Denise Buonocore, MSN, APRN-BC, CCRN

• Lecturer
• Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty

Yale School of Nursing - Rm 274
100 Church Street South
P. O. Box 9740
New Haven, CT 06536
USA

denise.buonocore@yale.edu

203.737.2967
203.785.6455 fax

About

Denise Buoncore is a lecturer in the Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. She received her masters of science degree in nursing from Yale, was certified as an Adult NP and she continued to work as a clinical nurse in the ICU. She then went on to complete a post masters certificate as an acute care nurse practitioner from Yale while working as an acute care NP in cardiology.

She worked in her clinical practice and was a clinical preceptor for many years for Yale as well as a lecturer in the school prior to her current joint appointment. She has been very active on the national level with The American Association of Critical Care Nurses and was recently appointed to the national board of directors for that organization.

Mrs. Buonocore volunteers her time annually to travel to developing countries to provide health care as well as assist in ICU development. She received an award for her work on behalf of Dominican people from the government of the Dominican Republic in 2003.

Through her clinical practice in acute care cardiology Mrs. Buonocore developed a strong sub-specialty interest in the care of the patient with diabetes. She has extensive experience as a ICU nurse, Acute Care NP and as an educator and mentor in critical care nursing. She publishes and presents topics in cardiovascular and critical care from heart failure to diabetes management across the critical care continuum.

Research interests

Diabetes and critical care, Heart failure, International nursing

Research

Cardiac ischemia during weaning from mechanical ventilation. 6/96. The unassisted respiratory rate-tidal volume ratio accurately predicts weaning outcome. 7/96.

Selected Presentations

What's new in cardiology; Ectopy vs Aberrancy, EPS, and AICD. 1993

Matters of the Heart: The Aging Heart 1994

Matters of the Heart: Electronic Therapy of Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Radio Frequency Ablation 1995

Matters of the Heart: Cardiac Health; Meeting the Challenge of Healing, Rehabilitation, and Prevention 1997

Poster Presentation: Reuse of an arterial hemostasis device at HORIZONS an AACN northeast regional critical care conference 1998.

Nursing Beyond our Borders: The Nicaraguan Experience at SCCC of AACN Spring Conference 1998.

The role of the Acute Care NP@ Yale University SON, Alumni Weekend 1998

Advanced Practice Nursing Beyond our Borders at NTI 1999

AACN National International Nursing at Yale University SON, Alumni Weekend 1999.

CardioStart: An opportunity for International Nurse Mentorship 3/00 Sigma Theta Tau: Keynote Speaker

The treatment of the CHF patient 2003

Incidence of DM and HTN in a Rural Dominican Republic Community - Yale School of Nursing International Symposium 10/02

Incident to Guidelines and Billing Processes for Non-Physician Practitioners and Nurse Practitioners" SWCC of American Academy of Professional Coders International Nursing *Quinnipiac College- Forensic Nursing Masters Program 10/02

Nutritional Issues in Third World Countries Southern CT and Sacred Heart University 11/02

Tight Control: Management of the Diabetic ICU patient (AACN's NTI 03, SCCC 6/03, VA 12/03)

End Stage Heart Failure:Hope on the Horizon (AACN's NTI 03)

Poster Presentation: Living Well With Diabetes Program (Yale Quality Conference 2004)

Poster Presentation: Development and Implementation of an Intensive Insulin Drip Protocol Across Critical Care Units (Horizons 2004)

Women and Diabetes: Silent, Deadly and on the Rise (AACN's NTI 04)

Technology Assessment for the Clinician and Researcher (copresenter AACN's NTI 04)

Diabetes Care Across the Critical Care Continuum (AACN's NTI 04)

Selected awards and honors

Merit Scholarship Award 1996 South Central Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. "Unselfish Service to Humanity Award". HeartBeats a cardiac support group 9/98

AACN's Vision Partner Award and Scholarship 5/02

Heart Team Member of the Month Bridgeport Hospital 11/03

“ Mentoring nurses as I have been mentored in my career is important to me. My role in my clinical practice as well as my role at Yale affords me the perfect opportunity to do this. Leading by example, educating students to be leaders in their profession as well as expert clinicians is one of my major goals. My work on the national level gives me the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of critical care practice and critical care policymaking. This enriches the experience for my students as well as my own professional development. Developing leaders in advanced critical care nursing will provide our patients and families safe passage through the healthcare system and provide opportunities for improved clinical outcome. ”

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