Biosketch

Clare Hastings is Chief for Nursing and Patient Care Services at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. As the Clinical Center Chief Nursing Officer, she directs patient care services that support intramural research activities conducted by the National Institutes of Health at its 240-bed research hospital and ambulatory care facility in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Hastings represents the Clinical Center in defining the roles of clinical nurses within the national clinical research infrastructure and in setting standards for integrating patient care and management of the clinical research process. She provides executive leadership for the nursing research program at the Clinical Center with portfolio strengths in quality of life, symptom management, health disparities reduction and research career development.

Dr. Hastings started her career as a staff nurse at the Clinical Center. She has held senior management roles at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington, DC and the University of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Hastings is past president of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing where she became nationally known as a spokesperson for defining the role and contributions of nurses in ambulatory care. She also has a long-standing affiliation with the University of Maryland School of Nursing where she has taught graduate level courses in measurement and research methodology. She was selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2003.

Honors and Awards

Champion in Clinical Research Nursing Award, International Association of Clinical Research Nurses, 2010; Recognition Award for work in support of the NIH Hispanic Recruitment Initiative, NIH Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management, 2005; NIH Director's Award for Mentoring, 2005; Chief Nurse Officer Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing, US Public Health Service, 2002; Appreciation Award, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, 2001; Graduate Nursing Award for Outstanding Dissertation Project, Sigma Theta Tau, Pi Chapter, 1995; Doctoral Award for Excellence in Indirect Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing Graduate Program, 1995; Service Award, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, 1993.

Selected Publications

Mitchell SA, Fisher CA, Hastings C, Silverman L, Wallen GR. A Thematic Analysis of Theoretical Models for Translational Science in Nursing: Mapping the Field. Nursing Outlook 2010;58:287-300.

Wallen GR, Mitchell S, Melnyk B, Fineout-Overholt E, Miller-Davis C,Yates J, Hastings C. Implementing evidence-based practice: Effectiveness of a structured multifaceted mentorship programme. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2010;66(12):2761-71.

Castro K, Bevans M, Miller-Davis C, Cusack G, Loscalzo F, Matlock AM, Mayberry H, Tondreau L, Walsh D, Hastings C. Validating the Clinical Research Nursing Domain of Practice. Oncology Nursing Forum. In press.

Offenhartz M, McClary K, Hastings C. (2008). Nursing and realities of clinical research. Nursing Management, 39(11):34-9.

Hastings, C. (2006) Reduce errors with computerized prescriber order entry. Nursing Management, 37(12). 68.

Moore, M. & Hastings, C. (2006) The evolution of an ambulatory nursing intensity system: Measuring nursing workload in a day hospital setting. Journal of Nursing Administration. 36 (5). 241-248.

Hastings, C. (2006). The ambulatory care practice arena. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum, 2nd Edition. Pitman, NJ: AAACN.

Haas, S. & Hastings, C. (2006). Staffing and workload in ambulatory care nursing. Ambulatory Nursing Core Curriculum, 2nd Edition. Pitman, NJ: AAACN.

Wallen, G.R., Rivera-Goba, M., Hastings, C., Peragallo, N., de Leon Siantz, M.L. (2005). Developing the Research Pipeline: Increasing Minority Nursing Research Opportunities. Nursing Education Perspectives, 26(1).

Perkins, S., Connerney, I., & Hastings, C. (2000). An introduction to outcomes management. AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Critical Care. 11(3), 339-50.

Hastings, C. (1997). The changing multidisciplinary team. Nursing Economics, 15(2), 106-108.

American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing / American Nurses Association. (1997). Nursing in ambulatory care: The future is here. Washington, DC: American Nurses Publishing.

Androwich, I. & Hastings, C. (1996). A practical approach to developing system performance indicators. Nursing Economics, 14(3), 174-179.

Hastings, C. (1995). Differences in professional practice model outcomes: The impact of practice setting. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 18(3), 75-86.

Hastings, C. & Waltz, C. (1995). Assessing the outcomes of professional practice redesign: Impact on staff nurse perceptions. Journal of Nursing Administration, 25(3), 34-42.

Hastings, C., O’Keefe, S. & Buckley, J. (1992). Professional Practice Partnerships: A new approach to creating high performance nursing organizations. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 17(1), 1-10.

Joyce, K., Berkebile, C., Hastings, C., Yarboro, C., and Yocum, D. (1989) Health status and disease activity in SLE. Arthritis Care and Research, 2(2), 65-9.

Hastings, C. and Muir-Nash, J. (1989). Validation of taxonomy of ambulatory nursing practice. Nursing Economics, 7(3), 142-149.

Hastings, C. (1988). The lived experience of the illness (Paradigm case) In Benner, P. & Wrubel, J. The Primacy of Caring, Menlo Park, California, Addison Wesley.

Hastings, C. (1987). Measuring quality in ambulatory care nursing. Journal of Nursing Administration, 17(4), 12-21.

Hastings, C. (1987). Classification issues in ambulatory care nursing. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 10(3), 50-64.

Tighe, M.G., Fisher, S.G., Heller, B.F., and Hastings, C.E. (1985). A study of the oncology nursing role in ambulatory care. Oncology Nursing Forum, 12(6), 23-27.

Hastings, C. (1985). Managing rheumatoid autoimmunity. In The Nurse's Clinical Library: Immune Disorders (pp. 98-111) Springhouse, Pennsylvania: Springhouse Publications.

Lehman, T., Palmeri, S., Hastings, C., Klippel, J., and Plotz, P. (1983). Bacterial endocarditis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Rheumatology, 10(4), 655-658.