# Karen Lasater ## Bio Lasater is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Nursing [Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research](http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/chopr/Pages/default.aspx) and a fellow at the [Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics](http://ldi.upenn.edu/) at the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation examined the effects of hospital nursing on the likelihood of readmission for older adults following total hip and arthroplasty. Lasater's research interests include understanding: (1) how to organize nursing care to influence patient outcomes and promote safety and (2) how nurses add value to health care systems. ## Education * PhD - 2015, University of Pennsylvania * BSN - 2010, Quinnipiac University ## Publications * Brooks-Carthon, M., **Lasater, K.B.**, Rearden, J., Holland, S., & Sloane, D.M. (2016). Unmet nursing care linked to rehospitalizations among older Black AMI patients: A cross-sectional study of U.S. hospitals. Medical Care, 54(5), 457-465. * **Lasater, K.B.**, McHugh, M.D. (2016). Nurse staffing and the work environment linked to readmissions among older adults following elective total hip and knee replacement. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzw007 * **Lasater, K.B.** (2015). Surgeon scorecard: Are surgeons operating in a health care team? Retrieved from [http://ldi.upenn.edu/surgeon-scorecard-are-surgeons-operating-health-care-team](http://ldi.upenn.edu/surgeon-scorecard-are-surgeons-operating-health-care-team) * **Lasater, K.B.**, Sloane, D.M., & Aiken, L.H. (2015). Hospital employment of supplemental registered nurses does not detract from patients’ overall hospital experience. Journal of Nursing Administration, 45(3), 145-151. * Brooks-Carthon, M., **Lasater, K.B.**, Sloane, D.M., & Kutney-Lee, A. (2015). The quality of hospital work environments and missed nursing care is linked to heart failure readmissions: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals. British Medical Journal Quality and Safety, 24, 255-263. * **Blanchette, K.** (2014, July 1). Placing nursing in the value equation. Retrieved from [http://my.academyhealth.org/blogs/karen-blanchette/2014/07/02/placing-nursing-in-the-value-equation](http://my.academyhealth.org/blogs/karen-blanchette/2014/07/02/placing-nursing-in-the-value-equation) * **Lasater, K.B.** (2013). Invisible economics of nursing: analysis of a hospital bill through a Foucauldian perspective. Nursing Philosophy, DOI: 10.1111/nup.12040 * **Blanchette, K.A.** (2012). Exploration of nursing care strategies for the management of urinary incontinence in hospitalized women. Urologic Nursing, 32(5), 256- 259, 271. ## Honors & Awards * Dorothy Mereness Award for exceptional ability in scholarly writing, May 2015 * Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, appointed January 22, 2015 * Quinnipiac University Dean’s List, Fall 2006 - Spring 2010 * Quinnipiac University Honors Program, Fall 2007 - Spring 2010 * Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Fall 2009 * Connecticut League of Nursing Peer Recognition Award, Fall 2009 * Quinnipiac University Outstanding Freshman Award, Spring 2007 ## Clinical Practice * **Registered Nurse**, July 2010 - October 2012 * Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT * **Student Nurse Technician**, May 2009 - June 2010 * Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT ## Contact * ResearchGate: [Karen Lasater](http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karen_Lasater) * Twitter: [@k_lasater](https://twitter.com/k_lasater) * LinkedIn: [Karen Lasater](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-lasater/2b/542/a35)