H. Wayne Nelson

Health Sciences Department Chair and Professor

Name

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4845
Office:
Linthicum Hall, Rm. 101 A
Email:
wnelson@towson.edu

Education

Ph.D., Oregon State University
M.B.A., City University Bellevue Washington
M.A., California State University, Dominguez Hills
M.A., Portland State University
B.A., Portland State University

Areas of Expertise

The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Organizational correlates to quality care in nursing homes
Conflict and violence in healthcare settings
Health aspects of disaser preparedness
Institutional elder abuse
Organizational leadership
Disaster mitigation for special needs populations

Biography

  • Fellow, Gerontological Society of America

Select Publications

  • Nelson, H. W., Yang, B., K., McSweeney-Feld, M., H., Jerome, G., & Barry, T. (2023) Psychological and structural burdens and nursing home administrator turnover intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Gerontology. DOI 10.1177/07334648231216641.
  • Yang, B., K., Idzik, S., Nelson, H., W., & McSweeney-Feld, M., H. (2023). Nurse practitioner employment and care outcomes in US nursing homes: The mediating effect of nursing staff turnover. Journal of American Medical Directors Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2023.07.019
  • Nelson, H. W. & Netting, F. E. (2021). “A COVID reset: The Future of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and its volunteer advocates.” The Journal of Gerontological Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2021.1980479 
  • Yang, B. K., Cater M. W., & Nelson, H. W.  (2021). Trends in COVID-19 cases, deaths, and staffing shortages in nursing homes by rural and urban status. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 42(6), 1356-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.08.016
  • 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 the American Medical Directors Association, 22(5), 1081–1087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.09.009 
  • Nelson, H. W., Agley, D., Netting, F. E., Borders, K., & Huber, R. (2020). Community long term care ombudsman program disaster assistance: Ready, willing or able?” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2019-0015 
  • Nelson, H. W., Yang, B. K., Carter, M. W., Monahan, E., & Engineer, C. (2020). Nursing home administrator’s job satisfaction, work stressors, and intent to leave. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(1), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464819896572
  • Netting, F. E. & Nelson, H. W. (2020). Managing disaster preparation amid conflicts of interest: A teaching/ learning case study. Human Service Organization: Management, Leadership & Governance, 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2019.1707733 
  • McSweeney-Feld, M. H., Nelson, H. W., Whitner, W., & Engineer, C. Y. (2017). Emergency preparedness content in health care administration programs: A decade later. Journal of Health Administration Education, 34(18), 85-102.
  • Nelson, H. W., Netting, F. E., & Agley, D. (2017) “Mixed method telephone survey: Evaluating State Ombudsman disaster program preparedness.” SAGE Research Methods Cases. Online ISBN: 9781526420954; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526420954
  • Austin, E. N., Serap, E., Bastepe-Gray, Nelson, H. W., Breitenback, J., Durry, A., Ogle, K., Green, S., & Crabtree, L. A. (2014). Pediatric mass casualty education: Experiential learning through university sponsored disaster simulation. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 40(5), 428-433.
  • Austin, E. E. Nancy Hannafin, N., & Nelson, H. W. (2013). Pediatric disaster simulation in graduate and undergraduate nursing education. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 28(4), 393-399. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2012.12.004.
  • Nelson, H. W., Agley, D., Netting, F. E., Borders, K., & Huber, R. (2013). State long term care ombudsmen’s perceptions of their program’s disaster roles and readiness” The Journal of Applied Gerontology. 32(8), 952-974. doi:10.1177/0733464812446865 (published in JAG online June 2012).
  • Nelson, H. W. (2012). “Dysfunctional health service conflict: Causes and accelerants.” The Health Care Manager, 32(2), 178-191.
  • Nelson, H. W., Netting, F. E., Borders, K., Huber, R., & Agley, D. (2011). Former volunteers report on the most meaningful factors affecting their service with the Oregon Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. International Journal of Volunteer Administration, 27(3), 10-19.

Teaching

  • HMCN 417/517: Long-Term Care Ethical Problems
  • HLTH 617: Health Administration
  • HLTH 637: Health Leadership 
  • HLTH 656: Managing Volunteers in Health Service Settings 
  • HLTH 657: Health Advocacy Across Service Settings