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Kathleen Bobay PhD

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Associate Professor

Institution: Marquette University
Department: Nursing


I am willing to mentor a junior faculty member.

Research Experience

  • Clinical Nursing Research
  • Health Services Research
  • Nursing Administration Research
  • Nursing Research
  • Patient Discharge
  • Personnel Staffing and Scheduling

    • Publications (22)

  • A Model for Hospital Discharge Preparation: From Case Management to Care Transition. (Weiss ME, Bobay KL, Bahr SJ, Costa L, Hughes RG, Holland DE) J Nurs Adm 2015 Dec;45(12):606-14 PMID: 26502068 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84947616148 10/27/2015       70 Citations
  • Models of Discharge Care in Magnet® Hospitals. (Bobay K, Bahr SJ, Weiss ME, Hughes R, Costa L) J Nurs Adm 2015 Oct;45(10):485-91 PMID: 26425972 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84943373952 10/02/2015       8 Citations
  • Quality Improvement Project: analysis of efficiency of current order set for the diagnostic workup used to evaluate neurogenic stress myocardium in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. (Niklasch DM, Bobay K) J Am Assoc Nurse Pract 2013 Jun;25(6):314-319 PMID: 24170596 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84880948753 10/31/2013    
  • Comparison of nurse staffing based on changes in unit-level workload associated with patient churn. (Hughes RG, Bobay KL, Jolly NA, Suby C) J Nurs Manag 2015 Apr;23(3):390-400 PMID: 24118360 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84926408752 10/15/2013       24 Citations
  • Validation of patient and nurse short forms of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale and their relationship to return to the hospital. (Weiss ME, Costa LL, Yakusheva O, Bobay KL) Health Serv Res 2014 Feb;49(1):304-17 PMID: 23855675 PMCID: PMC3922479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84892826132 07/17/2013       90 Citations
  • Methodology issues in implementation science. (Newhouse R, Bobay K, Dykes PC, Stevens KR, Titler M) Med Care 2013 Apr;51(4 Suppl 2):S32-40 PMID: 23502915 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84875187894 04/26/2013       36 Citations
  • Factors associated with nurses' perceptions of patient safety culture in China: a cross-sectional survey study. (Feng X, Bobay K, Krejci JW, McCormick BL) J Evid Based Med 2012 May;5(2):50-6 PMID: 23557468 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84861852122 04/06/2013       14 Citations
  • Nurses' perceptions of sustainability of Magnet® efforts. (Vartanian HK, Bobay KL, Weiss ME) J Nurs Adm 2013 Mar;43(3):166-71 PMID: 23425915 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84874592219 02/22/2013       6 Citations
  • Identification of patients at risk for falls in an inpatient rehabilitation program. (Salamon LA, Victory M, Bobay K) Rehabil Nurs 2012;37(6):292-7 PMID: 23212954 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84871753109 12/06/2012       23 Citations
  • Identification of Patients at Risk for Falls in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Program. (Salamon LA, Victory M, Bobay K) Rehabil Nurs 2012 Jun 26 PMID: 26356033 06/26/2012    
  • Effectiveness of multimodal pain management protocol in total knee arthroplasty patients. (Lewis C, Gunta K, Mitchell K, Bobay K) Orthop Nurs 2012;31(3):153-9 PMID: 22622607 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84861829811 05/25/2012       16 Citations
  • Organizational structure and processes in pediatric heart transplantation: a survey of practices. (Stendahl G, Bobay K, Berger S, Zangwill S) Pediatr Transplant 2012 May;16(3):257-64 PMID: 22244347 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84859732095 01/17/2012       12 Citations
  • Outcomes and cost analysis of the impact of unit-level nurse staffing on post-discharg utilization. (Bobay KL, Yakusheva O, Weiss ME) Nurs Econ 2011;29(2):69-78, 87 PMID: 21667673 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79960940341 06/15/2011       18 Citations
  • Quality and cost analysis of nurse staffing, discharge preparation, and postdischarge utilization. (Weiss ME, Yakusheva O, Bobay KL) Health Serv Res 2011 Oct;46(5):1473-94 PMID: 21517836 PMCID: PMC3207188 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80052519145 04/27/2011       106 Citations
  • An integrated review of the literature on challenges confronting the acute care staff nurse in discharge planning. (Nosbusch JM, Weiss ME, Bobay KL) J Clin Nurs 2011 Mar;20(5-6):754-74 PMID: 20955476 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79951543114 10/20/2010       62 Citations
  • Age-related differences in perception of quality of discharge teaching and readiness for hospital discharge. (Bobay KL, Jerofke TA, Weiss ME, Yakusheva O) Geriatr Nurs 2010;31(3):178-87 PMID: 20525522 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77953537312 06/08/2010       77 Citations
  • Nurse and patient perceptions of discharge readiness in relation to postdischarge utilization. (Weiss M, Yakusheva O, Bobay K) Med Care 2010 May;48(5):482-6 PMID: 20393364 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77951623339 04/16/2010       90 Citations
  • The relationship of nurses' professional characteristics to levels of clinical nursing expertise. (Bobay K, Gentile DL, Hagle ME) Appl Nurs Res 2009 Feb;22(1):48-53 PMID: 19171295 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-58749095547 01/28/2009       31 Citations
  • Patient safety culture in nursing: a dimensional concept analysis. (Feng X, Bobay K, Weiss M) J Adv Nurs 2008 Aug;63(3):310-9 PMID: 18702778 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-46749147214 08/16/2008       103 Citations
  • Failure to rescue: a preliminary study of patient-level factors. (Bobay KL, Fiorelli KL, Anderson AJ) J Nurs Care Qual 2008;23(3):211-5 PMID: 18562862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-53449102889 06/20/2008       14 Citations
  • Validation of oppressed group behaviors in nursing. (Matheson LK, Bobay K) J Prof Nurs 2007;23(4):226-34 PMID: 17675118 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34547443567 08/07/2007       27 Citations
  • Does experience really matter? (Bobay KL) Nurs Sci Q 2004 Oct;17(4):312-6 PMID: 15359030 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-4644250898 09/11/2004       9 Citations
    • Last update: 11/15/2015