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<span class="user-name "><span class="user-name__text">Maureen A Seckel</span></span>

Maureen A Seckel
MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN

Newark, DE

Specialties

Critical Care, Pulmonary, Other


Details

Professional Achievements:
  • FAAN (American Academy of Nursing) 2022
  • FCNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute) 2019
  • FCCM (American College of Critical Care) 2015

Recent publication 2021-2023 (Articles and Books)

Seckel MA, Mitchell D. Ask the Expert: What is the preferred method for endotracheal tube (ETT) securement when prone positioning to prevent pressure injury. Crit Care Nurse. 2022;42(5):77-79.

Schorr C, Seckel MA, Papathanassoglou E, Kleinpell R, Nursing Implications of the Updated 2021 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Am J Crit Care. 2022;31(4):329-336.

Bloom L, Seckel MA. Placement of nasogastric feeding tube and postinsertion care review. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2022;33(1):68-84.

Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W,…Seckel MA, et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021. Crit Care Med. 2021;49(11):e1063-e1143.

Seckel, MA. Ask the Expert: Awake self-prone positioning and the evidence, Crit Care Nurse, 2021;41(4):76-79.

Allicock KA, Coyne D, Garton A, Hare E, Seckel M. Awake self-prone positioning: implementing during a COVID-19 pandemic, Crit Care Nurse, 2021;41(5):23-33. 

Seckel MA. Pulmonary Section Editor, Airway Management and Special Pulmonary Procedures. In: Johnson K, ed. AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care. 8th ed. Elsevier Saunders; 2023:1-156.

Hare E, Seckel MA. Chapter 8: Suctioning: Endotracheal or tracheostomy tube. In: Johnson K, ed. AACN Procedure Manual for Critical Care. 8th ed. Elsevier Saunders; 2023:76-84.

Henry KH, Seckel MA. Chapter 10: Respiratory system. In: Delgado SA, ed. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing. 5th ed. McGraw Hill; 2023:283-316.

St John RE, Seckel MA. Chapter 5: Airway and ventilatory management. In: Delgado SA, ed. AACN Essentials of Critical Care Nursing. 5th ed. McGraw Hill; 2023:123-164.

Henry KH, Seckel MA. Chapter 10: Respiratory system. In: Delgado SA, ed. AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing. 5th ed. McGraw Hill; 2023:253-286.

St John RE, Seckel MA. Chapter 5: Airway and ventilatory management. In: Delgado SA, ed.  AACN Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing. 5th ed. McGraw Hill; 2023:99-286.

Recent Presentations 2021-2023

Sepsis and the Latest Research for APRNs. National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care, May 21-24, 2023.

SEP-1, Sepsis-3, Oh My! National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care Nurse, May 21-24, 2023.

Focus on Sepsis Care, Taking the Bundle from Paper to the Bedside. (Invited) Eastern US Quality Improvement Collaborative Conference, February 7, 2023.

SEP-1, Sepsis-3, Guideline 5, Oh MY! (Invited) Dallas Chapter American Association of Critical Care Nurses, January 3, 2023.

All About Sepsis for APRNs, (Invited) NCNP 2002 Fall Virtual National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, November 11, 2022

Sepsis Roundtable, Sepsis Alliance, July 28, 2022.

All About Sepsis, Lippincott Nursing Virtual Event, June 16, 2022.

Top Sepsis Studies and the New Sepsis Guidelines, National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care Nurse, May 16-18, 2022.

What You Need to Know about the New Sepsis Guidelines, National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care Nurse, May 16-18, 2022.

What’s New 2021 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. Delaware Society of Critical Care Medicine Conference, May 14, 2022.

Sepsis Update for 2022. NACNS Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 14-17, 2022.

2021 Sepsis Guideline Update, Global Library of Critical Care Nursing Lectures World Federation of Critical Care Nurses, January 7, 2022.

COVID-19 Respiratory Support and Oxygenation Review, Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 Rapid Resource Center, November 10,2021.

Update your Practice with the 2021 Sepsis Guidelines, American Association of Critical Care Nurses Webinar Series, November 4, 2021.

Best Practices for Managing Staff Shortages Webinar. Moderator, Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 Rapid Resource Center, October 7, 2021.

Top Sepsis Studies 2019-2021.National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care Nurse, Virtual, May 24-27, 2021.

Prone Positioning in ARDS: B Ryan, K Zeccola, M Seckel. An Evidence-Based Practical Review. National Teaching Institute American Association of Critical Care Nurse, Virtual, May 24-27, 2021. 

Awake Self Prone Guideline Development during COVID-19. MA Seckel. NACNS Annual Conference, Virtual, March 9-12, 2021.

Favorite Thing About My Profession:

I love being a critical care clinical nurse specialist and all the opportunities to improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice along with collaboration with nurses, physicians/advanced practice clinicians, ancillary healthcare providers, and patients/families. 


Work History

Critical Care and Sepsis consultant https://mseckel.com/ in Newark, DE
Clinical Nurse Specialist Critical Care and Sepsis Leader (retired ChristianaCare) — June, 2023

Education History

University of Delaware


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