About

Nancy Cantey Banasiak, DNP, PNP, PPCNP-BC, APRN, FAAN, is the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Professor in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty and serves as the Director of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care and Primary Care programs at Yale School of Nursing. She has been a faculty member at YSN since 1998 and practices at Thames River School-Based Health Center with a focus on asthma. Dr. Banasiak holds her master’s and doctoral degrees in Nursing from Catholic University of America. Her research and publications primarily focus on pediatric asthma, driven by her clinical experience working with children and their families in outpatient settings. Her doctoral evidence-based project on the implementation of the Asthma Control Test in primary care was adopted by Yale New Haven Primary Care Center to improve patient outcomes. She is an active member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, where she has held several leadership roles, including Treasurer, member of the Executive Committee, and Past Co-President/Secretary of the Asthma and Allergy Special Interest Group. Dr. Banasiak was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2024 and has received numerous awards, including the Dorothy Sexton Mentorship award from Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Mu, the Presidential Commendation from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, the Dean’s Award for Excellence in DNP studies, and the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Psychology
• Family medicine
• Intensive care medicine
• Pediatrics

Selected publications

• Rising to the challenge: Lessons learned from creating adolescent-focused behavioral and mental health simulation experiences for pediatric nurse practitioner students

  Clinical Simulation in Nursing · 2026-03-10

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• Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis in the US

  Journal of Pediatric Health Care · 2025-02-05 · 2 citations

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• Firestorm Asthma: Global Climate Change and Pediatric Asthma—A Scoping Review

  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners · 2025-10-10

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• Pediatric Asthma for the Primary Care Provider

  Advances in Family Practice Nursing · 2023-04-05 · 1 citations

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• A SMART Shift in Pediatric Asthma

  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners · 2023-05-06 · 3 citations

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• The Perfect Storm: Thunderstorm-Related Asthma

  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners · 2021-07-15 · 3 citations

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• Perspectives on Sleep from Multiethnic Community Parents, Pediatric Providers, and Childcare Providers

  Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics · 2020-04-09 · 18 citations

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  OBJECTIVE: To describe the perceptions of (1) parents, childcare, and health care providers regarding sleep health among multiethnic infants and toddlers living with socioeconomic adversity, (2) factors that contribute to sleep health and its consequences, and (3) best ways to promote sleep health in these children. METHODS: Nested within a larger community-engaged mixed methods study, we used a descriptive qualitative design to describe the experience of multiethnic young parents who were raising 6- to 36-month-old children, pediatric health care providers, and childcare providers living and working in an urban under-resourced community. Semistructured interviews with 25 parents and 16 providers were conducted, transcribed, coded, and analyzed using thematic analysis by a 6-member research team. Interviews continued until themes were saturated. RESULTS: Parent responses and provider responses resulted in overlapping and divergent findings. Common themes among all respondents were the importance of sleep, interest and desire for more sleep health information, and common environmental/social impediments to healthy family sleep. Divergent themes included the importance of bedtime routines and timing, views on the family bed, importance of naps, and healthy sleep aids. Childcare centers were suggested as good sites for sleep health promotion programs. CONCLUSION: Sleep is a topic of interest and importance for young families. There are unique family challenges to be considered in any sleep health promotion program tailored to the needs of the community. The voices of parents and community providers are valuable assets informing the development of novel family-friendly approaches for decreasing sleep disparities and improving the health of young children and families.

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• Cardiovascular Guidelines

  2020-10-01

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• Prevalence of asthma at a school‐based health clinic in Nicaragua

  Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing · 2020-02-10

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  BACKGROUND: Worldwide, it is estimated that 235-334 million people have been diagnosed with asthma. In Nicaragua, the current asthma rate for children 13-14 years of age was 15.2%. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma at this school-based health clinic in Managua, Nicaragua, associated symptoms or diseases, determine asthma classification, medications, and hospitalization rates. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed on all pediatric patient's medical records seen in the clinic during a 5-day period (n = 105). RESULTS: A total of 23 patients (21.9%) had asthma documented in the medical chart and were included in the analysis. Of the 23 patients, 3 (13%) patients were classified with intermittent asthma while the rest of the patients (87%) were not classified. Albuterol was prescribed for 19 (86%) of the patients with two patients who had both albuterol and QVAR® prescribed. Six (26%) patients had a family history of asthma. DISCUSSION: This study demonstrated the prevalence of asthma in school-aged children in Nicaragua is significant and higher than previously reported. The lack of a classification of asthma prevents patients from potentially being treated appropriately.

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• Neurologic Guidelines

  2020-10-01

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Frequent coauthors

• Mikki Meadows‐Oliver

  12 shared

• Craig Canapari

  4 shared

• Nancy S. Redeker

  University of Connecticut

  4 shared

• Ada M. Fenick

  Yale University

  4 shared

• Meghan O’Connell

  4 shared

• Monica Roosa Ordway

  Yale University

  4 shared

• Angela A. Crowley

  Yale University

  4 shared

• Lois S. Sadler

  4 shared

Education

• MSN, Nursing

  Catholic University of America

• DNP, Nursing

  Catholic University of America

Awards & honors

• Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (2024)
• Dorothy Sexton Mentorship award from Sigma Theta Tau, Delta…
• Presidential Commendation from the National Association of P…
• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Doctor of Nursing Practice st…
• Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing