Audra Hanners
DNP, APRN-CNP, CKNS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Biography
I started exploring research as an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and work in cancer and neuroscience research labs. However, my desire to translate bench research into meaningful practice led me to the evidence-based practice (EBP) expert education of the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. As an advance practice registered nurse (APRN) with a family nurse practitioner specialty, my work in community home care and primary care set the stage for starting my own health coaching business. Through my continued entrepreneurial work and as faculty at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, I have identified gaps in my evidence-based practice knowledge. Through collaborations with PhD scientists, community partners and other professionals I enjoy exploring solutions to clinical needs I identify in practice.
As a DNP student I designed, implemented, and evaluated the Keto Prescribed program in a small group of African American/Black women based off of healthcare needs I identified as a nurse practitioner. I counseled participants, created an educational support website with social media access, gave scientific and lay presentations, and linked African American women to accessible resources. I observed disparities in nutrition education and gross misunderstanding about ketogenic eating and how it relates to health and well-being.
I am an American Nutrition Association and Board of Nutrition Specialists Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist CKNS ⸺ increasing my knowledge of the biochemical/metabolic processes and scientific research on ketogenic dietary therapies. I completed the Evidence-Based Practice Certification program at The Ohio State University Helene Fuld Institute of Evidence-Based Practice increasing my skill in evaluating research evidence and designing an implementation plan for practice. I am soon to license as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner to further enhance my holistic approach to nursing practice.
As a clinician, professor, and entrepreneur I have established working relationships with interdisciplinary transformational leaders in academia (at Ohio State), industry (community primary care clinics) and the larger Ohio Community (Partners Achieving Community Transformation [P.A.C.T.]). Leveraging these relationships has led to a professorship at Ohio State, presentations at conferences publications, and current international and foundation funding for two group studies of my Keto Prescribed program acceptability and readiness to pilot.
As a nurse practitioner I have patient care experience and understand the value of engaging patients in their health. As an academic I have experience educating the future nurses about the importance of nursing practice and its focus on patient wellness, disease prevention and reversal. As an entrepreneur I have experience in consumer market analysis, business planning, and proof of concept design and commercialization for product and service development.
Current projects:
- Gawlik, K., Flamm, K., Rusgo, A., Granger, M., Blankenship, A., Hanners, A., Calser, K., Karl, J., Momeyer, A., Raza, S., Gulati, M., & Teall, A. (2019). Evidence-based assessment of the cardiovascular system (Chapter 6). In “Evidence-Based Physical Exami
- Hanners, A. & Casler, K. (in press). Troponin. In K. Casler & K. Gawlik (Eds.), Laboratory screening and diagnostic evaluation: An evidence-based approach. Springer Publishing
- Hanners, A. (in press). Homocysteine. In K. Casler & K. Gawlik (Eds.), Laboratory screening and diagnostic evaluation: An evidence-based approach. Springer Publishing
- Hanners, A.L., Melnyk, BM., & Guo, J., (2020). Considering evidence from studies with findings beyond the sacred cow of p< 0.05 for best practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing.
- Allen S.D., Garrett J.T., Rawale S.V., Jones A.L., Phillips G., Forni G., Morris J.C., Oshima R.G., Kaumaya P.T. (2007). Peptide vaccines of the HER-2/neu dimerization loop are effective in inhibiting mammary tumor growth in vivo. Journal. Immunology. 179
- 2021 NIH LRP Award - National Heart Blood Lung Institute
- Sigma Theta Tau International/American Nurses Credentialing Center Hanners (PI) 2019 Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Grant - $20,000 Keto Prescribed: Implementing Ketogenic Diet Research Evidence into Clinical Practice as a Holistic Approach to Wellness Project Description: “The purpose of this project, Keto Prescribed, is to implement research evidence of a ketogenic diet into clinical practice through a nurse practitioner (NP)-led interdisciplinary health coaching team approach and evaluate outcomes on CVD risk factors and health related quality of life in overweight, adult African American women.”
- Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation Role: Co-Investigator, Warren (PI) 2019 Emergent EBP Innovation Award - $50,000 Keto Prescribed: Translating Ketogenic Diet Research into Clinical Practice Project Description: This project will pilot a non-conventional nurse practitioner (NP)-driven health coaching program. Holistic care management, team coordination, and the use of interventional work form the basis of education, practice, and evidence-approaches in healthcare. Keto Prescribed incorporates ketogenic eating and culturally sensitive mental/physical health interventions to reduce CVD risk and increase quality of life for AA women. Through this emergent model, we will improve the health and well-being outcomes of AA women in community practice settings, establishing an innovative model that can scale across the U.S.”
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Hanners (PI) The Keto Prescribed project through The Ohio State University was supported by Award Number UL1TR002733 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The content is solely the responsibility of the author and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.