Phone: (602) 496-7220
Fax: (602) 496-0886
E-mail: Victoria.Grando@asu.edu
Address:
College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Arizona State University
500 N 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004-0698
Education
- Post-Doctorate - University of Iowa, IA
Gerontological Nursing, 1999 - PhD -
University of Kansas, KS
Major: Nursing, Minor: Women’s History, 1994 - MSN -
University of Missouri - Columbia, MO
Community Mental Health Nursing, 1984 - BSN -
Missouri State University, MO
Summa Cum Laude, 1980
Recent Publications
- Grando, V. T., Rantz, M ., & Maas, M. (2007). Nursing home staff’s views on performance reports: A follow-up study. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.33(1), 40-47.
- Grando, V.T. (2005). Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory: A practice model for advanced practice psychiatric/mental health nursing. Self-care, Dependent Care, & Nursing, 13(1), 4-8.
- Grando V.T., Rantz M.J., Petroski G.F., Maas M., Popejoy L., Conn V., & Wipke-Tevis D. (2005) Prevalence and characteristics of nursing homes residents requiring light-care. Research in Nursing & Health, 28(3), 210-9.
- Rantz, M.J., Hicks, L.L., Grando, V. T., Petroski, G.F., Madsen, R.W., Mehr, D.R., Conn, V. S., Zwygart-Stauffacher, M., Scott, J., Flesner, M., Bostick, J., & Porter, R. (2004). Nursing home quality, cost, staffing, and staff-mix. The Gerontologist, 44, 24-38.
- Grando, V. T., Mehr, D., Popejoy, L., Maas, M., Rantz, M ., Wipke-Tevis, D. D., & Westhoff, R. (2002). Why older adults with light-care needs enter and remain in nursing homes. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 28(7), 47-53.
Current/Recent Grants and Projects
- Nursing Rehab Program for Post-Hospitalized NH Residents (Principal Investigator). Funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research, Funded: March 2004 - March 2007 (R15 NINR008205-02; $100,000).
- A Regional Family Psych-Mental Health NP Specialty. (Project Director) Funded by Health Resources and Services Administration. July 2004 to June 2007. $639,000.
- Testing Physical Functioning of Nursing Home Residents (Principal Investigator). Funded by the Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center NIH #30 NR03979 [Primary Investigator: Toni Tripp-Reimer] Funded 2000-2002, $8,000.
- Nursing Care Processes, Outcomes and Cost in Nursing Homes. (Co-PI). Funded by National Institute of Nursing Research. 1998-2002. $509,720.
Honors/Awards
- Teresa E. Christy Award (1994). The American Association for the History of Nursing. Recognizing excellence of historical research and writing done while the researcher was in a doctoral student status for PhD dissertation: "Nurses" Struggle for Economic Equity, 1945 to 1965.
- Excellence in Writing Award (1980). American Journal of Nursing & Missouri Nurses’ Association.
