Marcia Cooke, D.N.P., RN-BC

Title:	Associate Professor/Director of Graduate Nursing Studies/ACUE Distinguished Teaching Scholar
Unit:	Nursing
Office Location:	Wellness/Literacy, Room 2132
Office Phone:	815-753-6579
Email:	mclemens@niu.edu

Courses Taught

• NURS 432: Processes for Nursing Leadership
• NURS 698: Capstone: Program Synthesis
• NURS 701: Advanced Nursing Leadership
• NURS 704: Clinical Prevention in Advanced Nursing
• NURS 713: DNP Project I: Practicum
• NURS 723: DNP Project II: Practicum
• NURS 730: DNP Project III: Seminar
• NURS 733: DNP Project III: Practicum

Research Interests

• Interprofessional teamwork in the clinical and academic environments
• Fostering a culture of safety in the clinical and academic environments
• Creating an awareness of the patient experience among undergraduate nursing students

Selected Publications

• Cooke, M. & Valentine, N. (2022). Perceptions of teamwork in schools of nursing. Nurse Educator, 47(3), 145–150.
• Cooke, M. (2021). Building leadership potential of nursing students. [podcast]. Nurse Educator. 
• Cooke, M. (2021). Exploring strengths of prelicensure nursing students to build leadership potential. Nurse Educator. 46(6).
• Cooke, M. & Riddell, D. (2021). Facilitating communication in the academic environment during the pandemic using TeamSTEPPS tools. Nurse Educator, 46(4). 198-199.
• Cooke, M. & Valentine, N. (2021). Improving teamwork and communication in Schools of Nursing: A quality improvement approach using TeamSTEPPS. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 36(3). 285-290.
• Davis, K. K., Mahishi, V., Singal, R., Urman, R. D., Miller, M. A., Cooke, M., & Berry, W. R. (2019). Quality improvement in ambulatory surgery centers: A major national effort aimed at reducing infections and other surgical complications. Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, 11(1), 7–14.
• Cooke, M. (2017, November). TeamSTEPPS implementation: Changing culture to improve care. Voice of Nursing Leadership, 12-13.
• Cooke, M (2016), TeamSTEPPS for health care risk managers: Improving teamwork and communication. Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, 36 (1), 35-45.