Nancy J. Greer-Williams's scientific contributions

... Indeed, AAs reporting pain may not be educated by medical professionals on the correct opioid usage practices due to racial disparities in access to pain management in healthcare settings since AA patients are less likely to be prescribed opioids than are their White counterparts (Pletcher et al., 2008). With respect to the social determinants of health factors, social contact was associated with opioid literacy, which is consistent with previous research on health literacy and health-related outcomes among AAs (Cho et al., 2019;Greer-Williams et al., 2014;Scott & Wilson, 2011;Tiernan et al., 2013). Qualitative studies on rural AAs have found that a lack of social capital contributes to a limited acquirement of health-related knowledge, such as healthy diets (Greer-Williams et al., 2014;Scott & Wilson, 2011). ...

... While nurses and physicians acknowledge each other's roles and expertise, they continue to frequently function in silos leading to fragmented care and missed opportunities to prevent CLABSIs. 15 In 2018, the NICU in our institution experienced an increase in CLABSIs. Based on review of CLABSIs reported in the NICU setting, we identified challenges of (1) consistently completing prevention bundle elements, (2) identifying patient-specific risk factors for infection and, (3) ineffective communication between nurses and physicians as contributing factors to the increase. ...