Sue Kern, MSN, RNC-NIC, NNP-BC

• undergraduate:
  • Mercy School of Nursing (Toledo, Ohio) Diploma
  • Capital University, BSN
• graduate school: University of Cincinnati, MSN
• board certification: High Risk Neonatal Nurse and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Publications

• Thompson, S., Kern, S., Jasin, L. (2009). High-Flow High-Humidity Nasal Cannula. Pediatric Clips, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
• Thompson, S., Kern, S., Jasin, L. (2009). Car Seat Safety, Pediatric Nursing Clinical Clips, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton
• VanDahm, K., Kern, S., Rosoff, J. (2009). Roundtable Article: ICAN Infant, Child & Adolescent Nutrition, The Use of Thickening Agents in the NICU
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Walter, C., Yohannan, M., Rone, J (2008). Subcutaneous Scalp Emphysema, Pneumo-orbitis and Pneumocephalus in a Neonate on High Humidity High Flow Nasal Cannula. Journal of Perinatology: Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association, 28(11), 779-81
• Kern, S., Jasin, L., Thompson, S., Walter, C. (2007). Respiratory Syncitial Virus, Clinical Clips, The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton, Ohio

Posters

• Kern, S., Thompson, S., Yamashita, I., and Jasin, L. Laryngeal Mask Airway use in the Newborn greater than 2000 grams. Presented at the National Association of Neonatal Nurses National Conference, Dallas, TX. Fall 2015; The APN Forum, Washington DC, Spring 2016
• Kern, S., Thompson, S., Yamashita, I., Jasin, L. Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Newborn greater than 2000 grams: Assessment of the Comfort Level of Delivery. NANN Conference, 2015
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Yamashita, I. Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Newborn greater than 2000 grams: Assessment of the Comfort Level of Delivery. Nurses week at Dayton Children’s Hospital, 2014
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Yamashita, I. Moebius Syndrome with Pierre Robin Sequence and Hypotonia after Maternal Administration of Misoprostol. Advance Practice Nursing Forum, 2010
• Wessel, J., Kern, S., Pockras, P., Ryle, H., Wolfe, S. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Intestinal Rehabilitation Team (2010) University of Minnesota Neonatal Nutrition Conference
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Walter, C. Nitroglycerin Cream for Peripheral Tissue Ischemia Secondary to Intravenous Infiltration or Arterial Line Complications, Academy of Neonatal Nursing Annual Conference, Washington, DC. 2008
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Walter, C. Subcutaneous Scalp Emphysema and Pneumo-orbitis in a Neonate in High Flow Nasal Cannula, Academy of Neonatal Nursing Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007
• Jasin, L., Kern, S., Thompson, S., Walter, C. Subcutaneous Scalp Emphysema and Pneumo-orbitis in a Neonate in High Flow Nasal Cannula, Advanced Practice Nursing Forum 2007, Washington, DC

Podium Presentations

• Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Newborn>2000 grams: Assessment of the Comfort Level of Delivery. Follow up results from small grant. October 2015
• NAPNAP Statewide Conference, October 2013: Care of the High Risk Neonate After Discharge from the NICU

Awards

• NANN Small Grant Recipient: Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Newborn>2000 grams: Assessment of the Comfort Level of Delivery Room Staff after Hands-on Skill Session (2013)
• Conference Planner and Host for OIKANN Conference: Abdominal Wall Defects: A Comprehensive Approach to Care (2010)
• Editorial Board Member for ICAN: Infant, Child & Adolescent Nutrition Journal (2008 to present)
• Cameo of Caring Recipient in 2007
• Excellence in Nursing Award in 2006 for advocacy-moral agency
• Excellence in Nursing Nominee in 2003 for leadership
• Excellence in Nursing Award in 1997 for cost containment and quality improvement
• Excellence in Nursing Award in 1996 for quality improvement
• Clinical Preceptor: University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program (ongoing)
• Liaison for University of Cincinnati NNP students
• Clinical Preceptor: The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program (ongoing)
• Clinical Preceptor: Wright State University College of Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program (ongoing)

Organization Membership

• Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Capital University and University of Cincinnati
• Capital University Nursing Alumni Association
• National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)
• National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP)
• Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN)
• Mercy Alumni Association
• Editorial Board of ICAN: Infant Child & Adolescent Nutrition Journal
• Ohio Indiana Kentucky Association of Neonatal Nurses (OIKANN) - President OIKANN (2009-2011)