Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN
UAB School of Nursing
1720 2nd Avenue South, NB 324
Birmingham, AL 35294-121
205-996-5211
[email protected]
Education
2005, Master of Strategic Studies, US Army War College
2002, PhD, Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
1988, MSN, Critical Care Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio
1982, BSN, Willkes University
Licensure/Certification
Registered Nurse, Alabama
Professional Experience
2013-present, Donna Brown Banton Endowed Professor, UAB School of Nursing
2013-present, Associate Professor, UAB School of Health Professions
2012-present, Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and
Autoimmunity Center
2009-present, Affiliate Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Alabama in
Huntsville
2009-present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
2009-present, Senior Nurse Faculty Scholar, VA National Quality Scholars Program,
Birmingham VA Medical Center
2008-present, Scholar, UAB Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
2008-present, Scientist, UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and
Education
2008-2013, Associate Professor and Donna Brown Banton Endowed Professor, UAB
School of Nursing
2004-2008, Chief, Department of Nursing Science; Consultant to the Surgeon General for
Nursing Education and Enlisted Training; Academy of Health Sciences; Ft. Sam
Houston, TX
Grant Funding
01/01/14 - 12/31/14, Circadian Misalignment in Shift-Working Nurses, School of
Nursing Dean’s Scholar Award, $10,000, Principal Investigator
09/30/11 – 08/31/16, U19 HS021110 Saag PI: K. Saag, UAB Deep South Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal CERTs: Implementation and Dissemination Core
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Investigator
09/01/13 - 08/30/15, PI: S. Breckenridge-Sproat, An Evaluation of the US Army Nurse
Corps' Patient CaringTouch System, TriService Nursing Research Program, $313,000,
Associate Investigator
08/01/10 - 12/31/14, PI: S. Breckenridge-Sproat, Building an EBP Mentorship Program
to Sustain Bedside Evidence Based Culture, TriService Nursing Research Program,
$148,736, Research Mentor
Clinical Practice
2013 - present, VA Nursing Academic Partnership Program, Shared Governance Council
2009 - present, Senior Nurse faculty Scholar, National VA Quality Scholars (VAQS)
Fellowship Program
2009 - present, Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Council; EBP Oversight Committee
member, School of Nursing Representative, UAB Hospital
Select Publications
Raju, D., Su, X., & Patrician, P. A. (2014). Using Item Response Theory Models to
Evaluate the Practice Environment Scale (PES). Journal of Nursing Measurement, 22(2),
323-341.
Patrician, P. A., Dolansky, M., Bates, M., Pair, V., Splaine, M., & Moore, S. (2013). The
National Veteran's Affairs Quality Scholars Program: A model for interprofessional
education in quality and safety. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 28(1), 24-32.
West, G., Patrician, P. A., & Loan, L. (2012). Staffing matters . . . Every shift. American
Journal of Nursing, 112 (12), 22-26.
Miltner, R., Patrician, P. A., & Dawson, M. (2012). Using Quality and Safety Education
for Nurses' competencies to guide nursing administration curriculum redesign. Journal
of Nursing Administration, 42(10), 478-482.
Patrician, P. A., Oliver, D., Miltner, R., Dawson, M. A. & Ladner, K. (2012). Nurturing
charge nurses for future leadership roles. Journal of Nursing Administration, 42(10), 461466.
Patrician, P. A., Pryor, E., Fridman, M., Loan, L. (2011). Needlestick injuries among
nursing staff: association with shift level staffing. American Journal of Infection Control,
39(6), 477-482.
Patrician, P. A., Loan, L., McCarthy, M., Fridman, M., Donaldson, N., Bingham, M., &
Brosch, L. (2011). The association of shift-level nurse staffing with adverse patient
events. Journal of Nursing Administration, 41(2), 64-70.
Patrician, PA, Loan, L, & McCarthy, M., Brosch, L. R., & Davey, K. S. (2010). Towards
evidence-based management: creating an informative database of nursing-sensitive
indicators. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(4), 358-366.
Patrician, P. A., Shang, J., & Lake, E. T. (2010). Organizational determinants of quality
care and nurse job outcomes among Army Medical Department registered nurses.
Research in Nursing and Health 33(2), 99-110.
Patrician, P. A. & Brosch, L. R. (2009). Medication error reporting and the work
environment in a military setting. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 24(4), 277-286.
Select Presentations
Patrician, P. A., Sproat, S. B., Freeman, J., & Loan, L. A. (2014, November). The Patient
CaringTouch System: An innovation in patient-centered care. American Nurses
Association Nurse Staffing Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Patrician, P. A., Sproat, S. B., Freeman, J., & Loan, L. A. (2014, September).
Development of an instrument to measure diffusion of a system-wide innovation. Paper
presented at the State of the Science Conference, Washington, DC.
Patrician, P. A., Loan, L. & Sproat, S. (2014, September). The association of staffing
with hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs), and the mediating effects of workload
intensity. Paper presented at the State of the Science Conference, Washington, DC.
Patrician, P. A. (2013, May). Nurturing charge nurses for future leadership roles. Paper
presented at the International Council of Nurses Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Patrician, P. A., Loan. L. A., McCarthy, M., & Breckenridge-Sproat, S. (2013, May).
How does workload and/or the nursing practice environment influence the relationship
between staffing and adverse events? Symposium presented at the International Council
of Nurses Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Patrician, P. A. (2013, August). Nurturing charge nurses for leadership roles. Paper
presented at the National Black Nurses Association Annual Meeting and Conference,
New Orleans, LA
Patrician, P. A. (2012, November). Improving outcomes through patient safety initiatives.
Paper presented at the Infusion Nurses Society National Academy of Infusion Therapy,
Dallas, TX.
Patrician, P. A. (2012, April). Collaboration for quality: Nursing's leadership role in the
translation of evidence. Paper presented at the University of Maryland and VA Maryland
Health System's Ninth Annual National Conference: Practice Based on Evidence – The
Future of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.
Loan, L. A., McCarthy, M., & Patrician, P. A (2012, June). Does nurse staffing matter?
Findings from a national outcomes database study. Paper presented at the International
Nursing Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
Patrician, P. A. (2011, June). The Veteran's Health Administration National Quality
Scholars fellowship Program: Two Years Later. Paper presented at the Quality and Safety
Education for Nurses National Forum, Milwaukee, WI.
Academic Service
2014-present, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, co-chair
2013-2014, Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, member
2013-present, Shared Governance Evidence Based Practice Council, BVAMC, member
2013 - present, Deep South Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Injury CERT Executive
Committee, member
2013, BVAMC Research Week Planning Committee, member
Professional Activities
2014- present, Co-Chair, Expert Panel on Military and Veteran's Health, American
Academy of Nursing
2011-2012, chair, Interdisciplinary Research group on Nursing Issues, Academy Health
2010-2012, member, Task Force on Clinical Hours and Intensity, Council on Graduate
Education in Administrative Nursing
2009-present, member, Expert Panel on Military and Veteran's Health, American
Academy of Nursing
2009- present, Expert Panel on Quality Health care, American Academy of Nursing
Honors and Awards
2014, Duncan Neuhauser Curricular Innovation Award in Healthcare Improvement for
Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap in Advanced Quality and Patient Safety Courses,
Academy for Healthcare Improvement.
2010, Selected for the UAB School of Medicine Health Care Leadership Academy
2009, Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
2008, Legion of Merit, Army Medical Department Center & School, Ft Sam Houston,
TX
2007, Clinical Nursing Excellence Award, Association of Military Surgeons of the US,
Salt Lake City, UT