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Jane M. Carrington, PhD, RN
Jane Carrington

Assistant Professor

Jane.Carrington@ucdenver.edu

Dr. Carrington is an assistant professor and member of the Informatics, Health Systems, and Leadership division at the University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing. Dr. Carrington’s research focuses on nurse to nurse communication of a clinical event and the link to failure to rescue. Guided by Symbolic Interaction and Information Theories, Dr. Carrington is interested in the nurses’ perceptions of a clinical event and nurses’ perceptions of nurse to nurse communication using the electronic health record. Areas of teaching include informatics and ethics.

Degree
Awarding Institution Field of Study Graduation Date

PhD

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Nursing Informatics and Nursing Systems Research

2008

MSN

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pediatric Critical Care

1994

BSN

Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona

Nursing

1988

BS

University of Wisconsin
LaCrosse, Wisconsin

PE/Health Education

 1982
  • Carrington, J.M. (2008). The effectiveness of the electronic health record with standardized nursing languages for communicating patient status related to a clinical event. Dissertation Abstracts International, 69(03), AAT3297974.
  • Carrington, J.M. & Effken, J.A. (2007). Modeling electronic documentation as a communication system. American Medical Informatics Association Proceedings Biomedical and Health Informatics: From Foundations to Applications to Policy, pg 890.
  • Carrington, J.M. (2007). Overview: nursing practice environments: Strengthening the future of health systems. Communicating Nursing Research Conference Proceedings, 40, pg 186.
  • Carrington, J.M. & Effken, J. (2006). Systems analysis method adapting Vicente’s human factors engineering model. Building knowledge for practice. Western Institute of Nursing Conference Proceedings, 39, pg 324.
  • Carrington, J.M. & Effken, J. (2005). The fit of two standardized languages in PICU. Looking ahead: innovations in nursing science, practice, and education. Western Institute of Nursing Conference Proceedings, 38, pg 360.
  • “Feasibility Study: Nurses’ Perceptions of a Clinical Event and Nurse to Nurse Communication of the Clinical Event,” (UCD, College of Nursing Intramural funding, $3,500).  The study is testing the feasibility of a designed protocol in preparation for a larger funding opportunity.  (7/1/2009-7/2010).