Lois
Miller, Ph.D., R.N
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Associate
Professor Currently accepting Ph.D. students |
"My research focuses on pain, symptom management, and end-of-life care in older adult populations.
My clinical work for the past 15+ years in hospice provides a rich source of research ideas as well as
an understanding of current nursing practice and practice issues. I have recently completed a study
of pain in nursing home residents with dementia and a study on the issues of providing hospice
care in assisted living facilities. I have recently been funded to study symptoms in end-stage heart
failure (2008-2010).
As a Co-Director of the OHSU John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, my efforts have
focused on increasing the geriatric content in schools of nursing, both regionally and nationally. I am
funded on a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (2006-2009) to provide faculty
development for schools of nursing and hospitals in a 5-state region of the Northwest. I spearheaded
and am active in the Northwest Coalition of Excellence in Geriatric Nursing Education, a group of 16
baccalaureate schools of nursing in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, dedicated to
improved teaching of geriatric nursing in member schools."
EDUCATION
University |
Date |
Degree |
Oregon Health Sciences University |
1993 |
PhD |
Health Sciences University |
1983 |
MN |
Walla Walla College |
1976 |
BS |
Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing |
1967 |
Diploma |
FUNDED RESEARCH
2008-2010 |
Principal Investigator: “Symptoms and Symptom Clusters in End Stage Chronic Disease.” NINR, $150,000 |
2004-2006 |
Co-Investigator (J Cartwright, PI): “End of Life Care in Assisted Living Facilities.” NINR, $100,000. |
2001-2005 |
Co-Investigator, Center for Research on Symptoms in Life-Threatening Illness |
2002-2005 |
Principal Investigator, “Pain and Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: A Pilot Study”. NINR, $1,132,627. |
OTHER FUNDED PROJECTS
2007-2009 |
Co-Leader, “Improving Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Nursing Homes: A National Nursing Collaborative”, (K Herr, PI), MayDay Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship Program, University of Iowa, College of Nursing. |
2007-2008 |
Co-Investigator, “Nursing Home Collaborative”, (T Harvath, PI), Atlantic Philanthropies $53,923. |
2006-2009 |
Project Director, “Infusing Geriatric Nursing into Education Curriculum”. Health Resources and Services Administration, ($475,000). |
2000-present |
The John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Excellence (HM Young, PI), The John A. Hartford Foundation, 1,040,740 for 2006-2010. |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Horgas, AL, & Miller, LL. (In Press). How to try this: Assessing pain in persons with dementia. American Journal of Nursing.
Sloane, PD, Miller, LL, Mitchell, CM, Rader, J, Swafford, K, & Hiatt, SO (2007). Provision of morning
care to nursing home residents with dementia: Opportunity for improvement. American Journal of
Alzheimer.s Disease and Other Dementias, 22(5), 369-377.
Harvath, TA, Miller, LL, Smith, KA, Clark, LD, Jackson, A, & Ganzini, L. (2006). Dilemmas
encountered by hospice workers when patients wish to hasten death. Journal of Hospice and Palliative
Nursing, 8(4), 200-209.
Talerico, KA, Miller, LL, Swafford, K, Rader, J, Sloane, P, Hiatt, S. (2006). Psychosocial approaches to prevent and minimize pain in people with dementia during morning care. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 7(3), 163-174.
Miller, L, Beck, C, Dowling, G, Herr, K, Maas, M, Naylor, M, & Tripp-Reimer, T. (2006) Research initiatives and lessons learned from building geriatric nursing capacity. Nursing Outlook, 54(4), 189-196.
Miller, LL, Talerico, KA, Rader, J, Swafford, K, Hiatt, SO, Millar, SB, Smith, KR, & Sloane, PD. (2005). Development of an intervention to reduce pain in older adults with dementia: Challenges and lessons learned. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 6(2), 153-166.
Miller, LL, Harvath, TA, Goy, E, Jackson, A, Delorit, M, and Ganzini, L. (2004). Attitudes and experiences of hospice nurses and social workers regarding assisted suicide. Palliative Medicine, 18, 1-7.