Meg Bourbonniere


"There is a possiblity that rehospitalization for persons discharged to the community could be averted through more careful selection of discharge services and appropriate supports."

Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN
Post-Doctoral Hartford Scholar, 2001
(now Assistant Professor at Yale and
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Penn)

FACULTY MENTOR

Dr. Neville Strumpf is widely recognized for her outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology. Although Dr. Strumpf is probably best known for her work with her colleague, Dr. Lois Evans, on the elimination of physical restraints in nursing homes and hospitals, her remarkable career as ground-breaking researcher, innovative teacher, caring mentor, as well as top administrator, is unmatched.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Meg Bourbonniere's research includes health care transitions for older cancer patients and organizational characteristics and restraint use for hospitalized nursing home residents.


HONORS and AWARDS
John A. Hartford Foundation Post-Doctoral Scholar

PUBLICATIONS

Strumpf, N., Evans, L., & Bourbonniere, M. (2001). Restraints. In M. Mezey (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Elder Care. New York: Springer, 567-569.

Strumpf, N., Evans, L., & Bourbonniere, M. (2000). Physical restraints. In M. Mezey(Ed.), The encyclopedia of care of the elderly.

Strumpf, N., Evans, L., & Bourbonniere, M. (2000). Restraints: physical/chemical. In G. Maddox (Ed.), The encyclopedia of aging, 3rd ed. New York: Springer.

Strumpf, N., Bourbonniere, M., & Asimos, K. (2000). Accountability: The covenant between patient and provider. In J. Hickey, R. Ouimette, & S. Venegoni (Eds.), Advanced practice nursing: Changing roles and clinical applications, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 291-305


PRESENTATIONS
Meg Bourbonniere, "Transfer of Care: An Extraordinary Postdoctoral Opportunity," presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (November 2002).

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Abstract: Transfer of Care Across Systems and Among Providers
Abstract: 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates Among Medicare Beneficiaries Following Surgical Treatment For Colorectal Cancer
Abstracts: Presentations from the 2001 meeting of the Gerontological Society of America

Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, GNP
Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Nursing - Rm 229
100 Church Street South
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536
203.737.5162 tel
203.737.5034 fax
email: meg.bourbonniere@yale.edu
and

Meg Bourbonniere, PhD, RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4217


 

Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Pennsylvania - School of Nursing - 420 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217

TEL: (215) 573-3296 - FAX: (215) 573-6464
Last updated September 12, 2005