Karin Eve Reuter Rice | Scholars@Duke

Karin Eve Reuter Rice
Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure

Karin Reuter-Rice is an associate professor in the Duke University School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences. She is an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner with the Division of Pediatric Critical Care. Dr. Reuter-Rice is a clinical expert in pediatric critical care, a fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, American Academy of Nursing, and the NIH-NINR Summer Genetics Institute. She is co-editor of the textbook Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice.

Her commitment to the care of critically ill and injured children and their families has led Dr. Reuter-Rice to focus her research in the area of trauma and head injury. With a collaborative research team approach and NIH-NINR and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation support, Dr. Reuter-Rice examines the relationship between genetic variations, cerebral vasospasm and neurocognitive/functional outcomes in pediatric admitted to hospital with a traumatic brain injury. She has also developed a specimen biorepository. Her published research findings have been presented internationally. In addition to her research and practice in the critical care unit, she teaches and mentors students in the care of acutely ill and injured children.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing, Duke University 2021
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2015

Contact Information

307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
307 Trent Drive, DUMC 3322, Durham, NC 27710
karin.reuter-rice@duke.edu (919) 681-7647

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of San Diego 2006
- M.S.N., University of San Diego 1994
- B.S.N., University of San Diego 1992
Medical Licensure
- NP. California. 2018
- NP. North Carolina. 2018
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2019 - 2021
- Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2015 - 2019
- Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2010 - 2015
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2010 - 2015
- Instructor, Temporary in the School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Duke University 2010
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 25, 2016
  
  Brain Injury Awareness: Nursing Faculty on Life after Diagnosis
- OCT 28, 2014
  
  Five Nursing Faculty Members Named American Academy of Nursing Fellows
- JUN 25, 2014
  
  Five Duke School of Nursing Faculty Selected for Induction in American Academy of Nursing
- FEB 3, 2014
  
  Scanning for Answers
- SEP 17, 2013
  
  Reuter-Rice Named a 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ‘Nurse Faculty Scholar’
Awards & Honors
- Fellow. American Academy of Nursing. 2014
- Fellow of Critical Care Medicine. The American College of Critical Care Medicine. 2008
Expertise
Subject Headings
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
- Teaching
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- The Use of Environmental Sensors to Measure the Relationship of Light and sound to Delirium Scores in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit awarded by World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Services 2019 - 2020
- Pediatric Acute/Chronic Care Nurse Practitioner Program awarded by Health Resources and Service Administration 2009 - 2013
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Aggregating and Visualizing Environmental Biological, Physiological, and Outcome Data in Acute Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by Duke University, School of Medicine, Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine. 2016 - 2017
- Collecting and Aggregating Omic and Environmental Data in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study awarded by Duke University, School of Nursing 2016 - 2018
- Relationship of Endothelin-1 and Cerebral Vasospasm in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar 2013 - 2016
- Physiologic Adaptation and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Nursing Research, through the Center for Adaptive Leadership in Cognitive/Affective Symptom Science 2012 - 2015
- Measuring Vasospasm, Biomarkers, and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by Duke University School of Nursing 2011 - 2012
External Relationships
- Speakerships SCCM, AACN, Lurie Chidlren's Hospital; J&B Learning and Elsevier Publishing textbook royalities (public for profit)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, and Beth Bolick. Pediatric Acute Care. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2011.
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  - Jordan, Jeremy D., and Karin E. Reuter-Rice. “Day-to-Day Change in Pulsatility Index Describes Anterior Cerebral Circulation Disturbance and Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.” The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing : Journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses 52, no. 5 (October 2020): 224–29. https://doi.org/10.1097/jnn.0000000000000533.
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  - Naegle, Madeline A., Deborah S. Finnell, Louise Kaplan, Keela Herr, Richard Ricciardi, Karin Reuter-Rice, Sarah Oerther, and Patricia Van Hook. “Opioid Crisis through the Lens of Social Justice.” Nursing Outlook 68, no. 5 (September 2020): 678–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.08.014.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Mary Grace McMurray, Elise Christoferson, Haley Yeager, and Brooke Wiggins. “Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Biological, Environmental, and Pharmacologic Implications for Nurses.” Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 32, no. 2 (June 2020): 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnc.2020.02.002.
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  - Misrahi, S., and K. Reuter-Rice. “Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Use in Pediatric Patients With Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injuries.” Journal of Radiology Nursing 39, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 39–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2019.11.008.
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  - Prothro, Ivy, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Symptoms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Unmask Autoimmune Disease.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 34, no. 2 (March 2020): 161–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.11.004.
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  - Fu, M. R., E. Kurnat-Thoma, A. Starkweather, W. A. Henderson, A. K. Cashion, J. K. Williams, M. C. Katapodi, et al. “Precision health: A nursing perspective.” International Journal of Nursing Sciences 7, no. 1 (January 10, 2020): 5–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2019.12.008.
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  - LaRovere, Kerri L., Robert C. Tasker, Mark Wainwright, Karin Reuter-Rice, Brian Appavu, Darryl Miles, Karen Lidsky, et al. “Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound During Critical Illness in Children: Survey of Practices in Pediatric Neurocritical Care Centers.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 21, no. 1 (January 2020): 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000002118.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, and Elise Christoferson. “Critical Update on the Third Edition of the Guidelines for Managing Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children.” American Journal of Critical Care : An Official Publication, American Association of Critical Care Nurses 29, no. 1 (January 2020): e13–18. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2020228.
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  - Kochanek, Patrick M., Ake N. Grenvik, Robert C. Tasker, Nancy Carney, Annette M. Totten, P David Adelson, Nathan R. Selden, et al. “The authors reply.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 11 (November 2019): 1105–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000002095.
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  - Kochanek, Patrick M., Robert C. Tasker, Nancy Carney, Annette M. Totten, P David Adelson, Nathan R. Selden, Cynthia Davis-O’Reilly, et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary.” Neurosurgery 84, no. 6 (June 2019): 1169–78. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz051.
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  - Kochanek, Patrick M., Robert C. Tasker, Michael J. Bell, P David Adelson, Nancy Carney, Monica S. Vavilala, Nathan R. Selden, et al. “Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: 2019 Consensus and Guidelines-Based Algorithm for First and Second Tier Therapies.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 3 (March 2019): 269–79. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000001737.
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  - Kochanek, Patrick M., Robert C. Tasker, Nancy Carney, Annette M. Totten, P David Adelson, Nathan R. Selden, Cynthia Davis-O’Reilly, et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines, Executive Summary.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 3 (March 2019): 280–89. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000001736.
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  - Kochanek, Patrick M., Robert C. Tasker, Nancy Carney, Annette M. Totten, P David Adelson, Nathan R. Selden, Cynthia Davis-O’Reilly, et al. “Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition: Update of the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 3S Suppl 1 (March 2019): S1–82. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000001735.
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  - Schnur, Kaylee C., Eliana Gill, Alejandro Guerrero, Nicole Osier, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Best Practices for Obtaining Genomic Consent in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Research.” Nursing Research 68, no. 2 (March 2019): E11–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000335.
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  - O’Brien, Nicole F., Sandra D. W. Buttram, Tensing Maa, Marlina E. Lovett, Karin Reuter-Rice, Kerri L. LaRovere, and Kerri L. Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group (PNCRG). “Cerebrovascular Physiology During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Multicenter Study Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 20, no. 2 (February 2019): 178–86. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000001778.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Julia K. Eads, Suzanna Berndt, and Karoline Doser. “The Initiation of Rehabilitation Therapies and Observed Outcomes in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.” Rehabilitation Nursing : The Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 43, no. 6 (November 2018): 327–34. https://doi.org/10.1097/rnj.0000000000000116.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Michael Regier, Ellen Bennett, and Daniel Laskowitz. “The Effect of the Relationship of APOE Polymorphisms and Cerebral Vasospasm on Functional Outcomes in Children With Traumatic Brain Injury.” Biol Res Nurs 20, no. 5 (October 2018): 566–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1099800418785982.
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  - Deines, Jake J., Jianhong Chang, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Cerebral Blood Flow Velocities and Functional Outcomes in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Journal of Neurotrauma, September 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2017.5577.
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  - Perez, G Adriana, Karen Moomaw Rose, Billy A. Caceres, Wanda Spurlock, Barbara Bowers, Barbara Lutz, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren, et al. “Position statement: Policies to support family caregivers.” Nursing Outlook 66, no. 3 (May 2018): 337–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2018.04.009.
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  - Davis, Alan L., Joseph A. Carcillo, Rajesh K. Aneja, Andreas J. Deymann, John C. Lin, Trung C. Nguyen, Regina S. Okhuysen-Cawley, et al. “The American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock: Executive Summary.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicine : A Journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 18, no. 9 (September 2017): 884–90. https://doi.org/10.1097/pcc.0000000000001259.
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  - Davis, Alan L., Joseph A. Carcillo, Rajesh K. Aneja, Andreas J. Deymann, John C. Lin, Trung C. Nguyen, Regina S. Okhuysen-Cawley, et al. “American College of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Parameters for Hemodynamic Support of Pediatric and Neonatal Septic Shock.” Critical Care Medicine 45, no. 6 (June 2017): 1061–93. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000002425.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Karoline Doser, Julia K. Eads, and Suzanna Berndt. “Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Families and Healthcare Team Interaction Trajectories During Acute Hospitalization.” Journal of Pediatric Nursing 34 (May 2017): 84–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2016.12.017.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin. “Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Use in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury.” Journal of Radiology Nursing 36, no. 1 (March 2017): 3–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jradnu.2016.11.003.
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  - Hickey, Kathleen T., Maria C. Katapodi, Bernice Coleman, Karin Reuter-Rice, and Angela R. Starkweather. “Improving Utilization of the Family History in the Electronic Health Record.” Journal of Nursing Scholarship : An Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 49, no. 1 (January 2017): 80–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12259.
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  - Peterson-Burch, Frances, Karin Reuter-Rice, and Taura L. Barr. “Rethinking Recovery: Incorporating Holistic Nursing Perspectives in Poststroke Care.” Holistic Nursing Practice 31, no. 1 (January 2017): 3–6. https://doi.org/10.1097/hnp.0000000000000187.
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  - Deines, Jake, Jianhong Chang, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “809: TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ASSESSMENT IN MILD PEDIATRIC TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.” Critical Care Medicine 44, no. 12 (December 2016): 278–278. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000509485.91294.28.
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  - Vaewpanich, Jarin, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Continuous electroencephalography in pediatric traumatic brain injury: Seizure characteristics and outcomes.” Epilepsy & Behavior : E&B 62 (September 2016): 225–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.07.012.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin E., and Bradley M. Peterson. “Conventional and Unconventional Lifesaving Therapies in an Adolescent With Amlodipine Ingestion.” Critical Care Nurse 36, no. 4 (August 2016): 64–69. https://doi.org/10.4037/ccn2016524.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Maureen A. Madden, Sarah Gutknecht, and Adele Foerster. “Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner: The 2014 Practice Analysis.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 30, no. 3 (May 2016): 241–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2016.01.009.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Madelyn Krebs, and Julia K. Eads. “Head Injuries in School-Age Children Who Play Golf.” The Journal of School Nursing : The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses 32, no. 2 (April 2016): 132–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840515579084.
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  - O’Brien, Nicole F., Tensing Maa, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Noninvasive screening for intracranial hypertension in children with acute, severe traumatic brain injury.” Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics 16, no. 4 (October 2015): 420–25. https://doi.org/10.3171/2015.3.peds14521.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Dana Patrick, Elizabeth Kantor, Cathy Nolin, and Jennifer Foley. “Characteristics of Children Who Undergo Intraosseous Needle Placement.” Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 37, no. 4 (October 2015): 301–7. https://doi.org/10.1097/tme.0000000000000077.
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  - Popernack, Myra L., Nicola Gray, and Karin Reuter-Rice. “Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: Complications and Rehabilitation Strategies.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 29, no. 3 (May 2015): e1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2014.09.003.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Julia K. Eads, Suzanna Boyce Berndt, and Ellen Bennett. “Chapter 6 state of the science of pediatric traumatic brain injury: biomarkers and gene association studies.” Annu Rev Nurs Res 33 (2015): 185–217. https://doi.org/10.1891/0739-6686.33.185.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin. “Acute care pediatric nurse practitioner: a practice analysis study.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 27, no. 6 (November 2013): 410–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2012.04.005.
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  - Bolick, Beth N., Jennifer Bevacqua, Andrea Kline-Tilford, Karin Reuter-Rice, Cathy Haut, Carmel A. McComiskey, Joe Don Cavender, and Judy T. Verger. “Recommendations for matching pediatric nurse practitioner education and certification to pediatric acute care populations.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 27, no. 1 (January 2013): 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2012.09.009.
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  - Bolick, Beth Nachtsheim, Cathy Haut, Karin Reuter-Rice, Judy Leflore, Carmel A. McComiskey, Theresa A. Mikhailov, Joe Don Cavender, Julie Ann Creaden, Renee McLeod, and Judy Verger. “The acute care pediatric nurse practitioner: curriculum overview.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 26, no. 3 (May 2012): 231–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2011.11.001.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Susan Duthie, and Justin Hamrick. “Neurogenic pulmonary edema associated with pediatric status epilepticus.” Pediatric Emergency Care 27, no. 10 (October 2011): 957–58. https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0b013e3182309eac.
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  - O’Brien, Nicole Fortier, Karin E. Reuter-Rice, Sandeep Khanna, Bradley M. Peterson, and Kenneth B. Quinto. “Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury.” Intensive Care Medicine 36, no. 4 (April 2010): 680–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1747-2.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin. “Ecstasy in the emergency department: MDMA ingestion.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 23, no. 1 (January 2009): 49–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.09.002.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin. “Male adolescent bullying and the school shooter.” The Journal of School Nursing : The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses 24, no. 6 (December 2008): 350–59. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840508324577.
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  - Reuter-Rice, Karin. “Bites that bleed: crotalid envenomation.” Journal of Pediatric Health Care : Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners 22, no. 4 (July 2008): 258–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2008.02.010.
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  - Reuter-Rice, K. “Approach to interpreting a pediatric chest radiograph.” Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal 28, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 175–89. https://doi.org/10.1097/01261775-200607000-00003.
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- Book Sections
  - Bennett, E. R., K. Reuter-Rice, and D. T. Laskowitz. “Genetic influences in traumatic brain injury.” In Translational Research in Traumatic Brain Injury, 179–218, 2016.
- Conference Papers
  - Reuter-Rice, Karin, Michael Regier, Ellen Bennett, and Daniel Laskowitz. “820: THE RELATIONSHIP OF APOE POLYMORPHISMS AND VASOSPASM TO FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH TBI.” In Critical Care Medicine, 46:394–394. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000528829.36894.26.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

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In the News

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Research

Teaching

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Recent Courses