Karen Clark, PhD, RN, NI-BC, Alumna CCRN

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Karen Clark, PhD, RN, NI-BC, Alumna CCRN
  • Assistant Professor
    Universities at Shady Grove
Location:
Room 101K, Universities at Shady Grove, Building I
Phone:
301-738-6003
Office Hours:
By appointment. Email first.
Email:

Education

  • Final earned Post Masters Certificate in Nursing Informatics , Nursing Informatics Certificate post masters , University of Maryland School of Nursing , 2023
  • Informatics , University of Maryland University College
  • PhD, Leadership/Management/Administration, George Mason University
  • MSN, Critical Care/Trauma Clinical Nursing (Clinical Nurse Specialist) focus, George Mason University
  • BSN, Nursing , George Mason University
  • Associates Degree as a Registered Nurse , nursing , Montgomery Community College
  • Certificate , Certificate as a Licensed Practical Nurse , Charles County Community College

Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

  • Date:
    2022 - 2022
    Title:
    2022 M.O.S.T. Faculty OER Mini-Grant
    Role:
    Principal
  • Title:
    Nursing informatics and data collection from the electronic medical record: Study of characteristics, factors, and occupancy impacting outcomes of critical care admissions from the Emergency Department
    Sponsoring Organization:
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Role:
  • Title:
    Dissertation: Early Events in ED on Critical Care Patients: Outcomes of Mortality and Length of Stay
    Sponsoring Organization:
    George Mason University
    Role:
  • Title:
    Dissertation: Early Events in ED on Critical Care Patients: Outcomes of Mortality and Length of Stay
    Sponsoring Organization:
    George Mason University
    Role:
  • Title:
    Dissertation: Early Events in ED on Critical Care Patients: Outcomes of Mortality and Length of Stay
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Zeta Chapter, GMU, Research Grant
    Role:
  • Title:
    Dissertation: Early Events in ED on Critical Care Patients: Outcomes of Mortality and Length of Stay
    Sponsoring Organization:
    George Mason University
    Role:
  • Title:
    Dissertation: Early Events in ED on Critical Care Patients: Outcomes of Mortality and Length of Stay
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Zeta Chapter, GMU Research Grant
    Role:

Research Interests

  • Interprofessional education and practice
    Flow of patients through healthcare system
    Systems thinking
    Informatics
    Educating faculty in interprofessional/interdisciplinary domains

Research Activity

  • Title:
    Interprofessional Approach to the Critically Ill
    Description:
    An elective class that had IRB approval as an educational research. Students included doctoral, graduate and undergraduate students composed of pharmacy, nursing, respiratory therapy, and social work students.
    Status:
    Complete
  • Title:
    A Medical Record Review Retrospective Data in Admissions from the ED to the ICU: Characteristics
    Description:
    This activity used data mining techniques to mine remotely a relational database at a large mid-Atlantic tertiary care cardiac center to collect secondary data for research.
    Status:
    Complete
  • Title:
    Quantitative study Title: A Medical Record Review for Characteristics of Patients Admitted to the ICU from the ED and Collaborative Interventions While in the ED on Outcomes of Hospital Mortality.
    Description:
    Retrospective data collection from a dataset housing secondary data in a trauma level 1 cardiac referral center, ER One Institute of Washington Hospital Center. The data system is Microsoft (Amalga®) Azyxxi. Volume/capacity as well as characteristics of this population in the ED and ICU are being investigated to determine if any association with outcomes of hospitalization exist.
    Status:
    Complete
  • Title:
    Program Evaluation of First Semester Juniors’ Preparation for Upper Division Work and Outcomes of Interventions with an Instructional Model, Guided Study Sessions and Workshops.
    Description:
    This study was a retrospective study of variables of student preparation, use of guided study sessions and workshops on outcomes of success related to a psychopharmacology course required in the first semester junior year.
    Status:
    Complete
  • Title:
    quantitative study of retrospective data collected from Microsoft Azyxxi dataset
    Description:
    Utilized associative comparative analysis including logistic regression and multi-regression analysis. The title of this research was, Early emergency department events and subsequent critical care unit outcomes for patients admitted to a critical care unit from an emergency department.
    Status:
    Complete
  • Title:
    Critical care admission criteria in community based hospitals: A pilot study with implications for quality management
    Description:
    Developed a survey for hospital administrators.
    Status:
    Complete

Publications

  • Clark, K. (2023, November 8). The Health Informatics Guide: A Beginner’s Guide to Systems. United States: The Health Informatics Guide: A Beginner’s Guide to Systems Copyright © 2023 by Karen Clark is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. https://shadygrove.pressbooks.pub/informatics/ https://pressbooks.directory/?updated=%3E=1698796800&subj=Nursing https://most.oercommons.org/search?f.search=healthcare+informatics&f.general_subject=&f.sublevel=
  • Price, A., Bundy, E., Gross, C. & Clark, K. (2020, February). Quality Improvement Targeting Early Phase of Hepatitis C Care Delivery. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2019.12.026 available online. USA: Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2019.12.026
  • Clark, K. & Hoffman, A. G. (2019, June). Educating our Healthcare Students: Can Systems Thinking work to Prepare Our New Healthcare Graduates?. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35 (3), 195-200. USA. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.12.006
  • Clark, K. (2016, July (3rd Quarter/Summer)). Systems thinking, IPE/IPP, TeamSTEPPS and communicating: Are they interconnected? A look with a broad brush. Nursing and Palliative Care, 1 (4), 85-88.
  • Clark, K., Congdon, H. B., Macmillan, K., Gonzales, J. P. & Guerra, A. (2015). Changes in perceptions and attitudes of healthcare profession students pre and post academic course experience of team-based care for the critically ill. Journal of Professional Nursing, 31 (4), 330-339.
  • Clark, K. & May, I. (2014). Upper-Division transfer students: Associations between supplemental instruction design and entrance exam categories on student academic outcomes within a science based curriculum. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 39 (6), 499-512.
  • Clark, K., Gerstenblith, S., Alonso, D., Wright, R. & Pandya, N. (2012). Inter-institutional partnerships: The development of a multidisciplinary/interprofessional course in forensics. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1-17.
  • Clark, K. & Normile, L. (2012). Nursing informatics and data collection from the electronic medical record: Study of characteristics, factors, and occupancy impacting outcomes of critical care admissions from the Emergency Department. Health Informatics Journal, 18, 309-319.
  • Clark, K., Coiffi, C. & Plumadore, L. (2012). Decreasing inpatient falls: A retrospective analysis with CNS-led interventions. Journal of Hospital Administration, 2 (2), 38-46.
  • Clark, K. & Normile, L. B. (2007). Time-to-interventions for emergency department critical care patients on hospital mortality. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 33 (1), 6-13.

Presentations

  • Year:
    2023
    Title:
    Informatics in Educating Pre-licensure Nursing Students with Immersive Virtual Reality Technology to Develop Safe and Quality Clinical Decision Making
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Greater Delaware Valley and DelMarVa ANIA Fall Conference
    Sponsoring Organization:
    ANIA DelMarVa Chapter
    Location:
    Wilmington DE United States
  • Year:
    2021
    Title:
    Professions Learning from and With Each Other: Interfacing and Engagin
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Presented to CUSF
    Location:
    Batimore MD United States
  • Year:
    2021
    Title:
    Growing Through Adversity
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Pi Chapter At Large presentation in series on Reslience
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Pi Chapter at Large and Nu Beta at Large Chapter
    Location:
    MD
  • Year:
    2019
    Title:
    Leaders Make Connections: Educating Faculty to Educate Students in Systems Thinking Across Disciplines
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Collaboration Across Boarders VII
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Indiana University, American Interprofessional Health Collaborative, CIHPCPS
    Location:
    Indianapolis IN United States
  • Year:
    2018
    Title:
    True Leaders Fill the Gaps: Preparing our Students by Preparing our Faculty
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Council of University System Faculty
    Sponsoring Organization:
    University System of Maryland
    Location:
    Rockville MD United States
  • Year:
    2017
    Title:
    Accepted oral presentation: Educating with Systems Thinking and New Concepts?
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Nursing Science & Practice August 6-8, 2018 | London, UK
    Sponsoring Organization:
    United Scientific Group
    Location:
    London England
  • Year:
    2016
    Title:
    Person Centered Care and the Importance of Interprofessional Practice
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Invited to speak
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Providence Hospital
    Location:
    Washington DC United States
  • Year:
    2015
    Title:
    Development and implementation of an interprofessional SOAP note grading tool
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Collaboration Across Boarders
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Canadian Introfessioinal Health Collaborative
    Location:
    Roanoke VA United States
  • Year:
    2013
    Title:
    Survey Instrument Development: Students Perceptions Engaging in an Interprofessional Approach to the Critically Ill
    Conference/Meeting Name:
    Collaboration Across Boarders
    Sponsoring Organization:
    Canadian Introfessioinal Health Collaborative
    Location:
    Vancouver Canada
  • Year:
    2012
    Title:
    Developing a Course on Forensics Across Institutional Lines at a Regional Higher Education Center: A Case Study Involving, Nursing, Psychology, and Criminal Justice.
    Sponsoring Organization:
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Location:
    United States

Areas of Specialization

  • Organizational systems thinking and informatics leadership and education.

Primary Teaching Areas

  • Interprofessional education and implementation in practice
    DNP projects
    Informatics and healthcare systems
    Professionalism

Honors/Awards

  • Name:
    Helene Fuld Fellow Award
    Date:
    March 2008
  • Name:
    Distinguished Service Award
    Sponsoring organization:
    University of Maryland School of Nursing
    Date:
    May 2016
  • Name:
    Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award Graduate Student
    Date:
    April 2019

Academic and Professional Activities

University

  • Date:
    2023 - Current
    Organization:
    Middle States Self Study
    Role:
    Member representing faculty
  • Date:
    2020 - Current
    Organization:
    Sigma Theta Tau
    Role:
    Vice President Pi Chapter Sigma Theta Tau
  • Date:
    2019 - Current
    Organization:
    SON
    Role:
    Conway Mentor
  • Date:
    2019 - 2020
    Organization:
    CUSF
    Role:
    Secretary of CUSF
  • Date:
    2016 - 2018
    Role:
    Faculty Senate Secretary
  • Date:
    2016 - 2018
    Organization:
    Technology Advisory Committee
    Role:
    Chairperson
  • Date:
    2019 - Current
    Organization:
    UMB
    Role:
    Committee member chosen by Dr. Jarrell
  • Organization:
    DNP Committee
    Role:
    Member
  • Role:
    DNP Committee Member
  • Date:
    2013 - 2017
    Organization:
    Admissions Committee
    Role:
    Member

Professional

  • Date:
    2007 - Current
    Organization:
    Journal of Nursing Scholarship
    Role:
    Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
  • Date:
    2016 - 2016
    Organization:
    Health Informatics Journal
    Role:
    Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
  • Date:
    2017 - Current
    Organization:
    HRSA Grant Reviewer
    Role:
    Grant Reviewer/Referee

Public

  • Date:
    2011 - Current
    Organization:
    SERPA
    Role:
    Volunteer