Carey Heck, PhD, CRNP, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN

• Moral distress
• Neuroscience critical care
• Novice nurse transition

• Post Graduate Certificate, Thomas Jefferson University, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (2016)
• PhD, Villanova University, Nursing (2015)
• MSN, University of Pennsylvania, Adult Tertiary Care NP Neuroscience  (1998)
• MS,  St. Joseph’s University, Health Education (1994)
  BSN, Villanova University (1987)

Heck, C. (Editor) & Franker, L. (Co-editor). (2025). Spine Certificate Program.  American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) and the American Board of Neuroscience Nursing (ABNN). 

Heck, C. & Moore, C (2024). Evaluating Communication Training for Adult-Gerontology AcuteCare Nurse Practitioner Students. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 20, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105058

Heck, C. (2023). Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in the Stroke Patient. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 35, 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2022.10.004

Heck, C. (2023). Invasive Neuromonitoring in the Stroke Patient. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America. 35, 83-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2022.10.006

Heck, C (2023) ENT Guidelines. In Harris, C. (Ed.), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Practice Guidelines. New York: Springer

Heck, C (2023) Encephalitis. In C Harris (Ed.), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Practice Guidelines. New York: Springer

Heck, C (2023) Meningitis. In C Harris (Ed.), Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Practice Guidelines. New York: Springer