Linda Harrington

Associate Professor and Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Phone: 817.257.6726

Email: L.harrington@tcu.edu

 

Educational Background

B.S.N. (The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio), 1981; M.S.N. (The University of Texas at Arlington), 1984; Ph.D. (Texas Woman's University), 1984; Post-graduate Program in Pain Management (University of California at San Francisco) 2007.

 

Teaching Responsibilities

Clinical Nurse Specialist courses, concepts and practicum; Research and Statistics

 

Research Interests

Pain, Quality Science, and Evidence-Based Practice

 

Selected Publications

 

Refereed Articles

Harrington, L., and White, S. (In Press) Interview with a Quality Leader: Dr. Mark Chassin, New President of The Joint Commission. Journal for Healthcare Quality.

 

Harrington L., Leiker C. (2007, November). Administration of emergency medications in obese patients. Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care, 2(2), 131-139.

 

Harrington, L., Lesh, K., Doell, L., Ward, B. (2007, July/August). Reliability and validity of hand hygiene measures. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 29(4), 20-9.

 

Griffin E, Staebler S, Muery K, McCorstin P, Harrington L. (2007). Dashboards: A tool to demonstrate the impact of the advanced practice nurse in the hospital setting. Nursing Forum, 34(2):572 (abstract).

 

Harrington, L., Byers J. (2007, May/June). Generalizability in the design, reporting and application of quality improvement. Journal for Healthcare Quality, W3-3-W3-8.

 

Harrington, L. (2007, May/June). Quality improvement, research and the Institutional Review Board. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 29(3), 4-8.

 

Harrington, L. (2006, November/December). Postoperative care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health, 15(6), 357-363.

 

Harrington, L. (2006, October). Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation (NAPS): A review of current evidence.Gastroenterology Nursing, 29(5), 371-385.

 

Harrington L. (2006, October). American Association of Critical-care Nurses’ Ask the Expert: What is the current evidence related to basing vasoactive drips on body weight for bariatric patients? Critical Care Nursing, 26(5), 68-71.

 

Harrington L., Hoffman E, Allard P, Adams B, McCourt J, Griffin E, Hamilton P, Cargo V, Wright K. (2006, October). Nursing research dashboards: Tool for managing nursing research programs. Nurse Leader, 4(5), 54-57.

 

Harrington, L. (2006, April). Staying alert about NAPS – Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation. Nursing Management, 37, S4-10.

 

Harrington, L. (2006, April). Staying alert about NAPS – Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation. Nursing, 36, S4-10.

 

Harrington, L. (2006, February). How to implement a hospital-based nursing research program in 30 days.Nurse Leader, 4(1), 37-42, 66.

 

Harrington, L. (2005, December). Administer Single-Site 30-mL Intramuscular Injection?MEDSURG Nursing: the Journal of Adult Health, 14(6), 379-82.

 

Harrington, L. (2005, May/June). Potassium protocols: In search of evidence. Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for Advanced Nursing Practice, 19(3), 137-141.

 

Harrington, L. (2005, January/March). Implementing an evidence-based fast-track Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU): The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, 16(1), 78-88.

 

Harrington, L. (2004). Nutrition in critically ill adults: Key processes and outcomes. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 16, 459-465.

 

Harrington, L., Gonzales C. (2004). Food and drug interactions in critically ill adults. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 16, 501-508.

 

Harrington, L. (1993). Procainamide induced psychosis. Critical Care Nurse, 13(6):70-2

 

Harrington, L. (1993). Air embolism and central venous catheters. American Journal of Nursing, 19.

 

Harrington, L. (1992). Critical care family needs inventory. Heart & Lung, 199.

 

Harrington, L. (1991). Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Focus on Critical Care.

 

Harrington, L. and Hufnagel, J. (1990). Heparin induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome: A case study. Heart & Lung, 19(1):93-98.

 

Harrington, L. (1989). Depression and hypoxia in postmyocardial infarction patients. Cardiovascular Nursing, 25(6):31-34.

 

Harrington, L. (1988). Acute pulmonary edema following use of naloxone: A case study. Critical Care Nurse, 8(8):69-73.

 

Harrington, L. (1988). The diagnosis dilemma: One preferred remedy. Nursing and Health Care, 70:93-94.

 

Books

Harrington, L. and Pigman, H. (In press). Quality measurement. Medical Quality Management: Theory and Practice. American College of Medical Quality.

 

Reviewer for the American Association of Critical-care Nurses’s 2005 Procedure Manual for Critical Care.

 

Recent Presentations

Baldwin, K. and Harrington, L. (2007, July). Development and implementation of a Clinical Nurse Specialist master’s program using evidence-based practice as the framework. 2007 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice: Quality and Safety. (First Place Winner!)

 

Griffin E, Staebler S, Muery K, McCorstin P, Harrington L. (2007, May). Dashboards: A tool to demonstrate the impact of the advanced practice nurse in the hospital setting. Oncology Nursing Society 32nd Annual Congress, Podium Presentation.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS)
  • American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
  • National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
  • American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ)
  • The International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)
  • Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society for Nursing (STTI)
  • National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS)
  • Texas Clinical Nurse Specialists (TxCNS), current Board of Directors
  • American Association of Critical-care Nurses (AACN)
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
  • American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN)
  • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
  • American Nurses Association (ANA)
  • Texas Nurses Association (TNA)

Professional Service

Texas Board of Nursing, Member, Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) Advisory Committee