Kathy Gallagher, DNP, MSN, FNP, CMC, UMC, BC, WCC, FACCWS
Newark, Delaware
Kathy is the co-developer and coordinator of the Acute Surgical Wound Service at Christiana Care Health Services. She advocates a team approach along a continuum of care from inpatient to surgery to outpatient. Her concentration has been traumatic wounds and addressing the individualized needs of those affected. She continues to harmonize patient care after discharge to skilled nursing/rehabilitation facilities and home care.
With the ultimate goal of optimizing wound care outcomes she maintains certifications in Wound Care, Utilization Management, Case Management, and Gerontology. Towards that objective she especially enjoys educating through local, national, and international presentations to all levels of wound care providers. She created an interactive comprehensive website to augment her facility personnel with around-the-clock access to wound care questions. She has authored several research articles in wound and trauma journals.
This work has been by far the most rewarding. The team effort has afforded Kathy opportunities to enjoy sharing numerous patient success stories.
Presentations:
Continuing Education at Christiana Care Health System, Delaware
“Biofilm- What’s the Big Deal?” 2012
“Cover That Wound With A Skin Graft???” 2013
“Dressing for Success: Current Status of Trauma Wound Care” 2015
“Skin Grafts” 2016
“APN’s Guide to Acute Wound Management” 2017
“Practitioner’s Guide to Acute Wound Management” 2018
Invited Speeches
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E., Comprehensive approach to manage complex wounds, 8th Annual Regional Conference for Health Care Professionals: 21st Century Visions of Nursing- Excellence Through Knowledge, Delaware, September, 2011.
Gallagher, K. E., Shweiki, E., Assessing the risk of toxic shock syndrome from negative pressure therapy: A review of acute, contaminated wound literature to document and support the safety of contemporary, global negative pressure wound therapy practice, American Professional Wound Care Association 2012 National Clinical Conference, Florida, March, 2012.
Gallagher, K. E., Cover that wound with a skin graft? Delaware Valley WOCN Meeting, Delaware, August, 2012.
Gallagher, K.E., Halbert, C., Opportunities for excellence in acute surgical patient management, American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Florida, April 2013; AMSUS (The Society of the Federal Health Agencies)Annual Conference, Seattle, November, 2013; Christiana Care Health System Surgical Grand Rounds, April, 2014.
Gallagher, K.E., Noncontact low-frequency ultrasound accelerates wound healing, American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Florida, April, 2013.
Gallagher, K. E., The case manager as advanced practice nurse: an innovation, Case Management Society of America 23rd Annual Conference & Expo, New Orleans, June, 2013.
Gallagher, K.E., Tinkoff, G., Catastrophic limb injuries: when is enough, enough? American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Philadelphia, April, 2014.
Gallagher, K.E., Patient-centered approach to dressing selection, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, Orlando, April, 2014.
Gallagher, K.E., Halbert, C., Tinkoff, G., Utility of Web-based Support for Acute Surgical Wound Care, European Wound management Association, London, England, May, 2015; American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition, Newark, De., May, 2015.
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E. (2013, February). Negative pressure wound therapy in acute, contaminated wounds: documenting its safety and efficacy to support current global practice, International Wound Journal, 10(1), 13-43. [Epub 2012 Mar 15].
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E. (2013, September). Assessing a safe interval for subsequent negative pressure wound therapy change after initial placement in acute, contaminated wounds, WOUNDS: A Compendium of Clinical Research and Practice, 10(1), 263-271.
Felte R., Gallagher K. E., Tinkoff G. H., et al. (November 07, 2016) A case review series of Christiana Care Health System’s experience with negative pressure wound therapy instillation. Cureus 8(11): e865. doi:10.7759/cureus.865.
Zakhary S.A., Davey C., Bari R., Bean J., Reber T., Gallagher K.E.…Bolton L. ( November, 2017). The development and content validation of a multidisciplinary, evidence-based wound infection prevention and treatment guideline. Ostomy Wound Management, 63(11), 18-29.
Gallagher, K., Farrell, M.S., Tinkoff, G., Cardenas, L. & Halbert, C. (2018. Feb) Web-based support for acute surgical wound care. American Surgeon. 1:84(2): e50-52.
Abstracts
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E. (2011, December). Assessing a safe interval for subsequent negative pressure wound therapy change after initial placement in acute, contaminated wounds, Critical Care Medicine, 39(Suppl. 12), 226.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K.E. (2011, September). Comprehensive approach to manage complex wounds, 8th Annual Regional Conference for Health Care Professionals: 21st Century Visions of Nursing- Excellence through Knowledge.
Gallagher, K.E., Harrell-Tompkins, E. (2012, September). Noncontact low-frequency ultrasound (MIST Therapy) accelerates wound healing, 9th Annual Regional Conference for Health Care Professionals: 21st Century Visions of Nursing- Excellence through Knowledge.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E. (2012, December). Split thickness skin grafting as soft tissue coverage of sacral decubiti: A novel approach addressing a complex problem in hospitalized patients, Critical Care Medicine. 40(Suppl. 12).
Gallagher, K. E., Tinkoff, G. (2014, December). Surgical management involving catastrophic injuries: When is enough, enough? Critical Care Medicine. 42(Suppl. 12), 1106.
Posters (Peer Reviewed)
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K.E., Comprehensive approach to manage complex wounds, 8th Annual Regional Conference for Health Care Professionals: 21st Century Visions of Nursing- Excellence through Knowledge, Delaware, September, 2011.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E., Assessing a safe interval for subsequent negative pressure wound therapy change after initial placement in acute, contaminated wounds, Critical Care Medicine, Houston, Texas, February, 2012; American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Florida, April 2013.
Gallagher, K.E., Harrell-Tompkins, E., Noncontact low-frequency ultrasound (MIST Therapy) accelerates wound healing, 9th Annual Regional Conference For Health Care Professionals: 21st Century Visions of Nursing- Excellence Through Knowledge, September, 2012; 2013 National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Biennial Conference, Houston, Texas, February, 2013; American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Florida, April 2013; American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, October, 2013; AMSUS (The Society of the Federal Health Agencies) Annual Conference, Seattle, November, 2013.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E., Horrible to happy wounds: Case management comprehensive approach, Case Management Society of America 22nd Annual Conference & Expo, San Francisco, June, 2012.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E., Assessing the risk of toxic shock syndrome from negative pressure therapy: A review of acute, contaminated wound literature to document and support the safety of contemporary global negative pressure wound therapy practice, American Professional Wound Care Association 2012 National Clinical Conference, Orlando, March, 2012; American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, October, 2013.
Shweiki, E., Gallagher, K. E., Split thickness skin grafting as soft tissue coverage of sacral decubiti: a novel approach addressing a complex problem in hospitalized patients, Surgical Critical Care’s 42nd Critical Care Congress, Puerto Rico, February, 2013.
Gallagher, K.E., Halbert, C., Opportunities for excellence in acute surgical patient management, American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, October, 2013; AMSUS (The Society of the Federal Health Agencies) Annual Conference, Seattle, November, 2013.
Gallagher, K.E., Tinkoff, G., Catastrophic limb injuries: When is enough, enough? American Professional Wound Care Association National Clinical Conference, Philadelphia, April, 2014; Management of catastrophic limb injuries: When is enough, enough? Surgical Critical Care’s 44th Critical Care Congress, Phoenix, February, 2015; retitled as Surgical management involving catastrophic injuries: when is enough, enough?, World Union Wound healing Societies, Florence, Italy, September, 2016.
Gallagher, K.E., Tinkoff, G., Conservative approaches in at risk wound patients, American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, December, 2014; retitled as Medical grade honey as an alternative to surgery- a case series, World Union Wound healing Societies, Florence, Italy, September, 2016.
Gallagher, K.E., Tinkoff, G., Surviving and healing full thickness abdominal wall necrotizing fasciitis, American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, December, 2014.
Gallagher, K.E., Halbert, C., & Tinkoff, G., Utility of web-based support for acute surgical wound care, European Wound Management Association, London, England, May, 2015; National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, Philadelphia, May, 2015; American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition, Newark, De., May, 2015; American College of Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, Chicago, December, 2015; World Union Wound healing Societies, Florence, Italy, September, 2016.
Gallagher, K.E., Bayron, J., Wilhelm, I., Medinilla, S., Tinkoff, G., Collagen matrix donor site treatment reduces dressing changes and bleeding complications, Diabetic Limb Salvage, Washington, D.C., April, 2016; World Union Wound healing Societies, Florence, Italy, September, 2016.
Felte, R., Gallagher, K.E., Cardenas, L., Cipolle, M., A case review series of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) using Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) versus Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) or 0.9% normal saline instillation in complex infected wounds, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Diego, Ca, April, 2017.
Felte, R., Gallagher, K.E., Cardenas, L., Tinkoff, G., Cipolle, M., A case review series of CCHS experience with negative pressure wound therapy instillation, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Diego, Ca, April, 2017.
Gallagher, K.E., Bayron, J., Medinilla, S., Tinkoff, G., Cardenas, L., Collagen / Oxidized Regenerative Cellulose on Donor Site Reduces Bleeding and Pain Cost-Effectively, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Diego, Ca, April, 2017.
Gallagher, K.E., Bayron, J., Tinkoff, G., Cardenas, L , Medical grade honey: an alternative to operative debridement, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, San Diego, Ca, April, 2017.
Gallagher, K.E.: Seeking Standardized Donor Site Care, Plan of Action Meeting, Denver, Co, June, 2017.
