Personal Info
- Country of residence: Jordan
Information
DATE: October 30, 2018
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Khalil Yousef, PhD, RN
E-MAIL
k.yousef@ju.edu.jo
Kmy21@pitt.edu
kmy121@gmail.com
Business Address
University of Jordan
School of Nursing. Office #324
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Street
Amman -11942 Jordan
Telephone
+962 6 5355000 extension: 23178
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Undergraduate
2000-2004 Hashemite University
Amman, Jordan
BSN
Nursing
Graduate
2005-2007 The University of Jordan
School of Nursing
Amman, Jordan
MSN
Clinical Care Nurse
2008-2013 The University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
PhD
Acute and Tertiary
Department
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
Academic
2013 - present University of Jordan
School of Nursing
Amman, Jordan
Assistant Professor
Clinical Care Department
2016-present University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Acute and
Tertiary Care
2008 - 2008 University of Jordan
School of Nursing
Amman, Jordan
Teaching Assistant
Clinical Care Department
Non-Academic
2008 - 2013 University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center (UPMC)
Neurovascular ICU
Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Student Researcher
Grant: R01HL074316
2007 - 2008 King Hussein Cancer Center
Office of Clinical Research
Amman, Jordan
Clinical Research Associate
2004 – 2007 University of Jordan Hospital
Burn Intensive Care Unit
Registered Nurse
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
2014 Certified Basic Life Support
Provider
American Heart Association
2014 Certified Basic Life Support
Instructor
American Heart Association
2009 Registered Nurse
RN-611329 Pennsylvania
2009 Registered Nurse
RN-759040 California
2004 Registered Nurse
Amman, Jordan
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSINAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2011-Present Member, Neurocitical Care Society
2009-Present Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
2007-2008 Member, Society of Clinical Research Associates
FELLOWSHIPS
Date Fellowship Provider
Title
2009 Health Careers Futures Patient Safety Fellowship
PRESENTATIONS
Poster presentations
2010 Predictors of Ventricular Ectopy after
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Miami, FL, USA
2010 Predictors of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia
After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage: Cardiac focus
Sigma Theta Tau: Eta Chapter
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2011 Elevated Intracranial Pressure Predicts Poor
Function and Death after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
San Diego, CA, USA
2011 Relationship Between Mean Arterial
Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities
In Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Neurocritical Care Society
Montreal, QC, Canada
2012 The Impact of Sodium Level on Neurologic
Deterioration after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
2012 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:
Comparing The Performance of Grading
Scales in Predicting Complications and
Outcomes
Neurocritical Care Society
Denver, CO, USA
2013 Transcranial Regional Cerebral Oxygen
Saturation Predicts Delayed Cerebral
Ischemia and Poor Outcomes after
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
2015 Vasopressors Does Not Improve Outcomes
of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
University of Pittsburgh 10th
Annual Data and Dine
Symposium
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2015 The Impact of Norepinephrine
Administration on Cerebral and Peripheral
Tissue Oxygen Saturation after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage
Neurocritical Care Society
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
2017 Admission Predictors of Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage Associated Myocardial Injury
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Honolulu, HI, USA
2017 Vitamin D and Risk for Multiple Sclerosis:
Beyond the Calcemic Effect
University of Jordan, School of
Nursing
Amman, Jordan
Oral presentations
2012 Year in Review: Nursing Surveillance and
Hemodynamic Monitoring
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
2017 Vasopressor Use in Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage: Does It Improve Cerebral
Oxygenation?
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Honolulu, HI, USA
2017 Neurocritical Care: Cerebral Hemodynamic,
Stroke, and Traumatic Brain Injury
University of Lund, School of
Nursing
Lund, Sweden
2017 Healthcare Issues in Jordan: What Are They
and Why Challenging?
University of Lund, School of
Nursing
Lund, Sweden
2017 Neurocritical Care in Jordan: Current
Practice and Future Research
University of Lund, School of
Nursing
Lund, Sweden
PUBLICATIONS
Data-Based Articles
1. Yousef K, Crago E, Kuo C, Horowitz M, Hravnak M (2010). Predictors of Delayed
Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Cardiac Focus.
Neurocritical Care, 13(3); 366-372
2. Yousef K, Pinsky MR, DeVita MA, Sereika S, Hravnak M (2012). Characteristics of
Patients with Cardiorespiratory Instability in a Step-Down Unit. American Journal of
Critical Care, 21(5); 344-350
3. Yousef KM, Balzer J, Crago E, Poloyac SM, Sherwood, PR (2014). Transcranial
Regional Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Delayed Cerebral Ischemia And Poor
Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Correlational Study. Intensive and
Critical Care Nursing 30 (6); 346—352
4. Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR
(2015). Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After Aneurysmal
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American Journal of Critical Care, 24 (24); E65-E71
5. Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR
(2015). Temporal Profiles of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure After Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 47(4), E2-E9
6. McAteer A, Hravank M, Chang Y, Crago EA, Gallek M, Yousef KM (2016). The
relationship between BNP, Neurocardiac Injury Severity, Noninvasive Cardiac Output,
and Outcomes after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Biological Research for
Nursing. doi: 10.1177/1099800417711584
7. Yousef KM, Crago EA, Lagatutta TF, Hravnak M (2018). Clinical Presentation to the
Emergency Department Predicts Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-Associated Myocardial
Injury. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 44(2), 132-138.
doi:10.1016/j.jen.2017.06.005
8. Saleh ZT, Connell A, Lennie TA, Bailey AL, Elshatarat RA, Yousef KM, & Moser
DK. (2017). Cardiovascular Disease Risk Predicts Health Perception in Prison
Inmates. Clinical Nursing Research, 1054773817740534.
doi:10.1177/1054773817740534
9. Saleh ZT, Wu JR, Salami I, Yousef KM, Lennie TA. (2018). The Association between
Depressive Symptoms and N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide with Functional
Status in Patients with Heart Failure. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 33(4), 378-
383. doi: 10.1097/jcn.0000000000000470
10. Yousef KM, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagatutta TF, Shutter LA, Balzer JR, Pinsky MR,
Friedlander RM, Hravnak M (2018). Vasopressor Infusion after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage Does Not Increase Regional Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation By Near
Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 50(4), 225-230. doi:
10.1097/JNN.0000000000000382.
11. Alhurani, AS, Dekker R, Ahmad M, Miller J, Yousef KM, Abdulqader B, Salami I,
Lennie TA, Randall DC, Moser DK (2018). Stress, Cognitive Appraisal, Coping, and
Event Free Survival in Patients with Heart Failure. Heart and Lung; 47(3), 205-210
12. Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Qi Z, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R,
Hravnak M, Gorcsan J. Neurocardiac Injury Assessed by Strain Imaging is Associated
with In-hospital Mortality in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.
Circulation (In review).
Published Abstracts
1. Yousef K, Crago E, Kuo C, Hravnak M (2009). Predictors of Ventricular Ectopy after
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 37(12) Supplement:
A 158.
2. Hravnak M, Poloyac S, Yao J, Crago E, Thampatty B, Yousef K, Horowitz M (2010).
Relationship Between Catecholamines and Complications in Patients with Aneurysmal
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine; 36 [Suppl 2]: S312
3. Yousef K, Crago E, Kuo C, Horowitz M, Hravnak M (2010). Elevated Intracranial
Pressure Predicts Poor Function and Death after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical
Care Medicine, 38(12) supplement: A 327.
4. Yousef K, Crago E, Hamilton J, Duursma M, Colorito P, Balzer J, Sherwood P (2011).
Relationship Between Mean Arterial Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities In
Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 15: Supplement S120.
5. Yousef K, Kuo C, Crago E, Balzer J, Poloyac, S, Sherwood P (2011). The Impact of
Sodium Level on Neurologic Deterioration after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical
Care Medicine, 39(12) Supplement: A 314.
6. Yousef K, Choi CJ, Crago E, Poloyac S, Balzer J, Sherwood P (2012). Aneurysmal
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Comparing The Performance of Grading Scales in
Predicting Complications and Outcomes. Neurocritical Care; 17: S1-S337, page S49.
(DISTINGUISHED ABSTRACT)
7. Yousef K, Balzer J, Crago E, Poloyac, S, Sherwood P (2012). Transcranial Regional
Cerebral Oxygen Desaturation Predicts Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Poor Outcomes
after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 40(12) Supplement: 380.
8. Yousef KM, Balzer J, Bender CM, Hoffman LA, Poloyac SM, Ye F, Sherwood, PR
(2013). Examining Temporal Profiles Of Perfusion Pressure After Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage And Their Association With Delayed Cerebral Ischemia. Neurocritical
Care; 19: S1-S331, page S274.
9. Yousef KM, Crago E, Price TJ, Theodore Francis L, Sherwood, PR (2014).
Vasopressors Does Not Improve Outcomes of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia After
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine, 42(12) Supplement: 542.
10. Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago E, Friedlander R. (2015). Persistence of
Systemic and Cerebral Perfusion Impairment in Patients with Neurocardiac Injury after
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 3(Suppl 1):A777
11. Yousef KM, Lagattuta TF, Chang Y, Crago E, Pinsky MR, Hravnak M. (2015). The
Impact of Norepinephrine Administration on Cerebral and Peripheral Tissue Oxygen
Saturation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 23 Supplement: S227
12
Crago, E, Chang, Y., Yousef KM., Lagatutta T, Poloyac, S, Hravnak, M. (2015).
Elevated Plasma Estrogen Levels Are Associated With Neurocardiac Injury After
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care; 23 Supplement: S7
13. Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago B, Lagatutta T, Pinsky MR. (2015).
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitoring to Evaluate Neurocardiac Injury After
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine. 43(12 Suppl 1):120-121
14. Crago E, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Lagatutta T, Hravnak M. (2015). Relationship
Between Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation and Cardiac Output after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine. 43 (12 Suppl 1): 123-123
15. Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago E, Chang Y, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R,
Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2016). Association of Global Longitudinal Strain with Severity
of Cardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American College of
Cardiology; 67(13_S): 1610-1610
16. Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago E, Chang Y, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Friedlander R,
Hravnak M, Gorcsan J (2016). Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage is Associated with Regional Left Ventricular Discoordination
Association of Global Longitudinal Strain with Severity of Cardiac Injury in Patients
with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. American College of Cardiology; 67(13): 1460
17. Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM,
Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Changes in Echocardiographic Global Longitudinal
Strain are Associated with Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; Jun; 29(6): B88
18. Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM,
Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Dispersion of Left Ventricular Segmental Peak
Longitudinal Strain as a New Marker of Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; Jun;
29(6): B121
19. Qi Z, Sugahara M, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Yousef KM, Friedlander RM,
Hravnak MT, Gorcsan J (2016). Echocardiographic Radial and Circumferential Strain
Follow-up Analysis of Neurocardiac Injury in Patients with Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Circulation; 134: A17448
20. Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Chang Y, Crago E, Friedlander RM (2016). Cerebral
Regional Tissue Oxygenation In Patients With Neurocardiac Injury After
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 4(Suppl 1):A403
21. Yousef KM, Crago EA, Chang Y, Lagattuta TF, Hravnak M (2016). Vasopressors Use
in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Does it Improve Cerebral Oxygenation? Critical Care
Medicine; 44(12 Suppl 1) p 97
22. Yousef KM, Crago EA, Lagattuta TF, Hravnak M (2016). Admission Predictors of
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage-Associated Myocardial Injury. Critical Care Medicine
44(12 Suppl 1) p 259
23. Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Fisher AM, Lagattuta TF (2016). Neurocardiac Injury
Predicts Functional Disability After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical
Care Medicine; 44(12 Suppl 1) p 261
24. Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Hasselberg NE, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak
M, Gorcsan J (2017). Reduced Global Longitudinal Strain is Associated with Inhospital
Mortality in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Preserved Ejection
Fraction. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography, 30 (6) Pages 87
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-7317(17)30354-1
25. Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2017). Right Ventricular Strain As a New Marker for Neurocardiac Injury in Patients
with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American Society of Echocardiography; 30
(6)
26. Yousef KM, Kagiyami N, Crago E, Lagatutta T, Mahmoud K, Friedlander RM,
Gorcsan J, Hravnak M (2017). Modest Elevation in Troponin Predicts Functional
Myocardial Impairment by Echocardiogram After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental; 5(Suppl 2):44: 0412
DOI 10.1186/s40635-017-0151-4
27. Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2017). Biventricular Strain as a New Marker of Severity of Neurocardiac Injury in
Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Circulation, 136: A18370
28. Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2017). Biventricular cardiac dysfunction on in neurocardiac injury assessed by strain
imaging is associated with in hospital mortality in subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Circulation; 136: A17482
29. Hravnak M, Yousef KM, Kagiyama N, Sugahara M, Crago E, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta
T, Gorcsan J (2018). Persistent Global Longitudinal Strain Abnormality By
Echocardiogram is Predicted by Elevated Cardiac Troponin I after Aneurysmal
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Critical Care Medicine; 46(1), P 19
doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000528094.36189.50
30. Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2018). Quantification of Reverse Takotsubo Pattern in Patients with Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage by Longitudinal Strain. Journal of American College of Cardiology;
71(11):A1464. DOI 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32005-9
31. Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2018). Prognostic Value of Persistently Abnormal Left Ventricular Global
Longitudinal Strain in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American
College of Cardiology; 71(11):A1714. DOI 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32255-1
32. Kagiyama N, Soyama Y, Crago E, Lagattuta T, Yousef KM, Hravnak M, Gorcsan J
(2018). Left Atrial Strain is A New Marker of Neurocardiac Injury Predictive of
Pulmonary Edema in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Journal of American
Society of Echocardiography, 31(6), B135-136
33. Hravnak M, Crago E, Chang Y, Mahmoud K, Yousef KM, Lagattuta T, Fisher A,
Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM (2018). Elevated Cardiac Troponin I is Associated with
Lower Blood Pressure on the First Admission Day after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 6( suppl 2):40
34. Hravnak M, Crago E, Fisher A, Chang Y, Yousef KM, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta T,
Pinsky MR, Friedlander RM (2019). Lower Blood Pressure After Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage Associated To Late Neuropsychological Dysfunction. Critical Care
Medicine (in press).
35. Yousef KM, Crago E, Fisher A, Mahmoud K, Lagattuta T, Hravnak M (2019).
Grading Scales in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Which Scale to Control for When
Studying Outcomes? Critical Care Medicine (In Press)
RESEARCH
Grants
Role: Principal Investigator Dates: December 2011
Type: Professional Organization
Funding Agency: Neuroscience Nursing Foundation Research Grant
Title: Evaluating Indices of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Poor Outcomes after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage: The Role of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure in Disease Pathogenesis
Award: $2,500
Role: Principal Investigator Dates: April 2012
Type: Professional Organization
Funding Agency: Nightingale Award of Pennsylvania
Title: Evaluating Indices of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Poor Outcomes after Subarachnoid
Hemorrhage: The Role of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure in Disease Pathogenesis
Award: $3,000
Role: Co- Investigator Dates: June 2014
Type: Professional Organization
Funding Agency: The University of Jordan
Title: Proficiency in ECG Monitoring among Emergency and Critical Care Nurses
Award: JD 5,350 ($7,490)
Role: Principal Investigator Date: December 2015
Type: Professional Organization
Funding Agency: The University of Jordan
Title: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Complications and Outcomes Among the
Jordanian Population
Award: JD 5,000 ($7,046)
Role: Co-Investigator Date: January, 2016
Type: Professional Organization
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health (USA)
Title: Developing Goal Directed Perfusion Therapy in SAH Neurocardiac Injury
Award: $ 2,500,000
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Date Collaboration Location
January, 2015 –
Currently
Co-investigator on an NIH-funded
research study
Title: Developing Goal Directed
Perfusion Therapy in SAH
Neurocardiac Injury
University of Pittsburgh,
School of Nursing,
Pittsburgh, PA
United States
January 2018 Teaching, Erasmus Plus International
Mobility Grant
University of Lund,
School of Nursing
Lund, Sweden
CONFERENCES and SUMMITS
Date Name Location
January, 2010 39th Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress
Miami, FL, USA
February,
2010
Sigma Theta Tau: Eta Chapter
Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
May, 2010 Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams
Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
October, 2010 Greater Pittsburgh 22nd Annual Nursing Research
Conference
Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
January, 2011 40th Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress
San Diego, CA,
USA
September,
2011
9th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting
Montreal,
Canada
February,
2012
41st Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress
Houston, TX,
USA
October, 2012 10th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting
Denver, CO,
USA
October, 2012 Nightingale Awards Gala
Harrisburg, PA,
USA
October, 2012 One Young World Summit
Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
January, 2013 42nd Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress
San Juan, PR,
USA
May, 2014 Integrating the Role of the Clinical Nursing Specialists Into
Health
Amman, Jordan
April, 2014 Caring for Diabetic Foot
Amman, Jordan
May, 2015 University of Pittsburgh 10th Annual Data and Dine
Symposium
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Pittsburgh, PA,
USA
October, 2015 13th Annual Neurocritical Care Meeting Scottsdale, AZ,
USA
December,
2016
The Second International Conference in Palliative Care and
The First in Spiritual Therapy
Amman, Jordan
January, 2017 46th Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress Honolulu, HI
USA
Workshops (as a Trainee)
Date Name Provider and Location
October, 2010 Comprehensive Brain Anatomy and
Neurological Assessment: A Hands-On
Cadaver Workshop
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO, USA
November, 2011 Structural Equation Modeling Statistical Horizons
Miami, FL, USA
October, 2012 Neuroimaging for the Non-Neurologists Neurocritical Care Society
Denver, CO, USA
May, 2014 Basic Life Support
(Provider)
American Heart Association
Amman, Jordan
June, 2014 Basic Life Support
(Instructor)
American Heart Association
Amman, Jordan
Workshops (as a Trainer)
Date Name Host and Location
December, 2013 Rapid Response System
(Donated effort)
Jordanian Nursing Council
Amman, Jordan
May, 2014 Basic Life Support
(Donated effort)
American Heart Association
Amman, Jordan
July, 2014
Basic Life Support
(Donated effort)
American Heart Association
Amman, Jordan
September, 2017 Multiples Sclerosis: Essentials for
Nursing Practice
Life Sciences Academy,
Kuwait City, Kuwait
April, 2018 Multiple Sclerosis: Advanced Care
Planning and Treatment Updates
Life Sciences Academy,
Kuwait City, Kuwait
JOURNAL/ABSTRACT REVIEWS
September 2014 – Present Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
August, 2015 Abstract review; Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
45th Annual Congress
August, 2016 Abstract Review; Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
46th Annual Congress
July, 2017 Abstract Review; Neurocritical Care Society 15th Annual
Meeting
August, 2017 Abstract Review; Society og Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
47th Annual Congress
GRANT REVIEWS
Date Agency
Title
2010 Neuroscience Nursing Foundation Neuroscience Nursing
Foundation CNRN
Recertification Grant
2012 Neuroscience Nursing Foundation Neuroscience Nursing
Foundation Travel
Grant
2012 Canadian Association of Neuroscience
Nurses
Neuroscience Nursing
Foundation Travel
Grants.
Teaching
Term
Years
Course Number & Title
No. of
Students
Level
Didactic or
Clinical
Fall,
2013
0712203: Foundations of Professional Nursing
0702204: Introduction to Adult Health Nursing
~30
~30
BSN Lab
Didactic and Lab
Fall,
2014
0702206: Adult Health Nursing I
0710100: Principles of First Aid
~ 25
~ 100
BSN
Didactic
Didactic
1203302: Principles od First Aid for Pharmacy
Students
2001436: Scientific Research and Evidence
Based Practice
~100
~20
BSc
Didactic
Didactic
Spring,
2014
0712203: Foundations of Professional Nursing
0702206: Adult Health Nursing I
0710100: Principles od First Aid
0702204: Introduction to Adult Health Nursing
2001436: Scientific Research and Evidence
Based Practice
0702415: Nursing Informatics
~30
~30
~100
~30
~25
~22
BSN
BSc
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Summer,
2014
0710100 Principles od First Aid
~100 BSc Didactic
Spring,
2016
0702206 Adult Health Nursing I
0702308 Adult Health Nursing II
0702415 Nursing Informatics
2001436 Scientific Research and Evidence
Based Practice
~10
~30
~22
~25
BSN Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Summer,
2016
2001436 Scientific Research and Evidence
Based Practice
~25 BSc Didactic
Fall,
2016
0702101 Introduction to Nursing Profession
0702308 Adult Health Nursing II
0710100 Principles of First Aid
~120
~45
~200
BSN
BSc
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Spring,
2017
0702308 Adult Health Nursing II
0710100 Principles of First Aid
0711415 Clinical Nursing Training
~60
~160
~15
BSN
BSc
BSN
Didactic
Didactic
Clinical
Fall,
2017
0702308 Adult Health Nursing II
0710100 Principles of First Aid
0743721 Research Methodology in Nursing
0702723 Critical Care Nursing II
~90
~100
10
25
BSN
BSc
MSN
MSN
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Didactic
Spring,
2018
0702308 Adult Health Nursing II
0702101 Introduction to Nursing Profession
0711415 Clinical Nursing Training
~65
~40
8
BSN
BSN
BSN
Didactic
Didactic
Clinical
SERVICE
Date Activity
Location
October, 2017 Establishing monthly seminars at the
School of Nursing, University of Jordan
University of Jordan
School of Nursing
October 16,
2015
Community Health Fair Universal Academy of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
May 18th -June
6th 2014
Organizing and facilitating a visit by a
Swedish scholar from the University of
Gothenburg
University of Jordan
School of Nursing
Feb 24th-
March, 30th,
2014
Facilitating five weeks of clinical training
for Swedish students from Lund
University
University of Jordan
School of Nursing
Nov, 23rd
2013 - Jan 3rd
Facilitating six weeks clinical of training
for Swedish students from Gothenburg
University
University of Jordan
School of Nursing
March, 2014 Coordinating student’s training on national
project for electronic health record (Vista)
with local company (Hakeem)
University of Jordan and
Hakeem
May, 12th 2014 Training and evaluating medical staff for
basic life support (BLS)
American Heart Association
Amman, Jordan
December 2,
2014
Coordinating an educational session on the
Electronic Library of Medicine-Jordan
University of Jordan
School of Nursing
STUDENTS MENTORING
Year Student’s Name Level Research Project
2017 Eman Imlaik Graduate Prevalence and Predictors of Disseminated
Intravascular Coagulopathy in Critically Ill
Patients
2017 Ghada Mosleh Graduate Four Score versus Glasgow Coma Scale in
Predicting extubation failure in the ICU
2018 Asmaa Kanaan Graduate Evaluating the Effect of Music Therapy and
Aromatherapy on Anxiety Level among
Patients in Critical Care Units Undergoing
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Date Activity Provider
Title CME
2018 Wolters Kluwer/Journal of
Neuroscience Nursing
Manuscript Review 4.5
2017
Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Critical Care 18.5
2015 Neurocritical Care Society
Neurocritical Care 25.5
2014 American Heart Association Basic Life Support
2012 Neurocritical Care Society
Quantitative EEG Use in
NeuroICU for Seizure Detection
2012 Neurocritical Care Society
Treatment of Epileptiform
Patterns in the ICU: Which
Patterns Warrant Treatment in the
Critically Ill?
2
2012 Neurocritical Care Society Critical Care Encephalography
2012 Neurocritical Care Society Emergency Neurological Life
Support
2012 Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Year in Review: Nursing 1
2012 Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Blood Pressure: The Concept of
Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling
2011 Neurocritical Care Society Treatment of Hyponatremia in 1
The NeuroICU
2011 Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Year in Review: Nursing 1
2010 Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Patient safety: Harmful or
helpful?
2010 Society of Critical Care
Medicine
Year in review: Nursing 1
2010 University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing
Rapid Deployment: UPMC
Information Privacy & Security
Awareness Training for Students,
Trainees, Health Professionals &
NOT UPMC
2008 University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing
Research Methodology series
2008-9: “How to Review a
Manuscript and Ethical Issues
Related to Manuscript Reviews”,
Pittsburgh PA.
1.5
2008 Allegheny General Hospital Greater Pittsburgh 20th Annual
Nursing Research Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA
4.5
2007 Royal Scientific Society
Grantsmanship , Amman, Jordan.
2007 King Hussein Cancer Center
Grand Round, Amman, Jordan. 4
2004 University of Jordan Hospital
Advanced Cardiovascular Life
Support (ACLS), Amman, Jordan
Achievements and Awards
Society of Critical Care Medicine Nursing Section Travel Grant
Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Award - Society of Critical
Care Medicine
Star Research Achievement Award - Society of Critical Care
Medicine
International Credit Mobility (Erasmus Plus - European Union)
Grant – Lund University
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