Pamela Z. Cacchione, PhD, RN, GNP, BC
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Master’s in Gerontological Nursing Specialty
Saint Louis University
School of Nursing
3525 Caroline Mall
St. Louis, MO 63104-1099
United States
Teaching: I currently teach in the Master's program focusing on Geriatric content. I primarily teach Advanced Health Assessment, Advanced Clinical Studies in Care of the Older Adult, and Advanced Practice Nursing Seminar.
Research: I am currently funded through the National Institute of Nursing Research for a 4 year study evaluating the impact of a nursing intervention, Individualized-Sensory Enhancement in the Elderly (I-SEE) in a population of nursing home residents.
Practice: I currently maintain a 2-day a week clinical
practice as a Gerontological nurse practitioner in collaboration
with Drs. Consuelo Wilkins and Kyle Moylan at Barnes-Jewish
Extended Care. I frequently precept students during my practice.
Professional and Scholarly Activities: Here are a few
of my recent publications:
Cacchione, P.Z. & Decker, S.A. (2004) Caring for the
Incontinent Elder: Advanced
Practice Nursing Concepts. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine,
20: 489-497.
Cacchione, P.Z., Powlishta, K.K., Grant, E.A., Buckles,
V.D., Morris, J.C. (2004).
Collateral Source Reports in very Mild to Mild Dementia
of the Alzheimer Type. In
Vellas, B. (ed). Research and Practice in Alzheimer’s
Disease and Cognitive Decline,
7, Springer Publishing Company, New York.
Culp, K., Wakefield, B., Dyck, M.J., Cacchione, P.Z.,
Decrane, S., Decker, S. (2004) Bioimpedance Analysis and
Other Hydration Parameters as Risk Factors for Delirium
in Rural Nursing Home Residents. Journal of Gerontology:
Medical Sciences. 59A: 813-817.
Cacchione, P.Z., Culp, K., Dyck, M., & Laing, J. (2003).
Risk for acute confusion in
sensory impaired elderly residents of rural long-term care
facilities. Clinical Nursing
Research. 12, 340-355.
Cacchione, P.Z., Powlishta, K.K., Grant, E.A., Buckles,
V.D., Morris, J.C. (2003).
Accuracy of Collateral Source Reports in very Mild to Mild
Dementia of the
Alzheimer Type. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
51, 819-823
Cacchione, P. Z, Culp, K., & Laing, J. (2003). Clinical
Profile of Acute Confusion in
Long-Term Care. Clinical Nursing Research. 12, 145-158.
Cacchione, P. Z. (2002) Four acute confusion assessment
instruments. Reliability and validity for use in long-term
care facilities. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.28
(1): 12-19.
Cacchione, P. Z. (2000) Chapter 27: Cognition and Neurological
Function. In A.G. Lueckenotte Gerontological Nursing
2nd Ed. Mosby, St. Louis, Missouri, pp: 615-654.
Cacchione, P. Z., Morley, J. (1999). Primary Care in Assisted-Living.
In B. Schwarz and R. Brent, Aging Autonomy and Architecture.
Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland. pp:156-165.
Education
Post Doctoral Fellowship, The University of Iowa, College of Nursing "Research
Training in Gerontological Nursing, NIH # T32 NR07058 [PI:
Toni Tripp-Reimer]
PhD, Nursing, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri
MSN, Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, Marymount University,
Arlington, Virginia
