School of Nursing Faculty

Kathleen Riley-Lawless, PhD, APRN, BC Assistant Professor Telephone:(302) 831-8381 E-mail: krl@udel.edu Mailing Address: School of Nursing McDowell Hall Newark, DE 19716

Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Post-Master’s Certificate, University of Pennsylvania, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania, Nursing of Children
B.S.N., LaSalle University
Diploma, Helene Fuld School of Nursing

Research Interests
Family Research

• families with a child with a chronic illness
• family health promotion

Medication Reconciliation when children have chronic conditions

Recent Scholarship
Delaware Biotechnology Institute (DBI) Fellow, April 2006 – present
IdeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)

Parents of Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Their Perception of Family Management
Funding: Center for Research Development, College of Health Sciences, University of Delaware, May 2006 - present

PI at Nemours/A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children for the multisite study
Assessing Family Management of Childhood Illness, June 2004 – present

Development of the “Ask A Nurse” Program at the Early Learning Center
Funding: Delaware Department of Education Minigrant, 2004

Selected Publications
Selekman, J. & Riley-Lawless, K.(in press). Pediatric nursing: Current issues and future initiatives. US Nursing 2006.

Richardson, V. & Riley-Lawless, K. (in press). The neonate and the infant. In V. Bowden & C. Greenberg (Eds.), Children and their families: The continuum of care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins.

Riley-Lawless, K. & Richardson, V. (in press). The toddler. In V. Bowden & C. Greenberg (Eds.), Children and their families: The continuum of care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins.

Riley-Lawless, K. (in press). The preschooler. In V. Bowden & C. Greenberg (Eds.), Children and their families: The continuum of care . Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams Wilkins.

Riley-Lawless, K. (2006). The demographics of school-age children and adolescents. In J. Selekman (Ed.), School Nursing: A comprehensive text. Philadelphia: FA Davis.

Selected Presentations
Riley-Lawless, K. (2006). Medication reconciliation for children with chronic conditions. Podium presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International 17 th International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidenced-Based Practice, Montreal, Canada.

Riley-Lawless, K. (2006). Challenges of community collaboration. Poster presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International 17 th International Nursing Research Congress focusing on Evidenced-Based Practice, Montreal, Canada.

Riley-Lawless, K. (2006). Balancing profession missions. Presentation at the Summer Nursing Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA.

Riley-Lawless, K. (2006). Family-centered care: From the Cleavers to the Osbournes. Presentation at the Pediatric Practice Update XXIII, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE.

Sheer, B., Riley-Lawless, & Chase, A. (2005). An innovative model of health promotion at an Early Learning Center: Incorporating healthy lifestyles through multidisciplinary expertise. Symposium presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children ,Washington, DC.

Riley-Lawless, K. & Greenberg, C. S. (2005). Mentoring to promote leadership development in pediatric nurses. Podium presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International 38 th Biennial Convention, Indianapolis, IN.

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