Susan E. Maycock, DNP, RN, CNS-BC

Dr. Maycock is an educational nurse specialist and a clinical nurse specialist. She has an extensive background in emergency services, occupational health, case management and motivational leadership. She has also presented nationally at simulation and case management conferences. Her current practice focus includes nursing staff development, simulation, curriculum development and redesign, support for technology implementation of a clinical information system at the health system level. This multidisciplinary, multi-year project is meant to transform the way nurses create, coordinate, and access clinical information to care for patients. Just before transitioning into her present role, Dr. Maycock designed and received a grant for a “restraint free” clinical practice focus that took place on a UMHS acute care medicine unit. After one year, results of the nursing quality initiative showed that through robust nursing education, espousing alternatives to restraints, the project had a significant impact on patient outcomes. The point-in-prevalence rate of mechanical restraints was reduced by fifty percent in a patient population that may have otherwise been placed into restraints. The results of the project have inspired a similar grant proposal at the institutional level. .