DaiWai Olson, Ph.D., R.N. Titles and Appointments 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 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 The Certification Ranking of Stroke Treatment Centers Is Unclear to the General Public Preciado MV, Wilson JE, Alejandro-White J, Denbow M, Olson DM Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2025 Apr 57 88-91 Corrigendum to “Door-to-Needle Time Trends After Transition to Tenecteplase: A Multicenter Texas Stroke Registry” [Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 33 (2024) 107774] (Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (2024) 33(8), (S1052305724002192), (10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107774)) Rodriguez N, Prasad S, Olson DW, Bandela S, Brown GG, 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 2025 Apr 34 Caring for Coma after Severe Brain Injury: Clinical Practices and Challenges to Improve Outcomes: An Initiative by the Curing Coma Campaign Author Collaboration CC, Murtaugh B, Olson DW, Badjatia N, Lewis A, Aiyagari V, Sharma K, Creutzfeldt CJ, Falcone GJ, Shapiro-Rosenbaum A, Zink EK, Suarez JI, Silva GS, Zink E, Zimmerman L, Ziai W, Zhang B, Zammit C, Zahuranec D, Zafonte R, Zafar S, Young M, Yeager S, Yakhkind A, Witherspoon B, Whyte J, Weaver J, Wainwright M, Wahlster S, Wagner A, Waak M, Vox F, Voss H, Videtta W, Vespa P, Varelas P, Udy A, Stokes LT, Turgeon A, Tsaousi G, Trevick S, Tosto J, Torbey M, Toker D, Tinti L, Threlkeld Z, Thompson D, Rubin M, Ray B, Pouratian N, Olson DW Neurocritical Care 2025 Apr 42 325-333 Does intracranial pressure vary based on external ventricular drainage? A real-world clinical observation study Kwon D, Riskey L, Kamal A, Doyle BR, Louthen B, Marshall JL, Ruxmohan SD, Salter A, Olson DW Australian Critical Care 2025 Mar 38 Nursing Myth, Meet Nursing Evidence Olson DW Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2025 Feb 57 1 Time to maximum pupil constriction is variable in neurocritical care patients Kamal A, Nairon EB, Bashmakov A, Aoun SG, Olson DW Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 2025 Feb 39 53-58 Quantitative pupillometry as a potential biomarker in early concussion assessment Bashir MM, Olson DW, Miller NT, Bunt SC, Cullum CM Journal of Clinical Neuroscience 2025 Feb 132 Evaluating Advance Practice Provider–Driven Initiatives to Reduce Time to Treatment Fairchild P, Nairon EB, Denbow M, Olson DW Journal for Nurse Practitioners 2025 Jan 21 Neuroradiological Correlates of Abnormal Pupillary Light Reflex Findings among Patients in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Rana C, Moreno JH, Marshall JL, Olson DW, Aiyagari V Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2025 Results 1-10 of 398 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)
