Karen Lasater, PhD, RN is an Associate Professor of Nursing and the Jessie M. Scott Term Chair in Nursing and Health Policy at Penn’s School of Nursing. She is Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at Penn Nursing. Dr. Lasater’s program of research utilizes a health services research framework and quantitative methods to study how nurses’ work environments, staffing, and well-being influence patient outcomes and the performance of health care organizations. Her research has been published in leading interdisciplinary journals, including JAMA Health Forum, International Journal of Nursing Studies, and Medical Care and is cited in reports from the World Health Organization, National Academy of Medicine, U.S. Congressional and Senate reports, and clinical guidelines. Lasater completed her PhD and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Nursing Outcomes Research at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Karen Lasater, PhD, RN
- Associate Professor, Nursing, Penn Nursing
- Jessie M. Scott Term Chair, Nursing and Health Policy, Penn Nursing
- Associate Director, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Penn Nursing
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