Bo Kyum Yang, PhD, RN

Biography

Selected Grants and Funded Research

External Funding

• Principal Investigator, Impact of Maryland NP Authority on Psychotropic Medication Initiation and Adherence Among Medicaid Beneficiaries — American Psychiatric Nurses Association ($9,950, 2023–2024)
• Co-Investigator, Impact of Direct Patient Care Clinical Hours on Certification Outcomes (PI: Idzik) — American Association of Nurse Practitioners ($3,000, 2023–Present)
• Co-Investigator, Post-COVID-19 Nursing Home Administrator Dissatisfaction and Turnover (PI: Nelson) — Foundation of the National Administrator Board ($10,221, 2021–2022)

Internal Funding

• Principal Investigator, Impact of CMS Staffing Mandate on Nursing Home Resident Outcomes — OSPR Seed Funding ($9,980, 2025–2026)
• Principal Investigator, Psychotropic Medication Adherence in Medicaid-Insured Adults — Faculty Development Research Committee ($6,000, 2022–2023)

Most Recent Research Publications

• Yang, B. K., Higi, B., Mark, H., & Commodari, A. (2026). Comparing prescribing practices of nurse practitioners and physicians in the US: A scoping review [under review].
• Mark, H., Mark, T., Yang, B. K., & Ogle, K. (2026). The expanding role of nurse practitioners in prescribing for Medicare beneficiaries. Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners. [in press].
• Idzik, S., Yang, B. K., Grover, K., Ainslie, M., Bigley, M. B., Gourley, B., & Buchholz, S. W. (2026). Impact of direct patient care clinical hours on national nurse practitioner certification pass rates. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 10.1097/JXX.0000000000001261. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000001261
• Yang, B. K., dosReis, S., Idzik, S., & Schuller, K. (2025). Nurse Practitioner Practice Regulations and Psychotropic Medication Dispensing for Medicaid-Insured Adults. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 76(12), 1132–1135. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240548
• Nelson, H. W., Weil, J., McSweeney-Feld, M. H., Yang, B. K., Barry, T. T., & Thayer, N. (2024). Nursing Home Administrators' Experiences of Work Stress and Intention to Quit During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Gerontologist, 65(2), gnae165. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae165
• Li, M., Yu, Z., Yang, B. K., Chen, X., & Kreps, G. L. (2023). Chinese Americans’ information sources on, preferred types of, and satisfaction with COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccines, 11(12):1823. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11121823
• Nelson, H., W., Yang, B. K., McSweeney-Feld, M. H., Jerome, G. J., & Barry, T. “Teta”. (2023). Psychological and structural burdens and nursing home administrator turnover intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231216641.
• Yang, B. K., Idzik, S., Nelson, H. W., & McSweeney-Feld, M. H. (2023). Nurse practitioner employment and resident care outcomes in US nursing homes. Journal of American Medical Directors Associations. 24(11):1767-1772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.07.019
• Sessions, L., Ness, M., Mark, H., & Yang, B. K. (2023). Nursing faculty job satisfaction during COVID-19: A mixed methods study. Nursing Education Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nep.0000000000001143
• Li, M., Yang, B. K., Yu, Z., Zhu, L., Chen, X., Kreps, G. L., & Kansangra, R. (2023). Exploring Factors Associated with Chinese-Americans’ Willingness to Receive an Additional Hypothetical Annual Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine. Vaccines, 11(1), 185. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010185
• Yang, B. K., Carter, M., & Nelson, H. W. (2021). Trends in COVID-19 cases, related deaths, and staffing shortages in US nursing homes by rural and urban status. Geriatric Nursing. 42(6), 1356-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.08.016
• Yang, B. K., Idzik, S., & Evans, P. (2021). Patterns of mental health service use among Medicaid-insured youths treated by nurse practitioners and physicians: A retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 120: 103956.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103956.
• Yang, B. K., Carter, M. W., Trinkoff, A. M., & Nelson, H. W. (2021). Nurse staffing and skill mix patterns in relation to resident care outcomes in US nursing homes. Journal of American Medical Directors Association. 22(5), 1081-1087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.009

Teaching

• AHLT 445: Research Methods in Interprofessional Health Studies
• HLTH 311: Chronic and Communicable Disease