SUSAN J. KILLION Nursing

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

Contributing author of chapter "Legal Aspects of Home Care Nursing." In Home Care Nursing--An Orientation to Practice, by Carolyn Humphrey and Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Appleton and Lange, 1991: 97-108.

"Legal Glossary." In Home Care Nursing--An Orientation to Practice, by Carolyn Humphrey and Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Appleton and Lange, 1991: 147-148.

Co-author of chapter "Documentation and Quality Assurance." In Home Care Nursing--An Orientation to Practice, by Carolyn Humphrey and Paula Milone-Nuzzo, Appleton and Lange, 1991.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

With Appleby, George. "AIDS Legal and Policy Issues." In Proceedings of AIDS Interdisciplinary Conference, April 7, 1995. Also coeditor of this publication with Michael Perlin and George Appleby.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

"Case Commentary--Bass v. Barksdale--Implications for Public Health and Home Care Nurses." Public Health Nursing 10:2 (June 1993).

"Patients' Rights to Their Medical Records." Health Span--The Report of Health Business and Law (February 1985): 28-33.

With McCarthy, Suzanne. "Hospitalization of the Autistic Child; Part I--Assessment, and Part II--Intervention." MCN, The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing (November-December 1980): 413-423 (articles specially selected for the 5th Anniversary Issue).

"Exploring the Concept of Death." ONA, Ohio Nurses' Association (May 1976): 1-11 (paper selected as winner of the first annual "Excellence in Writing Award" sponsored by ONA and The American Journal of Nursing/AJN).

BOOK REVIEWS:

Prepublication review of chapter, "Reproductive Health Care: Legal Issues," in Reproductive Health Care, by E. Fitzpatrick et al, McGraw-Hill, 1991.

Prepublication review of eleven chapters in Legal Aspects of Nursing, by Cynthia Northrop and Mary Kelly, C. V. Mosby, 1987.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

"Legal Aspects of Home Care Nursing" (poster presentation). Faculty Development Conference for Nurse Educators, San Antonio, TX, January 3, 1993.

"Legal Issues of Documentation in Home Care" (seminar to home care nurses as an in-service education program). Middlesex Visiting Nurse and Home Health Services, Inc., Middletown, CT, May 19, 1991.

"Legal Issues in Nursing" (poster presentation). Sigma Theta Tau Research and Theory Conference, Eta Lambda Chapter, University of Evansville, IN, March 4, 1991.

"Legal Issues in Documentation" (symposium). New England Chapter of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Sacred Heart University, September 21, 1990.

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

"Legal Accountability in Nursing: Meeting the Challenge" (sole presenter, all-day workshop). Ohio Nurses' Association (6 C.E.U.s), at Ohio State University, Lima Technical College, Lima Campus, Lima Area Continuing Education for Nurses (LACEN), May 19, 1988 and May 11, 1989 (the 1989 session incorporated revised Nurse Practice Act).

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

Faculty Development Grant--1995 (with Dr. George Appleby), "AIDS Interdisciplinary Workshop"

Grant Reviewer for Administration of Children, Youth and Families, U. S. Dept. of Health Services, 1992-Present

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Legal Issues in Health Care

DISSERTATION TITLE:

Access to Confidential Medical Records

INSTITUTION GRANTING J.D.:

University of Bridgeport School of Law