Gerene Bauldoff

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First Name

Gerene

Last Name

Bauldoff

Credentials

PhD, RN, FCCP, MAACVPR, FAAN

Academy Professor - Clinical Emeritus

bauldoff.1@osu.edu

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Dr. Gerene Bauldoff’s research focuses on pulmonary nursing, especially patient-centered outcomes in pulmonary rehabilitation and lung transplantation. Her career-long program of research has advanced quality care in pulmonary rehabilitation internationally and in clinical outcomes of lung transplantation.

Her retirement from Ohio State has not stopped her service to the university or healthcare communities. Dr. Bauldoff continues to serve on The Ohio State University Biomedical Institutional Review Board (IRB). She is a nurse scientist in the Center for Nursing Excellence at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Columbus, where she also serves on the IRB. She is part of a team working with NCH clinicians in envisioning, developing and implementing clinical inquiry projects, collaborating on NCH’s 6th Magnet journey and developing processes to streamline and de-silo clinical projects across the enterprise.

Additionally, Dr. Bauldoff serves as an editor on the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation book, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines, 6th Edition. She also served as a primary author on the Pearson Higher Education textbook, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, whose 8th edition is in development.

Dr. Bauldoff earned a PhD in nursing and MSN in medical-surgical nursing (cardiopulmonary clinical nurse specialist) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.

Publications

BW Carlin, GS Bauldoff, E Collins, C Garvey, D Marciniuk, A Ries, T Limberg, R ZuWallack. (2020). Medical director responsibilities for outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in the United States: 2019. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 40: 144-151. doi:10.1097/HCR.0000000000000515
Available at: https://journals.lww.com/jcrjournal/Fulltext/2020/05000/Medical_Director_Responsibilities_for_Outpatient.3.aspx
GS Bauldoff, P Grubud-Howe, M Carno. (2020). Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care (7th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Educational Inc.
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (GS Bauldoff & BW Carlin, Eds). (2020). Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines, 5th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, Inc.
M Steiner, C Garvey, SJ Singh & G Bauldoff. (2020). Ch. 18: Quality Assurance and Control in Pulmonary Rehabilitation. In Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 2nd Ed. (Editors: C Donnor, N Ambrosino, & RS Goldstein. London, UK: CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
Gualdoni J, Ritzenthaler J, Elkhawas I, Bauldoff G, Nunley D, Roman J. (2019). Aspiration of Gastrointestinal Material and Induction of Fibronectin Expression in Lung Transplant Recipients: Implications for Early Airway Remodeling . OBM Transplantation 3 (1): 12; doi:10.21926/obm.transplant.1901051.
Available at: http://www.lidsen.com/journals/transplantation/transplantation-03-01-051
QR Pack, G Bauldoff, SW Lichtman, M Buckley, K Eichenauer, A Gavic, C Garvey, MI King. (2018). Prioritization, development, and validation of new program performance measures for the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 38 (4): 208-214.
GS Bauldoff, C Holloman, S Carter, A Pope-Harman, DR Nunley (2015). Cigarette smoking following lung transplantation: effects on allograft function and recipient functional performance. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 35 (2), 147-153.
EG Collins, GS Bauldoff, B Carlin, R Crouch, CF Emery, C Garvey, L Hilling,T Limberg, R ZuWallack, & L Nici. (2014). Clinical Competency Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Professionals, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Position Statement. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention. 34(5): 291-302
DR Nunley and GS Bauldoff. (2012).The Lung Allocation Score and its Impact on Lung Transplantation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Annals of Respiratory Medicine 3 (1), 43-48
DR Nunley, GS Bauldoff, JE Mangino, AL Pope-Harman. (2010) Mortality associated with Acinetobacter baumannii infections experienced by lung transplant recipients. Lung 188 (5), 381-385.
DR Nunley, GS Bauldoff, CH Holloman, A Pope-Harman. (2009). The lung allocation score and survival in lung transplant candidates with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Lung 187 (6), 383-387.
GS Bauldoff. (2009). When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD. American Nurse Today 4 (9), 17-23.
GS Bauldoff, B Kirkpatrick, DJ Sheets, B Mays, CR Curran. (2008). Implementation of Handheld Devices. Nurse Educator 33 (6), 244-248.
GS Bauldoff, T Housten-Harris, DR Nunley. (2008). Cardiovascular Consequences of Pulmonary Hypertension. Nursing Clinics of North America 43, 17-36.
GS Bauldoff, NA Ryan-Wenger, PT Diaz. (2007). Wrist Actigraphy Validation of Exercise Movement in COPD. Western Journal of Nursing Research 29(7), 789-802.
AL Ries, GS Bauldoff, BW Carlin, R Casaburi, CF Emery, DA Mahler, B Make, CL Rochester, R ZuWallack, and C Herrerias. (2007). Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. Chest, 131, 4S - 42S.
GS Bauldoff & PT Diaz. (2006) Improving Outcomes in COPD Patients. The Nurse Practitioner, 31 (8), 26-43.
GS Bauldoff, M Rittinger, T Nelson, J Doehrl, & PT Diaz. (2005). Feasibility of distractive auditory stimuli on upper extremity training in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 25 (1), 50-55.
GS Bauldoff, LA Hoffman, TG Zullo, & FC Sciurba. (2002). Exercise maintenance following pulmonary rehabilitation: Effect of distractive stimuli. Chest, 122 (3), 948-954.
Textbook:
P LeMone, K Burke, GS Bauldoff & P Gruber-Howe. (2015). Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care (6th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Educational Inc.

Recent Research Activities: Jan 2016 - present National Quality Forum Pulmonary and Critical Care Steering Committee

News

October 08, 2025

From The Lantern: Ohio State College of Nursing set to double undergraduate enrollment

The Ohio State University College of Nursing is aiming to double undergraduate enrollment by 2027 in response to nationwide nursing shortages.

Read all about it in The Lantern:

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October 01, 2025

From Ohio State News: Students in new accelerated nursing program at Ohio State ready for careers

Full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months

A new program at The Ohio State University College of Nursing is helping students with a degree and an interest in a career in health care reach their goals at an accelerated pace.

The college launched the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (aBSN) program in 2024 for students who have finished college in a non-nursing field but desire to have a career in nursing. The full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months.