D.N.P. University of Connecticut
M.PH. New York Medical College
B.S.N. Ohio State University
NNP-BC Georgetown University
Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Phone: 203-690-2182
Email: cookl@sacredheart.edu

Academic Classes Taught
NU 365 Evidenced Based Nursing Practice
NU 385 Care Management and Capstone
NU 501 Health Care Policy and Ethics
NU 530/433 Theory and Professional Roles for the Contemporary Nurse
NU 601/430 Principles of Health Care Research for Contemporary Nursing Practice

Speciality or Specialist Certification/Training
Board Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Certified Neonatal Nurse
Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor
Certified in Newborn Developmental Care

Research Interests/Experience
Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn
Heparinized Saline vs Normal Saline in IV locks in the Neonate
University of Pennsylvania Staffing Acuity Study
Sepsis and Maternal Factors in the Newborn
Central Lines and Heparin in the NICU

Primary Professional Service/Affiliation
National Association of Neonatal Nursing
Academy of Neonatal Nursing
Connecticut Association of Neonatal Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau - Mu Chapter

Honors/Awards
Nurse Exemplar - 2003
Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing - 2009
Sigma Theta Tau Award - Outstanding DNP Award - 2010


Dr. Cook joined the On Line Nursing Program in February 2011. Dr. Cook’s clinical specialty for the past 34 years has been neonatal nursing which led her to Danbury Hospital where she was a neonatal nurse practitioner for the past 22 years. Previously, as an adjunct at Western Connecticut State University, she taught undergraduate nursing clinical in pediatrics and obstetrics.