Vicki M. Ross, RN, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Email: vross@kumc.edu
Phone: (913) 588-4535

Vicki M. Ross, RN, PhD, is currently a research assistant professor and teaches graduate courses at the KU School of Nursing. She also serves as data manager for the research project Technological Home Care: Improving HPN Care with Videophone and Internet Education. Ross also has had positions at the KU School of Nursing as data manager for the Rural Dwelling Older Adults: CPAP Adherence Support project at KUMC, was a graduate teaching assistant and research assistant for the Kansas Medicaid Managed Care Evaluation Project.

Ross is the recipient of the Melba Carter Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the field of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the Millennium Scholar Award, KU Alumni Award, the Brill Scholarship and the Taunton Medal. Prior to working at KUMC, Ross also received the UMKC Women’s Council Award.

Her research projects have included: Clinical Symptoms of Central Venous Catheter Related Infections, Independent assessment of Kansas Medicaid Managed Care, The efficacy of clinical symptoms for determining central venous catheter related infections: A secondary analysis and Prealbumin as a marker for nutritional status.

Ross is a member of the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and serves as chair of the Nutritional Access Device Section, is a reviewer for a Self-Study Project and Standards for Hospitalized Patients, is a Certified Nutritional Support Nurse certification awarded 1993 and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International.

Publications

Winkler MF, Ross VM & Smith, CE (2006). Technology dependency in home care: Impact on patients and their families. Nutrition and Clinical Practice, Dec;21(6):544-56

Ross V & Lyman B (2003 update 2006). The Right Nursing Guide for Parenteral Nutrition for Adults and Children. Nursing Spectrum.

Wooten JM & Ross VM (2005). How to make sense of clinical research. RN. 2005 Jan;68(1):22-7.

Ross, V. (2004) Assessment of Nutrition and the Digestive System. In: J. Black, J. Hawks, & A. Keene (Eds.). Medical Surgical Nursing clinical Management for Positive Outcomes (7th ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Ross, V. & Orr, P. (2003). Nursing Care of the Patient Receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition. In C.W. VanWay (Ed.),  Nutritional Secrets (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus Inc.

Ross, V. & Lyman, B. (2003) The Right Nursing Guide for Parenteral Nutrition for Adults and Children. Nursing Spectrum.

Ross, V. (Jan/Feb 2003). Uncertainty about the clinical detection of sepsis. Journal of Infusion Nursing.

Presentations

Comparison of Symptoms for Subjects with and without CVC related infections
2004 ASPEN Clinical Congress: Las Vegas, NV (Poster)

Assessment of Clinical Symptoms for CVC related infections.
2003 ASPEN Clinical Congress: San Antonio, TX (Panel Presentation)

Clinical Analysis of Sepsis: What is the evidence?
2002 Intravenous Nursing Society (annual conference): Phoenix, AZ