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Allison Grady

Allison Grady, DNP, MSN, PPNP-BC

  • Clinical Assistant Professor

I am a clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing and teach on the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. I teach health assessment for first semester undergraduates and MN students. I also teach pediatric chronic conditions for DNP students and pediatric simulation across all levels.

When I am not teaching, I have a clinical practice in pediatric Oncology at Children’s Wisconsin and work with the Hospital Medicine team at Children’s Wisconsin. I am passionate about pediatric palliative care and advocacy for children and vaccines. I am an active member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), serving as the Chair of the Pediatric Palliative Care Special Interest Group and a member of their national Health Policy Committee.

Education

2003, BA in Religion and Government, Smith College
2011 Masters of Science, Nursing, Yale University
2025, Doctor of Nursing Practice, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Awards & Honors

  • Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Year, Pediatric Palliative Care, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, March 2025
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Student Policy Summit, Selected Conference Participant, March 2024
  • Advocacy Scholars, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, 2023
  • Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention - Clinical Faculty and Preceptor Academies (NEPQR-CFPA), Grant Recipient, 2023
  • Pediatric Cancer and the Environment, PediatricEnvironmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) Network and the Western States PEHSU in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Selected Conference Participant, 2023
  • United Nations Foundation, Shot@Life Advocate to Vaccinate Summit, Selected Conference Participant, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024.
  • National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, President’s Award, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Advocacy Day on the Hill, Selected Participant, 2019, 2023
  • End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), Preparing Oncology Advanced Practice Nurses as Generalists in Palliative Care, NCI Funded Training, 2018
  • Outstanding Medical Educator, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2015

Selected Intellectual Contributions:

Slota, M. AACN Core Curriculum for Pediatric Progressive and Critical Care Nursing, 4th ed. New York, Springer Publishing; In Press. (Chapter Reviewer)

Grady, A. Educate yourself to vote by November 5th. Inside the Beltway.  https://www.napnap.org/inside-the-beltway-october-2024/

Canavera, K. E., Bjornard, K. L., Cost, N. G., Grady, A., Irving, H., Kaye, E. C., Ketterl, T., Levine, J., Reinecke, J., Rios, J., Roth, M., Sawyer, K., Thomas, S. M., Unguru, Y., & Johnson, L. M. (2023). Disparate access to fertility preservation in youth: A call for advocacy to close the gap. The Journal of Pediatrics, 261, 113496. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113496

Grady, A. Middle childhood and adolescence. In: Meadows-Oliver, M. Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 4th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Publishing; In press.

Grady, A. Hematologic and immunologic problems. In: Meadows-Oliver, M. Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 4th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Publishing; In press.

Grady, A. Critical juncture for pediatric patients covered by Medicaid. Inside the Beltway. February 2023. Available at: https://www.napnap.org/inside-the-beltway-february-2023/.

Yearwood EL, Grady A. Non-pharmacological treatment modalities: Play and group therapies. In: Yearwood EL ed. Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc; 2021.

Grady, A. (2020). Gastrointestinal complaint (p. 101-102). In: Neal-Boylan, L. (ed). The Family Nurse Practitioner: Clinical Case Studies, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Wiley.

Grady, A. (2020). Food allergies (p. 103-107). In: Neal-Boylan, L. (ed). The Family Nurse Practitioner: Clinical Case Studies, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Wiley.

Banasiak, N. C., Doyle, E., & Grady, A. (2020). Genitourinary guidelines. In: Meadows, M. & N. C. Banasiak (Eds.), Pediatric Practice Guidelines (pp. 231-243). New York, NY: Springer.

Murray, J., Grady, A., & Banasiak, N. C. (2020). Gastrointestinal guidelines. In: Meadows, M. & N. C. Banasiak (Eds.), Pediatric Practice Guidelines (pp. 189-230). New York, NY: Springer.

Grady A. A night on the neurosciences unit. AJN. 2020;120(11):72. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000721952.70079.6d.

Grady, A. Middle childhood and adolescence. In: Meadows-Oliver, M. Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Publishing; 2019.

Grady, A. Hematologic and immunologic problems. In: Meadows-Oliver, M. Pediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 3rd edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Publishing; 2019.

Presentations

  • Equity in Action: Empowering Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Through Health Care Policy Advocacy, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, National Conference, Intensive Workshop, 2025 (with Christine Schindler, PhD, DNP)
  • Everyday Ethics and Palliative Care, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Virtual Summit, October 2024 (with Christine Schindler, PhD, DNP; Helene Stacy, MSN)
  • Death and Dying: The Role of the Nurse in Providing for a “Good Death,” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Master of Nursing Program, December 2020 (with Kelsey Quirk, MSN)
  • Social Media and Nursing Professionalism, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners National Conference, New Orleans, March 2019
  • Social Media and Nursing Professionalism: Part 2, Nursing Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, November 2018
  • Social Media and Medical Professionalism, Invited Speaker to UW-Madison Doctoral Nursing Students, October 2017, November 2019, December 2020, November 2021, November 2022.