Judith E. Nelson

9.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Judith E. Nelson is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Judith E. Nelson has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 59 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 30 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Judith E. Nelson's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (90 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (59 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (28 papers). Judith E. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (90 papers), Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units (59 papers) and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (28 papers). Judith E. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Judith E. Nelson's co-authors include J. Randall Curtis, Kathleen Puntillo, Christopher E. Cox, Marion Danis, Aluko A. Hope, Shannon S. Carson, R. Sean Morrison, Diane E. Meier, Peter J. Pronovost and Rebecca A. Aslakson and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Judith E. Nelson

121 papers receiving 5.9k citations

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Chronic Critical Illness

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Judith E. Nelson United States	41	3.7k	2.9k	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	133	6.1k
Anne C. Mosenthal United States	34	1.8k 0.5×	989 0.3×	333 0.3×	427 0.4×	443 0.4×	102	3.7k
Rosemarie B. Hakim United States	20	2.5k 0.7×	796 0.3×	153 0.1×	753 0.7×	824 0.8×	30	3.7k
Jeffrey P. Burns United States	29	1.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.3×	138 0.1×	516 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	66	3.7k
Lise Fillion Canada	32	958 0.3×	468 0.2×	732 0.6×	508 0.5×	597 0.6×	90	3.1k
Alexander A. Kon United States	22	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	286 0.2×	660 0.6×	787 0.7×	61	2.8k
Renee D. Boss United States	30	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	165 0.1×	461 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	137	3.1k
Lawrence J. Schneiderman United States	31	2.5k 0.7×	674 0.2×	127 0.1×	685 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	106	4.1k
Molly L. Osborne United States	27	1.2k 0.3×	538 0.2×	130 0.1×	315 0.3×	468 0.4×	60	2.9k
Virginia Towle United States	26	967 0.3×	245 0.1×	263 0.2×	258 0.2×	428 0.4×	38	3.7k
Michael A. DeVita United States	35	1.4k 0.4×	390 0.1×	278 0.2×	324 0.3×	236 0.2×	91	4.5k

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Bullock, Karen, Jillian Gustin, Rachel A. Hadler, et al.. (2026). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Intensive Care Unit Consultation. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2808540856–2808540856.

Boselli, Danielle, et al.. (2024). The Influence of Religion/Spirituality on End of Life Outcomes Among Cancer Patients of Dharmic Religions (CO301B). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 67(5). e845–e846.

Loggers, Elizabeth T., Amy A. Case, Marcin Chwistek, et al.. (2023). ADCC's Improving Goal Concordant Care Initiative: Implementing Primary Palliative Care Principles. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 66(2). e283–e297. 4 indexed citations

Epstein, Andrew S., Andrea Knežević, Nitya Raj, et al.. (2023). Patient Portals to Elicit Essential Patient-Reported Elements of Communication Supporting Person-Centered Oncologic Care: A Pilot Study of the PERSON Approach. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 7(7). e2300125–e2300125. 10 indexed citations

Rosa, William E., Jaime Gilliland, Meghan McDarby, et al.. (2023). Patient and Clinician Stakeholder Perspectives on a Patient Portal Questionnaire Eliciting Illness and Treatment Understanding and Core Health-Related Values. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 316–325. 7 indexed citations

Khan, Niloufer, et al.. (2022). Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Patients with Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 25(6). 958–963.

Goldberg, Jessica, et al.. (2022). Beyond 9 to 5. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. 24(5). E233–E239. 2 indexed citations

Desai, Anjali, et al.. (2021). A Novel Patient Values Tab for the Electronic Health Record: A User-Centered Design Approach. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(2). e21615–e21615. 19 indexed citations

Edwards, Jeffrey D., Howard B. Panitch, Maureen George, et al.. (2020). Development and validation of a novel informational booklet for pediatric long‐term ventilation decision support. Pediatric Pulmonology. 56(5). 1198–1204. 9 indexed citations

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Edwards, Jeffrey D., Howard B. Panitch, Judith E. Nelson, Rachel L. Miller, & Marilyn C. Morris. (2019). Decisions for Long-Term Ventilation for Children. Perspectives of Family Members. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 17(1). 72–80. 35 indexed citations

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Wendlandt, Blair, Agathe Ceppe, Christopher E. Cox, et al.. (2019). Modifiable elements of ICU supportive care and communication are associated with surrogates’ PTSD symptoms. Intensive Care Medicine. 45(5). 619–626. 45 indexed citations

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Wendlandt, Blair, Agathe Ceppe, Judith E. Nelson, et al.. (2018). Risk Factors for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Surrogate Decision-Makers of Patients with Chronic Critical Illness. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 15(12). 1451–1458. 24 indexed citations

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Desai, Anjali, Virginia M. Klimek, Kimberly Chow, et al.. (2018). 1-2-3 Project: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Normalize and Systematize Palliative Care for All Patients With Cancer in the Outpatient Clinic Setting. Journal of Oncology Practice. 14(12). e775–e785. 29 indexed citations

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Penrod, Joan D., Peter J. Pronovost, Elayne Livote, et al.. (2012). Meeting standards of high-quality intensive care unit palliative care. Critical Care Medicine. 40(4). 1105–1112. 63 indexed citations

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Puntillo, Kathleen, Shoshana Arai, Bruce A. Cooper, et al.. (2012). 1062. Critical Care Medicine. 40. 1–328. 1 indexed citations

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Mosenthal, Anne C., David E. Weissman, J. Randall Curtis, et al.. (2011). Integrating palliative care in the surgical and trauma intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine. 40(4). 1199–1206. 122 indexed citations

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Nelson, Judith E., Kathleen Puntillo, Peter J. Pronovost, et al.. (2010). In their own words: Patients and families define high-quality palliative care in the intensive care unit*. Critical Care Medicine. 38(3). 808–818. 209 indexed citations

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Nelson, Judith E., Rick Bassett, Renee D. Boss, et al.. (2010). Models for structuring a clinical initiative to enhance palliative care in the intensive care unit: A report from the IPAL-ICU Project (Improving Palliative Care in the ICU)*. Critical Care Medicine. 38(9). 1765–1772. 220 indexed citations

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Nelson, Judith E., Derek C. Angus, Lisa A. Weissfeld, et al.. (2006). End-of-life care for the critically ill: A national intensive care unit survey*. Critical Care Medicine. 34(10). 2547–2553. 172 indexed citations

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Curtis, J. Randall, John M. Luce, Mitchell M. Levy, et al.. (2003). Quality indicators for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit*. Critical Care Medicine. 31(9). 2255–2262. 284 indexed citations

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