CURRICULUM
VITAE
Deborah R. Caswell, R.N., M.N., NP-C, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner
Assistant Director
Gonda Vascular Center
University of California, Los Angeles
EDUCATION:
Dates Attended University
Attended Degree Major
1995-1997 California
State University M.S.N Adult Nurse Practitioner
Long
Beach
Long
Beach, California
1983-1985 University
of California, M.N. Nursing
Los
Angeles
Los
Angeles, California
1976-1978 West
Texas State University B.S.N. Nursing
Canyon,
Texas
1972-1976 Texas
Tech University Pre-Nursing
Lubbock,
Texas
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
Dates Institution Appointment
Title
March, 2001 University of California, Lecturer, Acute Care Nurse
present Los Angeles School of Nursing Practitioner program
Los Angeles, California
May, 1998- Gonda
Vascular Center Assistant
Director
Present UCLA
Medical Center Nurse
Practitioner
Los
Angeles, CA
June 1997- South
Bay Free Clinic Nurse
Practitioner
March, 2000 Manhattan
Beach, CA
July 1992- University of California, Quality Improvement Administrator
May, 1998 Los Angeles Medical Center Department of Surgery Los Angeles, CA
1993- University of California, Assistant Clinical Professor
present Los Angeles School of Nursing
Los Angeles, California
November,1990- University of California, Per Diem Nurse
January, 2000 Los Angeles, Medical Center Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Los Angeles, CA
Sept., 1991- University of California, Lecturer, Critical Care Option
1993 Los Angeles School of Nursing Medical-Surgical Physiological
Los Angeles, CA Clinical Nurse Specialist
April, 1991- University of California, Lecturer
July, 1991 Los Angeles School of Nursing Critical Care Nursing
Los Angeles, CA Medical-Surgical/Physiological
January, 1991- Santa Monica College Instructor
1993 Department of Nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing
Santa Monica, CA
May, 1986- University of California, Assistant Clinical Professor
November, 1990 Los Angeles School of Nursing
Los Angeles, CA
Aug, 1985- University of California, Clinical Nurse Specialist
November, 1990 Los Angeles Medical Center, Surgical Intensive Care
Los Angeles, CA
Oct, 1980- University of California, Staff Nurse
Aug, 1985 Los Angeles Medical Center, Surgical Intensive Care
Los Angeles, CA
June, 1980- Traveling Nurse Corps Staff Nurse
Oct-1980 Malden, MA Medical-Surgical Floor
May, 1978- High Plains Baptist Hospital Staff Nurse
June, 1980 Amarillo, Texas Surgical Floor
HONORS & AWARDS
Dates Award
1976-1978 Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society
West Texas State University
1983 Outstanding Nurse Award, Critical Care
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1983-1985 Traineeship Grant
University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing
1988 Nominated for Outstanding Management Person
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1995 Department of Surgery Outstanding Achievement Award
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1998 Department of Surgery Outstanding Achievement Award
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
2000 Outstanding Healthcare Team Member of the Year
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Dates Organization
1995-Present California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
1995-Present California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners,
Los Angeles Chapter
1995-Present American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
1996-Present Society of Peripheral Vascular Nursing
CERTIFICATIONS:
Dates Certifications
1978-Present Basic Cardiac Life Support
American Heart Association
1982-Present Advanced Cardiac Life Support
American Heart Association
1983-Present Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support
American Heart Association
1983-July 2001 CCRN
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
1991-Present Instructor, Basic Cardiac Life Support
American Heart Association
1997-Present Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT:
Dates Committee
1985 Chairperson, Publications Committee
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Los Angeles Chapter
1985-1990 Clinical Nurse Specialist Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1987-1988 Co-Chair, Clinical Nurse Specialist Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1986-1987 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1986-1990 Policy and Procedure Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1986-1990 Nursing Service Ethics Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1988-1989 Chairperson, Nursing Service Ethics Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1988-1989 Medical Ethics Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1992-1998 Quality Assessment Reporting Committee
University of California, Los Angeles
1993-1998 Quality Improvement Council
Critical Care Division
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1993-1998 Department of Nursing Quality Improvement Council
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1993-1998 Trauma Sub-Committee
Division of General Surgery
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1993-1998 Liver Transplant Quality Improvement Council
Division of Liver and Pancreas Transplantation
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1996-1999 Performance Improvement Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1997-Present Nursing Research Council
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
1999-Present Ambulatory Care Committee
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
2001-Present Student Affairs Committee
UCLA School of Nursing
PRESENTATIONS:
Date Presentation
June, 1986 Immunosuppression: Physiology and Pharmacology, Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
June, 1986 Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus, Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
June, 1986 Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas, Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
June, 1986 Surgical Aspects of Pancreas Transplantation, Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
January, 1987 Gastrointestinal System, CCRN Review,
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA
February, 1987 Liver Transplantation: Nursing Aspects, Bedside Emergencies in Surgical Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Immunology of Transplantation, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Diabetes Mellitus, Pathophysiology and Complications, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Post-Operative Care of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Pathophysiology of Liver Disease, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Nursing Care of the Liver Transplant Recipient, Liver and Pancreas Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1987 Liver Transplantation: Nursing Aspects, Bedside Emergencies in Surgical Nursing, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
May, 1988 Nursing Care of the Patient with Altered Elimination, Undergraduate Nursing, Pathophysiology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
June, 1988 Coaching, Preceptor Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1988 Endocrine System, CCRN Review Class, Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, CA
October, 1988 Immunology of Transplantation, Liver Transplantation Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1988 Pathophysiology of Liver Disease, Liver Transplantation Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1988 Anatomy and Physiology of The Liver, Liver Transplantation Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1988 Nursing Care of the Liver Transplant Recipient, Liver Transplantation Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Med Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1988 Multisystem Organ Failure, Graduate Student 403B Lecture, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1988 Nursing Care of the Pancreas Transplant Recipient, Transplantation: A Way to Life, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1988 Gastrointestinal System, CCRN Review, Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, CA
November, 1988 Patient Education in Critical Care, Strategies for a Cost Containment Environment, Los Angeles Chapter, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Los Angeles, CA
February, 1989 Immunology of Transplantation, Liver Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
February, 1989 Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver, Liver Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
February, 1989 Nursing Care of the Transplant Recipient, Liver Transplant Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1989 Ethical Issues in Critical Care, Critical Care I, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1989 Resources for Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas, Lecture to Graduate Students, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
May, 1989 Gastrointestinal Assessment, Physical Assessment Series, North Hollywood Medical Center, Hollywood, CA
May, 1989 Care of the Dying Patient in Critical Care, National Teaching Institute, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Atlanta, GA
June, 1989 Resuscitation: Ethical Issues, Current Issues in Nursing Ethics, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
July, 1989 Basic Life Support Testing Station, Department of Surgery, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
September 1989 Ethics in Critical Care, Critical Care I, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1989 Care of the Complex Transplant Recipient: The Cirrhotic Patient, Nursing Issues in Transplantation, Anaheim, CA
October, 1989 Post-Operative Care of the Liver Transplant and Pancreas Transplant Recipient, Nursing Issues in Transplantation, Anaheim, CA
November, 1989 Gastrointestinal System, CCRN Review, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Bimonthly Gastrointestinal System, Physiology and Pathophysiology
(1987 to 1990) Critical Care I, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Bimonthly Vascular Assessment, Critical Care I, University of
(1987 to 1990) California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Quarterly, Gastrointestinal Assessment, Physical
Assessment Class
1986-1990 University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
September, 1990- Charting by Exception Classes, University of
September, 1991 California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
September, 1991 Reperfusion Injury in Critical Care, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
October, 1991 Nursing Care of the Renal Transplant Patient,
Medica de Occidente Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
October, 1991 Pancreas Transplantation, Indications and Post-Operative Care
Medica de Occidente, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
October, 1991 Whipple Procedure,
Medica de Occidente Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
January, 1992 Infection Control in Critical Care, Human Responses to Critical Care,
University of California Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
January, 1992 Sleep in Critical Care, Myth or Reality, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1992 Human Responses to Transplantation, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
April, 1992 Human Responses to Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
April, 1992 Physiology of Resuscitation, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
April, 1992 Care of the Dying Patient in Critical Care Human Response to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
June, 1992 Physical Assessment
Santa Monica College School of Nursing
Santa Monica, CA
September, 1992 Pain Assessment and Reassessment
Nursing
Update: Research Utilization: Acute Pain Management
Guidelines, Their Development and Use
Sepulveda Veteran's Administration Hospital
Sepulveda, CA
January, 1993 Oxygen Radicals and the Critically Ill Patient Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing,
Los Angeles, CA
February, 1993 Intensive Care: Are We Managing the Pain?
Overcoming Barriers to Health Care
University of California, Los Angeles Extension Department, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1993 Complications of Critical Care: ICU Psychosis,Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1993 Sleep in the ICU: Myth or Reality Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1993 Infection Control in the ICU, Human Responses to Critical Care,
University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
May, 1993 Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1993 Oxygen Radicals and the Critically Ill Patient, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
March, 1994 Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Human Responses to Critical Care, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
February, 1995 Pain Management, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
February, 1995 Ethics in Critical Care, UCLA School of Nursing
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
March, 1995 Quality Improvement, Department of Surgery Grand Rounds
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
March, 1997 Peripheral Vascular Disease
California State University, Long Beach School of Nursing
Long Beach, CA
September, 1998 Surgical Treatment of Cancer, Oncology Nurse Certification Course, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
November, 1999 Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diagnosis and Management
California State University, Long Beach School of Nursing
Long Beach, CA
March, 2000 Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diagnosis and Management
California State University, Long Beach School of Nursing
Long Beach, CA
February, 2001 Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diagnosis and Management
University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program
March 2001 Arterial Occlusive Disease, Diagnosis and Management
California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Annual Symposium
Monterey, CA
May, 2001 Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diagnosis and Management
California State University, Long Beach School of Nursing
Long Beach, CA
June, 2001 Venous Insufficiency, Diagnosis and Management
First Annual Vascular Nursing Symposium
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
January, 2002 Wound Care of the Diabetic Foot, Current Healing Agents.
Diabetic Foot Seminar
University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center
University Podiatry Associates
January, 2002 Vascular Disease
Acute Nurse Practitioner Program
UCLA School of Nursing
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
Dates Presentation
March, 1988 Validation of a New Nursing Diagnosis: Terminal Syndrome related to the Dying Process, Anna Omery, Gamma Tau, Sigma Theta Tau Research Day, City of Hope Hospital, Duarte, CA
May, 1988 Accuracy of Systolic Blood Pressure Measurement Using the Trace Return Method, with Elizabeth Henneman, Poster Presentation, National Teaching Institute, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Dallas, TX
August, 1988 Validation of a New Diagnosis: Terminal Syndrome Related to the Dying Process, Nursing Service Management Meeting, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
March, 1990 Validation of a New Diagnosis: Terminal Syndrome Related to the Dying Process, North American Nursing Diagnosis Association Conference, Miami, Florida
March, 1993 Pulmonary Catheters:
Does One Size Fit All? Society of
Critical Care
Medicine Annual Educational and Scientific Symposium
San Antonio, Texas
September, 1998 Endovascular, Transperitoneal and Retroperitoneal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Results and Costs. 13th Annual Meeting of Western Vascular Society, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
CONSULTATION ACTIVITY:
Dates Activity
1987-1988 Computer Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, and Interventions, Chang, B.L., DiStefano, J., Gonzales, E., Caswell, D., Roth, K., Grant # NU01297 by Division of Nursing, DHHS, USPHS, 1986
1987 Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Liver Transplant Program
1988 Margot Winchester Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Critical Care Specialty Task Force, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA
1990-Present Charting by Exception, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1999-Present Bristol-Myers Squibb
Speakers Bureau
2002-Present Health Point
Speakers Bureau
2002-Present Eli Lilly and Company
Member, Critical Care Nurse Advisory Board
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
Dates Journal/Book Service
1987 Dimensions
in Critical Manuscript
Review
Care Nursing
1987 Immunosuppression Chapter Chapter Review
Tissue
and Organ Trans-
plantation:
Implications
for
Professional Nursing
W.B. Saunders
1987 Liver Transplantation Chapter Review
Tissue
and Organ Trans-
plantation:
Implications
for
Professional Nursing
W.B. Saunders
1992-Present Heart & Lung Manuscript Review
1992-Present American Journal of Critical Manuscript Review
Care
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:
Chang, B.L., Gonzales, E., Roth, K., Caswell, D., DiStefano, J., (January-February, 1988) "Expert Systems in Nursing Diagnosis", Computers in Nursing.
Chang, B.L., Gonzales, E., Caswell, D., (December-February, 1987-1988) "A Validity and Reliability Study of Assessment Guidelines for Identifying Nursing Diagnosis", Australian Journal of Nursing.
Omery, A., Caswell, D., (September-October, 1988) "A Nursing Perspective of the Ethical Issues Surrounding Liver Transplantation", Heart and Lung.
Smith, S., Caswell, D., (1988) "Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit", in Hathaway, R., (Ed), Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient. Frederick, MD. Aspen Publishers.
Caswell D., (1988) "Vascular Surgery: Procedures for Aortic, Peripheral, and Carotid Surgeries", in Hathaway, R. (Ed.) Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Frederick, MD., Aspen Publishers.
Caswell, D., (1988) "Gastrointestinal/Abdominal Surgery", in Hathaway, R. (Ed.) Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Frederick. MD., Aspen Publishers.
Caswell, D., Hoff, M., (1988) "Hepatic Surgery", in Hathaway, R. (Ed.) Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient, Frederick, MD., Aspen Publishers.
Omery, A., Caswell, D., (1988) Brain Resuscitation: Ethical Perspectives. Critical Care Clinics of North America 1(1). Philadelphia, Saunders Publishing Co.
Caswell, D., (1989) "The Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease", in Welsh, M., Clochesy, J., (Eds.) Case Studies in Cardiovascular Critical Care Nursing. Frederick, MD., Aspen Publishers.
Caswell, D., (1989) "The Patient with an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm", in Welsh, M., Clochesy, J., (Eds.) Case Studies in Cardiovascular Critical Care Nursing. Frederick, MD., Aspen Publishers.
Caswell, D., Omery, A., (1990) "Making the Critical Difference: Caring for the Dying Patient in the ICU", in Wloody, G., (Ed.) AACN Clinical Issues 1(1). Philadelphia, Mosby Publishing Co.
Quinones-Baldrich, W., Caswell, D., (1991) "Reperfusion Injury in Skeletal Muscle Ischemia". Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 3(3) Philadelphia, Saunders Publishing Co.
Caswell, D,. (1993) "Thromboembolic Phenomenon". Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America , September.
Caswell, D., Omery A., (1993) "The Role of the Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist in Resolving Ethical Conflicts" In Gawlinski A, Kern L (Eds.) The Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist. Philadelphia, Saunders Publishers.
Caswell, D., Cryer, H., (1995) "When the Nurse and the Physician Don't Agree". Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 9(3).
Stuber, M., Caswell, D., Cipkala-Griffin, J., Billet, B., (1995) “Transplant Nurses, Concerns and Opportunities”. Nursing Management 26(5).
Caswell, D., Williams, J., et al., (1996) “Pain Management in Intensive Care”, Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement, 22(10).
Caswell,D. “GI Disorders”. In Gawlinski, A., Hamwi, D. (Eds.) Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Reference and Certification Review, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Publication date 5/97.
Caswell,D., Quinones-Baldrich, W. “Peripheral Vascular Disorders”: In Gawlinski, A., Hamwi, D. (Eds.) Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Clinical Reference and Certification Review, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Publication date 5/97.
Quinones,W., Garner, C., Caswell, D., et al. “Endovascular, Transperitoneal and Retroperitoneal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Results and Costs”. Journal of Vascular Surgery. Accepted for publication, 1998.
Caswell, D. “Peripheral Vascular Standards” in Canobbio, M, Como, D., Tuchker, S. (Eds) Patient Care Standards, 7th Edition. Collaborative Practice Planning Guidelines:San Gabriel, Publication date 1999.
EDITOR
Vascular Disease,(1991) Critical Care Clinics of North America, 3(3)