Krista A. Knudson, PhD, APRN, MSCR

krista kudson
Krista A. Knudson, PhD, APRN, MSCRMarquette University

Straz Hall, 520S

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-2146

Assistant Professor

Education

  • BSN, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
  • MSN, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • MSCR, Rush University, Chicago, IL
  • PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Postdoctoral fellowship - Institute for Translational Medicine. University of Chicago/Rush University. Chicago, IL

Courses Taught

NURS 1001: Nursing and Health in the Jesuit Tradition

Research Interests

  • Improving survivorship and long-term outcomes for critically ill patients and their families
  • Person-centered care
  • Translational research
  • Intervention development

Professional Affiliations

  • Midwest Nursing Research Society
  • Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Mu Chapter
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

Publications

Link to Marquette University E-Publications - Knudson

Knudson, K.A., Funk, M., Redeker, N.S., Andrews, L.K., Whittemore, R., Mangi, A.A., & Sadler, L.S. (2022). “An unbelievable ordeal:” The experiences of adult survivors treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Australian Critical Care, 35(4), 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.06.010

 Funk, M., Fennie, K.P., Knudson, K.A., Ruppel, H.W. (2021). Monitor-watcher use, nurses’ knowledge of electrocardiographic monitoring, and arrhythmia detection. American Journal of Critical Care, 30(1), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2021122

Knudson, K.A., Gustafson, C., Sadler, L.S., Whittemore, R., Redeker, N.S., Andrews, L.K., Mangi, A.A., Funk, M. (2019). Long-term health-related quality of life of adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): An integrative review. Heart & Lung, 48(6), 538-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrtlng.2019.08.016

De Vaux, L., Cooper, D., Knudson, K.A., Gasperini, M., Rodgerson, K., & Funk, M. (2017). Reduction of nonactionable alarms in medical intensive care. Horizons: A Supplement to Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology, Spring 2017, 58-61. https://doi.org/10.2345/0899-8205-51.s2.58

Crossman, M.K., Kazdin, A.E., & Knudson, K.A. (2015). Brief unstructured interaction with a dog reduces distress. Anthrozoös 28(4): 649-659. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2015.1070008

Honors and Awards

2022: Oral Presentation Award. Rush Research Trainee Day, Rush University

2020: Research Abstract award, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

2018: Inductee, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

2018: Abstract scholarship, American Thoracic Society, Assembly on Nursing

2016-2018: Jonas Nurse Scholar, Jonas Center for Nursing & Veterans Healthcare & the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

2016-2018: Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Scholar 

Funding

Postdoctoral training & funding from:

National Center for Advancing Translational Science, TL1 TR002388

National Institute of Nursing Research, R01 NR018443