Kelly Potter, PhD, RN

  • Research Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine

 

 

 

 

    Education & Training

  • BSN, University of Iowa, 2012
  • MSN, Nursing Education, Duke University, 2015
  • PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, 2021
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Multidisciplinary Training in Critical Care Outcomes Research, University of Pittsburgh, 2023
Awards
University of Pittsburgh Department of Critical Care Medicine Mitchell P. Fink Scholar Day Original Research Abstract Award, 2023
University of Iowa College of Nursing Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Instructional Track), 2020
Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing Stewart Dissertation Award, 2020
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning-CAE Healthcare Simulation Fellow, 2016
Representative Publications

Potter, K.M., Dunn, H., Krupp, A., Mueller, M., Newman, S., Girard, T.D., Miller, S. (2023). Identifying comorbid subtypes of patients with acute respiratory failure. AJCC, 32(4), 294–301.

Potter, K.M., Danesh, V., Butcher, B.W., Eaton, T.L., McDonald, A.D., Girard, T.D. (2023). Return to driving after critical illness: Characteristics of survivors who resumed driving within one month of hospital discharge. JAMA Intern Med, 183(5), 493-495.

Potter, K., Miller, S., Newman, S. (2021). Patient-level barriers and facilitators to early mobilization and the relationship with physical disability post-intensive care: Part two of an integrative review through the lens of the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 40(3), 164-173.

Potter, K., Miller, S., Newman, S. (2021). Environmental factors affecting early mobilization and physical disability post-intensive care: An integrative review through the lens of the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health [Part One]. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 40(2), 92-117.

A full list of Dr. Potter’s publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.

Research Interests

Long-term outcomes after critical illness

Delirium during critical illness and subsequent cognitive outcomes

Machine learning to detect heterogeneity in critical illness

Early physical rehabilitation in the ICU