Karen Frank

Clinical Associate Professor

Name

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4387
Office:
Linthicum Hall, Room 322
Email:
kmfrank@towson.edu

Education

D.N.P., University of Maryland, Baltimore
M.S., Minor in Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore
B.S.N., University of Maryland, Baltimore
Diploma, Saint Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing
Advanced Practice Clinical Nurse Specialist
Certified Neonatal Critical Care Nurse
Certified Nurse Educator

Areas of Expertise

Pediatrics
Care of the newborn intensive care patient
Delayed cord clamping
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) instructor
Basic Life Support/CPR instructor

Publications

  • Frank, K. (2018). Fetal surgery and delayed cord clamping: Neonatal implications.  Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 30(4), 499-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2018.07.006
  • Desai, A., Silbert-Flagg, J., Frank, K., & Aucott, S. (2018). Comparing NPASS and NIPS: Improving pain assessment in the neonate. Advances in Neonatal Nursing, 18(4), 260-266. https://doi.org/10.1097/anc.0000000000000521
  • Frank, K. M. (2017). Nursing care of a family with a high-risk newborn. In J. Silbert-Flagg & A. Pillitteri. Maternal child and health nursing: Care of the childbearing and childrearing family (8th ed.). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
  • Donohue, P., Norvell, M., Boss, R., Shepard, J., Frank, K., Patron, C., & Crowe, T. (2017). Hospital chaplains: Through the eyes of parents of hospitalized children. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 20(12), 1352-1358. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2016.0547
  • Engorn, B., Kahntroff, S., Frank, K., Singh, S., Harvey, S., Barkulis, C., Barnett, A., Olambiwonnu, O., Heitmiller, E., & Greenberg, R. (2016). Perioperative hypothermia in NICU patients: Effectiveness of a thermoregulation intervention and associated risk factors. Pediatric Anesthesia, 27(2), 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13047
  • Frank, K., Driscoll, C. H., Shapiro, K., & Donohue, P. K. (2016). Moving to a single patient room design: Are there physical and psychological effects on the neonatal intensive care unit staff? Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatal Care, 4(4), 00144. https://doi.org/10.15406/jpnc.2016.04.00144
  • Diehl, B. & Frank, K. (2016). A multifaceted nursing role to comply with neonatal transport regulations in Maryland: The TR/DR nurse. Advances in Neonatal Care, 16(5), 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1097/anc.0000000000000421
  • Frank, K. M., Mueller-Burke, D., Bullard J., Wilson J., & Silbert-Flagg J. (2015). Delayed cord clamping in the premature neonate: Development of an interdisciplinary guideline. Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health, 3, 237. doi: 10.4172/2376-127X.1000261

Presentations

  • Crusse, E., Frank, K., & Snyder, B. L. (2019, March 8). Towson University NSP II grants: 16-118, 19-120 [Podium presentation]. NSP II Project Directors Meeting, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, United States.
  • Day, J., Frank, K., & Ascenzi, J. (2016, September 16-20). Interdisciplinary collaboration: doctoral educated nurses partnering for patient outcomes [Invited presentation]. Leadership Connection, Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
  • Frank, K. (2016). Delayed cord clamping in the premature newborn [Invited presentation]. NANN 32nd Annual Educational Conference, Palm Springs, CA, United States.
  • Day, J., Frank, K., Martin, K., & Scala, E. (2016). Factors influencing the adoption of a cycled lighting guideline in the neonatal intensive care unit: A mixed methods study using the theoretical domains framework [Poster presentation]. Penn Medicine Nursing Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States.