She s looked at a variety of outcomes physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate and finger temperature, and psychosocial variables including social interaction, agitation and behavioral distress. Patricia Starck, D.S.N., the John P. McGovern Distinguished Professor and dean of the nursing school, said Baun s research expertise will be exceedingly helpful to faculty who are less experienced in grant writing. Her continued work in both of her areas of research will be of great help to both patients and healthcare providers. Baun is eager to make clinical protocols readily available to healthcare professionals at the bedside. Despite all the research on endotracheal suctioning, the information is still not being used universally at the bedside, she said.
Every patient is different.
Good bedside procedure is tailored to the patient.