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Research Links for Susan Frazier Susan Frazier
earned a B.S.N., M.S. and Ph.D. in nursing from The Ohio State
University. She practiced as a certified critical care nurse for
nearly 20 years prior to earning her graduate degrees. During
this time, she was instrumental in establishing and managing the
intensive care unit of the local hospital. During her doctoral
education, she served as a research associate for an NINR-funded
study focused on the cardiovascular responses to endotracheal
suctioning and taught the graduate-level physiology course for
nursing students. She earned a cognate minor in cardiopulmonary
physiology. Her dissertation research was a laboratory study
that focused on right ventricular responses to three modes of
mechanical ventilation and four support mechanisms for spontaneous
ventilation. This research was supported by a Presidential
Fellowship, a Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Chapter research grant,
and an AACN – Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Research Grant. Frazier joined the faculty at the Ohio State University College
of Nursing and expanded on her dissertation research with a
laboratory study of the cardiovascular consequences of pressure
support ventilation, continuous positive airway pressure and the
combination of these modes. This research was supported by a
competitive Faculty Research award from the Graduate School. She
then performed a study of the cardiovascular responses of
medical intensive care patients during weaning from mechanical
ventilation, funded by NINR and AACN Agilent Technologies. She
was a co-primary investigator for another NIH-funded laboratory
investigation that focused on examination of the cardiovascular
consequences of interventions commonly used to promote
ventilator weaning (diuretic therapy, afterload reduction). Frazier joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky in the
fall of 2006 as an associate professor and a member of the
RICH Heart Team. She recently completed
a survey of critical care nurses to examine current practice and
the preparation that they receive prior to assuming
responsibility for patients who require mechanical ventilation.
Her findings are published in a number of peer reviewed
journals, including the American Journal of Critical Care, Heart
& Lung, Biological Research for Nursing and the Journal of
Cardiovascular Nursing. She has presented research findings at
local, national and international meetings. She has received a
number of teaching and mentorship awards and is an editorial
board member for the American Journal of Critical Care. |
Read about the RICH Heart Program |
Recent Publications
Frazier, S.K., Moser, D.K.,
Schlanger, R., Widener, J., Pender, L., & Stone, K.S. (In
press). Autonomic tone in medical intensive care patients
receiving mechanical ventilation and during a CPAP weaning
trial. Biological Research for Nursing. Webel, A., Frazier, S.K., Moser, D.K., & Lennie,
T.A. (2007). Daily variability in dyspnea, edema and body weight
in heart failure patients. European Journal of Cardiovascular
Nursing, 6(1), 60-65.
Frazier, S.K., Stone, K.S., Moser, D.K.,
Schlanger, R., Carle, C., Pender, L., Widener, J., & Brom, H.
(2006) Hemodynamic changes during ventilator discontinuation in
MICU patients. American Journal of Critical Care, 15(6),
580-594.
Frazier, S.K., Brom, H., Widener, J., Pender, L.,
Stone, K.S., & Moser, D.K. (2006). The prevalence of myocardial
ischemia during mechanical ventilation and weaning and its
effects on weaning success. Heart & Lung, 35(6);363-73.
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