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Brigit VanGraafeiland, MS, CPNP
Clinical Coordinator Undergraduate Pediatrics
Suite Number:
565D
Telephone:
410-706-8725
Fax:
410-706-
0401
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Education:
- BSN, Nursing University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1987
- MS, Nursing University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1990
- Certificate in Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 2005
- DNP, Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Current Student
Research
- Research interest in working with court involved pediatric patients and their families. With a particular interest with children in the foster care system
- 2006: Co-PI for research project: Assessing for risk factors that cause maladjustment and behavior problems in children in foster care. Chart review in the Pediatric Ambulatory Center, assessing for documentation of risk factors in children in foster care. Currently, developing an assessment tool to use in both the primary care setting and in the Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center.
- 2003: Active participant in the “Collaborative Interprofessional Team Education Initiative” (CITE) grant for the Pediatric Ambulatory Center Coauthored adolescent needs assessment, which was used in the Pediatric Ambulatory Center and will be going to IRB for use full time in the Center.
Recent Publications
- VanGraafeiland, B. (2007). Spotlight on Childhood Immunizations: Focus on Influenza. Consultant for Pediatricians, Vol 6, (8)
- VanGraafeiland, B. (2002). Asthma: the Continuing Problem. National Asthma Education Prevention. The Nurse Practitioner, 27(Suppl.), 7-12.
Primary Teaching Areas:
- NRSG 626 Primary care of the Newborn
- NURS523 Clinical nurse leader emphasis practicum
Major Professional Activities
- Activity 1; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric Ambulatory Center