Elaine Walsh
Professor
Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing
Professor
Vice Chair for Education
Affiliate Faculty, Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention
Dr. Elaine Walsh is an ANCC Certified Clinical Specialist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. She holds a Master of Nursing degree from UCLA and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on suicide prevention, co-occurring risk behaviors, program evaluation, and translating research interventions into community settings. She has provided mental health and suicide risk assessment, intervention, and training in inpatient, school and community settings. Dr. Walsh has been involved in oversight of a number of federally funded clinical trials addressing adolescent depression, suicide risk and other problem behaviors. Work at Seattle Children’s includes supporting nurses to develop and implement research projects. Dr. Walsh is on the editorial board of two scientific journals, and reviews manuscripts for a number of additional journals. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and is an executive board member of the Lois Price Spratlen Foundation, Seattle Nursing Research Consortium, and the National Pediatric Nurse Scientist Collaborative.
- Teaching Interests: Program evaluation, mental health, prevention science
- Research Interests: Suicide prevention, youth mental health, nurse resilience, translating research to community settings
- Innovative Interventions
- Lifespan Health
- Ph.D., University of Washington, 1999
- M.N., University of California Los Angeles, 1991
- B.Sc., Mount St. Mary's College, 1986
- Registered Nurse, 1994, Washington
- Clinical Specialist Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing , 1993
- Fellow, 2019/10, American Academy of Nursing
- Gretchen Schodde Lifetime Achievement Award, 2019/10, Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
- Daisy Faculty Award, 2017/06, University of Washington School of Nursing
- Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017/06, University of WA Mortar Board Honor Society
- 2024. "Solving the Autism Puzzle: Creating a Broad-Spectrum Tool to Improve Care Delivery in the Clinical Setting." Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses 39. 349-355.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2023.08.019 - 2024. "Serum Hormone Concentrations in Transgender Youth Receiving Estradiol." Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 30. 155-159.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2023.11.011 - 2024. "Amplifying Their Voice: Inclusive Healthcare Provider Perspectives to Improve Advancement, Resilience, and Retention." Cureus 16. e66028.
https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.66028 - 2024. "Using a Previsit Questionnaire for Initial Visits in a Pediatric Mitochondrial Clinic: Perspectives of Parents, a Specialty Physician, and a Clinical Coordinator." Journal of child neurology 39. 453-460.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08830738241278388 - 2024. "Temporal Daily Relationships Between Sleep and Pain in Adolescents With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 38. 365-373.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2023.11.016 - 2024. "Advancing a Nursing Culture of Inquiry: Strategies for the Community." AACN advanced critical care 35. 265-271.
https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2024444 - 2024. "Answering the call: Experiences of nurses of color during COVID-19." Nursing inquiry 31. e12647.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12647 - 2024. "Exploring use of Peristeen® transanal irrigation for pediatric bowel management." Journal of Pediatric Surgical Nursing.
https://doi.org/10.1177/23320249241236864 - 2023. "The Resilience of Pediatric Nurses in Context: A Mixed Methods Study." Western journal of nursing research 45. 1085-1093.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459231204693 - 2023. "A Contemporary Model for Improving RN Job Outcomes." Nurse leader 21. e91-e96.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2023.03.004 - 2023. "COVID-19 Related Job Outcomes for Nurses of Color in the United States." Western journal of nursing research 45. 726-734.
https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459231182200 - 2023. "Supporting students’ mental health and social emotional learning through community engagement and collaboration." Educational Research 65. 285-300.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2023.2209097 - 2023. "School nurses' diabetes-related attitudes and self-efficacy in diabetes education and management." Journal of School Nursing 39. 487-495.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405211043126 - 2022. "Tea for the Soul: An intervention to support nurse resilience." Nursing management 53. 37-45.
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NUMA.0000897480.52072.a1 - 2022. "Health Research in a Jail: Methodological Challenges." Nursing science quarterly 35. 477-482.
https://doi.org/10.1177/08943184221115129 - 2022. "Correction: An Alternative to the Light Touch Digital Health Remote Study: The Stress and Recovery in Frontline COVID-19 Health Care Workers Study." JMIR formative research 6. e38188.
- 2021. "An Alternative to the Light Touch Digital Health Remote Study: The Stress and Recovery in Frontline COVID-19 Health Care Workers Study." JMIR formative research 5. e32165.
https://doi.org/10.2196/32165
- NMETH 801: Practice Doctorate Project
- NURS 599: Selected Readings in Nursing Science
- CFPHN SCRI Staff Assignment 2023-2024, Seattle Children's Hospital
- CFPHN SCRI Staff Assignment 2025-2026, Seattle Children's Hospital