Diane Dressler,

MSN, RN, CCRN

Phone (414) 288-3852

E-mail diane.dressler@marquette.edu

Specialization

Acute Care and Critical Care Nursing

Highest Degree

MSN, Marquette University

Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
Research interests include quality of life on mechanical circulatory support and critical care nursing education.

Additional Descriptors
Speaker for the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught

• Complex Acute Care Problems
• Critical Care Nursing
• Health Assessment
• Nursing Care of the Acutely Ill Adult-Practicum
• Pathophysiology

Selected Publications:
Dressler, D.K. (2008) Coagulopathies. In AACN advanced critical care textbook. K. Carlson, ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Dressler,D.K. (2008) Management of patients with coronary vascular disorders. Management of patients with complications from heart disease. Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing, 11th ed. S.C. Smeltzer, B.G. Bard, J.L. Hinlke, K. H. Cheever, eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

Dressler, D.K. & Dressler K.K. (2006) Caring for patients with femoral sheaths. American Journal of Nursing106(5), 64A-64H.

Dressler, D.K. (2006) Hematology and immunology. In AACN's essentials for critical care nursing. M. Chulay & S. Burns, eds. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Dressler, D.K. (2004) DIC: Coping with a coagulation crisis. Nursing 2004 34(5), 58-63.

Grady, K. L., Meyer, P.M., Dressler, D. K. et al. (2004) Longitudinal change in quality of life and impact on survival after left ventricular assist device implantation. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 77: 1321-1327.

Editor/Reviewer/Consultant
Editorial Board:

• Applied Nursing Research

Reviewer:

• Journal of Caridiovascular Nursing

Professional Affiliations

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses
• American Nurses Association
• Sigma Theta Tau