Email: lgerdner@gmail.com

Qualifications

1998 Ph.D, The University of Iowa, Nursing in Aging

1992 M.A., The University of Iowa, Nursing

1980 BSN, Iowa Wesleyan College, Nursing

1977 AND, Southeastern Community College, Nursing

Publications(selected)

1. Gerdner, L. A. & McBride, M. (in progress). Ethnogeriatrics: a critical component of nursing education for the 21st century. Nursing Outlook.
2. Gerdner, L. A. (in review). Shamanism: Indications and use by older Hmong Americans with chronic illness. Hmong Studies Journal.
3. Gerdner, L. A., & Buckwalter, K. C. (in press). “Musical Memories”: Translating evidence-based gerontological nursing into a children’s picture book. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
4. Gerdner, L. A. (in press). Individualized music for persons with dementia: Evolution and application of evidence-based protocol. World Journal of Psychiatry.
5. Gerdner, L. A. (2010). Evidence-based guideline: Individualized music for elders with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36(6), 7-15.
6. Gerdner, L. A. (2009). Top cited papers in International Psychogeriatrics: 4. Effects of individualized vs. classical “relaxation” music on the frequency of agitation in elderly persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Reflection. (With commentary by Nicola T. Lautenschlager) International Psychogeriatrics, 21(4), 667-671.
7. Gerdner, L. A. & Simpson, H. (2009). Access and use of health services in the Arkansas Delta by African American caregivers. Alzheimer’s Care Today, 10(2), 81-92.
8. Gerdner, L. A. (2008). Translating research findings into a Hmong American children’s book to promote understanding of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Hmong Studies Journal, 9, 1-29.
9. Gerdner, L. A., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Yang, D. (2008). Perception and care of elder Hmong Americans with chronic confusion or tem toob. Hallym International Journal of Aging, 10 (2), 111-138.
10. Gerdner, L. A., Hart, L., & Zimmerman, M. B. (2008). Craniosacral still point technique: Exploring its effects in individuals with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 34(3), 36-45.
11. Gerdner, L. A., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Simpson, H. (2007). Hard lives, God’s help, and struggling through: Caregiving in the Arkansas Delta. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 22(4), 355-374.
12. Gerdner, L. A., Cha, D., Yang, D., & Tripp-Reimer, T. (2007). The circle of life: End-of-life care and death rituals for Hmong American elders. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 33(5), 20-29, quiz 30-31.
13. Gerdner, L. A., & Beck, C. K. (2006). Impact of Arkansas state regulations on services provided for residents with dementia in special care units. Alzheimer’s Care Quarterly, 7(4), 251-257.
14. Ragneskog, H., & Gerdner, L. A. (2006). Competence in nursing informatics among nursing students and staff at a nursing institute in Sweden. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 23, 126-132.
15. Smith, M., Hall, G. R., Gerdner, L. A., & Buckwalter, K. C. (2006). Application of the progressively lowered stress threshold (PLST) model across the continuum of care. Nursing Clinics of North America, 41 (1), 57-81.
16. Gerdner, L. A., Xiong, S. V., & Cha, D. (2006). Chronic confusion and memory impairment in Hmong elders: Honoring differing cultural beliefs in America. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(3), 23-31.
17. Gerdner, L. A., Buckwalter, K. C., & Hall, G. R. (2005). Temporal patterning of agitation and stressors associated with agitation: Case profiles to illustrate the progressively lowered stress threshold model. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 11 (4), 215-222.
18. Gerdner, L. A. (2005). Use of individualized music by trained staff and family: Translating research into practice. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 31 (6), 22-30. quiz 55-56.
19. Smith, M., Gerdner, L. A., Hall, G., & Buckwalter, K. C. (2004). The history, development, and future of the progressively lowered stress threshold model: A conceptual model for dementia care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(10),1755-1760.
20. Gerdner, L. A., Tripp-Reimer, T., & Sorofman, B. (2002). Health beliefs and practices: The Iowa Old Order Amish. The Journal of Multi-Cultural Nursing and Health, 8 (3), 65-71.
21. Gerdner, L. A., Buckwalter, K. C., & Reed, D. (2002). The impact of a psychoeducational nursing intervention on frequency of and response to behavioral problems and functional decline in dementia. Nursing Research, 51(6), 607-618.
22. Gerdner, L. A. (2002). Effects of individualized vs. classical "relaxation" music on the frequency of agitation in elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Dementia Review Journal (Helix Communications AB; Stockholm, Sweden), 2, 8-9.
23. Gerdner, L. A., & Beck, C. K. (2001). Statewide survey to compare services provided for residents with dementia in special care units and non-special care units. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 16(5), 289-295.
24. Ragneskog, H., Gerdner, L. A., & Hellström, L. (2001). Integration of lucid individuals and agitated individuals with dementia in different care units. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10(6), 730-736.
25. Gerdner, L. A. (2000). Effects of individualized music on agitation in ADRD and assessment of personal music preference. Mature Medicine Canada, June-August, 113-115.

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