Karen A. Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN

Use of structured data for knowledge discovery and health care quality research; Intervention effectiveness research; Disseminating effective interventions; Omaha System psychometrics and applications; Visualization, data mining and machine learning methods; Semanitcs-powered text mining

Statement of Advising Philosophy and Expectations for PhD Students

Statement of Advising Philosophy

Title of Project: Use of the Omaha System in Consumer Language to Improve Clinician-Provider Interaction.
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health CTSI-CEARCH UL1 TR002494
Role: Co-Principal investigator
Project Dates: 2019

Title of Project: Shifting paradigm to strengths using MyStrengths+MyHealth data in Communities
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health CTSI-CEARCH UL1 TR002494
Role: Co-Principal investigator
Project Dates: 2018-2019

Title of Project: Beyond Deficits and Disparities: Toward Understanding of Whole Person Health including Strengths
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health CTSI-CEARCH UL1 TR002494
Role: Co-Principal investigator
Project Dates: 2019-2020

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Monsen, K. A., Bush, R. A., Jones, J. F., Manos, L., Skiba, D., Johnson, S. (2019). Alignment of AACN Graduate Level Nursing Informatics Competencies with AMIA Health Informatics Core Competencies. Computers Informatics Nursing: CIN
• Yas, M. A., Secginli, S., Mathiason, M. A., & Monsen, K. A. (2019). Method development for describing content of multitasked interventions using the Omaha System. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 33(2), 147-168.
• Gao, G., Kerr, M. J., Lindquist, R. A., Chi, C. L., Mathiason, M. A., & Monsen, K. A. (2019). Discovering associations among older adults’ characteristics and planned nursing interventions using electronic health record data. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 33(1), 58-80.
• Park, Y. S., McNaughton, D. B., Mathiason, M. A., & Monsen, K. A. (2019). Understanding tailored PHN interventions and outcomes of Latina mothers. Public Health Nursing. Doi: 10.1111/phn.12559
• VanderKooi, M. E., Coviak, C. P., & Monsen, K. A. (2018). Evaluating Barcode Medication Administration Acceptance in a Rural Hospital Using the Technology Acceptance Model. Journal of Informatics Nursing, 3(2), 12-17
• Michalowski, M., Austin, R., Maganti, S., Mathiason, M. A., Schorr, E., & Monsen, K. A. (2018). Relationships among interventions and health literacy outcomes for sub-populations: A data-driven approach. Kontakt. 20(4), e319-e325.
• Gao, G., Kerr, M. J., Lindquist, R. A., Chi, C. L., Mathiason, M. A., Austin, R. R., & Monsen, K. A. (2018). A strengths-based data capture model: mining data-driven and person-centered health assets. JAMIA Open. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy015
• Horning, M. L., Olsen, J. M., Lell, S., Thorson, D. R., Monsen, K. A. (2018). Description of public health nursing nutrition assessment and interventions for home-visited women. Public Health Nursing, 35(4) 317-326.https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12410
• Monsen, K. A., Maganti, S. Giaquinto, R. A., Mathiason, M. A., Bjarnadottir, R. I., & Kreitzer, M. J. (2018). Feasibility of using an ontology-based text mining approach to discover meaning within CaringBridge social media journals. Kontakt, 3, 227-233. DOI: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.03.002
• Monsen, K. A., Kelechi, T. J., McRae, M. E., Mathiason, M. A., & Martin, K. S. (2018). Nursing theory, terminology, and Big Data: Data-driven discovery of novel patterns in archival RCT data. Nursing Research, 67(2), 122-132. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000269
• Olsen, J.A., Horning, M. L., Thorson, D., Monsen, K. A. (2018). Relationships between public health nurse-delivered physical activity interventions and client physical activity behavior.Applied Nursing Research, 40, 13-19.
• Monsen, K. A., Rudenick, J., Kapinos, N., Warmbold, K., McMahon, S., Schorr, E. (2018). Documentation of social determinants in electronic health records with and without standardized terminologies: a comparative study. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, p. 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105818785641
• Monsen, K. A. (2018). Editorial: The Omaha System as ontology and meta-model for nursing and healthcare in an era of Big Data. Kontakt, 20 (2) e109-e110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kontakt.2018.03.001
• Schenk, E., Schleyer, R., Jones, C. R., Fincham, S., Daratha, K. B., & Monsen, K. A. (2018). Impact of adoption of a comprehensive EHR on nursing work and caring efficacy. CIN, Computers Informatics, Nursing, 36, 331-339. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000441
• Gao, G., Maganti, S., & Monsen, K. A. (2017). Older adults, frailty, and the social and behavioral determinants of health. Big Data and Information Analytics, epub, 1-12. doi:10.3934/bdia.2017012
• Monsen, K.A., Kang, Y.J., Maki, T.A. Stromme, A.E., Weirich, E.G., Lawrence, E.C., Schneider, R.N., & Martinson, B.E. (2017). Evaluation of the Omaha System prototype icons for global health literacy. Informatics (4) 13; doi:10.3390/informatics4020013
• Austin, R. R., Monsen, K. A., & Schulz, C. (2017). An informatics approach to interprofessional management of low back pain: A feasibility case study using the Omaha System. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 24(3),268–274.
• Slipka, A. F. & Monsen, K. A. (2018). Toward improving quality of end-of-life care: Encoding clinical guidelines and standing orders using the Omaha System. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing,15(1), 26-37.
• Holland, D. E., Vanderboom, C. E., Dose, A. M., Delgado, A. M., Austin, C. M., Ingram, C. Wild, E. M., Monsen, K. A. (2017). Describing transitional palliative nursing care using a standardized terminology. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 19(3), 275-281.
• Schenk, E., Jones, C., Fincham, S. J., Daratha, K., Schleyer, R., & Monsen, K. A. (2017). Time motion analysis of nursing work in ICU, telemetry, and med-surg units. Journal of Nursing Management. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12502
• Monsen, K. A., Swenson, S. M., Klotzbach, L., Mathiason, M. A., & Johnson, K. E. (2017). Empirical evaluation of change in public health nursing practice after implementation of an evidence-based family home visiting guideline. Kontakt. 19(2) e75 – e85.
• Monsen, K. A., Le, S. E., & Handler, H. E., Dean, P. J. (2017).We Can Be More Caring: A theory for enhancing the experience of being caring as an integral component of pre-licensure nursing education. International Journal of Human Caring, 21 (1), 9-14.
• Monsen, K. A., Brandt, J. K., Brueshoff, B., Chi, C. L., Mathiason, M. A., Swenson, S. M., & Thorson, D. R. (2017). Social determinants and health disparities associated with outcomes of women of childbearing age receiving public health nurse home visiting services. JOGNN, 46 (2), 292-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jogn.2016.11.014.
• Monsen, K. A., Vanderboom, C. E., Olson, K. S., Larson, M. E & Holland, D. E. (2017) Care coordination from a strengths perspective: A practice-based evidence evaluation of evidence-based practice. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 31(1), 39-55.
• Monsen, K. A., Peterson, J. J., Mathiason, M. A., Kim, E., Votava, B., & Pieczkiewicz, D. S. (2017). Discovering public health nurse–specific family home visiting intervention patterns using visualization techniques. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 39, 127-146. doi:10.1177/0193945916679663
• Olsen, J. M., Thorson, D. R., Baisch, M. J., & Monsen, K. A. (2017). Using Omaha System documentation to understand physical activity among rural women. Public Health Nursing, 34(1), pp. 31-41. doi: 10.1111/phn.12264
• Olsen, J. M., Baisch, M. J. & Monsen, K. A. (2017). Interpretation of ecological theory for physical activity with the Omaha System. Public Health Nursing, 34(1), pp. 59-68.doi: 10.1111/phn.12277
• Monsen, K. A., Swenson, S. M., & Kerr, M. J. (2016). Public health nurse perceptions of using standardized care plans to translate evidence-based guidelines into family home visiting practice. Kontakt.doi: 10.1016/j.kontakt.2016.04.001
• Monsen, K. A., Martinson, B., Lawrence, E. C., Maki, T. A., Stromme, A. E., Weirich, E. G., & Martin, K. S. (2016). Toward population health literacy, wellbeing, consumer engagement, and information exchange: Developing Omaha System icons for digital platforms. International Journal of Healthcare, 2, 1, 71-81.
• Monsen, K.A., Peterson, J. J. , Mathiason, M. A., Kim, E., Lee, S., Chi, C. L., Pieczkiewicz, D. S. (2015). Data visualization techniques to showcase nursing care quality. Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 33(10), 417-426. doi: 10/1097/CIN.000000000000190
• Monsen, K. A., Schenk, E., Schleyer, R., & Schiavenato, M. (2015). Applicability of the Omaha System in acute care nursing for information interoperability in the era of accountable care. American Journal of Accountable Care, 3(3), 53-61.
• Monsen, K. A., Peters, J., Schlesner, S., Vanderboom, C. E., & Holland, D. E. (2015). The gap in Big Data: Getting to wellbeing, strengths, and a whole person perspective. Global Advances, 4, 3, 31-39.
• Monsen, K. A., Chatterjee, S. B., Timm, J. E., Poulsen, J. K., & McNaughton, D. B. (2015). Factors explaining variability in health literacy outcomes of public health nursing clients. Public Health Nursing, 32(2), 94-100. doi: 10.1111/phn.12138
• Monsen, K. A., Finn, R. S., Fleming, T. E., LaValla, A. J., Garner, E. E., Riemer, J. G. (2015). Rigor in electronic health record knowledge representation: Lessons learned from a SNOMED CT clinical content encoding exercise. Informatics for Health and Social Care. 2015 Aug 21:1-15. [Epub ahead of print]doi:10.3109/17538157.2014.965302
• Monsen, K. A., Attleson, I. S., Erickson, K. J., Neely, C., Oftedahl, G., & Thorson, D. R. (2015). Translation of obesity practice guidelines: Interprofessional perspectives regarding the impact of public health nurse system-level intervention. Public Health Nursing, 32(1), 34-42. doi: 10.1111/phn.12139
• Monsen, K. A., Holland, D. E., Fung-Houger, P. W., Vanderboom, C. E. (2014). Seeing the whole person: Feasibility of using the Omaha System to describe strengths of older adults with chronic illness. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 28(4), 299-315.
• Monsen, K. A., Handler, H. E., Le, S. M., & Riemer, J. G. (2014). Feasibility of using the Omaha System for self-report of symptoms by adults with diabetes. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 18 (3).
• Monsen, K.A., Elsbernd, S.A., Barnhart, L., Stock, J., Prock, C., Looman, W.S., & Nardella, M. (2013). A state-wide children with special health care needs program evaluation using a standardized terminology. ISRN, 2013, Article ID 793936, 7 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/793936
• Monsen, K. A., Swanberg, H. L., Oancea, S. C., & Westra, B. L. (2012). Exploring the value of clinical data standards to predict hospitalization of home care patients. Applied Clinical Informatics.4,410-436.
• Monsen, K.A., Neely, C., Oftedahl, G., Kerr, M.J., Pietruszewski, P., & Farri, O. (2012). Feasibility of encoding the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Depression Guideline using the Omaha System. Journal of Biomedical Informatics,45, 719-725. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.06.004
• Monsen, K.A., Foster, D. J., Gomez, T., Poulsen, J. K., Mast, J., Westra, B. L., & Fishman, E. (2011). Evidence-based standardized care plans for use internationally to improve home care practice and population health. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2, 373-384. doi:10.4338/ACI-2011-03-RA-0023
• Monsen, K. A., Radosevich, D. M., Johnson, S. C., Farri, O., Kerr, M. J., & Geppert, J. S. (2011). Benchmark attainment of parenting clients across public health nursing agencies. Public Health Nursing, 29(1), 11–18. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00967.x
• Monsen, K. A., Radosevich, D. M., Kerr, M. J., & Fulkerson, J. A. (2011). Public health nurses tailor home visiting interventions. Public Health Nursing, 28(2), 119-128. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00911.x
• Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Oancea, S. C., Yu, F., & Kerr, M. J. (2011). Linking home care interventions and hospitalization outcomes for frail and non-frail elderly patients. Research in Nursing and Health, 34(2), 160-168. doi:10.1002/nur.20426. NIHMS274649
• Monsen, K. A., Sanders, A. N., Yu, F., Radosevich, D. M, & Geppert, J. S. (2011). Family home visiting outcomes for mothers with and without intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities Research, 55(5), 484-499. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01402.x
• Monsen, K. A., McNaughton, D. B., Savik, K., & Farri, O. (2011). Problem stabilization: A metric for problem improvement in home visiting clients. Applied Clinical Informatics, 2, 437-446 http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2011-06-RA-0038
• Monsen, K. A., Banerjee, A., & Das, P. (2010). Discovering client and intervention patterns in home visiting data. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 32(8), 1031-1054. doi:10.1177/0193945910370970
• Monsen, K. A., Fulkerson, J. A., Lytton, A. B., Taft, L. L., Schwichtenberg, L. D., & Martin, K. S. (2010). Comparing maternal child health problems and outcomes across public health nursing agencies. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 14(3), 412-421. doi:10.1007/s10995-009-0479-9
• Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Yu, F., Ramadoss, V. K., & Kerr, M. J. (2009). Data management for intervention effectiveness research: Comparing deductive and inductive approaches. Research in Nursing and Health, 32(6), 647-656. doi:10.1002/nur.20354
• Monsen, K. A., Fitzsimmons, L. L., Lescenski, B. A., Lytton, A. B. Schwichtenberg, L. D., & Martin, K. S. (2006). A public health nursing informatics data-and-practice quality project. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 24(3), 152-158.

Websites:

• http://www.omahasystem.org/
• http://www.omahasystemmn.org/
• http://www.omahasystempartnership.org/

Informatics; Public health nursing; Theoretical foundations of nursing; Nursing Administration