DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.
Professor
Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor
School Medical School
Department Neurology | Neurological Surgery
Biography
Dr. Olson joined UT Southwestern in 2012. He worked as a staff nurse from 1986 to 2018. His work is focused on developing a more comprehensive understanding of how nursing care contributes to patient outcomes following acquired brain injury. He is a member of the Southwestern Academy of Teachers, a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society, and director of the Neuroscience Nursing Research Center. His SCOPUS h-index of 48 builds from over 400 publications. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing and the co-chair of the international Curing Coma Campaign. As an invited lecturer or visiting professor, he has had the pleasure of presenting his work in 40 US states, 12 countries, and 6 continents.
Education
- Undergraduate
- Scott Community College (1986), Nursing
- Undergraduate
- Teikyo Marycrest University (1997), Nursing
- Graduate School
- University of N C-Chapel Hill (2007), Nursing
Research Interest
- Curing Coma
- Impact of nursing care on outcomes for neurocritical care patients
- Intracranial pressure monitoring
- Research methodology
Publications
- Multicenter exploration of tenecteplase transition factors: A quantitative analysis
- Prasad S, Jones EM, Gebreyohanns M, Kwon Y, Olson DW, Anderson JA, Savitz SI, Cruz-Flores S, Warach SJ, Rhodes CE, Goldberg MP, Ifejika NL Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024 Apr 33
- Prospective study examining the impact of cerebral angiography on quantitative pupillometer values in the interventional radiology suite
- Nguyen B, Marshall JL, Rana C, Atem FD, Stutzman SE, Olson D, Aiyagari V, Ray B BMJ Open 2024 Feb 14
- Correction to: Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Behavioral Phenotyping (Neurocritical Care, (2023), 10.1007/s12028-023-01844-9)
- Author Collaboration tC, Yakhkind A, Niznick N, Bodien YG, Hammond FM, Katz D, Luaute J, McNett M, Naccache L, O’Brien K, Schnakers C, Sharshar T, Slomine BS, Giacino JT, Aiyagari V, Akbari Y, Al-Mufti F, Alexander S, Alexandrov A, Alkhachroum A, Amiri M, Appavu B, Gebre MA, Bader MK, Badjiata N, Balu R, Barra M, Beekman R, Beghi E, Bell K, Beqiri E, Berlin T, Bleck T, Bodien Y, Boerwinkle V, Boly M, Bonnel A, Brown E, Caceres E, Carroll E, Cediel EG, Chou S, Citerio G, Classen J, Condie C, Cosmas K, Creutzfeldt C, Dangayach N, Olson DW, Pouratian N, Sharma K Neurocritical Care 2024 Feb 40 384
- Correction: Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Physiology and Big Data (Neurocritical Care, (2023), 39, 3, (593-599), 10.1007/s12028-023-01846-7)
- Author Collaboration tC, Beqiri E, Badjatia N, Ercole A, Foreman B, Hu P, Hu X, LaRovere K, Meyfroidt G, Moberg D, Robba C, Rosenthal ES, Smielewski P, Wainwright MS, Park S, Aiyagari V, Akbari Y, Al-Mufti F, Alexander S, Alexandrov A, Alkhachroum A, Amiri M, Appavu B, Gebre MA, Bader MK, Balu R, Barra M, Beekman R, Beghi E, Bell K, Berlin T, Bleck T, Bodien Y, Boerwinkle V, Boly M, Bonnel A, Brown E, Caceres E, Carroll E, Cediel EG, Chou S, Citerio G, Classen J, Condie C, Cosmas K, Creutzfeldt C, Dangayach N, DeGeorgia M, Pouratian N, Sharma K, Olson DW Neurocritical Care 2024 Feb 40 382-383
- A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to using tenecteplase to treat acute ischemic stroke
- Prasad S, Jones EM, Gebreyohanns M, Aguilera V, Olson DW, Anderson JA, Savitz SI, Flores SC, Warach SJ, Rhodes CE, Goldberg MP, Ifejika NL Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024 Jan 33
- Comment Regarding the 2023 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Olson DM Stroke 2023 Dec 54 3214-3215
- In Research, Failure Is Not an Option - It Is an Expectation
- Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2023 Dec 55 187
- Complementary and alternative medicine carts in the inpatient rehabilitation unit: Access and nurses' use
- Aleman E, Nairon EB, Sida D, Olson DM Nursing 2023 Dec 53 57-61
- Length of Stay Does Not Predict Change in Epilepsy Monitoring Unit Comfort Questionnaire Scores
- Solis J, Marshall J, Nairon E, Joseph S, Adegbola M, Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2023 Dec 55 217-221
- Common Data Elements for Disorders of Consciousness: Recommendations from the Working Group on Neuroimaging
- Author Collaboration at, Edlow BL, Boerwinkle VL, Annen J, Boly M, Gosseries O, Laureys S, Mukherjee P, Puybasset L, Stevens RD, Threlkeld ZD, Newcombe VF, Fernandez-Espejo D, Aiyagari V, Akbari Y, Al-Mufti F, Alexander S, Alexandrov A, Alkhachroum A, Amiri M, Appavu B, Gebre MA, Bader MK, Badjiata N, Balu R, Barra M, Beekman R, Beghi E, Bell K, Beqiri E, Berlin T, Bleck T, Bodien Y, Boerwinkle V, Boly M, Bonnel A, Brown E, Caceres E, Carroll E, Cediel EG, Chou S, Citerio G, Classen J, Condie C, Cosmas K, Creutzfeldt C, Dangayach N, DeGeorgia M, Olson DW, Pouratian N, Sharma K Neurocritical Care 2023 Dec 39 611-617
Books
Featured Books
The AANN Core Curriculum 7th Edition.
Littlejohns, L.R., McNett, M.M., Olson, D.M. (Ed.) (2022). Chicago, IL., American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Chapter 56. Nursing Assessment: Nervous System. In Medical-Surgical Nursing. Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. 9th Edition
Olson, DM (2014). Elsevier
Nursing and Education. In Monitoring in Neurocritical Care
Olson, DM (2013). Philadelphia, Saunders/Elsevier
The AANN Core Curriculum 6th Edition
Bader, M.K. Littlejohns, L.R. Olson, D.M. (Ed.) (2016). Chicago, IL, American Association of Neuroscience Nurses Publishing
Honors & Awards
- D-Magazine Excellence in Nursing
Award for Excellence in Nursing Research (2021) - Excellence in Nursing Award
D-Magazine. Dallas TX. (2021) - The World Federation of Critical Care Nurses 2020 Best Paper Award
"Lack of standardization in determination of intracranial pressure. Published in CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing. (2020) - Visiting Professor
Queensland University of Technology in Kelvin Grove Australia (2019) - Presidential Citation
Neurocritical Care Society (2018) - Southwestern Academy of Teachers
(2017) - Suzanne Smith Mentoring Award
London, England (2016) - Fellow, Neurocritical Care Society
(2014) - Presidential Citation
Award for recognition from the Neurocritical Care Society (2013) - North Carolina Great 100
Recognition for top 100 nurses in N.C. (2011)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (1990)
- American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (2007)
- American Heart Association (2009)
- International Association of Nurse Editors (2015)
- Neurocritical Care Society (2005)
- Sigma Theta Tau (1997)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine (2002)