Linda Cook, PhD, APRN-BC, CCRN

Associate Professor, Coordinator for Undergraduate Program

Clinical Specialty / Interests:

  • Trauma / Emergency Services
  • Addictions
  • Women's Issues
  • Pain
  • NCLEX Success

Recently Taught or Teaching Courses:

  • NURS-3628 Nursing Care of Adults I
  • NURS-4322 Health Alterations
  • NURS-4628 Nursing Care of Adults II
  • NURS-5302 Nursing as a Discipline and a Profession

Publications:

  • Cook, L., Sefcik, E. & Stetina, P. (2004). Pain management in the addicted population: a comparative study. The Journal of Addictions Nursing, 15 (1), 1-4.
  • Cook, L., Epperson, L., & Gariti, P. (2004). Determining the need for gender-specific addictions treatment: assessment of treatment variables. In review by co-authors. In review at The American Journal of Addictions.
  • Cook, L. (1983) Renal trauma, RN, Feb.
  • Cook, L. (1984) Genitourinary trauma, in Trauma nursing, Medical Economics. 
  • Cook, L. (1988) Genitourinary injuries and renal management, in Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation through Rehabilitation, 1st Ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders.
  • Cook, L. (1990) Hospital disaster drill game: A strategy for teaching disaster drill protocols to hospital staff, Journal of Emergency Nursing, July-August. 
  • Cook, L. (1991) Psychiatric emergencies, in CEN review manual, Published by the Emergency Nurses Association. 
    Cook, L. (1994) Substance abuse, in Emergency nursing core curriculum, 4th Ed., 1994, published by the Emergency Nurses Association. 
  • Cook, L. & Petit de Mange, B. (1995) Gaining access to Native American cultures by non-Native American nursing researchers, Nursing Forum, Jan. 
  • Cook, L. (1996) Substance abuse, in Psychiatric nursing: Promoting mental health, A. Burgess (Ed.), New York: Appleton-Lange. 
  • Cook, L. (1997) Treating substance abuse with family therapy, in Advanced practice psychiatric nursing, Burgess (Ed.) Appleton-Lange. 
  • Cook, L. (1998) A context of family loss: Historic and cultural contributions to the risk of addiction in African Americans. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 11 (1) 29-32. 
  • Cook, L. (1999) Family influences in addiction: A review of research and implications for treatment. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 11 (4), 187-193. 
  • Cook, L. (2001) Adolescent addiction and delinquency in the family system. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 22, 1-7.