Maura Keal, CPNP-AC

Ambitious Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with 14 years of nursing experience delivering quality patient care to pediatric populations. Experience in inpatient, perioperative, and ambulatory settings. Ability to work independently, with excellent interpersonal, communication, and technology skills. Caring and compassionate professional recognized for extraordinary patient care, teamwork, and organization. Eager to join Radiation Oncology to gain new experience and work with an extraordinary team of providers.

• Certified Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (CPNP-AC)
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)

• Served as a member of a small team who created and implemented a Surgery Rounding Tool within EPIC to use during morning rounds, which aids in ease of collecting morning data (I/O's, vitals, labs, imaging) to improve patient care and plan for daily interventions. Completed in April 2025.
• Currently serving on a small group committee to complete a data review and analysis of followup care for pediatric patients with solid organ injuries. Will use this data to create a protocol for the followup care of these patients to include frequency of clinic visits, lab monitoring, and imaging.

• Educate bedside nursing staff on various surgical management of the pre and postoperative patient and take time to collaborate with them to explain the disease processes, order management, and plan of care for pediatric surgical patients
• Provide education and orientation to residents, interns, medical students while on rotations with the TACS or PSS services. This includes orientation and education to the services, EPIC documentation, rounding, and oral presentations
• On a daily basis, I educate and collaborate with families on their child's disease process, management plan, anticipated needs and/or discharge education
• Educate and inform various collaborating teams/MD's/services on the plan of care and priority interventions for shared surgical patients