Katie DeMarco
DNP, MSHS, FNP-BC, APN, ACHPN

Mtn. Lakes, NJ

Specialties

Family

Clinical Subspecialties

Palliative

Details

Professional Achievements:

NJ Palliative & End of Life Advisory Council Trenton, NJ

Member, Governor’s Council 9/2016 – Present

Report to NJ Department of Health
Identify existing practices and programs in this State that have demonstrated measureable success in providing patient access to, and choice of, high-quality, cost-effective palliative care and end-of-life care services and ways to promote the expansion and dissemination of those practices and programs;
Identify an effective mechanism for disseminating information to the general public, on as widespread a basis as is practicable, which information will assist patients and their families in making informed health care decisions with regard to palliative care and end-of life care; and
Develop goals and benchmarks for efforts, which may be undertaken by the Department of Health or other relevant entities acting singly or in collaboration with each other, to accomplish the purposes of: providing patient access to, and choice of, high-quality, cost-effective palliative care and end-of-life care services; and assisting patients and their families in making informed health care decisions with regard to such care.

Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association Pittsburg, PA

Member, APN Advisory Council 9/14 – Present

14 National council members
- Regionally represent NY/NJ/PA (2014-2017)
- Regionally represent NY/NJ/DE/MD (2017-present)
Report to the Director of Professional Practice
Guide HPNA APN programs in education, practice, research, and policy
Review current HPNA materials and suggest strategies to relate them to advanced practice palliative nursing.
Provide input for creation of materials pertinent to advanced practice palliative nursing
Assist with the development and presentation of HPNA APN educational and clinical practice programs within the state and at national meetings
Collaborate with Professional Development Council in the planning, development, and guidance of education services and products
Collaborate with Research Advisory Council in the identification of research priorities and in the development of education services and productsThe George Washington University Washington, DC
Clinical Service Professor 5/14 – Present

Work History

Hackensack Meridian - Hackensack in Hackensack
Clinical Supervisor & Palliative APN; Pain & Palliative Medicine Institute — September, 2008 to present