Nicole Langan Maciejak, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC

About

Nicole Langan Maciejak, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC is a lecturer in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty, where she joined the faculty in 2020. She instructs students in the family and pediatric nurse practitioner programs during the first and second years of specialization. She also serves as a clinical preceptor, collaborating with students in her role as a school-based health practitioner.

Nicole completed her undergraduate studies at Boston University and holds a Master of Science in nursing from Yale. She is a former member of the National Health Service Corps, completing her term of service in 2015. She has practiced primary care in Connecticut for nearly 20 years, working in outpatient pediatric clinics as well as school-based health centers in greater New Haven and southeastern Connecticut.

Research Interests/Clinical Practice

Nicole’s clinical interests include improving access to primary care in childhood and the associated effects on long term health. She maintains a strong interest in examining the effects of food insecurity on pediatric physical and mental health, along with evaluating how food insecurity screening within primary care settings can enhance patient outcomes across the lifespan.

Additionally, as primary care is a critical point of access into the mental health care system, Nicole has focused clinically on the care of children with mental health care needs. She is interested in the role of pediatric nurse practitioners as patient advocates, helping to optimize outcomes by using a family-centered team approach between the child’s primary care clinician, specialists, and educators. She is actively involved in designing educational strategies aimed at advancing competency development in mental health care skills for primary care providers, with an emphasis on implementing clinical simulation to facilitate enhanced learning outcomes.

Selected Publications/Presentations

Publications

Moriarty Daley, A., Rodriguez, C., Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2026). 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, 113(101918). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2026.101918 Scharff, L., Langan, N., Rotter, N., Scott-Sutherland, J., Schenck, C., Taylor, N., et.al. (2005). Psychological, behavioral, and family characteristics of pediatric chronic pain patients: A one-year retrospective study and cluster analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain. 21(5):432-438.

Presentations

Moriarty Daley, A., Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2024, March 13). Putting Developmental, Behavioral, and Mental Health PNP-PC Content on the Map! [Poster presentation]. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Denver, CO.

Moriarty Daley, A., Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2024, March 5). Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? Mapping Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Curriculum to Assess Behavioral, Developmental and Mental Health Content. [Poster presentation]. Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Moriarty Daley, A., Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2023, March 16). 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, United States.

Moriarty Daley, A. (Presenter), Banasiak, N.C. & Maciejak, N.L. (2023, March 8). Challenge Accepted! Creating Simulation Experiences to Train PNP Students to Meet the Rising Needs of Mental and Behavioral Health of Children and Adolescents in Primary Care [Oral Presentation]. Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Maciejak, N.L. (2023, January 25). Run [Grand rounds presentation]. Yale University Pediatric Grand Rounds, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Awards

Faculty Marshal, Yale University Commencement 2022

Annie Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching 2024