Publications

Lanza, M.L., Associate Chief, Nursing Service for Research at Bedford VAMC in Bedford, MA, is the principal Investigator for a study, “Violence Assessment, Mitigation, and Prevention” (VAMP), a multi-site study with the long term objective of gaining a better understanding  of Workplace Violence in the Department of Veterans Affairs and to develop programs and procedures to reduce its frequency and impact.

Lanza, M.L., Associate Chief, Nursing Service for Research at Bedford VAMC in Bedford, MA, is P.I. on another project of Violence Prevention Community Meeting (VPCM) funded by the VA Central Office and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This research aims to reduce patient violence against psychiatric nurses through implementation of an innovative treatment program– The Violence Prevention Community Meting (VPCM).

Lanza, M.L. (2006), Workplace violence in health care settings. In K. Kelloway,  J. Barling, & J.J. Hurrell, Jr. (Eds.) Handbook of Workplace Violence. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications (pp. 147-167).

Lanza, M.L.,  Zeiss, R. & Rierdan, J., (2006)  Violence against psychiatric nurses: Sensitive research as science and intervention. Contemporary Nursing, 21 (1), 71-84.

Lanza, M.L., (2006). Psychological impact of stroke: A recovering nurse’s story. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 27 (7), pp 765-774.

Lanza, M.L., Zeiss, R.A., & Rierdan, J., (2006). Non-physical violence: A risk factor for physical violence in health care settings. AAOHN journal, 54 (9), pp 397-402.

Koren, A. & Fisher, K.,(2007) Perspectives: The Use of Personal Digital Assistants in Nursing Education. (poster presentation) at BANIC (Boston Area Nurse Informatics Consortium) conference “Trends in Clinical Informatics: A Nursing Perspective.” Waltham, Massachusetts.

Scollin, P., Elbirt, A., Abdallah, L., Fisher, K., & Koren, A. (2007) Rutgers Twenty-Fifth Annual International Nursing Computer and Technology Conference, Toronto, Canada a selected for podium presentation on the topic “Tablets at the Bedside: Accuracy Testing of secure Wireless-Based Data Entry in a Nursing Education Laboratory.”

Fisher, K. & Koren, A. (2007)  Palm Perspectives: The Use of Personal Digital Assistants in Nursing Clinical Education. a Qualitative Study. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 11, (2). Available at http://ojni.org/11_2/fisher.htm

Koren, A., & Fisher, K., (2008).  Integrating PDA’s into clinical nursing education: Changing the teaching paradigm. Oral presentation at the Fourth International Conference on Technology,  Knowledge & Society, Northeastern University, Boston.

Koren, A. Contextual Analysis of Unintended Pregnancy among Married  Women: Policy Implications. Presented at the American Public Health Association Conference, Washington, DC November 2007.

Simons, S. (2008). Workplace Bullying Experienced by Registered Nurses and the Relationship to Intention to Leave the Organization. Advances in Nursing Science, 31(1), E48-E59.