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