DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N. Professor Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Neurological Surgery Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2012 Clinical Interests: 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. Trainee Education: As the director of the Neuroscience Nursing Research Center (NNRC), he leads three training initiatives for nurses interested in research: Engaged Nursing Students Partnering In the Research Experience (ENSPIRE) Boot Camp for developing a research protocol Fellowship to allow nurses to lead and complete a clinical research study Research: 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. Affiliations: He is a member of the Southwestern Academy of Teachers, a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society, and director of the NNRC. 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 Anisocoria After Direct Light Stimulus is Associated with Poor Outcomes Following Acute Brain Injury Doyle BR, Aiyagari V, Yokobori S, Kuramatsu JB, Barnes A, Puccio A, Nairon EB, Marshall JL, Olson DW Neurocritical Care 2024 Dec 41 1020-1026 Quantitative Pupillometry: Clinical Applications for the Internist Figueroa SA, Olson DW, Kamal A, Aiyagari V American Journal of Medicine 2024 Sep 137 825-831 Door to needle time trends after transition to tenecteplase: A Multicenter Texas stroke registry Rodriguez N, Prasad S, Olson DW, Bandela S, Gealogo Brown G, Kwon Y, Gebreyohanns M, Jones EM, Ifejika NL, Stone S, Anderson JA, Savitz SI, Cruz-Flores S, Warach SJ, Goldberg MP, Birnbaum LA Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 2024 Aug 33 Stroke Screening Process for Spanish-Speaking Patients Diercks L, Sonka T, Olson D, Courtney DM Journal of Emergency Nursing 2024 Jul 50 537-543 An Update on Curing Coma Campaign Kim KS, Polizzotto L, Suarez JI, Olson DW, Hemphill JC, Mainali S Seminars in Neurology 2024 Jun 44 389-397 Guidelines for Seizure Prophylaxis in Adults Hospitalized with Moderate–Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Health Care Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society Frontera JA, Gilmore EJ, Johnson EL, Olson DW, Rayi A, Tesoro E, Ullman J, Yuan Y, Zafar SF, Rowe S Neurocritical Care 2024 Jun 40 819-844 The Presence of Blood in a Strain Gauge Pressure Transducer Has a Clinical Effect on the Accuracy of Intracranial Pressure Readings Nairon EB, Joseph J, Kamal A, Busch DR, Olson DM Critical Care Explorations 2024 May 6 E1089 Implementing a Critical Thinking Tool to Evaluate Educational Needs for Inpatient Rehabilitation Nurses Hill C, Stutzman SE, Nairon EB, Vashisht A, Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2024 May 56 75-79 Validation of a Novel Neurologic Assessment Test for Healthcare Staff Doyle BR, Von Gaudecker JR, Techan AK, Nairon EB, Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2024 May 56 86-91 Nursing and the Art of Making It Happen Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2024 May 56 65-66 Results 1-10 of 360 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last 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 NursingAward for Excellence in Nursing Research (2021) Excellence in Nursing AwardD-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 ProfessorQueensland University of Technology in Kelvin Grove Australia (2019) Presidential CitationNeurocritical Care Society (2018) Southwestern Academy of Teachers (2017) Suzanne Smith Mentoring AwardLondon, England (2016) Fellow, Neurocritical Care Society (2014) Presidential CitationAward for recognition from the Neurocritical Care Society (2013) North Carolina Great 100Recognition 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)
