Dawn Aycock MSN, APRN-BC, CCRC

Clinical Instructor

Office: 904 Urban Life
Phone: 404-413-1178
Fax: 404-413-1203
Email: daycock@gsu.edu

Education
MSN Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (2004)

BSN Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas (1995)

Clinical Expertise
Ms. Aycock holds a certification as an Adult Health Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (2004). Her clinical background is in Orthopedics, Neurology and Medical-Surgical Nursing.

Research Interests
Ms. Aycock has spent the majority of her nursing career involved in clinical and nursing research and received a certification as a Clinical Research Coordinator through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals in 1999. She has coordinated pharmaceutical funded analgesic clinical trials, an NIH funded multi-site study of family caregivers in stroke and served as the education coordinator for Emory’s Alzheimer’s disease Research Center funded by NIH. She is currently the project manager for an internet based diary study of women with migraines and a study exploring rehabilitation treatment effects on stroke survivors’ quality of life and family caregiver outcomes.

Scholarship publications, funding, podium presentations for past 2-3 years

Clark, PC. Ashford, S., Burt, R., Aycock, DM., & Kimble, LP. (2006) A factor analysis of the revised Piper Fatigue Scale in a caregiver sample. Journal of Nursing Measurement. 14 (2), 71-79.
Underwood, J., Clark, PC, Blanton, S., Aycock, DM. & Wolf, SL. (2006) Pain, fatigue and intensity of practice in people with stroke and receiving constraint-induced movement therapy? Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. 86 (9), 1241-1250.
Clark, PC, Dunbar, SB., Aycock, DM, Courtney, E. & Wolf, SL. (2006) Caregiver perspectives of memory and behavior changes in stroke survivors. Rehabilitation Nursing. 21 (1), 31-37. (Awarded the 2006 Editor’s Choice for Manuscript of the Year by the Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing. Awarded the 2006-7 Stroke Manuscript of the Year by the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Council).
Aycock, DM, Blanton, S., Clark, PC. & Wolf, SL. (2004) What is constraint-induced therapy? Rehabilitation Nursing. 29 (4), 114-115,121.
Clark, PC., Dunbar, SB., Shields, C., Viswanathan, B., Aycock, DM. & Wolf, SL. (2004) Influence of stroke survivor characteristics and family conflict surrounding recovery on caregivers’ mental and physical health. Nursing Research. 53 (6), 406-413.

Professional Service Activities

Memberships:

Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. (2006-present)
American Heart Association – Cardiovascular Nursing Council (2002-present)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society (2001-present)
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (1999-present)

Service:

Nurse Practitioner for Towaliga Judicial Circuit Special Drug Court Program Forsyth, Georgia. (2005 – present)
Member, Virginia Lee Franklin Conference Planning Committee (2005-present)

Awards and Honors

Scaife Family Foundation Medical Track Scholarship Recipient for the National Rural Institute on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (2006)