Dr. Mary Naylor's distinguished record of scholarship has long served as a model for
junior faculty members. She has garnered a national and international reputation as a
geriatric scholar reflecting her humanistic concern for treating the elderly with
knowledge and respect. She personifies the very best leadership characteristics as an
intellectual, scholar, and educator.

Dr. Janice Foust’s research focuses on discharge planning and transitional care issues of older adults. This research is based on her longstanding commitment to discharge planning and assisting patients and families during the transition home from the hospital. Janice has held positions within hospital and homecare settings, which has given her a breadth of experience to understand the complexities and significant challenges older adults face after being discharged home from the hospital. Janice’s commitment to transitional care of older adults stems from her clinical and research experience as a transitional care advanced practice nurse, as a clinical director within an academic health system, and more recently as a clinical faculty member.

Dr. Foust’s program of research, “Promoting post-hospital discharge medication safety for older adults”, seeks to address an important issue that has clinical as well as policy implications. Through the John A. Hartford Foundation Scholarship, she will examine factors contributing to post-hospital discharge medication errors as well as potential targets to promote post-hospital discharge medication safety for older adults. She will work in collaboration with Penn’s Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence, Penn’s School of Nursing as well as New England resources (e.g. New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice and Institute for Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, which is an affiliate of the Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center).

Dr. Foust is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire, Department of Nursing. She primarily works with undergraduate students in both classroom and clinical settings. She has also served as a faculty member on graduate students’ thesis committees.

Bowles, K.H., Foust, J.B. & Naylor, M.D. (in press) "A Multidisciplinary Perspective of Hospital Discharge Referral Decision Making" Applied Nursing Research.

Seigler, E. L., Mirafzali, S. & Foust, J. B. (Eds.) (2003) An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care. Springer: New York.

Doyle, B., Vallejo, B. C., Horgan, M. & Foust, J. B. (2003). Care management and case management. In E.L. Seigler, S. Mirafzali, J. B Foust (Eds.). An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care. Springer: New York

Foust, J. B. & Dimond, M. (2003). Discharge planning. In E. L. Seigler, S. Mirafzali, J. B Foust (Eds.). An introduction to hospitals and inpatient care. Springer: New York

Bowles, K.H., Naylor, M.D. & Foust, J.B. (2002). Patient characteristics at hospital discharge and a comparison of home care referrals decisions. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 50, 336-342.

Foust, J.B. (1999). A consultant’s perspective in V. Ferguson, (Ed.), Case studies in cultural diversity: A workbook. NLN Press: New York.

Foust, J.B., Naylor, M. D., & Brooten, D. (1995). Case reports... wonderful idea. [Letter to the editor]. IMAGE: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 27(2), p. 88.

Foust, J.B. (1994). Creating a future for nursing through interactive planning at the bedside. IMAGE: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 26(2), 129-131.

Naylor, M.D., Campbell, R.L., & Foust, J.B. (1993). Meeting the discharge needs of hospitalized elderly and their caregivers. In S. G. Funk, E. M. Tornquist, M. T. Champagne, & R. A. Wiese (Eds.), Key aspects of caring for the chronically ill: Hospital and home (pp. 142-150). New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Dick, K. & Foust, J. (1990). Clinical nursing rounds: A model for elder care planning at the bedside. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 14(2), 10-12.