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DrNP: Doctoral Candidate, Drexel University, Nursing
Certificate: Metropolitan State University, Wound Care
MSN: Drexel University, Nursing
BSN: Rutgers University, Nursing
Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN):
Wound, Ostomy and Continence
Nursing Certification Board
Wound Care Certified (WCC): National Alliance of Wound Care
Diplomat of the American Professional Wound Care Association
Wound care, palliative wound care, advanced wound therapies, pressure ulcers, nonhealing wounds, ultrasound guided PICC line/midline placement
Palliative wound management, pressure ulcers, nonhealing
wounds, quality of life, evidence based practice, patient
preferences and values in clinical decision making
2010 |
Quality and Patient Safety Award, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Pressure Ulcer Management Across System Hospitals: A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Approach |
| 2009 |
Helen McClelland Award
for Clinical Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania Health
System Nursing Excellence Awards for GSPP |
| 2009 |
Outstanding Clinical Scholar, Doctoral
Nursing Program, Drexel University |
| 2007 |
Sigma Theta Tau-Honor Society of Nursing, Nu Eta Chapter
Induction |
| 2004 |
Rutgers Award for Outstanding Leadership and Community
Service |
Carson, D., Emmons, K.R., Falone, W., & Preston, A.M. (2012). Development of a Pressure Ulcer Program Across a University Health System. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 27(1).
Emmons, K.R. & Lachman V.D. (2010). Palliative wound care: a concept analysis. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, 37(6), 639-644.
Rappl, L.M., Emmons,
K.R., et al. (2010) Comparing wound care
certifications- Wound care clinicians sound off. Ostomy
Wound Management, 56 (1).
Wu, S.H., Chulhyun, A., Emmons, K.R., & Salcido,
R. (2009). Pressure ulcers in pediatric spinal cord injury:
Prevention and Management. Advances in Skin & Wound
Care, 22(6), 273-284.
Emmons, K.R. & Newland,
E. (2009). Intent to prevent: Pressure
ulcers and orthotics. Â Rehab
Management, 22(2),
34-37.
Palliative Wound Care: Translating concepts into practice. Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, Southeastern Pennsylvania meeting. September, 2011. Invited speaker.
Development of a pressure ulcer program across a University Health System. Accepted for poster presentation at the 43th Annual Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society Conference, June 2011, New Orleans, LA.
Development of a comprehensive evidence based pressure ulcer program. Accepted poster. National Association of Long Term Hospital Education Conference, October 21, 2010, Las Vegas, NV.
Pressure Ulcer Management Across the Continuum of Care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Philadelphia Regional Office and the Consortium for Quality Improvement and Survey & Certification Operation Regional Stakeholders Meeting September 16, 2010, Philadelphia, PA. Invited Speaker.
Pennsylvania’s pressure ulcer journey: Past, present and future. The Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania, Health Care Improvement Foundation, and the Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. May 4th , 2010. Invited speaker.
Palliative wound care: Principles and application. University of Pennsylvania, Palliative care graduate school program. 04/2010
Men in Nursing: Learning to cope as a nontraditional minority. University Pennsylvania School of Nursing sponsored by the Male Association of Nurses. 10/2009.
September 2008, The use of electronic medical records in
the prevention, assessment and management of wounds in the
intensive care unit. ICU Electronic Medical Record conference.
Baltimore, MD. 09/2008.
October 2008, The concomitant effects of
routine pan-culturing upon hospital admission: Nursing implications.
Poster presentation. Pennsylvania State Nurses Association,
Annual Summit. Collegeville PA.
Wounds at the end of life: Wound symptoms and severity, quality of life, and patient reported symptoms and preferences for care. Regenesis Biomedical and The Center for Clinical Investigation of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society grant for slow healing wounds, 2010.
Sawtooth Software grant for statistical software packages, 2010.
Chair, Scholarship Committee. Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society, 2011-present.
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
American Professional Wound Care Association
National Alliance of Wound Care
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association,
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing -Nu Eta Chapter
Article reviewer for the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. |
