CURRICULUM VITAE. Denise L. Lyons, MSN, RN, GCN-BC, ACNS-BC

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Denise L. Lyons, MSN, RN, GCN-BC, ACNS-BC HOME ADDRESS: BUSINESS ADDRESS: LICENSES: Registered Nurse Medical/Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist 5 Hanover Drive West Chester, Pennsylvania (484) dlyons44@comcast.net Christiana Hospital 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road Room 4B10 Newark, Delaware (302) (302) (Fax) dlyons@christianacare.org L Delaware LN Delaware LC Delaware EDUCATION: Post-Master s Certificate - University of Delaware, Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing Science, Newark, DE, Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Track (January 2003). Master of Science in Nursing - University of Delaware, Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing Science, Newark, DE, Cardio-Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist Track (December 1997). Bachelor of Science in Nursing - University of Delaware, Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing Science, Newark, DE (June 1992). CERTIFICATIONS: BLS - I Basic Life Support Instructor, American Heart Association (May Present). ACNS Certified Specialist, American Nurses Credentialing Center - American Nurses Association, Clinical Specialist in Adult Nursing (October Present). GCNS Certified Specialist, American Nurses Credentialing Center - American Nurses Association, Clinical Specialist in Gerontological Nursing (July Present). EXPERIENCE: WISH (We Improve Senior Health) Program Coordinator - Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE (August Present). NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders) Expert Faculty - Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing (January Present). Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontology - Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE (October Present). Staff Development Specialist - Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE (July October 2000). Assistant Professor (Supplemental Faculty) - University of Delaware, Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing Science, Newark, DE (Fall 1998, Spring 1998 & Spring 1999). 1

2 Staff Nurse, Medical Teaching unit - Medical Center of Delaware, Newark, DE (June June 1996). Student Nurse Extern, Medical Teaching unit - Medical Center of Delaware, Newark, DE (June May 1992). HONORS/AWARDS: 2013 Nurse Physician Partner Award Nurse Ambassador Award APN Nursing Excellence Award presented by Christiana Care Health system. Selected to attend 2011 John A. Hartford Foundation Interdisciplinary Scholars Communications Conference (July 2011) Practice Change Fellow supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies and the John A. Hartford Foundation, and is under the direction of Eric A. Coleman, MD, from the University of Colorado, and the co-direction of Nancy Whitelaw, PhD, from the National Council on Aging (NCOA) Nurse Ambassador Award Eastern Pennsylvania/Delaware Geriatric Education Center s: Implementing Interprofessional Geriatric Curriculum: A Team-Based Faculty Development 9 month Fellowship Focus on Excellence Award (Co-team leader) Sigma Theta Tau International Research Dissemination Award for "Better Blood Pressure for Better Patient Care. Presented at the 39th Biennial Convention on November 5, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland Performance Improvement Nursing Excellence Award (Co-team leader) Performance Improvement President s Silver Award (Team member) Performance Improvement Nursing Excellence Award (Co-team leader). WISH Program won the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing Award (A joint award between the AONE Institute and The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University): April Performance Improvement Safety Award (Team member). Delaware Excellence in Nursing Practice Award for Advanced Practice Nursing (Nominee): July Nursing Excellence Award at Christiana Care Health Services for Advanced Practice Nursing: May Gold Level Service Excellence Award, Christiana Care Health Services: July 2003 & November Silver Level Service Excellence Award, Christiana Care Health Services: January 2003 & March Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Beta Xi Chapter Membership: November 1997; Nominating Committee: June

3 Accepted the Delaware Leadership Award in Aging on behalf of Christiana Care at the Celebration of the International Year of Older Persons: November RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: 2011 Lyons, D., Co-investigator. Impact of Unit Based Clinical Leaders (UBCL) Practice Model on Collaboration and Healthcare Providers' Work Environment Lyons, D., Principal investigator. Implementing a Comprehensive Functional Model of Care in Hospitalized Older Adults Lyons, D., Co-principal investigator with C. Crannell & J. Painter. Impact of Physician Practice Model on Nurses' Work Environment Lyons, D., Co-investigator. The Effect of Animal Assisted Therapy on Boredom and Anxiety in Hospitalized Antepartum Women at High Risk for Pre-Term Labor Lyons, D., Co-principal investigator with K. Schell. A Clinical Comparison of Forearm and Upper Arm Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressures, Supine and with Head of Bed Raised 45 : A Follow-up Study. Funded by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of AACN. Denise Lyons, MSN, APRN-BC & Kathy Schell, DNSc, RN presented findings on March 4, 2005 at the 15th Annual Research Conference sponsored by the Delaware Nurses Association Lyons, D., Co-investigator. A Clinical Comparison of Forearm and Upper Arm Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressures. Funded by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of AACN. PUBLICATIONS: Lyons, D. (2014). Implementing a Comprehensive Functional Model of Care in Hospitalized Older Adults. Accepted for publication in November/December. MEDSURG Nursing. Lyons, D., Painter, J., Crannell, C., Mooney, R., Bucher, L., Joseph, R., Schwandt, C., Siano, S., Marandola, B., Keiser, S., & Bayne, L. (2013). The people in your neighborhood: Impact of Physician Cohorting on nursing units. MEDSURG Nursing, 22(5) Boltz, M., Capezuti, E., Shuluk, J., Brouwer, J., Carolan, D., Conway, S., DeRosa, S., LaReau, R., Lyons, D., Nickoley, S., Smith, T. & Galvin, J. E. (2013). Implementation of geriatric acute care best practices: Initial results of NICHE sites self-evaluation. Nursing & Health Sciences. Lyons, D. (2012). Focus on Senior Patients. Advance for Nurses, 14(17), 34. Conley, D. M., Burket, T. L., Schumacher, S., Lyons, D, DeRosa, S. E. & Schirm, V. (2012). Implementing Geriatric Models of Care: A Role of the Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Part II. Geriatric Nursing, 33(4), Conley, D. M., Burket, T. L., Schumacher, S., Lyons, D, DeRosa, S. E. & Schirm, V. (2012). Implementing Geriatric Models of Care: A Role of the Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist Part I. Geriatric Nursing, 33(3), Savoy, M. & Lyons, D. (2012). Creating a Multimedia Interprofessional Geriatric Resource Website. MEDSURG Nursing 21(1), Schell, K. A., Bradley, E., Lyons, D. L., Bucher, L., & Seckel, M. A. (2011). Better blood pressure measurement for better patient care. In: B. M. Melnyk & E. Fineout-Overholt. Implementing evidence- 3

4 based practice. Real-life success stories. (pp ). Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Curtin, Patricia, Lyons, Denise, Grimley, Shannon & Williams, Rebecca. (2011) NICHE Solution #12 Prevention and Management of Acute Constipation in Hospitalized Patients. Klemm, P., Waddington, C., Bradley, E., Bucher, L., Collins, M., Lyons, D., Seckel, M., & Urban, M. (2010). Unleashing animal-assisted therapy. Nursing 2010, 40(10), Lyons, Denise L., Grimley, Shannon M., & Sydnor, Linda. (2009). Delirium & dementia: Double trouble. LPN 2009, 5(2), Lyons, D. L., & Curtin, P. M. (2008). Delaware nurses manage patients' acute constipation. Nursing Spectrum, September 22. This article was profiled on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Health Care Innovations Exchange website. Lyons, Denise L., Grimley, Shannon M., & Sydnor, Linda. (2008). Double trouble: When delirium complicates dementia. Nursing 2008, 38(9), Lyons, D. L., Curtin, P. M., & Grimley, S. M. (April 2007). Improving senior health at Christiana Care Health system. The Joint Commission: The Source, 5(4), LaReau, R. & Lyons, D. (2006). Section 4: Developing and Expanding the Geriatric Nursing Knowledge Base. In a Planning and Implementation Guide for the NICHE Program. New York University. Lyons, D. L., Blum, T., Curtin, P. M., & Grimley, S. M. (2006) Improving care of the older adult. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 15(3), , 181. AACN (2006). AACN practice alert: Noninvasive blood pressure monitoring. AACN News, 23, 4. Schell, K., Lyons, D., Bradley, E., Bucher, L., Seckel, M., Wakai, S., Carson, E., Chichester, M., Foraker, T., & Simpson, E. (2006). Clinical comparison of automatic, noninvasive measurements of blood pressure in the forearm and upper arm with the patient supine or with the head of the bed raised 45º: A follow-up study. American Journal of Critical Care, 15(2), Schell, K., Bradley, E., Bucher, L., Seckel, M., Lyons, D., Wakai, S., Carson, E., Chichester, M., Foraker, T., & Simpson, E. (2005). Clinical comparison of automatic, noninvasive measurements of blood pressure in the forearm and upper arm. American Journal of Critical Care, 14(3), Watson, N, & Lyons, D. L. (1997). Delegation: An essential skill required to practice nursing today. DNA Reporter, 22(1), LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS: The Role of the GRN, 17th Annual NICHE Conference, San Diego, California, April 6, Implementing a Comprehensive Functional Model of Care in Hospitalized Older Adults, 16th Annual NICHE Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 12, Health Promotion for the Geriatric Client in the Community", Special Guest Speaker for undergraduate nursing students, Delaware Technical and Community College, December 5, Implementing a Comprehensive Functional Model of Care in Hospitalized Older Adults, National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA) 2012 Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, October 5,

5 Implementing a Comprehensive Functional Model of Care in Hospitalized Older Adults, 31st Annual Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Conference in Las Vegas, NV on September 20, The presentation was selected for an in-brief oral presentation and won the 2012 GAPNA Research & Clinical Project Presentation award. Health Promotion for the Geriatric Client in the Community", Special Guest Speaker for undergraduate nursing students, Delaware Technical and Community College, November 30, Caring for Older Adults at CCHS: A Tool Kit, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, November 15, Delirium: Medial Emergency, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, July 12, Health Promotion for the Geriatric Client in the Community", Special Guest Speaker for undergraduate nursing students, Delaware Technical and Community College, December 1, Senior Services at CCHS, Special Guest Speaker for undergraduate nursing students (Course - Gerontology Issues in Older Adult Health & Development), University of Delaware, November 11, Delirium: Medial Emergency, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, September 30, Preventing Falls in Acute Care, Staff Nurse, VA Hospital, Elsmere, DE, May 6, Senior Services at CCHS, Special Guest Speaker for undergraduate nursing students (Course - Gerontology Issues in Older Adult Health & Development), University of Delaware, April 26, Caring for Older Adults at CCHS: A Tool Kit, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, February 22, "We Improve Senior Health", Christiana Care Hospitalist Partners, Christiana Care Health Services, July 22, "Diagnosis & Management of Delirium", Medical Grand rounds, Bayhealth Medical Center at Kent General Hospital, May 26, Delirium: Medial Emergency, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, May 7, "We Improve Senior Health", 2009 Conference by the Bay, Dewey Beach, DE, April 24, NICHE Building Block I: Gero Staff Development (Education, Competency, Certification), 12th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, Orlando, FL, February 23, We Improve Senior Health, Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses 17 th Annual Convention, Nashville, TN, October 5, Caring for Older Adults at CCHS: A Tool Kit, Medical residents, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, September 25, 2008 & October 30, NICHE Building Block I: Gero Staff Development (Education, Competency, Certification), 11th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 18,

6 Managing Problematic Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents, Healthcare providers from 4 nursing homes in Delaware, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, December 7, Acute Care of the Older Adult: Navigating the Hazards of Hospitalization, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) 38 th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 17, NICHE Building Block I: Gero Staff Development (Education, Competency, Certification), 10th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, New York, NY, February 5, The Approach to a Geriatric Patient with a Stroke, Stroke Unit 16 hour education, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, August 29 & September 8, Senior Health Initiatives at Christiana Care, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, May 31, Interdisciplinary Approach to the Delirious Patient, Caring for the Geriatric Population Conference sponsored by the Delaware Nurses Association, Dover, DE, April 21, "The WISH (We Improve Senior Health) Journey at Christiana Care, 9th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, New York, NY, February 27, WISH Program at Christiana Care, CHECK Leadership Summit, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, PA, October 25, Introduction to the WISH Program, WISH Module for Rehabilitative Services, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, March 18, Managing Delirium: An Interdisciplinary Team Approach, 8th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, New York, NY, February 1, The Big D: Delirium in the Elderly, Current Trends in Geriatrics Conference, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, PA, November 11, Falls in Older Adults, WISH Program Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Offered 6 times/ year, September Present. Orthostatic Blood Pressure, Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) unit 8 hour education, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, July 14 & 16, The Big D: Delirium in Seniors, 7th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, New York, NY, January 26, The Big D: Delirium in the Elderly, Medical Grand Rounds, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, July 31, The WISH Program at Christiana Care Health System, Delaware Interfaith Coalition on Aging Business Meeting, Wilmington, DE, March 10, Creating Effective Interdisciplinary Geriatric Teams: The WISH Program at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, 6th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Leadership Conference, New York, NY, January 30, The WISH Program, Medication Safety, Fall Prevention & Restraint Reduction, Patient Safety Day: Enhanced Orientation, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Offered 12 times/ year, September Present. 6

7 Physical Restraints, WISH Program, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Offered 6 times/ year, September Present. Fall Prevention & Restraint Reduction, Patient Care Technician Training Class, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Offered 4 times/year, Present. Fall Prevention, Skin Care & Restraint Reduction, Student Nurse Extern Day, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Offered 2 times/ year, Present. Families in Crisis, Core Curriculum, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, DE, Multiple presentations, POSTER PRESENTATIONS: The Impact of a Mobility Program on the Prevalence of Delirium in the Hospitalized Older Adult, University of Delaware Senior Thesis Symposium 2012, Newark, DE, May 5, The WISH Program: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Education, 15 th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 7-9, Creating a Multimedia Interprofessional Geriatric Resource Website & The Role of a Unit Based WISH Champion, The American Geriatrics Society 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 12, The WISH Program: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Education, The American Geriatrics Society 2010 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 13, This poster was selected out of 200 posters to present at the Model Geriatric Programs: Materials and Methods Swap on May 14, Implementation of a Constipation Protocol, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Association Conference, Savannah, GA, October 2, This poster won first place in the poster project category. Implementation of a Constipation Protocol, 6th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) Best Clinical Practices Conference, Orlando, FL, February 25, An Animal Assisted Therapy Intervention on High Risk Antepartal Women", 3rd Annual Nursing Research Conference: Project Research: From Ideas to Innovations, Newark, Delaware, November 7, An Animal Assisted Therapy Intervention on High Risk Antepartal Women", 28th Annual American Holistic Nurses Association Conference, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, June 2-5, Improve Sleep Promotion on a Medical Unit, 5th Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) User Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 21, Improve Sleep Promotion on a Medical Unit, 2007 National Gerontological Nursing Association Convention, Orlando, FL, October 18-19, The Creation of an ACE (Acute Care of the Elderly) unit to Improve Care & Reduce Length of Stay, 2006 National Gerontological Nursing Association Convention, Cincinnati, OH, October 6-8, Developing Evidence-based Practice Through Research: Clinical Comparisons of Forearm (FA) and Upper Arm (UA) Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressures (NIBPs) in Three Body Positions, 7

8 15 th Annual Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) Convention, Philadelphia, PA, September The Creation of an ACE (Acute Care of the Elderly) unit, 3rd Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) User Conference, New York, NY, March 2, "Reduction in High Risk Medication in the Elderly", 2005 National Gerontological Nursing Association Convention, Myrtle Beach, SC, October 21-23, This poster was an Innovations in Practice Finalist. Getting Staff Involved in Research to Develop Evidence Based Nursing Practice: Clinical Comparisons of Forearm and Upper Arm Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressures, National Nursing Staff Development Conference, New Orleans, LA, July WISH Initiative: Reduction in High Risk Medication in the Elderly at CCHS, 2nd Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) User Conference, New York, NY, February 3, A Clinical Comparison of Forearm and Upper Arm Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressure, National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition, AACN, Orlando, FL, May A Clinical Comparison of Forearm and Upper Arm Automatic, Noninvasive Blood Pressures, SePA Chapter of the AACN Research Dinner Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May The WISH Program at Christiana Care Health System in Delaware", 1st Annual Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders (NICHE) User Conference, New York, NY, January 29, SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS: American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) Present Acute Care Special Interest Group Delaware Valley GAPNA Local Chapter Present President-elect President Student Scholarship Committee (Chair) Present Past President National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA) Gerontological APN Special Interest Group Web Site Co-Editor Awards Committee Convention Planning Committee 2010 Present 2010 Present 2011 Present 2012 Present Present NICHE Self-evaluation task Committee Conference Planning Committee Present Present Present 8