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Tami Braley, PhD, AGPCNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor, UNMC College of Nursing

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Tami Braley, PhD, AGPCNP-BC is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. She received her bachelor's Degree from UNMC CON-Omaha Division, her master's degree from UNMC CON-Omaha Division, and PhD degree in Nursing Science from UNMC CON-Omaha Division. Her clinical background includes medical-surgical nursing, gerontology nursing, research coordinator, gastrointestinal oncology research. She teaches graduate courses in the Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP program. Her qualitative dissertation investigated the rural spousal caregiver's experience with personal health promotion while caregiving for a person living with moderate to severe dementia. Dr. Braley's research interests are to improve the rural caregiver's quality of life and well-being with contextually sensitive health promotion interventions that enhance their physical health and support their emotional health.

Education

1998, BSN, UNMC
2014, MSN, UNMC
2023, PhD, UNMC

Research Interests

Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease
Informal Caregiver Health
Informal Caregiver Health Promotion
Rural Context
Informal Caregiver Self-Management

Publications

Braley, T., Eisenhauer, C., & Rowland, S. A. (2022). Interventions for rural caregiver health: An integrative review. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 15(2), 101–108. https://doi.org/10.3928/19404921-20220204-01
Liu, A. K., Possin, K. L., Cook, K. M., Lynch, S., Dulaney, S., Merrilees, J. J., Braley, T., Kiekhofer, R. E., Bonasera, S. J., Allen, I. E., Chiong, W., Clark, A. M., Feuer, J., Ewalt, J., Guterman, E. L., Gearhart, R., Miller, B. L., & Lee, K. P. (2022). Effect of collaborative dementia care on potentially inappropriate medication use: Outcomes from the Care Ecosystem randomized clinical trial. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12808
Manivannan, M., Heunis, J., Hooper, S. M., Bernstein Sideman, A., Lui, K. P., Braley, T. L., Possin, K. L., & Chiong, W. (2022). Use of telephone-and internet-based support to elicit and address financial abuse and mismanagement in dementia: Experiences from the Care Ecosystem Study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 86(1), 219–229. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215284
Sideman, A. B., Merrilees, J., Dulaney, S., Kiekhofer, R., Braley, T., Lee, K., Chiong, W., Miller, B., Bonasera., S. J., & Possin, K. L. (2023). “Out of the clear blue sky she tells me she loves me.”: Connection experiences between caregivers and people with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18297
Manley, N. A., Bayen, E., Braley, T. L., Merrilees, J., Clark, A. M., Zylstra, B., Schaffer, M., Bayen, A. M., Possin, K. L., Miller, B. L., Schenk, A. K., & Bonasera, S. J. (2020). Long-term digital device-enabled monitoring of functional status: Implications for management of persons with Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia (New York, N. Y.), 6(1), e12017. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12017
Merrilees J., Bernstein A., Dulaney S., Heunis J., Walker R., Rah E., Choi J., Gawlas K., Carroll S., Ong P., Feuer J., Braley T., Clark A., Lee K., Chiong W., Bonasera S., Miller B., Possin K. (2020) The Care Ecosystem: Promoting self-efficacy among dementia family caregivers. Dementia, 19(6):1955-1973. doi:10.1177/1471301218814121
Possin, K. L., Merrilees, J. J., Dulaney, S., Bonasera, S. J., Chiong, W., Lee, K., Hooper, S. M., Allen, I. E., Braley, T., Bernstein, A., Rosa, T. D., Harrison, K., Begert-Hellings, H., Kornak, J., Kahn, J. G., Naasan, G., Lanata, S., Clark, A. M., Chodos, A., Gearhart, R., … Miller, B. L. (2019). Effect of collaborative dementia care via telephone and internet on quality of life, caregiver well-being, and health care use: The Care Ecosystem randomized clinical trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179(12), 1658–1667. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4101
Bernstein, A., Harrison, K., Dulaney, S., Merrilees, J., Bowhay, A., Heunis, J., Choi, J., Feuer, J., Clark, A., Chiong, W., Lee, K., Braley, T., Bonasera, S., Ritchie, C., Dohan, D., Miller, B., & Possin, K. (2019). The role of care navigators working with people with dementia and their caregivers. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 71(1), 45–55. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180957
Zylstra B; Netscher G; Jacquemot J; Schaffer M; Shen G; Bowhay AD; Braley TL; Possin KL; Miller BL; Bayen AM; Bonasera SJ; Schenk AK, (2018). Extended, continuous measures of functional status in community dwelling persons with Alzheimer's and related dementia: Infrastructure, performance, tradeoffs, preliminary data, and promise. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 300, 59-67. doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.08.034
Possin, K.L., Merrilees, J., Bonasera, S.J., Bernstein, A., Chiong, W., Lee, K., Wilson, L., Hooper, S.M., Dulaney, S., Braley, T., Laohavanich, S., Feuer, J.E., Clark, A.M., Schaffer, M.W., Schenk, A.K., Heunis, J, Ong, P., Cook, K.M., Bowhay, A.D. & Gearhart, R., (2017). Development of an adaptive, personalized, and scalable dementia care program: Early findings from the Care Ecosystem. PLoS Med14(3): e1002260. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002260
Balas M., Buckingham R., Braley T., Saldi S., Vasilevskis E. (2013). Extending the ABCDE bundle to the post- intensive care unit setting. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 39(8) 39-51. doi:10.3928/00989134-20130530-06

Service

2023, MNRS, Member
2023, Sigma Theta Tau-Gamma Pi Chapter, Member
2023, Rural Nurse Organization, Member
2023, American Nursing Association, Member