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School of Nursing Faculty
Barbara L. Brush, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN
Associate Professor, Division of Health Promotion & Risk Reduction
 University
of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 3304
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734)763-3218
FAX: (734) 647-0351
brushb@umich.edu
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, The Center for
the Study of the History of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
PhD, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1994
MSN, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
PA, 1982
BSN, Southeastern Massachusetts University, North Dartmouth,
MA, 1979
Research Interests
Nursing History
Nurse Migration
Nurse workforce policy
Primary care to homeless populations
Substance abuse and transitional care
Current Research
National Library of Medicine, Principal Investigator, "Sending for Nurses:
Importing Care to U.S. Hospitals." (2006-2009)
Recent Journal Publications (past 5 years)
Brush, B.L. (2008). Global Nurse Migration Today. Journal of
Nursing Scholarship, 40(1), 20-25..
Capezuti, E., Wagner, L., Brush B.L., Boltz, M., Renz, S. & Secic, M. (2008).
Bed and toilet heights as potential environmental risk factors. Clinical Nursing Research, 17(1), 50-66.
Wagner, L.M., Capezuti, E., Brush, B.L., Clevenger, C., Boltz, M. & Renz. S. (2008).
Contractures in frail nursing home residents. Geriatric Nursing.
Capezuti, E., Brush, B.L., Won, R.M., Wagner, L., & Lawson, W.T. (2008). Least
restrictive or least understood?: Waist restraints, provider practices, and risk for harm. Journal
of Aging and Health Policy.
Brush, B.L., & Sochalski, J. (2007). International nurse migration: Lessons from the
Philippines. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 8(1): 37-46.
Wagner, L.M., Capzuti, E., Brush, B.L., Boltz, M., Renz, S. & Talerico, K. (2007). Description
of advanced practice nursing consultative model to reduce siderail use in nursing homes.
Research in Nursing & Health, 30, 131-140.
Polsky, D., Ross, S., Brush, B.L., & Sochalski, J. (2007). Foreign-trained
nurses: 10-year trends in skills and country of origin. American
Journal of Public Health, 97(5), 895-899.
Capezuti, E., Wagner, L., Brush, B.L., & Boltz, M. (2007). Consequences
of an APN intervention to reduce restrictive siderail use in nursing homes.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 55(3):334-341.
Brush, B.L. & Vasupuram, R. (2006). Nurses, nannies and caring
work: Importation,
visibility, and marketability. Nursing Inquiry, 13(3): 181-185.
Brush, B.L., Sochalski, J. & Berger, A.M. (2004). Imported care: Recruiting
foreign nurses to U.S. health care facilities. Health Affairs, 23 (3),
78-87.
Brush, B.L. (2004). Nursing care and context in Theresienstadt. The
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 26(8), 860-871.
DeMarco, R., Brush, B.L. & Dylis, A.M. (2004). Nursing and academic
merit: Is there a fit? Journal
of Nursing Education, 43(12), 533-538.
Graham, J.B., Brush, B.L., & Andrew, M. (2003). Spiritual-care process
and content: Lessons learned from the ECHO project. Journal of the American Academy of
Nurse Practitioners, 15 (10), 473-478.
Books
Brush, B.L. & Lynaugh, J.E. (eds) (1999). Nurses of all nations:
A history of the International Council of Nurses, 1899-1999. Philadelphia,
PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Lynaugh, J.E. & Brush, B.L. (1996). American nursing: From hospitals
to health systems. Cambridge, MA and Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Press.
Book Chapters & Reviews
Brush, B.L. (2007). Homelessness. In M. Mezey, Siegler, E.,
& Capezuti, E.C. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder
Care. 2nd Edition. New
York: Springer Publishing Company.
Brush, B.L. (2007). Spirituality. In M. Mezey, Siegler, E., & Capezuti,
E.C. (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Elder Care. 2nd Edition. New York:
Springer Publishing Company.
Brush, B.L. & Capezuti, E.A. (2006). Historical analysis of siderail use
in American hospitals. In P.D'Antonio, E. Baer, S. Rinker & J. Lynaugh (eds).
Nurses' Work: Issues Across Time and Place. New York: Springer Publishing
Co. Inc.
Boschma, G., Brush, B.L. & Stuart, M. (2006). International council
of nurses: A historical perspective. In M.R. McIntyre, E.H. Thomlinson & C.
McDonald (eds.) Realities of Canadian Nursing: Professional, Practice
and Power Issues 2nd edition (pp. 117-132), Philadelphia: Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins.
Brush, B.L. (2004). Book Review. Choy, Catherine Ceniza. Empire of Care:
Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History (Durham, North
Carolina: Duke University Press, 2003) Nursing History Review, 13,
211-212.
Honors and Awards
Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award, Sigma Theta Tau, Rho Chapter, 2007
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