Ginny Pepper
- College of Nursing
- Professor
- Associate Dean for Research
Research Interests
Dr. Pepper's program of research is focused on patient safety, specifically adverse drug effects on the functional status of elderly adults and medication administration safety. The overall goal of her scholarship is to prevent or ameliorate harm resulting from pharmacologic interventions. As a nurse pharmacologist, her focus is nursing and system interventions that promote appropriate and safe use of medications. Topics of investigation have been medication-related falls in elderly adults, how nurses working conditions affect medication administration accuracy and adverse event prevention, pain management in nursing homes, safety culture, error reporting, antibiotic resistance, pressure ulcer prevention, and prescribing by advance practice nurses.
Recent Publications
Chiang, Hui Ying & Pepper, G. A. (2006). Nurses' perceptions of barriers to medication administration error reporting, cultural factors, and work environment in Taiwan. Journal of Nursing Scholarship.38(4), 392-399.
*Scott- Cawiezell, J., Pepper, G. A., Madsen, R.W., Petroski, G., Vogelsmeier, A., & Zellmer, D. (2006). Nursing home error and level of staff credentials. Clinical Nursing Research, 16, 1-7.
Blegen, M. A., & Pepper, G. A. (2006, May). Commentary on case. WebM&M, Available [http://webmm.ahrq.gov/].
*Hutt, E., Pepper, G. A., Vojir, C., Fink, R., & Jones, K. R. (2006). Assessing the appropriateness of pain medication prescribing practices in nursing homes. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 54(2):231-9.
