Publications

Ott, B.B. (2005) Ethics Committees. In Lachman, VD (Ed). Applied Ethics in Nursing. New York: Springer Publishing Company.

Ott, B.B. (2005). Advance Directives. In D.J. Lynn-McHale Wiegand and K.K. Carlson (Eds.). AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care. 5th Ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. This is a 2005 AJN Book of the Year.

Ott, B.B. (2005). Management of Clients with Structural Cardiac Disorders. In J. Black and J.H. Hawks (Eds). Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

Ott, B.B. (2005). Ethics in Nursing. In J. Black and J.H. Hawks (Eds). Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

Ott, B.B. (2005). To feed or not to feed. In BC White and J. Zimbelman (Eds). Moral Dilemmas in Community Health Care. New York: Longman Publishing Co.

Ott, B.B., Al-Khadhuri, J. and Al-Junaibi, S. (2003). Preventing Ethical Dilemmas: Understanding Islamic Health Care Practices. Pediatric Nursing 29 (3): 227-230.

Flounders, JA and Ott, BB. (2003). Oncology Emergency: Spinal Cord Compression. Oncology Nursing Forum, 30, (1): E17-23.

Ott, B.B. (2001). Advance Directives. In D.J. Lynn-McHale and K.K. Carlson (Eds.). AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care. 4th Ed. Philadelphia: Saunders.

Ott, B.B. (2001). Advance Directives. In D.J. Lynn-McHale and K.K. Carlson (Eds.). AACN Critical Care Procedures Performance Evaluation Checklists CD-ROM. Philadelphia: Saunders.

Ott, B.B. (2001). Management of Clients with Structural Cardiac Disorders. In J. Black, J.H. Hawks and A. Keene (Eds). Medical-Surgical Nursing, Sixth Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Ehman, J.W., Ott, B.B., Ciampa, R., and Short, T. & Hansen-Flaschen J. (1999). Do patients want physicians to inquire about their spiritual or religious beliefs if they become gravely ill? Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 1803-1806.

Ott, B.B. (2000).  Advance Directives. In D.J. Lynn-McHale and K.K. Carlson (Eds.). AACN’s Procedure Manual for Critical Care. Philadelphia: Saunders. (In press).

Ott, B.B. (2000).  Advance Directives Performance Evaluation. In D.J. Lynn-McHale and K.K. Carlson (Eds.). Critical Care  Procedures: Performance Evaluation. Philadelphia: Saunders. (In press).

Ehman, J.W., Ott, B.B., Ciampa, R., and Short, T. & Hansen-Flaschen J. (1999). Do patients want physicians to inquire        about their spiritual or religious beliefs if they become gravely ill? Archives of Internal Medicine, 159, 1803-1806.

Ott, B.B. (1999). Advance directives: The emerging body of research. American Journal of Critical Care, 8 (1), 514-519.

Ott, B.B. (1998). Physician assisted suicide and older patients’ perceived duty to die. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 4  (2), 65-70.

Ehman, J.W., Ott, B.B., Ciampa, R.C., Hansen-Flaschen, J., and Short, T. (1997). Pulmonary patients’ attitudes concerning   physician inquiry about spiritual/religious beliefs (abstract). Chest, 112 (3S), 92.

Newsome, E and Ott, B.B. (1997). Lung volume reduction: Surgical treatment for emphysema. American Journal of Critical    Care. 6 (6), 423-427.

Ott, B.B. (1997). Changes in liver transplant policies. Pediatric Nursing. 23 (2), 167-168.

Ott, B.B. and Hardie, T.L. (1997). The readability of various advance directive documents. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship 29 (1), 53-57.

Ott, B.B., (1997). Ethics in Nursing. In J. Black & E. Matassarin-Jacobs (Eds.). Medical- Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia:  Saunders.

Ott, B.B., (1997). Structure and Function of the heart. In J. Black and E. Matassarin-Jacobs (Eds.). Medical-Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia: Saunders.

Ott, B.B., (1997). Nursing care of clients with cardiac structure disorders. In J. Black and E. Matassarin-Jacobs (Eds.). Medical-Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia: Saunders.

Jacobs, P., Ott, B., Sullivan, B., Ulrich, Y. and Short, L. (1997). An approach to defining and operationalizing critical thinking. Journal of Nursing Education, 36 (1), 19-22.

Ott, B.B., (1996). Preferring not-for-profit managed care. MedSurg Nursing. 5 (5), 363-366.

Ott, B.B., (1996). Essentials of ethical decision making. In Handbook of Critical Care Nursing. Springhouse, PA: Springhouse  Corp. 7-13.

Ott, B.B., (1995). Defining and redefining death. American Journal of Critical Care. 4 (6), 476- 480.

Ott, B.B., (1995). The Human Genome Project: Ethical issues and public policy concerns. Nursing Outlook. 43 (5), 228-231.

Ott, B.B. and Hardie, T.L. (1995). Readability of written materials: Implications for critical care nurses. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 14 (6), 328-334.

Ott, B.B. (1993). Cardiovascular structure and function. In J. Black, and E. Matassarin-Jacobs, (Eds.). Luckmann & Sorensen's Medical-Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia: Saunders.

Ott, B.B. (1993). Nursing care of clients with cardiac structure disorders. In J. Black, and E. Matassarin-Jacobs, (Eds.). Luckmann & Sorensen's Medical-Surgical Nursing, Philadelphia: Saunders.

Ott, B.B. and Nieswiadomy, R. (1991). The support of patient autonomy in the do not resuscitate decision. Heart & Lung, 20  (1), 66-74.

Griffith, H., Ott, B.B. and Towers, J. (1989). Who gets the money? American Journal of Nursing 89, 2, 186-188.

Ott, B.B., (1984). Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. In C. E. Guzzetta & B. M. Dossey, (Eds.). Cardiovascular Nursing: Bodymind Tapestry. St. Louis: Mosby Co.

Ott, B.B., (1982). Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and nursing implications. Heart and Lung, 11, (4) 294-298.

Research in Progress

Ott, B.B.  The accuracy of substituted judgments in end-of-life decisions for nursing home residents. Awarded $20,000 grant   from the Presbyterian Foundation. In data collection phase.

Findley, T., Ehman, J., Ott, B.B. and Ciampa, R.   A controlled study of an intensive integration of pastoral care service on a    nursing unit. Awarded $45,000 grant from the Ray Pape Foundation. Data collection scheduled to begin Fall, 1999.

Ott, B.B., Ehman, J.W., and Ciampa, R.C.   Views of elderly African American nursing home residents about living will documents. Awarded $25,000 grant to the Pastoral Care Research Team from the Presbyterian Foundation. Currently in manuscript preparation.

Ott, B.B., Ehman, J.W., Ciampa, R.C. and Short, T.H.   African American nursing home residents’ attitudes concerning physician inquiry about spiritual/religious beliefs. Submitted for publication.

Ott, B.B., Living will choices, values and quality of life in terminally ill patients. Proposal developed and now seeking funding.