Meropi Mpouzika
Assistant Professor
meropi.mpouzika@cut.ac.cy
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Dr. Meropi Mpouzika is an Assistant Professor in Critical Care Nursing at the Department of Nursing at the Cyprus University of Technology. She is the Head of the Master in Advanced Emergency & Intensive Nursing Care and she is teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level. She received her BSc (1997), MSc (2001) and PhD (2008) in Critical Nursing Care from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Nursing, Greece. She has over 15 years of clinical experience in a number of Intensive Care Units in Greece. Her main research interests revolve around nursing management of critically ill patients [...]
Teaching
Undergraduate
Nursing in Intensive Care Unit
Specialties-Consolidation
Undergraduate Thesis
Postgraduate
MSc Advanced Emergency & Intensive Care
Advanced Issues in Pathophysiology
Advanced Intensive Care Nursing and Health Care
Continuous Clinical Evaluation and Therapeutic Decision Making
Emergency Care
Theory and Practice of Advanced Life Support – ALS (with certification)
Master Thesis
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dates | Field |
| National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing - Doctoral Program, Greece |
Doctor of Philosophy |
2002- 2008 |
Nursing, Critical Care. Association between psychological and cellulal stress factors in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) in critical illness |
|
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing - Master’s Postgraduate Program, Greece |
Master of Science | 1997-2001 |
Nursing, Critical Care. Mechanisms of cellulal stress in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) in critically ill patients |
| National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Greece |
Bachelor |
1993-1997 |
Nursing |
Research and Publications
Research
- Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
- stress
- apoptosis
- pain
- neuropeptides
- estimation of cumulative effective dose of radiation in critically ill patients while hospitalized in the ICU
- relationships among health care professionals
- stress experienced by the patients and health care professionals working in ICU
Publications
Kapritsou M., Papathanassoglou ED., Konstantinou EA., Korkolis DP., Mpouzika M., Kaklamanos I., Giannakopoulou M. (2018). Effects of the enhanced recovery program versus conventional care on the recovery and stress response in pancreatoduodenectomized cancer patients. Gastroenterology Nursing (in press)
Mpouzika MDA., Mpouzika E., Papathanassoglou EDE. (2018). The effect of the Greek financial crisis on the operation of public ICUs. CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing (in press)
Karanikola NKM., Giannakopoulou M., Mpouzika M., Nicolaou C., Tsiaousis G., Vouzavali F., Koutrouba A., Papathanassoglou EDE. (2017). Perceptions of critical and emergency department nurses regarding changes in their professional role. Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 51:e03287
Mpouzika MDA., Karabinis A., Tsiaousis G., Spirou P., Papadimitriou E., Tsironas K., Papathanassoglou EDE. (2017). Diagnostic radiation exposure of critically ill patients at the intensive care unit. CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing, 11(2): 33-37
Mpouzika MDA., Giannakopoulou M., Papathanassoglou EDE. (2017). Effects of critical care-related stressors on physiological stress response markers: a pilot study. CONNECT: The World of Critical Care Nursing, 11(1):13-17
Papathanassoglou E., Mpouzika ΜD., Giannakopoulou M., Bozas E., Middleton N., Tsiaousis G., Karabinis A. (2017). Association between lymphocyte expression of the apoptotic receptor Fas and pain in critically ill patients. Journal of Pain Research, 10:175-181
Parissopoulos S., Mpouzika MD., Timmins F. (2017). Optimal support techniques when providing mechanical ventilation to patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Nursing in Critical Care, 22(1):40-51
Papathanassoglou ED., Mpouzika MD., Giannakopoulou M., Bozas E., Middleton N., Boti S., Karabinis A. (2015). Pilot investigation of the association between serum stress neuropeptide levels and lymphocyte expression of fas and fas ligand in critical illness. Biological Research for Nursing 17(3):285-294
