Laura Koo, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC

• Assistant Professor
  Organizational Systems and Adult Health

Location:

Room 375D, School of Nursing Building

Phone:

410-706-3495

Email:

• PhD, Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland College Park, 2021
• Post-Master's Certificate in Teaching in Nursing & Health Professions, Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions, University of Maryland Baltimore, 2006
• MS, Community Health Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner, Boston College, 2000
• BSN, Nursing, University of Arizona, 1995
• BA, Spanish, University of Maryland College Park, 1993

• Date:

  2022 - 2022

  Title:

  Dean's Scholarship Scholars Program

  Sponsoring Organization:

  University of Maryland School of Nursing

  Role:

  Principal

• Title:

  Rima E. Rudd Fellowship in Health Literacy

  Sponsoring Organization:

  University of Maryland College Park (UMD) Foundation

  Role:

  Principal

• Title:

  BBAL Research Facilitation Award

  Sponsoring Organization:

  Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan, UMSON

  Role:

  Principal

• health literacy; chronic disease management in primary care or community settings; cross-cultural communication; empowerment; advocacy; health disparities & health equity; food allergies

• An Innovative Strategy for Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning: Cough, Cough, Cough. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19 (9). doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104743
• Koo, L. W. (2023). Parental Health Literacy, Empowerment, and Advocacy for Food Allergy Safety in School: A cross-sectional study. HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice.
• Koo, L. W. (2021, November). Parental Health Literacy, Empowerment, and Advocacy in the Context of Food Allergies Management in Schools. College Park, MD: Digital Repository University of Maryland (DRUM) and ProQuest. doi:https://doi.org/10.13016/2bev-y6in
• Velez, R. & Koo, L. W. (2020, March 1). International service learning enhances nurse practitioner students' practice and cultural humility.. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 32 (3), 187-189. doi:10.1097/JXX.0000000000000404
• Koo, L. W., Horowitz, A. M., Radice, S. D., Wang, M. Q. & Kleinman, D. V. (2016, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 14). Nurse Practitioners' Use of Communication Techniques: Results of a Maryland Oral Health Literacy Survey.. PloS one, 11 (1), e0146545. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146545
• Carpenter, P. C. & Koo, L. W. (2015, May 1). Evidence-Based Interventions for Prevention of Bone Density Loss after Kidney Transplant.. Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association, 42 (3), 209-19; quiz 220.
• Koo, L. W., Layson-Wolf, C., Brandt, N., Hammersla, M. B., Idzik, S. K., Rocafort, P. T., et al (2014, November). Qualitative evaluation of a standardized patient clinical simulation for nurse practitioner and pharmacy students. Nurse Education in Practice, 14 (6), 740-746. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2014.10.005
• Koo, L. W. (2014). Chapter 22 Gynecologic disorders. in Nettina, S. (Ed.) Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, (10th), 832-883. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkens.
• Koo, L. W., Idzik, S. K., Hammersla, M. B. & Windemuth, B. (2013, December 1). Developing standardized patient clinical simulations to apply concepts of interdisciplinary collaboration. Journal of Nursing Education, 52 (12), 705-708. SLACK, Inc.. doi:10.3928/01484834-20131121-04
• Koo, L. W., Idzik, S. K. & Smith, J. K. (2010, March). Patient history key to diagnosing peripheral edema. The Nurse Practitioner, 35 (3), 44-52. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). doi:10.1097/01.npr.0000368908.30947.30

• Year:

  2021

  Title:

  Empowerment may mediate the relationship between health literacy and advocacy

  Conference/Meeting Name:

  Health Literacy Annual Research Conference

  Sponsoring Organization:

  Health Literacy Annual Research Conference

• Year:

  2020

  Title:

  Pilot-testing a web-based survey to assess parental health literacy, empowerment and advocacy in the context of food allergy management in schools

  Conference/Meeting Name:

  Health Literacy in Action / Health Literacy Annual Research Conference [virtual]

  Sponsoring Organization:

  Health Literacy in Action / Health Literacy Annual Research Conference

• Year:

  2016

  Title:

  Decreasing barriers to oral health: Results of a Maryland survey of nurse practitioners’ knowledge and practices related to dental caries prevention

  Conference/Meeting Name:

  2016 Maryland Action Coalition Summit: Advancing the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine Report – The Future of Nursing

  Sponsoring Organization:

  Maryland Action Coalition

  Location:

  Baltimore MD United States

• Year:

  2013

  Title:

  Interprofessional education: Using standardized patients and providers for primary care simulation

  Conference/Meeting Name:

  The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 39th Annual Meeting

  Sponsoring Organization:

  NONPF

  Location:

  Pittsburgh PA

• Year:

  2012

  Title:

  Developing standardized patient clinical simulations to apply concepts of interprofessional collaboration

  Conference/Meeting Name:

  National League for Nursing – Society for Simulation in Healthcare Symposium on Interprofessional Education in Healthcare Simulation, preconference to the annual International Society for Simulation in Healthcare Conference

  Sponsoring Organization:

  NLN-SSH

  Location:

  San Diego CA

• Family Nurse Practitioner

• Adult-Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty: diagnosis and management courses (didactic & clinical practicum);
  Spanish for Healthcare Professionals: Advanced-beginner level
  Clinical Nurse Leader Program: Introduction to Gerontological Nursing and Health Assessment across the Lifespan

• Name:

  Member

  Sponsoring organization:

  Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, Gamma Zeta Chapter

Professional

• Date:

  2014 - Current

  Organization:

  Journal of Nursing Education

  Role:

  Manuscript Reviewer/Referee

Public

• Date:

  2014 - 2023

  Organization:

  University of Maryland Medical Center

  Role:

  Nurse Practitioner