Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, APRN, PMH-NP, FAAN

• National Organization of NP Faculties Outstanding Policy Award, 2020
• Dahlberg Scholar Distinguished Lectureship, Gunderson Health, Wisconsin 2019
• Heart of Heartland Award, Community Service, Heartland Health Centers, 2019
• Excellence in Education, Rush Faculty Excellence Awards, 2018
• International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement-Member, 2018-2020
• Annie W. Goodrich Distinguished Lectureship Award, Institute of Living Hartford, CT, 2018
• Rush College of Nursing, Distinguished Alumni Award, 2018
• Anne Ottney Cain Lecture in Psychiatric Nursing, University of Maryland, 2016
• CMS Technical Expert Panel: Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Outcome and Process Measure Development and Maintenance Project, 2015-2019
• Barbara Jonas Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Lecture on Leadership, New York University, 2016
• Psychiatric Nurse of the Year, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2015
• IOM Dissemination Panel- Psychosocial Intervention for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards, 2015
• Illinois Center for Nursing - Member 2013-2017; Chair 2018-2019
• Illinois Hospital Association - Behavioral Health Care Steering Committee, 2011-2015
• Fellow, American Academy of Nursing, 2010

Speaking Engagements

• APNs in Mental Health Care: Building a leadership vision at a pivotal moment in health care. Psychiatric Nurse Specialist Congress, Centre Antropia, Netherlands
• Nursing and the Development of Integrated Care. National Council for Behavioral Health, Conference 2014
• CAPE: Patient Centered Outcome Measure for Psychiatric Environments. American Public Health Association Meeting, Boston, MA
• PMH Nurses and the Evolving Behavioral Health Care Workforce: The Road to Directing our Future. American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Meeting, 2015

View a complete list of publications for Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, APRN, PMH-NP, FAAN

• Delaney, K. R. & Staten, R.T (2010). Prevention approaches in child mental health disorders. Nursing Clinics of North America, 45, 521-539.
• Hanrahan, N., Delaney, K.R., Merwin, E. (2010). Health care reform and the federal transformation initiatives: Capitalizing on the potential of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses. Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice, 11(3), 235-244.
• Christopher, B.A., Flood, S., Carlson, E., Delaney K., & Krch-Cole, E. (2011). Standards of care: Are they being used. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 26, 273-278.
• Delaney, K. R, Carlson-Sabelli, L, Shephard, R, & Ridge, A. (2011).  Competency-based training to create the 21st century mental health workforce: Strides, Stumbles and Solutions. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 24, 225-234
• Delaney, K.R. (2011). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Why 2011 brings a pivotal moment. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 1, 61-72. DOI:10.5430/jnep.v1n1px
• Hanrahan, N. P., Delaney, K.R., & Stuart, G. W. (2012). Blueprint for development of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse workforce. Nursing Outlook. 60, 91-104.
• Janner, M., & Delaney, K. R. (2012). Safety issues on British mental health wards. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 18, 104-111.
• Fiedler, R., Breitenstein, S. & Delaney, K. D. (2012). As assessment of student confidence in performing psychiatric mental health nursing skills: The impact of the clinical practicum experience. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 18, 244-250.
• Weber, M., Delaney, K.R., Snow, D., McCoy, K., Scharf, M.R., & Brackley, M. H. (2012) Quality and Safety Graduate Competencies in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Education. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 26, 350-357.
• Hanrahan, N.P, Stuart, G., Delaney, K.R., & Wilson, C. (2013) Mental Health is an urgent public health concern. Nursing Outlook, 61(3), 185-186.
• Delaney, K. R., Robinson, K. M, Chafetz, L. (2013) Development of Integrated Mental Health Care: Critical Workforce Competencies. Nursing Outlook, 61(6), 384-391.
• Delaney, K.R. & Johnson, M.E. (2014). Metasynthesis of Research on the Role of Psychiatric Inpatient Nurses: What is important to Staff? Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 20, 125-137.
• Delaney, K. R. & Ferguson, J. (2014) Peplau and the brain: Why interpersonal neuroscience provides a useful language for the engagement process. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4, 145-152. doi: 10.5430/jnep.v4n8p145.
• Valenkamp, M., Delaney, K.R, & Verheij, F. (2014). Reducing seclusion and restraint during child and adolescent inpatient treatment: Still an underdeveloped area of research. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 27, 175-182.
• Forsberg, I., Swartwout, K., Murphy, M., Danko, K. & Delaney, K. R. (2015) Nurse Practitioner Education: Greater demand, reduced training opportunities. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 27, 66-71. | DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12175.
• Delaney, K.R., Johnson, M.E. & Fogg, L. (2015). Development of the Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 21, 134-147.
• Salerno, J., Delaney, K. R., Swartwout, K. D., & Kao, T.A. (2015). Improving Interdisciplinary Professionals’ Capacity to Motivate Adolescent Behavior Change. Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 11, 626-632.
• Delaney, K.R. (2015) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at the tipping point. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 36, 320-325.
• Polacek, M. J., Allen, D.E., Damin-Moss, R. S., Schwartz, A. J., Sharp, D., Shattell, M., Souther, J., & Delaney, K .R. (2015). Engagement as an element of safe inpatient psychiatric environments. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 21, 181-190.
• Benolkin, L., Kinstler, D., & Delaney, K. R. (2015). Improving Awareness of an Acute Psychiatric Unit’s Capacity for Admission. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 53(8), 30-35.
• Bounds, D., Julian, W. A., & Delaney, K. R. (2015). Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and State Child Welfare Systems. Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice. 16, 17-22. DOI: 10.1177/1527154415583124.
• Siomos, M. Z., Bavis, M. P., Swartwout, K., Danko, K., & Delaney, K. R. (2016). Nurse practitioner training with the underserved: Building a skilled workforce. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 12(2), e37-e43.
• Delaney, K. R. (2016). Psychiatric mental health nursing workforce agenda: Optimizing capabilities and capacity to address workforce demands. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 22(2), 122-131.
• Weber, M. T., Delaney, K. R., & Snow, D. (2016). Integrating the 2013 Psychiatric Mental Health NP Competencies into Educational Programs: Where are we now? Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 30,425-431.
• Yambo, T. W., Johnson, M. E., Delaney, K.R., Hamilton, R. Miller, A. & York, J. (2016) Experiences of Military Spouses of Veterans with Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD Experiences of Spouses of Veterans. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 48, 543-55.
• Delaney, K. R., Naegle, M., Flinter, M., Pulcini, J. & Hauenstein, E. J. (2016). Critical workforce issues for registered and advanced practice nurses in integrated care models. Nursing Outlook, 64, 607-609.
• Vanderhoef, D. & Delaney, K.R. (2017). National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties: Psychiatric Mental Health Survey. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 23, 159-165.
• Sims, G. & Delaney, K. R. (2017). The implementation of a health indicator monitoring system in an assertive community treatment team at a community outpatient behavioral health organization. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 38, 212-218.
• Bounds, D., Delaney, K. R., & Julion, W. (2017). Hunter–Prey Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Online Posts of Men Who Buy Sex. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 23, 258-267.
• Delaney, K. R. (2017). Psychiatric mental health advanced practice nursing workforce: Capacity to address mental health professional workforce shortages. Psychiatric Services. PS in Advance, May 15, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600405.
• Delaney, K.R., Nagel, M., A. Valentine, N. M., Antai-Otong, D., Groh, C., & Brenneman, L. (2017). The effective use of RNs and APRNs in integrated care: Policy implications for increasing access and quality. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research. On line First May 8, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-017-9555-x
• Seckman, A., Paun, O., Heipp, B., Stee, M., Keels‐Lowe, V., Beel, F., … & Delaney, K. R. (2017) Evaluation of the use of a sensory room on an adolescent inpatient unit and its impact on restraint and seclusion prevention. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 30, 90-97.
• Naegle, M., Mitchell, A.M., Flinter, M., Dunphy, L., Vanhook, P. & Delaney, K. R., (2017). Policy Brief: Opioid Misuse Epidemic: Addressing Opioid Prescribing and Organization Initiatives for Holistic, Safe and Compassionate Care. Nursing Outlook, 65, 477-479.
• Delaney, K. R., Shattell, M., & Johnson, M. E. (2017). Capturing the Interpersonal Process of Psychiatric Nurses: A Model for Engagement. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 31(6), 634-640.
• Worley, J. & Delaney, K.R. (2017). Turning the tide in treatment of substance abuse: A nursing response. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 8, #2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v8n2p116
• Delaney, K.R., Drew, B. L, & Rushton, A. (2018) Report on the APNA National Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Survey. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Published on line June 4, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390318777873
• Delaney, K.R. & Karnick, N. (2018). Building a Child Mental Health Workforce for the 21st Century: Closing the Training Gap. Journal of Professional Nursing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.07.002
• Delaney, K. R., Burke, P., DeSocio, J., Greenberg, C. & Sharp, D. (2018). Building mental health and caring for vulnerable children: Increasing prevention, access, and equity. Nursing Outlook, 66, 590-593.
• Shields, M., Stewart, M. & Delaney, K. R. (2018). Patient safety in inpatient psychiatry: A remaining frontier for health policy. Health Affairs, 37, 1853-1861.
• Delaney, K. R., Burke, P., DeSocio, J., Greenberg, C. & Sharp, D. (2018). Building mental health and caring for vulnerable children: Increasing prevention, access, and equity. Nursing Outlook, 66, 590-593.
• Delaney, K.R. (2020). Let’s talk about benzodiazepines: Inpatient psychiatric nurses initiating the conversation. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58, 33-38
• Delaney, K.R., (2020) Nurse Fellowships: An Advance for Population-Based Mental Health Care. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, , 34(5), 330–336
• Polacek, M.  & Delaney, K. R. (2020). Developing Community Engagement: The Psychiatric Nurse Generalist as Full Partner in Suicide Prevention. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 34, 310–316.
• Bounds, D., Julion, W., Delaney, K.R. & Breitenstein, S. M. (2020). Uncovering Indicators of Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35, 5607-5623.
• Delaney, K.R., & McIntosh, D. (2020). Exploring the thinking, reasoning and clinical approach of expert child psychiatric nurses. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. On line first July  DOI: 10.111/JCAP12292  
• Arneson, K., Peterson, J., Heideman, J., & Delaney, K.R. (2020). When parenting is a longer road than anticipated: A journey examining parents’ experience and engagement at a Therapeutic Day School. Social Work in Mental Health, 18 (6), 587-603
• Krause, K.R., Chung, S.,  Abiodun O Adewuya, A. O., Albano, A. M.,  Rochelle Babins-Wagner, R.  Birkinshaw, L.,  Brann, P., Creswell, C.  Delaney, K. R.,  …  Wolpert, M. (2020). International consensus on a standard set of outcome measures for child and youth anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, The Lancet Psychiatry, 8, 76-86.
• Delaney, K.R., Loucks, J. Ray, R., Blair, E., Nadler-Mooney, M., Batscha, C., Sharp, D. & Milliken, D. (2020). Delineating Quality Indicators of Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Published on line https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390320971367
• Delaney, K.R., Drew, B. L, & Rushton, A. (2019) Report on the APNA National Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Survey. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 25(2), 146-155
• Delaney, K.R. & Vanderhoef, D.M. (2019) Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Workforce: Charting the future. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 25, 11-18.
• Delaney, K.R. & Karnick, N. (2019). Building a Child Mental Health Workforce for the 21st Century: Closing the Training Gap. Journal of Professional Nursing, 35, 133-137. doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2018.07.002
• Chang, B. & Delaney, K.R. (2019). A heuristic inquiry on the role of person‐environment interaction in suicide risk among transgender youth. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 32, 47-50.
• Tobin, V. & Delaney, K. R. (2019). Child Abuse Victimization among Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People: A systematic review.  Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 55, 576-583
• Moore, C., Hill, J., Pike, C., Delaney, K.R., (2019). ACT implementation on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57 (11), 22-27
• Delaney, K.R., Swartwout, K., Livesay, S., & Bavis, M. P. (2019). Establishing Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicums: Addressing Fiscal Realities. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 31, 657-662.

Funded Research

2000   NINR, The de-escalation strategies of psychiatric mental health nurses, Co-PI.

2004   HRSA, Project AHA, An Advanced Practice Nursing Education Grant, Co-PI.

2008   HRSA, Project FIG Filling in Competency Gaps, Co-PI.

2012   PCORI, Development of Combined Assessment of Psychiatric Environments (CAPE): A patient-centered quality assessment of psychiatric inpatient environments, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, PI.                      

2012   CMS, Graduate Nursing Education Demonstration Project, Project Director. 

2015   SAMHSA, Rush University Life Course SBIRT Training Program, Co-PI.

2017   HRSA, Innovation in academic- practice partnerships: An Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant, PI.

2019-2023     HRSA, Innovation in academic-practice partnerships: An Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Grant, Co-PI.

2019-2023     HRSA, Advanced Practice Nursing Residency Grant, Project Director.

• Task Force Member: The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Core Competencies