Donna Fick, Ph.D., GCNS-BC, FGSA

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Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing

Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Fick’s research focuses on inappropriate medication use in older adults, delirium in persons with dementia, and clinical and health outcomes in managed care. Board-certified as a clinical nurse specialist in gerontological nursing, Dr. Fick has been a nurse for more than twenty years, practicing in general hospital settings, the intensive care unit, the community, and the nursing home setting. She has been the author of numerous academic journal articles based on her research and has received several federally funded grants. Dr. Fick teaches NURS 522 Comprehensive Assessment of the Older Adult.

Rita Jablonski, Ph.D., RN, ANP

http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/faculty/jablonski_r.html

Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing

Dr. Jablonski’s research focuses on oral health in older adults, interventions to improve the type of care provided by nursing assistants, and care transitions between nursing homes and tertiary care settings. Dr. Jablonski is the recipient of a Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship. She is only the third nurse to receive the fellowship since the Brookdale Foundation was established in 1985; most recipients have been medical doctors or basic scientists. Beginning in July, she will spend two years researching ways to improve nurses’ provision of mouth care to people with dementia who resist care. Dr. Jablonski teaches NURS 523 Interventions for Common Health Problems in Older Adults.