Medications in the Elderly Louis Stokes .Cleveland VAMC October 2002

Team Training Hocking Hills College September 2002

Elders’ Perceptions Regarding Urinary Incontinence (poster).D. Kresevic GSA Chicago November 2001

Nurse and Physician Knowledge of Geriatric Protocols, (poster) D. Kresevic P Nosan E Otoole. GSA Chicago November 2001

The Use of Alternative Therapies, Hocking Hills College Faculty Development Workshop , September 200l

Teaching Geriatric Nursing Protocols, Sigma Theta Tau Cleveland, Ohio September 2001

Research: A Necessary Strategy for Quality, UHHS Conference, January 200l

Patients Perceptions of Risk Factors for Incontinence (poster) D. Kresevic VA Conference, Akron, Ohio 2001

New Onset Urinary Incontinence Among Hospitalized Elders. D. Kresevic (poster) Washington D.C. November, 2000.

Gerontology Review. Cleveland State University, Ohio. 1989-2005

Assessment of Elders. Westlake EMT Association. Westlake, Ohio. March, 2000.

Assessment of Geriatric Pain. University Hospitals of Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio. January, 2000.

Caregiver's Perceptions of Elders Post-Hospital Needs (Poster). Kresevic, Bowman, and Rose. GSA. San Francisco, California. November 1999.

Falls Prevention. University Hospitals of Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio. September, 1999.

New Onset Incontinence (poster) VA Clinical Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. April, 1999.

Writing for publications. Advanced Practice Nurses University Hospitals of Cleveland. February, 1999.

Managing Urinary Incontinence. Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1998, Atlantic City, NJ, October, 1997.

Building the Clinical Team. Cleveland Veterans Association, January, 1999. Neoucom October, 1998, Cambridge, Ohio. American Geriatric Society, Atlanta, Georgia, May 1997.

Postoperative Nursing Care. 1998-1999, Cleveland, Ohio.

Ruland, C., Kresevic, D., and Lorensen, M. (1997). Evaluation the quality of care from the perspective of patients: Elderly patient's preferences for self-care capability as outcome indicators. Abstract submitted for presentation at the 6th Biannual International Euroquam Conference on Quality and Nursing Practice, Oslo, Norway, Sept. 11-13, 1997.

Ruland, C., Kresevic, D., Brennan, P.F. and Lorensen, M. (1997). Decision Support for assessing patient preferences for geriatric care. Paper accepted at the 6th International congress on nursing informatics, Stockholm, Sweden, September 26, 1997.

Gerontology Review, Lorain Community College, Lorain, Ohio April 1998, April 1997, October 1993, September 1992.

Medication Interactions in elders. Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, February 1999, March 1997.

Geriatric Update: Building the Dream. Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, Cleveland, Ohio, November 1996.

Preventing Depression and Confusion in Hospitalized Elders (Poster). D. Kresevic, P Nosan C Knapp. AJN Conference, Orlando, Fla., October 1996.

Evaluating the Quality of Care from the Perspective of Patients: Elderly Patients Preferences for Self-Care Capacity as Outcome Indicators (Poster). Ruland, C., Kresevic, D., Lorensen, M., American Medical Information Association/Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Washington, D.C., October, 1996.

Transitional Care for Elders. Cleveland, Ohio, September 1996.

Delirium Management. Cleveland, Ohio September, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002

Urinary Incontinence. Barberton, Ohio, July 1996.

Dementia, Delirium, Depression. Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1996.

Acute Care for Elders. Geriatric Education Center, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1996.

Pain in Elders. Cleveland, Ohio, June 1996.

Improving Patient Outcomes through a Patient Centered Approach: Lessons from a Unit for Acute Care of Elders. The Picker Institute, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1996.

Geriatric Resource Nurses. San Francisco California, May 1995.

Research is everybody's Business. Ursuline College, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1995.

Nursing Protocols to Prevent Functional Decline in Hospitalized Elderly. AJN Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

The Role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist in developing a Research Unit to Prevent functional decline in elders. Veterans Administration, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1994.

Orthostatic Hypertension in Elders. Medical-surgical Research Day, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1994.

Nurse Initiated Guidelines to Prevent Dysfunction in Hospitalized Elders: Preliminary Findings. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, March 1994.

Substance Abuse Among Peers. Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, March 1994.

Restraints with restraint: Safety without Dysfunction. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, January 1994., 2002

Geriatric Resource Nurse Inservice. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, May 1992, 1993, 1994.

An Acute Care of the Elderly Unit. Sigma Theta Tau, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 1993.

An Acute Care of the Elderly Unit Using Nurse Initiated Guidelines. Gerontological Society of American, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1993.

Redesigning Health Care Systems for Dementia. Cleveland Alzheimer Center Conference, Cleveland, Ohio October 1993.

An Acute Care of the Elderly Unit. Boston (NLN) Convention, Boston, Massachusettes, June 1993.

An Acute Care of the Elderly Unit. AONE (American Organization of Nurse Executives), Cleveland, Ohio April 1993.

Postural Hypotension. Lake Erie Chapter Critical Care Nurses, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1993.

Kresevic, D., Postural Hypotension in the Elderly. Sigma Theta Tau, Washington, D.C., August 1993.

Kresevic, D., Palmer, R., Fulmer, T., The Hospitalized Elderly. San Francisco California, November 1991.

Kresevic, D., A Rationale Approach to Restraints. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio September 1991.

Kresevic, D., Healthy Aging. Lakewood Office of Aging, Lakewood, Ohio, 1991.

Kresevic, D., Safety: Fall Prevention. Judson Park, Cleveland, Ohio 1991.

Kresevic, D., Acute Care and Restraints. Florence Cellar Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 1991.

Landefeld, C.S., Palmer, R. M., Kresevic, D., January 1991, San Diego, California, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, "Functional Decline in Acutely Ill Older Patients: Towards an Understanding of the Dysfunctional Syndrome".

Kresevic, D., Taking the Next Step: Networking for Quality Patient Care. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 1990-1991.

Kresevic, D., Coming Out of the Dark: Physiological Manifestations, Unique Clinical Presentations in the Elderly. Mellon Critical Care Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Roy's Theory of Adaptation in Clinical Practice. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Urinary Incontinence. Western Reserve Aging Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Urinary Incontinence. Judson Park, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Healthy Aging. St. Peter and Paul Senior Citizens, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Geriatric Update. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 1990.

Kresevic, D., Nutrition Considerations for the elderly. Western Reserve Geriatric Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, 1989.

Kresevic, D., Discharge Planning with Elderly Surgical Patients. Western Reserve Geriatric Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 1988.

Kresevic, D., Nursing Care of the Patient with AIDS. Western Reserve Residential Facility, Cleveland, Ohio, April 1989.

Kresevic, D., Nurses Stress and Coping Strategies when Caring for Patients with AIDS, Preliminary Analysis. Sigma Theta Tau, Research Day, Cleveland, Ohio February 1989.

Kresevic, D., Nurses Stress and Coping Strategies when Caring for Patients with AIDS, Preliminary Analysis. Ohio Nurses Association, Columbus, Ohio April 1989.


PUBLICATIONS

Antall, GF, Kresevic, DM. The Use of Guided Imagery to Manage Pain in an Elderly Orthopedic Population. Orthopedic Nursing 2004; 23(5):335-340.

Delirium B. Idemoto & D. Kresevic Critical Care . Spring 2004, 17(2) 5-6.

Lindenberger EC, Landefeld CS, Sands LP, Counsell SR, Fortinsky RH, Palmer RM, Kresevic DM, Covinsky KE. Unsteadiness reported by older hospitalized patients predicts functional decline. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003;51:621-626.

Covinsky KE, Palmer RM, Fortinsky RH, Counsell SR, Stewart AL, Kresevic D, Burant CJ, Landefeld CS. Loss of independence in activities of daily living in older adults hospitalized with medical illnesses: increased vulnerability with age. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003:51;451-458.

D. Kresevic, M. Mazey and the Niche Faculty Functional Assessment in Best Practiaces in Geriatric Care 2 nd edition 2003 Springer.

Counsell SR, Holder CM, Liebenauer LL, Palmer RM, Fortinsky RH, Kresevic DM, Quinn LM, Allen KR, Covinsky KE, Landefeld CS. Effects of a multicomponent intervention on functional outcomes and process of care in hospitalized older patients; A randomized controlled trial of Acute Care for Elders (Ace) in a community hospital. J. Am Geriatri Soc. 2000 48:1572-81

Rose JH, Bowman KF, Kresevic D. Nurse versus family caregiver perspectives on hospitalized older patients: An exploratory study of agreement at admission and discharge HealthCommun. 2000;12:63-80

Mezey, M., D. Kresevic and the Niche Faculty, Functional assessment in Best Practices in Geriatric Care 1999 Springer.

Kresevic, D., M. Naylor and the Niche Faculty. A mentoring approach to skin care in Best Practices in Geriatric Care 1999 Springer.

Kresevic, D., Holder C. Interdisciplinary care. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 1998; 14 (4) 787-798.

Kresevic, D., Counsel, s. Covinsky, K., et al., A Patient-centered Model of Acute Care for Elders. Nursing Clinics of North America. 1998; (3) 515-527.

Bowman, K.F., Rose, J.H., Kresevic, D., Family caregiving of hospitalized older patients: Caregiver and nurse perceptions at admission and discharge. J. Gerontological Nursing, 1998 24 (8):8-16.

Covinsky, K.E., Palmer, R.M., Kresevic, D.M., et al 1998. Improving functional outcome in older patients. Journal on Quality Improvement. 24:2, 63-69.

Brown, D., Kresevic, D., Nosan, P., Head and neck cancer patients. Nursing Management 1998:29(6) 27-29.

Kresevic, D., Mezey, M., Assessing function. Geriatric Nursing. 1997; 18:216-222.

Ruland, D., Kresevic, D., Lorensen, M., Including patient preferences in nurses; assessment of elderly patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 1997; 6:495-504.

Ruland, D., Kresevic, D., Brennan, P.F. and Lorensen, M. (1996). Decision support for assessing patients preferences for geriatric care. Proceedings for the 19th AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Annual Fall Symposium, Mosby.

Covinsky, K.E., Fortinsky, R.H., Palmer, R.M., Kresevic, D.M. and Landefeld, C.S. (1997). Relation between symptoms of depression and health status outcomes in acutely ill hospital older persons. Annals of Internal Medicine, 126, 417-425.

Kresevic, D., Lincoln, R., Nursing Practice with Elders, 1995, in Medical-Surgical Nursing: consepts and Clinical Practice, W.J. Phipps, V.L. Casmeyer, J.K. Sands and M.K. Lehman 93 eds) N.Y. Mosby Co.

Kresevic, D., Naylor, M., 1995. Teaching Skin Care: A Mentored Approach, Geriatric Nursing, September, 16(15) 225-229.

Landefeld, C.S., Palmer, R.M., Kresevic, D.M., Fortinsky, R.H., Kowal, J., 1995. A randomized trial of care in a hospital medical unit especially designed to improve the functional outcomes of acutely ill older patients. The New England Journal of Medicine, 1272-1378, volume 332(2C).

Palmer, R.M., Landefeld, C.S., Kresevic, D., Kowal, J., A medical unit for the acute care of the elderly, 1994. J American Geriatrics Society, (42) 545-52.

Kresevic, D., Landefeld, C.S., Palmer, R.M., Kowal, J., Managing acure exacerbations of chronic illness in the elderly in key aspects of caring for the chronically ill, 1993, springer Publishing Co.

Kresevic, D., Management of Persons with HIV Infection and AIDS, 1991. In Medical Surgical Nusing: Consepts and Clinical Practice, Mosby Year Book Co.

Brucia, J., Phipps, W., Kresevic, D., Naccarato, M., Management of Persons with Problems of the Lower Airway, 1995. In Medical Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Practice, Mosby Year Book Co.

Kresevic, D., Kralik, K., Understanding Therapeutic Plasma Exchange. Nursing 90, 20(4).

Kresevic, D., Slavin, S., Incidence of Hypoglycemia in Hospitalized Medical Patients. 1990 Nursing Connections.

Landefeld, C.S., Palmer, R.M., Kowal, J., Kresevic, D., 1990. Clinical Research Midwest SGIM Abstracts, 38:3. Functional Decline in Older Hospitalized Medical Patients.

Naccarato, M., Kresevic, D., 1989. Caring for Adults who have Cystic Fibrosis, AJN, (11), (89).

Kresevic, D., Clinical Topics in Medical Surgical Nursing: Monitoring Activities for Patients with IV's (August, 1988); Plasmapheresis (January, 1998); Hypoglycemia Management (August, 1987). University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kresevic, D., AIDS Nursing Network. University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. (June 1987).

Kresevic, D., The Aging Heart. Journal of Practical Nursing, 9September 1985).