DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N.
Professor

Dr. Olson began his nursing career in Iowa and obtained his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina. He worked as a staff nurse from 1986 to 2018. He was an assistant professor at Duke University until 2012 when he relocated to work at the University of Texas Southwestern where he became the first nurse to be promoted to full Professor.

Dr. Olson’s work is focused on developing a more comprehensive understanding of how nursing care contributes to patient outcomes following acquired brain injury. He is co-chair for the Curing Coma Campaign a member of the Southwestern Academy of Teachers. His SCOPUS h-index of 41 builds from over 300 manuscripts, 16 book chapters, and 200 scientific abstracts. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing and the co-chair of the international Neurocritical Care Research Network. As an invited lecturer or visiting professor, he has had the pleasure to present his work in 40 US states, 11 countries and 6 continents.

Undergraduate

Scott Community College (1986), Nursing

Undergraduate

Teikyo Marycrest University (1997), Nursing

Graduate School

University of N C-Chapel Hill (2007), Nursing

• Curing Coma
• Impact of nursing care on outcomes for neurocritical care patients
• Intracranial pressure monitoring
• Research methodology

Featured Publications

Incidence of Poststroke Epilepsy: An Executive Summary.

Dave H, Omburo L, Collins A, Xian Y, Olson DM, J Neurosci Nurs 2022 Dec 54 6 237-239

The Best and Worst of Nursing.

Olson DM, J Neurosci Nurs 2022 Oct

A Case Series of Clinical Limitations to the Clinical Course of Neurogenic Fever.

Chorostecki JR, Schneider NJ, Stutzman SE, Olson DM, Ther Hypothermia Temp Manag 2022 Sep

Applying 3-Dimensional Printing and Modeling for Preoperative Reconstruction and Instrumentation Placement Planning in Complex Deformity Surgery.

Caruso JP, Kafka BR, Traylor JI, Wilson RA, El Ahmadieh T, Nassif RB, Caldwell C, Palmisciano P, Al Tamimi M, Olson DM, Dahdaleh NS, Bagley CA, Aoun SG, Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2022 Sep

Feasibility and efficacy of a nurse practitioner-and pharmacist-led hypertension clinic.

Speed S, Schneider N, Stutzman SE, Olson DM, Higbea A, J Am Assoc Nurse Pract 2022 Aug

We Are in This Together.

Nichols L, Olson DM, J Neurosci Nurs 2022 08 54 4 144-145

A differential of the left eye and right eye neurological pupil index is associated with discharge modified Rankin scores in neurologically injured patients.

Privitera CM, Neerukonda SV, Aiyagari V, Yokobori S, Puccio AM, Schneider NJ, Stutzman SE, Olson DM, BMC Neurol 2022 Jul 22 1 273

Challenges and Opportunities in Stroke Nursing Research: Global Views From a Panel of Nurse Researchers.

Ramazanu S, Bautista C, Green T, Rhudy LM, Rogado MIC, Baby P, Woon C, Martinez RCKP, von Gaudecker JR, Nydahl P, Mbakaya BC, Said NB, Hayek MF, Sila F, Rahn AC, Minagawa T, Olson DM, J Neurosci Nurs 2022 Jun 54 3 111-115

The Curing Coma Campaign and the Future of Coma Research.

Olson DM, Hemphill JC, Provencio JJ, Vespa P, Mainali S, Polizzotto L, Kim KS, McNett M, Ziai W, Suarez JI, Semin Neurol 2022 Jun

Predictive value of quantitative pupillometry in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus undergoing temporary CSF diversion.

Lussier BL, Erapuram M, White JA, Stutzman SE, Olson DM, Neurol Sci 2022 Jun

 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

• 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)
• D-Magazine Excellence in Nursing
  Award for Excellence in Nursing Research (2014)
• 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)

• American Heart Association (2009)
• American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (2007)
• Neurocritical Care Society (2005)
• Sigma Theta Tau (1997)
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses (1990)