Komal Patel Murali
ACNP-BC PhD RN
kp47@nyu.edu 1 212 998 5783433 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10010
United States
Komal Patel Murali's additional information
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Komal Patel Murali, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC is an assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, interested in palliative and end-of-life care for seriously ill persons living with dementia. She is currently funded by a NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Career Development Award. In this study, Murali is exploring barriers to hospice care and developing a care management intervention to improve transitions to hospice for diverse persons living with dementia. Informed by prior nursing experiences in neuroscience and medical critical care, she is also passionate about the integration of palliative and end-of-life care in the ICU setting. Prior to joining NYU Meyers, Murali was a postdoctoral fellow in the Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness Research Training Program for Nurse Scientists (T32NR0114205, 2020-2022) at Columbia Nursing and a predoctoral scholar with the NYU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UL1TR001445/TL1TR001447, 2018-2020).
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PhD – New York University (2020)MSN – University of Pennsylvania (2011)BSN – University of Pennsylvania (2008)
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Critical carePalliative care
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American Association of Critical Care NursesHospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationGerontological Society of AmericaEastern Nursing Research SocietySigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor SocietyAmerican Geriatrics Society
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Faculty Honors Awards
NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Research Education Component Scholar (2023)Research Scholar, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (2023)Emerging Leaders Award, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (2022)Distinguished PhD Student Award, NYU Meyers (2020)Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence (2018)Norman Volk Doctoral Scholarship, NYU Meyers (2018)President’s Service Award, New York University (2018)Mary D. Naylor Undergraduate Research Award, University of Pennsylvania (2008)Sigma Theta Tau Inductee, University of Pennsylvania (2008) -
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Publications
End of Life Decision-Making: Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
AbstractMurali, K. P. (2020). Nursing Science Quarterly, 33(1), 73-78. 10.1177/0894318419881807AbstractThe phenomenon of end-of-life (EOL) decision-making is a lived experience by which individuals or families make decisions about care they will receive prior to death. A postmodern philosophical approach suggests EOL decision-making is a varied contextual phenomenon that is highly influenced by subjectivity. Thus, there is no specific definition for the phenomenon of EOL decision-making. Watson’s theory of human caring complements a postmodern approach in guiding the nursing process of caring for individuals as they experience EOL decision-making.Service use, participation, experiences, and outcomes among older adult immigrants in american adult day service centers: An integrative review of the literature
AbstractSadarangani, T. R., & Murali, K. P. (2018). Research in Gerontological Nursing, 11(6), 317-328. 10.3928/19404921-20180629-01AbstractOlder adult immigrants are often socially isolated and vulnerable to poor health. Adult day service (ADS) centers could potentially facilitate social integration and address their long-term health care needs. The current review (a) identifies barriers to and facilitators of ADS use among immigrants, (b) explores how ADS programs impact older adult immigrants’ health and well-being, and (c) isolates the most effective culturally based components of ADS programs. An integrative review was conducted using Whittemore and Knafl’s methodology. Four databases were searched. Articles were critically appraised and data were organized within an ADS-specific framework. Functional impairment, race, gender, and degree of loneliness were all predictors of ADS use. ADS enhanced immigrants’ quality of life and provided fulfillment. Transportation, bilingual nurses, peer support, and cultural activities were deemed essential by participants. ADS can provide support to older adult immigrants by adding cultural elements to existing services and using nurses as cultural liaisons. More research is needed to assess the impact of ADS on disease outcomes, including dementia, and on immigrants in multi-ethnic settings.