DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N. Titles and Appointments Distinguished Teaching Professor Professor School Medical School Department Neurology | Neurological Surgery Biography Joined UT Southwestern: 2012 Clinical Interests: He worked as a staff nurse from 1986 to 2020. 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 54 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 honor 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 Use of Rapid Response Teams to Expedite Imaging and Treatment for Inpatients With Acute Stroke Siaron KB, Heineman T, Earnest J, Otieno-Watta L, Pulliam C, Sonier N, Nairon EB, Olson DW, Johnson M, Cohen LA AACN advanced critical care 2025 Dec 36 317-324 The association between neurologic pupillary index (NPi) and functional outcomes in critically ill children McGetrick M, Olson DW, Vashisht A, McCreary M, Kim R, Sinn C, Miles D BMC Pediatrics 2025 Dec 25 Intermittent documentation of blood pressure values does not provide comprehensive evaluation of the hemodynamic response during continuous intravenous medication administration Doyle BR, Nairon EB, Jones E, Salter A, Olson DW Scientific reports 2025 Dec 15 When There's a Nurse Around - There's a Workaround Carlisle BA, Olson DW The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 2025 Nov 57 193 Causes of Noncompliance With Nimodipine and Its Impact on 90-day Outcome After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Seo M, Aiyagari V, Moreno J, Olson D, Bashir MM, Tenii J The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 2025 Nov 57 199-203 External Ventricular Drain Column Height Fails to Explain Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Volumes Li Y, Gunna S, Salter A, Kim Y, Olson DW Nursing in critical care 2025 Nov 30 Bridging the Gap Between Routine Practice and Patient Experience: A Call for Empathy in Postoperative Neurological Care Li Y, Franklin M, Olson DW The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 2025 Sep 57 176 Examining a Media Competency Training Program for Doctoral Nursing Students Malloy R, Olson DW, Measho D, Bell A Nurse Educator 2025 Sep 50 E284-E287 The novelty effect impacts evaluation when implementing a new communication tool Moreno M, Adegbola M, Stout DE, Smith LM, Nairon EB, Denbow ME, Olson DM Nursing 2025 Aug 55 56-60 Neuromonitoring in Neuroscience Nursing: Collaboration From the 2025 International Neuroscience Nursing Symposium Shamoun CJ, Baby P, Bautista C, Carlisle B, Guanci MM, Gunna S, Distefano S, Joseph S, Kruger L, Li Y, Martinez RC, Da Silvan AR, Okubo N, Siaron KB, Sila F, Wilson S, Yousef KM, Olson DW Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2025 Aug 57 152-157 Results 1-10 of 408 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)
