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DIRECTORY

Faculty

Degrees: PhD, RN, NEA-BC

Office Address:
416-B West Fee Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824

Office Phone: 517-355-0328

E-mail Address: Corser@msu.edu

Faculty Rank: Associate Professor

Education: PhD in Nursing, secondary concentration in Population Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2000

MSN in Nursing Administration Winona State University, Rochester, MN. 1994

BSN in Nursing Winona State University, Winona, MN. 1984

BS in Elementary Education University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. 1978

Honors and Achievements: Certification as Nurse Executive, Advanced, Amer. Nurses Credentialing Center through 03/31/13.

Course Offerings: NUR460 Leadership Clinical Immersion.

NUR911 Health Status Outcomes: Community/Primary Care

NUR910 Health Status Outcomes: The Individual and Family

Memberships: American Nurses Association
Registered Nurses Association in Michigan
Sigma Theta Tau International
Board Member, Midwest Nursing Research Society
Academy of Health Services Research
American Association of University Professors

Research Interests:

Patient outcomes derived from chronic illness self-management interventions.
Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome.
Impact of composite comorbidity and other patient characteristics on health outcomes.

Research Projects:
Co-Investigator, "Feasibility of Using a Chronic Disease Self-Management Approach to Treat Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) in a Primary Care Setting." Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI Foundation. Jan., through December, 2010. $74,973.

Principal Investigator, "An Investigation of Heavily Comorbid Patients' Self-Management Experiences with Primary Care Providers." MSU College of Nursing Summer Scholar Funds. 2008. $4,762.

Principal Investigator, “Electronic Health Record Implementation for School-Based Primary Care Coordination.” (under review for October, 2009) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. R21 proposal.

Principal Investigator, “Shared Decisions to Manage Diabetes: SDM Diabetes Feasibility Study.” Investigator Initiated Research Program. Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI Foundation. 2004-2005. $74,932.

Data Analysis Director, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research Grant # 1 R01 HS10531-01A1. “Patient Decision Support and Coaching.” M.S.U. College of Human Medicine. 2002 through 2003. (M. Holmes-Rovner, PI).

Methodological Consultant, Agency for Health Care Quality & Research Minority Suppl. Research Grant. Minority Patient Decision Support and Coaching. 2001-2003. (Ade Olomu, M.D. PI).

Principal Investigator, Agency for Health Care Quality and Research Dissertation Research Grant, # 1 R03 HS0792-01. “An Investigation of Patient Outcomes related to Interdisciplinary Hospital Discharge Planning.” University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing. 2000-2001 $32,400.

Co-Director, Data Analyst, “Evaluation of Clinical Programs: Critical Pathways, Charting by Exception, and Work Redesign.” 1997-1998. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison WI.

Principal Investigator, "An Investigation of Hospital Staff Nurse Preferences for First-Line Manager Activities." Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives. 1993

Selected Publications: Corser, WD, Xu, Y. Facilitating primary care patients' diabetes self-management: a quality improvement framework. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009, 24(2):172-78.

Dunn S, Stommel M, Corser WD, Holmes-Rovner M. Hopelessness and its effect on cardiac rehabilitation exercise participation folowing hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. J Cardiopulm Rehab, 2009, 29:32-39.

Holtrop J, Stommel M, Corser WD, Holmes-Rovner M. Predictors of smoking cessation and relapse after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. J Hosp Med. 2009, 4(3):E3-E9.

Corser, WD. Developing a Study Sampling Plan: Approaches and Issues. (in press). Diab Educat.

Corser WD, Sikorskii A, Olomu A, Stommel M, Proden C, Holmes-Rovner M. Concordance between Post-Discharge Comorbidity Data Obtained from Patient Self-Report and Medical Records. BioMedCentral-Health Serv Res, 2008, 8:85. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-85.

Holmes-Rovner M, Stommel M, Corser WD, Olomu A, Holtrop JS, Siddiqi A, Dunn SL. Does outpatient telephone coaching add to hospital quality improvement following hospitalization for acure coronary syndrome? J Gen Intern Med, 2008, 23(9): 1464-70.

Corser WD, Lein C, Holmes-Rovner M, Gossain V. Diabetes self-management perceptions of a sample of American adults. (under review Pt: Pat-centered Outc Res).

Corser W, Holmes-Rovner M, Lein C, & Gossain V. (2007). A shared decision-making primary care intervention for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Educator. 33(4), 700-08.

Corser WD. (2006). The perceptions of older veterans concerning their post-discharge outcome experiences. Applied Nursing Research. 19, 63-69.

Holtrop JS, Corser WD, Jones G,Brooks G, Holmes-Rovner M, Stommel M. (2006). Health behavior goals of cardiac patients after hospitalization. American Journal of Health Behaviors. 30(4), 387-399.

Dunn SL, Corser WD, Stommel M, Holmes-Rovner M. (2006). Hopelessness and depression in the early recovery period after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. J of Cardiopulm Rehab. 26(3), 152-159.

Yang Z, Olomu A, Corser WD, Rovner DR, Holmes-Rovner M. (2006). Outpatient medication use and health outcomes in post acute cornary syndrome. American Journal of Managed Care. 12(10): 581-587.

Stommel M, Olomu A, Holmes-Rovner M, Corser W, Gardiner J. (2006). Changes in practice patterns affecting in-hospital and post-discharge survival among ACS patients. BioMedCentral-Health Services Research. 6:140.

Corser WD. (2005). Workers’ compensation benefits: know and protect your rights. Michigan Nurse, 78(4), 15,22

Corser, WD. (2004). Post discharge outcomes rates influenced by comorbidity and interdisciplinary collaboration. Outcomes Management, 8(1), 63-69.

Dontje, K., Corser, WD., Kreulen, GA, Teitleman, A. (2004). A unique set of interactions: The M.S.U. sustained partnership model of nurse practitioner primary care. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Pracitioners. 16(2): 63-69.

Corser WD. (2004). Postdischarge outcome rates influenced by comorbidity and interdisciplinary collaboration. Outcomes Management 8(1), 45-51.

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