Michele Kacmarcik Savin, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Program Director- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Contact Information
Assistant Professor
Program Director- Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Research & Clinical Interests
Faculty Mentor and Curriculum Committee Member
College of Medicine and Allied Health (COMAHS) and Project HOPE Neonatal Nursing Education Program: BSc Neonatal Nursing Track, Sierra Leone
Education
DNP, Thomas Jefferson University (2017)
MSN, University of Pennsylvania (1992)
BSN, University of Delaware (1998)
Publications
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018) Hemophilia and Your Baby. Healthy Mom and Baby (24) 41.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). Understanding Trisomy. Healthy Mom and Baby (23), 45.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). Newborn Thyroid Conditions. Healthy Mom and Baby (23), 60.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2017). Does my baby have Hand Foot and Mouth Disease? Healthy Mom and Baby (22), 63.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2017). Neonatal implications of substance use treatment during pregnancy. Nursing for Women’s Health, 21 (2), 153-154.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2016). My baby has jaundice. Healthy Mom and Baby. AWHONN. Issue 19.
Savin, M.K. & Paul, D.A. (2016). Opioid exposed mothers and infants in Delaware: clinical and legal considerations. Delaware Medical Journal, 88 (4), 111-114.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2015). We can do better: An argument for improved care of the opioid addicted mother-infant dyad. Journal of Doctoral Nursing Students Scholarship. Vol 3. http://issuu.com/pennnursing/docs/jndss_2015__revised_
Gibson, Michelle & Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2015). Breastfeeding your baby. Healthy Mom and Baby. AWHONN Issue
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2015). Colostrum as babies first food. Healthy Mom and Baby. AWHONN, Issue 16.
Certifications
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Regional Trainer
awards
2019 Thomas Jefferson University Award for Outstanding Teaching
2017 Susan Schrand Award for Professionalism, Leadership and Advocacy, Jefferson College of Nursing
2016 March of Dimes Graduate Nursing Scholarship Award
2015 Academy of Neonatal Nurses Excellence in Clinical Practice Award
2015-2017 Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation and Independence Blue Cross Grant Scholar
Professional Memberships
National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN)
Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Academy of Neonatal Nursing (ANN)
SIGMA
National Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NANNP)
National League for Nursing (NLN)
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty (NONPF)
Presentations & Awards
“Caring for families in crisis: how trauma and bias impact communication in the NICU” National Association of Neonatal Nurses 35th Annual Conference Savannah GA, October 2019
“Apnea, Reflux and the Discharge Dilemma” Academy of Neonatal Nursing National Fall 2019 Conference Orlando, FL September 2019
“Mentorship and Role Transition: Two Sides of the Same Coin”Academy of Neonatal Nursing National Fall 2019 Conference Orlando, FL September 2019
“Challenging Communication: The Effect of ACES and Implicit Bias” Christiana Care Nurses Week TED Talks Newark, DE May 2019
“Innovation Applied to Maintain APRN Clinical Competency when Interfacing with an Academic Environment” AACN Doctoral Education Conference San Diego CA, January 2019
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). Delaware AWHONN Chapter Annual Refresher, Trauma Informed Care in the NICU.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). Christiana Care Annual Margaret Handy Lectureship. Neonatal Abstinence and the First Year of Life.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). Nemours Nursing Grand Rounds. Neonatal Abstinence and the First Year of Life.
Savin, Michele Kacmarcik (2018). “Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: The Infant and Family in the First Year of Life and Beyond” AWHONN 2018 National Convention Tampa FL, June 2018.
An update on the identification and management of conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin, National Association of Neonatal Nurses 33rd Annual Conference, Providence, RI, October 2017.
A holistic nursing approach to the education of vulnerable substance exposed mothers and infants, National Association of Neonatal Nurses 33rd Annual Conference, Providence, RI October 2017.
NAS in the First Year of Life, Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners 28th Annual Florida NNP Symposium, Clearwater, FL, October 2017.
Health Literacy Update, Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners 28th Annual Florida NNP Symposium, Clearwater, FL, October 2017
2015 National Excellence in Clinical Practice Award. Academy of Neonatal Nursing,
Update on Care of the Maternal-infant Dyad with Opioid Exposure, Pursuing Best Practices in the NICU annual conference Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children Wilmington, DE, May, 2015
Barriers to the Pursuit of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Role, Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting Washington, DE, April, 2015
Translating evidence: Using the Magic of Nursing Knowledge to Improve Health Literacy, AWHONN National Convention 2014 Orlando, FL, June 2014
Research
Co- Investigator, “Innovation Applied to Maintain APRN Clinical Competency when Interfacing with an Academic Environment” Jefferson College of Nursing 2018-2020 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Investigator, “Utilization of Care by Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Delaware”, 2017 DNP Practice Inquiry Research Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Investigator, "Barriers to Pursuit of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Role”, 2013-2014 research project in the Neonatal Intensive Care, Christiana Care Health Services Wilmington DE
Co-Investigator, “Timing of Interpregnancy Preconception Counseling After a Premature Birth”, 2009 research project in the Neonatal Intensive Care, Christiana Care Health Services, Newark, Delaware