Interests
Neonates in intensive care (biological and established risk)
Past Research Projects
* Premature Neonates: Nutrition and Pulmonary Function
* Children Nourished by Feeding Tubes: Baseline, Treatment, and Follow-up Data
OSU Graduate Student Research
Oral Feeding Outcomes: A Comparison of Indwelling versus Intermittent Tube Feedings Methods on Achievement of Oral Feeding in Premature Infants by Retrospective Medical Record Review. Master Thesis (major advisor)
Enteral Mixing Strategies: An Electronic National Survey of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Dietitians. Master Thesis (committee member), SP 2006.
Effect of Parenteral Amino Acid Concentrations on Premature Infants. Master Thesis (committee member) SU 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Nelson, CLA. (2003). Branched-Chain Amino Acid Nutrition and Respiratory Stability in Premature Infants. Dissertation Abstracts International. 63(12), 5570B (UMI No. 3074432).
Madill, Helen M., Brintnell, E. Sharon G., Nelson, Christy L.A., and Tjandrakasuma, Hondoyo. (1995). International development through educational linkages. II: implementing WFOT educational standards. Occupational Therapy International, 2, 88 - 97.
Nelson, Christy L.A. and Hallgren, Robert A. (1989). Gastrostomies: Indications, management, and weaning. Infants and Young Children, 2(1), 66-74.
Blackman, James A. and Nelson, Christy L.A. (1987). Rapid introduction of oral feedings to tube fed patients. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 8(2), 63-67.
Blackman, James A. and Nelson, Christy L.A. (1985). Reinstituting oral feeding in children fed via gastrostomy tube. Clinical Pediatrics, 24(8), 434-438.
Training Grants:
* Best Practice Rehabilitation in Neonatal Care
