Susan Smith | CC

Clinical Nurse Specialist, NIH Clinical Center (CC)
Susan Smith

Email: Susan.Smith@nih.gov

Biography

BSN: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
MSN: State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
DNP: Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Clinical Focus: Adult Critical Care

Certifications: Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist

Service (Internal & External)

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist Forum
  • Nursing Practice Council
  • Clinical Practice Council
  • Pressure Injury Prevention Leadership Committee
  • Code Blue Committee

Teaching Focus: Adult CNS and DNP nursing students

Honors and Awards:

  • 2019: Bill Aston Safety and Quality Award: Breakthrough Improvement. Reducing central line infection in patients with arterial lines. Baylor Scott and White Health
  • 2018, 2017, 2016 & 2015: Society of Critical Care Medicine, Presidential Citation
  • 2015: D Magazine Excellence in Nursing Award Winner: Adult Intensive Care

Research:

  • Co-investigator for Masimo Centroid calibration and validation trial (RAMS006). IRB #017-021.
  • Co-investigator for Volume-based versus Rate-based Enteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit: Impact on Nutrition Delivery and Glycemic Control. IRB #017-069.
  • Co-principal investigator for AHRQ (PAR-10-022) funded study: Implementing a Bundle to Improve ICU Delirium (IBID).

Selected Publications:

Boehm, L. M., Pun, B. T., Stollings, J. L., Girard, T. D., Rock, P., Hough, C. L., Hsieh, S. J., Khan, B. A., Owens, R. L., Schmidt, G. A., Smith, S., Ely, E. W. (2020). A multisite study of nurse-reported perceptions and practice of ABCDEF bundle components. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102872

Smith, S. & Zwernerman, K. (2020). BSWH ICU Covid Surge Care Team Assignments. Retrieved from https://www.advisory.com/research/nursing-executive-center/expert-insights/2020/bswh-care-team-model-covid-19-surge

Aufricht, G., Hoang, J., Iglesias, J., Latiolais, H., Sheffield, H., Trejo, C., Holder, M., Smith, S., Garrett, J., Columbus, C. (2019). Analysis of central venous catheter utilization at a quaternary care hospital. Proceedings Baylor University Medical Center, 32(1): 1-4.

Smith, S., Chamblee, T., Falder-Saeed, K., Haight, K., Shuster, M., Waldo, M., & Yoon, H. (2017). Malnutrition in hospitalized adult patients: The role of the clinical nurse specialist. NACNS Task Force Report. Retrieved from http://nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Malnutrition- Report.pdf

Smith, S. (2017). Using albumin and prealbumin to assess nutritional status. Nursing, 47(4), 65-66.

Selected Presentations:

Sept. 25, 2020. Podium presenter. Preparing for the Pandemic: Critical Care Nursing Preparation During a Pandemic. Society of Critical Care Medicine Texas Chapter. Houston, Texas.

March 29, 2020. Poster presentation. Intensive Care Delirium Association with Nutritional Adequacy, Serum Electrolytes and Glycemic Control. ASPEN Nutrition Science & Practice Conference. Tampa, Florida.

June 30, 2019. Poster presenter. Nursing research and participation of nurses in health services decision-making & policy development: A global perspective. International Council of Nurses. Singapore.

Nov. 4, 2018. Podium presentation. Where do the data go? CLABSI Prevention. Infusion Nurses Society National Academy. Washington, DC.

May 24, 2018. Podium presenter. Smith, S. Behind closed eyes: Monitoring balanced sedation. American Association of Critical-care Nurses National Teaching Institute. Boston, MA.

Feb. 28, 2018. Podium presenter. Feed me: Evidenced-based strategies for hospitalized adults to prevent patient harm from malnutrition. National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. Austin, TX.