Karin Cooney-Newton
MSN, RN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN

Middletown, DE

Specialties

Critical Care, Hospice / Palliative, Pulmonary

Details

Professional Achievements:

Presentations:

Leading the Next Generation: The Creation of a Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy Team to Improve Patient Outcomes, presenter at NACNS 2024 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 10, 2024

Proton Pump Inhibitors - friend or foe? Reassessing the use upon transfer from ICU, presenter at 15th Annual Bayhealth Magnet® Research Conference, November 29, 2023

Implementing a Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy (MDT) Care Team in a Community-based Hospital, co-author of oral and podium presentation at the 7th International Tracheostomy Symposium, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, October 20-21, 2023

Proton Pump Inhibitors- friend or foe? Reassessing the need for this medication for our patients, accepted abstract for poster presentation, GME Research Conference at Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, DE, June 1, 2023

Proton Pump Inhibitors- friend or foe? Reassessing the need for this medication for our patients, presenter at NACNS 2023 Annual Conference, Portland, OR, March 9, 2023

A Restraint Alternative in the Critical Care Setting: Peek-A-Boo Mitt, co-author of accepted poster presentation at the 14th Annual Bayhealth Magnet® Research Conference, Moving Forward: Rooted in Research, Dover, DE, October 28, 2022

The Use of a Respiratory Distress Observation Scale at End of Life, accepted abstract and presentation at Diamond State Chapter of the AACN “Moving Forward Together” Conference, Lewes, DE, September 8, 2022

The Use of a Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS) During Compassionate Extubation of the ICU Patient at End-of-Life, author of accepted abstract and presentation at 5th International Conference on Nursing Science & Practice, New York City, NY, July 20-22, 2022.

Fostering Risk Reduction Through the Utilization of Root Cause Analysis, co-author of accepted poster abstract presentation at 2022 QSEN International Forum: Aligning the New AACN Essentials and QSEN: The Future of Quality and Safety Competencies in Nursing Education and Practice, Denver, CO, June 1-3, 2022

A Safety Focus Project Using Root Cause Analysis to Promote the Reduction of Risk, facilitator of accepted abstract presentation at SIGMA 46th Biennial International Conference and Convention, Indianapolis, IN, November 6, 2021

Use of Respiratory Distress Observation Scale to Improve Compassionate Extubation and End-of-Life Care, co-facilitator of accepted abstract presentation at AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI), virtually presented, May 2021

Compassionate Extubation of the ICU Patient and the Use of a Respiratory Distress Observation Scale, TRENDS in Critical Care, author of accepted abstract and presentation, Atlantic City, NJ, October 14-16, 2019

Implementing a Validated Score for Compassionate Extubation, author of TRENDS in Critical Care poster presentation, Atlantic City, NJ October 15-16, 2019

Compassionate Extubation and the Use of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale: A Pilot Project, author of AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) accepted abstract and presentations, Orlando, FL, May 20-21, 2019

Implementing a Validated Score for Compassionate Extubation, author of AACN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI) author of abstract and poster presentation, Orlando, FL, May 20-23, 2019

Reduction of CLABSI rate in the MICU, author of AACN National Teaching Institute poster presentation, San Diego, CA, May 18-20, 2015

Publications:

Palliative Care and Population Management: Compassionate Extubation of the ICU Patient and the Use of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale, Palliative Care issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Elsevier Publishing, February 2022

Using Respiratory Distress Observation Scale (RDOS) at End-of-Life, article published in Delaware Nurse Association (DNA) Reporter, December 2021

Innovative Strategies in Teaching Nursing, co-author of chapter, Thinking aloud and expert modeling, Springer Publishing Company, April 28, 2020

Implementing a Validated Score for Compassionate Extubation, author of accepted poster abstract for NTI Conference May 2019, published online in Critical Care Nurse, April 2019

Parkinson’s Disease Simulation Case, co-author, University of Pennsylvania on-line library of the Joseph Safra Scholars in conjunction with the Parkinson’s Foundation, submitted December 2018

Reduction of CLABSI rate in the MICU, author of poster abstract published online in Critical Care Nurse, April 2015

Team/Individual:

Coach for AACN CSI Academy teams x2- 2024/2025

Delaware Top Nurse winner of APRN category 2024, Delaware Today

Nurse Excellence Award APRN nominee, Bayhealth Medical Center May 2024

Delaware Top Nurse nominee of APRN category 2023, Delaware Today