Mary O'Laughlen, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Roberts Scholar

• NIH BioSketch

Research Focus

Dr. O’Laughlen’s research interests include pediatric asthma, decision making, health disparities, and variation in practice as it relates to the quality of care these patients receive.

Publications

Journal Articles

Yeagley, E.K., Kulbok, P.A., O’Laughlen, M.C., Ingersoll, K.S., Rovnyak, V.G., & Rana, S. (2012). The feasibility and acceptability of a motivational interviewing intervention for HIV-infected youth in an urban outpatient clinic: A pilot study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 23(4), 366-370.

Rance, K., O’Laughlen, M.C., & Platts-Mills, T. (2012). Managing asthma in black children. Nurse Practitioner, 37(6), 46-52. doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000414596.39895.60.

O'Laughlen, M. & Rance, K. (2012). Update on asthma management in primary care. Nurse Practitioner, 37(11), 32-40.

Rance, K., & O'Laughlen, M. (2011). Obesity and asthma: A dangerous link in children. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 7(4), 287-292.

Rance, K., O'Laughlen, M., & Ting, S. (2011). Improving asthma care for African American children by increasing asthma guideline adherence. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 25(4), 235-249.

O'Laughlen, M., Rance, K., Rovnyak, V. & Hollen, P. (2011). Adherence rates by Nurse Practitioners to the National Asthma Educational Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines [Abstract]. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 127(2), AB46.

Rance, K., O'Laughlen, M. (2010). Behind the NAEPP Guidelines: An Integrative Review of Their Development and Utilization in Practice. Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators, 1, 184-187.

O'Laughlen, M. (2009). Making sense of abdominal assessment. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 7(5), 15-19.

O'Laughlen, M., Hollen, P., & Ting, S. (2009). An intervention to change clinician behavior: Conceptual framework for the Multicolored, Simplified Asthma Guideline Reminder (MSAGR). Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 21(8), 417-422. .

O'Laughlen, M. C., Hollen, P. J., Rakes, G., & Ting, S. (2008). Improving pediatric asthma by the MSAGR algorithm: A multicolored, simplified, asthma guideline reminder. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology, 21(3), 119-127.

Current Funded Grants

• Survey research “Nurse Practitioners' Utilization of the NAEPP Guidelines” at the NAPNAP annual conference
  Principal Investigator. Funded from the Roberts Scholar Fund at the University of Virginia.(April 2010)
• A Decision Aid to Reduce Substance Use Behaviors in Medically At-Risk Adolescents: Targeting Asthma
  Co-Principal Investigators. Awarded grant from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation (VTSF). (7/01/2009 to 6/30/2012)
• “Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors of Primary Care Providers regarding the NAEPP Guidelines” and “Methodological Study to Enhance a Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Older Adolescents”
  Principal Investigator. A Summer Research Award, University of Virginia School of Nursing. (6/2/2009 to 3/05/2010)
• Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Providers related to the National Asthma Educational Prevention Program (NAEPP) Guidelines: Survey to Enhance the Educational Component
  Principal Investigator. Lanford Research Award, University of Virginia School of Nursing. (4/01/09 to 6/01/2010)