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Professor Ruth Ludwick

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Recent publications

Ludwick R, Meehan A, Zeller R, O'Toole R (2008) Safety Work: Initiating, Maintaining, and Terminating Restraints; Clin Nurse Spec 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):81-7

Adamle, Kathleen N.; Chiang-Hanisko, Lenny; Ludwick, Ruth; Zeller, Richard A.; and Brown, Robert (2007) "Comparing Teaching Practices about Humor among Nursing Faculty: An International Collaborative Study," International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship: Vol. 4 : Iss. 1, Article 2.  Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol4/iss1/art2

Chiang-Hanisko, L., Ross, R., Ludwick, R., & Martsolf, D. (2006).  International collaborations in nursing research: Priorities, challenges and rewards.  Journal of Research in Nursing, 11, 307-322.

Lauder, W., Ludwick, R., Zeller, R., & Winchell, J.  (2006).  Factors influencing nurses’ judgments about self neglect cases.  Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 13(3), 279-287.

Silva, M., & Ludwick, R. (March, 2006). Ethics Column: “Is the Doctor of Nursing Practice Ethical?”  Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_17.htm

Gibbons, S., Lauder, W., & Ludwick, R. (2006).  Self-Neglect: A proposed new NANDA Diagnosis.  International Journal of Nursing Terminologies & Classifications, 17(1),10-18.

Adamle, K.N., & Ludwick, R. (2005).  Humor in hospice care: Who, where and how much.  American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, 22(4), 287-290.

Ludwick, R., Wright, M., Zeller, R., Dowding, D., Lauder, W., & Winchell, J. (2004).  An improved methodology for advancing nursing research: Factorial surveys.  Advances in Nursing Science, 27(3), 224-238. 

Ludwick, R., Silva, M. (December 19, 2003). Ethics Column: "Ethical Challenges in the Care of Elderly Persons" Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Available http://nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_14.htm

Ludwick, R., & Silva, M.C. (August 15, 2003).  Ethics Column: “Errors, the Nursing Shortage and Ethics: Survey Results” Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  Available:
 http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_12.htm
 
Cipriano, M, Ludwick, R. (January 31, 2003).  Ethics Column: "Ethics and Terrorism: September 11, 2001 and Its Aftermath" Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  Available:
www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_11.htm.

Silva, M., & Ludwick, R. (August 30, 2002).  Ethics Column: "Ethical Grounding for Entry into Practice: Respect, Collaboration, and Accountability" Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  Available: http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_8.htm  

Silva, M. & Ludwick, R. (May 14, 2002).  Ethics Column: "Domestic Violence, Nurses, and Ethics: What Are the Links?" Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  Available:
http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ethicol/ethics_8.htm  

Gallinagh, R., Nevin, R., McIlroy, D., Mitchell, F., Campbell, L., McKenna, H., & Ludwick, R., (2002).  “The use of physical restraints as a safety measure in the care of older people in four rehabilitation wards:  Finding from an exploratory study.”  International Journal of Nursing Studies, 39, 147-156.

Schultz, M., Ludwick, R., & Cukr, P. (2002).  Outcomes of a community based three year breast and cervical cancer screening program for medically underserved low income women.  American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 14(5), 219-224.

 

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