Katherine McDonough, MS, RN

Title:  Visiting Clinical Instructor

School/Center:  School of Nursing

Office Location:  106C RB

Office hours (Fall 2008):  Tuesday 9:15-10:20am & 2:50-3:55pm, Wednesday 8-9:05am

Phone:  617-373-3123

Fax: 617-373-8675 

Email:  k.mcdonough@neu.edu

Education:   MS/BSN, Northeastern University; ADN, Northeastern University

Specialization:  Nursing administrationl professional practice environments in nursing

Research:  Staff nurse perceptions of professional image; staff nurse motivators related to committee work in healthcare organizations

Community engagement:  Health Careers Academy, Boston, MA, Board of Trustees; Intercultural Nursing Inc.(INI): participant in cross-cultural nursing mission to the Dominican Republic to provide primary care nursing and preventive health to underserved rural populations; Northeastern University Nursing Alumni (NUNA) Society, Executive Board, Habitat for Humanity Volunteer

Teaching:  Comprehensive Senior Practicum

Selected Publications: 
Barella, M. (Gravlin, G., Noga, P., McDonough, K., Shanteler, P., & William, L., Contributors) (2007). Massachusetts nurse leaders share best practices. Nursing Management, 38(1), 42-6.

Fonteyn, M., McDonough, K., Salazar, R., & Bauer-Wu, S. (2007). Support for Frontline Oncology Nurses and Administrators' Scholarly Activities. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33(6), 1061-3.

Columbo, L., McDonough, K., Noga, P., Schnider, M., Welsh, J., & Clemence, E. (contributor). Giving voice to values: a vision and guiding principles for nursing practice in Massachusetts: A white paper developed by the MONE      Management of Practice Committee (May 2006).

Pedulla, L., McDonough, K., & Fonteyn, M. The motivating and impeding factors associated with RN clinical staff participation in committees within a health care institution. (Manuscript in development, based upon a completed evidence-based practice initiative at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute).

BostonWorks On Call, Boston, MA, April 2005. Subject and contributor: "Nursing's Gold Standard: What it Takes to Earn Magnet Status for Nursing Excellence."

 Highlights of Faculty Research at the School of Nursing

Katherine McDonough
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