Karen Skalla, APRN has worked in a variety of positions in her time at DHMC. She is currently the nurse practitioner that works with the Head and Neck Team, and formerly did six years in the outreach setting practicing in general oncology. Prior to that she worked doing research in the Center for Psycho-Oncology Research, and later helped to develop and launch the Palliative Care Program at DHMC.
She has previous experience both as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Pennsylvania and in the medical intensive care unit at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
Karen is an active member of the Oncology Nursing Society. She has served both as Chair of the Advanced Practice Test Development Committee which creates the advanced practice certification exam, as well as Coordinator of the Spiritual Care Special Interest Group. She has served two summers as a camp nurse.
Karen enjoys spending time outside with her husband and two daughters, and her horse. She finds reading, painting, and writing, along with horseback riding and hikes in the woods, serve her well to provide balance in her life as she cares for oncology patients. |
Bakitas M., Ahles, TA, Skalla, K., Brokaw, F., Byock, I., Hanscom, B, Lyons, KD, Hegel, MT
(2008) Proxy perspectives about end-of-life care. Cancer 112(8):1854-1861. (published on line, Feb. 08).
Skalla, KA, Caron, PA. (2008). Building a Collaborative Hematology/Oncology Advanced
Nursing Practice. Oncology Nursing Forum. 35(1) : 29-32.
Skalla, KA, McCoy JP, (2006 ). Spiritual Assessment of Patients With Cancer : The Moral Authority, Vocational, Aesthetic, Social, and Transcendent Model. Oncology Nursing Forum. 33(4) : 745-751.
Skalla, KA. (2006) Blended Role Advanced Practice Nursing in Palliative Care of the Oncology Patient. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing. 8(3):155-163.
Ahles TA. Saykin AJ. Furstenberg CT. Cole B. Mott LA. Titus-Ernstoff L. Skalla K. Bakitas
M. Silberfarb PM. Quality of life of long-term survivors of breast cancer and lymphoma treated with standard-dose chemotherapy or local therapy. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(19):4399-405, 2005 Jul 1.
Bakitas, M, Stevens, M, Ahles,T, Kirn, M, Skalla, K, Kane, N, and Greenberg,ER. (2004). Project ENABLE: A Palliative Care Demonstration Project for Advanced Cancer Patients in Three Settings. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 7(2): 363-372.
Skalla, K.A, Hamric, A, and Caron, P. (2004) The Blended Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner, in Advanced Nursing Practice, 3rd ed.
Skalla, KA, Bakitas, M, Furstenberg, C, Ahles, T, Henderson, J. (2004). Patients’ Need for Information About Cancer Therapy, Oncology Nursing Forum. 31(2): 313-319.
Skalla, K.A. (2003). Book Review: Time to Say Goodbye: A Guide to Empowerment During Illness and Aging.Journal of Palliative Medicine. 6(1): 99.
Ahles T, Saykin A, Furstenberg C, Cole B, Mott L, Skalla K, Whedon M, Bivens S, Mitchell T, Greenberg ER, Silberfarb. (2002). Neuropsychologic Impact of Standard-Dose Systemic
Chemotherapy in Long-Term Survivors of Breast Cancer and Lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 20:2;
Skalla, K.A. & Hamric, A (2000) The Blended Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist and
Nurse Practitioner, in Advanced Nursing Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company. |
