QSEN Profile - Lorraine Mion

Lorraine Mion, RN, PhD

Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Nashville, TN

Program Experience

Graduate

QSEN Expertise

Senior nursing faculty for the VA Quality Scholars Program

Competency Expertise

EBP, quality improvement, safety

Teaching Expertise

Classroom

Research Expertise

Research expertise in the area of acute care geriatrics with specific focus on patient falls, delirium and physical restraint.  Research expertise examining patient-initiated device disruption in critical care settings and models of care in hospitals.

Publications and Presentations

1.Minnick AF, Mion LC, Johnson ME, Catrambone C, Leipzig R.  Prevalence and variation of physical restraint use in US acute care settings.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2007; 39(1): 38-45

2. Mion LC, Minnick AF, Leipzig R, Catrambone C, Johnson ME.  Patient-initiated device disruption in intensive care units: A national prevalence study.  Critical Care Medicine  2007; 35:2714-2720.

3.  Shorr R,  Mion LC, Chandler M, et al.  Improving the capture of fall events in hospitals: Combining a service for evaluating inpatient falls with an incident reporting system.  J Am Geriatr Soc 2008; 56:701-704.

4.  Catrambone C, Johnson ME, Mion LC, Minnick AF.  The Design of Adult Acute Care Units in US Hospitals.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2009; 41(1):79-86.

5.  Mion LC, Halliday BL, Sandhu SK.  Chapter 22.  Physical Restraints and Side Rails in Acute and Critical Care Settings: Legal, Ethical and Practice Issues.  In: Capezuti E, Zwicker D, Mezey M, Fulmer T (Eds): Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice, 3^rd Edition.  NY: Springer Publishing Company  2008.  pages 503-520.