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Research Faculty Robin Donohoe Dennison, DNP, RN, CCNS Assistant Professor, Clinical Nursing College of Nursing University of Cincinnati EDUCATION 1975, AA in Nursing, Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston), Charleston, WV BACKGROUND Professor Dennison has 30 years of experience in critical care nursing in roles as staff nurse, clinical educator, clinical nurse specialist, and consultant. She is a nurse entrepreneur starting her own business in 1984. She has been teaching continuing education programs national and internationally for the last 20 years while maintaining a clinical position by contracting her services as Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist to several hospitals. TEACHING Professor Dennison is known for her expertise in critical care nursing, evidence-based practice, pharmacology, pathophysiology, and patient safety issues. HONORS & AWARDS AJN Critical Care Book of the Year, 2001. Pass CCRN!, Second Edition PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Nurses Association, Kentucky Nurses Association PUBLICATIONS Recent Books & Chapters Dennison, R. D. (2007). Pass CCRN! (3 ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Dennison, R. D. (2005). Portfolios: Current Uses. In R. Monsen (Ed.), Genetics Nursing Portfolios: A New Model for Credentialing. Washington DC: American Nurses Association and International Society of Nurses in Genetics. Recent Journal Articles Dennison, R. D. (2007). A medication safety education program to reduce the risk of harm caused by medication errors. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 38 (4), 176-184. Dennison, R. D., (2007). What goes into your professional portfolio and what you’ll get out of it, American Nurse Today, 2 (1), 42-43. Dennison, R. D., (2006). High-alert drugs: Strategies for safe I.V. infusions, American Nurse Today, 1 (2), 28-34, Dennison, R. D. (2005). Creating an organizational culture for medication safety. Nursing Clinics of North America, 40 (1), 1-23. Recent National & Regional Presentations Participant on Panel on DNP Education at the 2006 CNS Summit, sponsored by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Indianapolis, IN, July 13-14, 2006. “Evidence-Based Teaching of Evidence-Based Practice” at the 5th Annual Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, San Antonio, TX, June 29-July 1, 2006. “Ensuring Safe Intravenous Infusion of High-Alert Medications” at National Teaching Institute, sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Anaheim, CA, May 22-25, 2006. “Providing Evidence of Competence: Use of a Professional Portfolio” at National Teaching Institute, sponsored by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Anaheim, CA, May 22-25, 2006. “Evidence-Based Practice: What’s Is It All About?” (Keynote), “Safe Intravenous Infusion of High-Alert Medications”, “Determinants of Cardiac Output: Therapeutic Manipulations”, “Postoperative Complications: Pulmonary”, “Postoperative Complications: Shock”, 16th Annual Facets in Critical Care Nursing, sponsored by Promedica Health System, Toledo, OH, October 5, 2005. “Medication Safety: Development of an Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Model and a Medication Safety Education Program Based on the Model” at the 4th Annual Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, San Antonio, TX, July 7-9, 2005. “Critical Care Certification Review and New Concepts”, during the 23rd Annual Trends in Cardiovascular Nursing, sponsored by Washoe Medical Center, Reno, NV, April 9-10, 2005. “Providing Evidence of Competence: Development and Use of a Professional Portfolio” at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Orlando, FL, March 10, 2005. “Hemodynamic Monitoring: Physiologic Parameters & Therapeutic Manipulations” (Keynote), “Hypertensive Crisis”, “Multiple Lead ECG: Chamber Hypertrophy”, and “Drugs that affect Clotting” at The 13th Annual Critical Concepts, sponsored by Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA, October 11, 2004. “Determinants of Cardiac Output: Therapeutic Manipulations” (Keynote), “Pulmonary Embolism: Current Management Strategies”, “Advances in the Care of Patients with Acute MI”, “Vascular Surgery: Post-Operative Management” presented at Facets in Critical Care Nursing, sponsored by Promedica Health System, Toledo, OH, October 9, 2002. “Critical Care Update” (preconference) presented at the 28th Annual Midwest Conference, sponsored by the Northwest Chicago Area Chapter of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Chicago, IL, March 10, 2002. |
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