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School of Nursing Faculty
Milisa Manojlovich, PhD, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor, Division of Nursing Business & Health Systems
 University
of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Room 4306
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482
Telephone: (734) 936-3055
FAX: (734) 647-2416
mmanojlo@umich.edu
Education
PhD, Nursing, University of Michigan, 2003
MS, Adult Critical Care, Rush University, 1989
ADN, Indiana University NW, 1985
BEd, University of Windsor, 1975
Research Interests
I am interested in understanding how social structures in the hospital work environment affect various nursing processes that contribute to nursing as well as patient outcomes. Through ongoing research I hope to link nursing processes to improved patient outcomes. I am intrigued by the question of what it is that nurses do that contribute to quality patient outcomes. I am also interested in the role of nursing administration in improving both nursing and patient outcomes. Eventually, I would like to refine a theoretical framework, initially developed for the dissertation, to explain the relationships between some of these variables.
Current Research
Nurse Dose: Validation of a concept
10/31/2007-10/30/2008
The goal of this IRB approved study is to have international nursing experts validate a new conceptualization of the term “nurse dose”. The concept of nurse dose, as presented in our study, attempts to pull together disparate variables used in staffing studies into a coherent whole. By having experts in staffing studies validate the concept, we will refine and extend the conceptualization, with the ultimate goal of identifying parameters of nurse dose that have the greatest effect on patient outcomes.
Role: co-PI
Completed Research
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan
5/1/05-10/31/07
Effective Nurse-to-Physician Communication as a Potential Strategy to Improve Patient Safety in Michigan Intensive Care Units.
The goal of this study is to examine specific elements of nurse-to-physician communication, and assess those elements for their ability to contribute to selected patient outcomes deemed sensitive to nursing care, within the context of 25 ICUs in Southeast Michigan.
Role: PI
Janet Gatherer Boyles/Carl Purcell Endowment Funds,
6/1/04-5/31/05
University of Michigan School of Nursing
RN/MD Communication as a Link between Hospital Environments and Select Outcomes.
This study investigated the influence of nurse/physician communication in a hospital setting on the outcome of nurses’ job satisfaction.
Role: PI
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Dissertation Grant
2/26/03-2/27/04
Select Environmental and Personal Factors that Affect Professional Nursing Practice in Hospital Settings.
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model explaining how selected environmental and personal factors affect hospital nursing practice behaviors.
Role: PI
Recent Publications
Manojlovich, M. & Sidani, S. (in press). Nurse dose: What’s in a concept? Research in Nursing & Health.
Manojlovich, M., & Antonakos, C. (in press). Satisfaction of ICU Nurses with Nurse-Physician Communication. JONA.
Manojlovich, M. & Talsma, A.N. (2007). Identifying nursing processes to reduce failure to rescue. JONA, 37(11), 504-509.
Manojlovich, M. and DeCicco, B. (2007). Healthy work environments, nurse/physician communication, and patient outcomes: Making the link. American Journal of Critical Care,16(6), 536-543.
Manojlovich, M. & Laschinger, H.K.S. (2007). The Nursing Worklife Model: Extending and Refining a New Theory. The Journal of Nursing Management, 15, 256-263.
Manojlovich, M. (January 31, 2007) "Power and Empowerment in Nursing: Looking Backward to Inform the Future" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Vol. #12 No. #1, Manuscript 1. Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic32/tpc32_1.htm
Manojlovich, M. (2005). Linking the practice environment to nurses’ job satisfaction through nurse/physician communication. The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 37(4), 367-373.
Manojlovich, M. (2005). Predictors of professional nursing practice behaviors in hospital settings. Nursing Research, 54(1), 41-47. |