Brief Bio

Dr. Crego is a certified pediatric critical care nurse whose clinical experiences include psychiatric nursing, adult trauma, adult critical care, pediatric intensive care, pediatric critical care transport, and pediatric cardiac intensive care. Dr. Crego earned her BSN and her MSN in Nursing Administration at Barry University (Miami, FL), and she earned her PhD in Nursing at the University of Virginia. She came to the Duke University School of Nursing from the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University, where she coordinated undergraduate courses and lectured on topics such as leadership, quality and transition to professional practice as well as care of infants and children. She was recognized for her innovative teaching methods and selected as a Teaching, Learning and Technologies Fellow of the Georgetown University Center for New Designs In Learning and Scholarship.

Dr. Crego’s dissertation research utilized the Pediatric Sedation Research Consortium database to discover sedation practices and examine the influence of different types of sedation providers on adverse events during pediatric sedation; examined the current state of nursing sedation regulation in the US; and made recommendations for evidence-based practice guidelines. Her dissertation, Factors Influencing Pediatric Sedation Safety, received the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Excellence in Advancing Nursing Science Award for 2013.

Academic Program Affiliations

Education

Professional Certifications

Research Interests

Awards and Honors

• 2016 SciComm Fellow, Duke Initiative for Science & Society

• 2014 Excellence in Advancing Nursing Science Award for 2013, American Association of Colleges of Nursing

• 2014 Excellence in Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Tau Chapter

• 2012 Teaching, Learning and Technologies Fellow, Georgetown University Center for New Designs In Learning and Scholarship

• 2007 Tomorrow’s Professor Today Program, University of Virginia

• 2004 Chapter Communication Award, American Association of Critical Care Nurses

• 2004 President’s Chapter Award, American Association of Critical Care Nurses

• 1988 Inducted, Sigma Theta Tau International

Areas of Expertise

• Acute / Critical Care
• Nursing Education
• Pediatric Nursing
• Quality of Care / Patient Safety

Areas of Interest

• Pediatric sedation
• Health services research
• Health disparities
• Simulation in nursing education

Representative Publications

• 2015 -- Crego, N. Procedural sedation practice: A review of current nursing standards Journal of Nursing Regulation. April, 2015; 6(1); 50-56

• 2014 -- Pubmed # 25530734 Crego, N. Pediatric Sedation: Using Secondary Data to Describe Registered Nurse Practice in Radiology. J Radiol Nurs. December, 2014; 33(4); 166-180

• 2002 -- Pubmed # 12233969 Cohen, S. S., Crego, N., Cuming, R. G., Smyth, M. The synergy model and the role of clinical nurse specialists in a multihospital system. Am J Crit Care. September 1, 2002; 11(5); 436-46

Grant Funding (selected)

• Factors Influencing Safety in Sedated Children  
  NINR Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award
  1 F31 NR0104262-01A1
  01/2008-03/2009
  Role: PI
  Ruth L Kirschstein National Research Service Award for dissertation research on factors influencing safety in pediatric sedation.