Myra Woolery RN, MN, CPON® Clinical Nurse Specialist mwoolery@cc.nih.gov

Myra Woolery is a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland and a Masters of Nursing in Parent and Child Nursing with a concentration in oncology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She began her career at Johns Hopkins Hospital as an oncology nurse in bone marrow transplantation and subsequently pediatric oncology.

She has been a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist at NIH since 1987 first providing clinical coverage to pediatric oncology, bone marrow transplantation, and HIV patients. In 1998 she began providing clinical coverage for the pediatric program which sees children with a variety of medical conditions such as endocrine, neurology, genetics, immune deficiencies, hematology and oncology.  Ms. Woolery is an active member of the Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Nurses, and Oncology Nursing Society. She has served on the ONS Putting Evidence in to Practice project teams for Constipation and Prevention of Infection.

Program Interests

National Cancer Institute Pediatric Oncology Branch Protocol Review Committee
Serves as a member providing nursing input on research studies prior to IRB submission.

Ommaya Reservoir
Program developed to train nurses in the administration medications via Ommaya reservoir.

Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Administration
Program developed to educate and train nurses in safe administration of chemotherapy and biotherapy for non cancer indications.

Co-developer of the standards for oral administration of hazardous agents.

Advanced Oncology Education Series (AOES)
Program developed to support the ongoing educational needs of experienced oncology nurses at the NIH and in the community

Psychological Impact of Isolation on Children
Member of group

Committees

Pediatric Care Committee (PCC)
Nursing Informatics Committee (NIS)
CRN 2010: Member of Documentation

Research Activities

Protocol Chairman: Walsh T., Woolery, M., Knudsen, T., Milanovich, J., Steinberg, S. M. & Turk, S. A Study Evaluating the Agreement of Devices for Measuring Temperature in Children.

Associate Investigator: Cusack, G, Dyer, V., Davis, P., Noone, M, Price, D., Ness, E., Koziol, D., Castro, K, Muehlbauer, P, Shelburne, N., & Woolery, M.  PDQ nurse-awareness project using a pre-post survey and educational initiative.

Associate Investigator: Frye, T., Mackall, C., Wayne, A., Love, C. & Woolery, M. A Pilot Study of Allogeneic Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with High-risk and Recurrent Sarcomas.

Constipation
Developed a pediatric constipation assessment survey for children with Smith-Magenis which is currently incorporated into protocol 07-HG-076.

EBP
E-LMAX compare to other pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for children.