Nancy Cantey Banasiak, DNP, PNP, PPCNP-BC, APRN, FAAN

About

Dr. Nancy Cantey Banasiak is the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Professor in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specialty and Director of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care program. She has been a faculty member at YSN since 1998 and practices at Thames River School-Based Health Center with a focus on asthma. She holds her master’s and doctoral degrees in Nursing from Catholic University of America. Dr. Banasiak is an active member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners where she has held several leadership roles, including Treasurer, member on the Executive Committee, and Past Co-President/Secretary of the Asthma and Allergy Special Interest Group. In these capacities, she has contributed to advancing the organization’s mission and supporting pediatric nurse practitioners in delivering high-quality care to children and adolescents. Dr. Banasiak was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2024, awarded the Dorothy Sexton Mentorship award from Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Mu, and the Presidential Commendation from the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. In addition, was awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Doctor of Nursing Practice studies at Catholic University and Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing.

Research Interests

Dr. Banasiak’s research and publications focus on pediatric asthma and has been driven by her clinical experience working with children and their families in the outpatient setting. Her doctorial evidence-based project focused on the Implementation of the Asthma Control Test in Primary Care and was adopted by Yale New Haven Primary Care Center to improve patient outcomes.

Selected Publications/Presentations

Publications

Rance, K., Banasiak, N.C., Filippelli, A., & Heinonen, S. (2025). Diagnosis and management of pediatric allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in the US. Journal of Pediatric Health Care.

Banasiak, N., Heinonen, S., & Filippelli, A. (2023). A SMART shift in pediatric asthma. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 19(6), 104641.

Heinonen, S., Filippelli, A., & Banasiak, N. (2023). Pediatric asthma for the primary care provider. Advances in Family Practice Nursing, 5, 217-227.

Banasiak, N., Heinonen, S., & Filippelli, A. (2022). The perfect storm: Thunderstorm related asthma. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18(4), 399-402.

Meadows-Oliver, M., & Banasiak, N.C. (Eds.) (2021). Pediatric Practice Guidelines. NY: Springer Publishing Co.

Ordway, M., Sadler, L.S., Jeon, S., O’Connell, M., Banasiak, N., Fenick, A.M., Crowley, A.A., Canapari, C., & Redeker, N.S. (2020). Sleep health in young children living with socioeconomic adversity. Research in Nursing & Health, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22023

Sadler, L.S., Banasiak, N., Canapari, C., Crowley, A., Fenick, A., O’Connell, M., Ordway, M., Sude, L., Trevino, S., & Redeker, N.S. (2020). “If mommy’s not cranky, everybody else survives another day.” Perspectives on sleep from multiethnic community parents, pediatric providers and childcare providers. The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.

Banasiak, N. & Meadows-Oliver, M. (2020). Prevalence of asthma at a school-based health clinic in Nicaragua. Journal of Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, e12289. https://doi.org/10.1111/jspn.12289

Sadler, L.S., Ordway, M., Fenick, A., O’Connell, M., Banasiak, N., Crowley, A., Canapari, C., & Redeker, N. (2019). Parent and Provider Perceptions About Sleep in Children Living with Economic Adversity, Sleep, 42(1), A318. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz067.790

Presentations

Heinonen, S., Banasiak, N.C., & Filippelli, A. (2025). Firestorm asthma: A scoping review of the effects of wildfires on pediatric asthma (Poster Presentation). Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland. March 5-6, 2025.

Filippelli, A., Heinonen, S., & Banasiak, N.C. (2025). Taking a SMART approach to case studies in pediatric Asthma management. (Oral Presentation). National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Chicago, IL. March10-13, 2025.

Banasiak, N.C., Heinonen, S., & Filippelli, A. (2023). A SMART Shift in Pediatric Asthma Therapy (Poster Presentation). Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland. March 8, 2023.

Banasiak, N.C. (2023). Are we Doing a Disservice to our Patients by Working Outside our Scope of Practice? The Development of a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care Program? (Oral Presentation). Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland. March 8, 2023.

Moriarty Daley, A., Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2023). Rising to the Challenge: Creating Simulation Experiences to Train PNP Students to Meet the Mental and Behavioral Needs of Children and Adolescents in Primary Care (Poster Presentation). National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Orlando, FL. March 16, 2023.

Banasiak, N. (2022). Thunderstorm Related Asthma (Oral Presentation). National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. Dallas, TX. March 22, 2022.

Banasiak, N.C. (2020). Integrated Asthma Assessment and Care Model in Pediatric Primary Care (Poster Presentation). Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin Ireland, March 4-5, 2020.

Sadler, L.S., Ordway, M.R., O’Connell, M., Banasiak, N., Fenick, A., Crowley, A., Canapari, C., & Redeker, N.S. (2019). Parents’ and Providers’ Perceptions about Sleep in Children Living with Economic Adversity. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC. San Antonio, TX, June 11, 2019.

Banasiak, N.C., & Meadows-Oliver, M. (2019). Prevalence of Asthma at a School-Based Clinic in Nicaragua. (Poster Presentation). National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, New Orleans, LA, March 8, 2019.

Banasiak, N. (2018). Implementation of the asthma control test into primary care to improve patient outcomes.Poster delivered at the National Association of Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, IL, March 18-20.