Alice F. Bonner MS, APRN, BC Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Coordinator Dual Track Program Alice.Bonner@umassmed.edu 508 852-0600 X 51773

Alice F. Bonner MS, APRN, BC

Alice Bonner currently practices as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner at the Fallon Clinic . She is a clinical instructor at the University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing and directs the gerontological nurse practitioner component of the dual ANP/GNP and ACNP/GNP programs.

Education

1989 MS, University of Massachusetts Lowell in Gerontological NP Program
1981 BSN, Columbia University
1979 BA, Cornell University

Selected Publications 

Burl, J., Centola, J., Bonner, A., Burque, C. (2003). Hip Protector Compliance: A 13-Month Study on Factors and Cost in a Long Term Care Facility. JAMDA, 4: 245-250.

Resnick, B., & Bonner, A. (2003). Collaboration: Foundation for a successful Practice. JAMDA, 4(6): 344-349.

Burl, J., Bonner, A., Rao, M., Khan, A.M.(1998). Geriatric Nurse Practitioners in Long Term Care:   Demonstration of Effectiveness in Managed Care. JAGS, 46:506-510.

Burl, J., Bonner, A., & Rao, M. (1994). Demonstration of the Cost-Effectiveness of a Nurse Practitioner/Physician Team in Long-Term Care Facilities. HMO Practice, 8(4), 157-161.

Burl, J., & Bonner, A.(1991). A Geriatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Team In a Long-Term Care Setting. HMO Practice, 5(4), 139-142.

Bonner, A., & Dale, R. (1986). Giardia Lamblia: Day Care Diarrhea. AJN,86(7), 818-820

Selected Presentations

Bonner, A. and Burl, J. Preconference on Falls, Safety and Injury Prevention, American Medical Director’s Association National Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2003.

Bonner, A. Geriatric Syndromes; Billing and Coding. Presented at National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, Illinois, September, 2002.

Bonner,A., Burl, J. Collaborative Practice Model Using GNP/MD teams in Long Term Care. Presented March, 2001 at the American Medical Director’s Association Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia.

Bonner, A. Evaluation and Management of Falls in the Elderly. Presented at NPACE Conference, July 2000,2001, and 2003 Falmouth and Hyannis Massachusetts.

Burl, J., Bonner, A. Use of GNP/MD teams in Subacute Care. Presented March 2001 at the American Medical Director’s Association Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia.

Burl, J., Bonner, A. Population-based Management in Long Term Care. Presented March 19, 1999 at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Clinical Interests

• Models of practice utilizing advanced practice nurses in interdisciplinary teams in geriatric settings

• Prevention and management of falls in the elderly