Dr. Marilyn Prasun PhD, CCNS, CNL, CHFN, FAHA
Carle BroMenn Medical Center Endowed Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Marilyn Prasun is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Researcher and the Carle BroMenn Medical Center Endowed Professor, Mennonite College of Nursing. Areas of research include; Atrial fibrillation, heart failure, biomarkers, dyspnea, diuretic titration and fluid management of HF patients, patient education and adherence to treatment recommendations, quality of life and nurses’ knowledge of evidence-based practice. She has worked with hospitalized cardiac patients as well as outpatients for the past 20+ years as an advanced practice nurse and researcher.
Current Courses
NUR 523.001 Applied Research
NUR 599.006 Dissertation
NUR 545.091 Scholarly Project II
Research Interests & Areas
Atrial fibrillation, heart failure, biomarkers, dyspnea, diuretic titration and fluid management of HF patients, patient education and adherence to treatment recommendations, quality of life and nurses’ knowledge of evidence-based practice.
Ph D
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
MS
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, IL
BSN
Sangamon State University
Springfield, IL
Other
Parkland College
Champaign, IL
LPN
Decatur Vocational Center
Decatur, IL
AAHFN Abstract of the Year Award
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2025
Carle BroMenn Endowed Professor Recognition
Carle BroMenn
2025
Fellow of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2025
Outstanding Illinois State University Researcher
Illinois State University
2024
Outstanding Mennonite College of Nursing Research
Mennonite College of Nursing
2023
AAHFN Abstract of the Year Award.
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2022
Dr. Meridean Maas Faculty Research Mentor
Mennonite College of Nursing
2022
Nursing Research Leadership Award
Heart Failure Society of America
2022
Researcher to Know
Illinis Science and Technology Coalition
2021
Third Place in the 2021 AJN Book of the Year
American Journal of Nursing
2021
Advocate BroMenn Endowed Professor
Advocate BroMenn
2019
Distinguished Member Award for service and advancement of Heart Failure Nursing
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
2019
Teaching Excellence Award
Millikin University
2011
Associate Professor
Promotion and Tenure: School of Nursing at Millikin University
2010
Fellow
American Heart Association
2007
Martha Lindsey Award
Illinois Society of Advance Practice Nurses
2005
Dean's Award
University of Illinois Chicago
2003
Martha Hill New Investigator of the Year
American Heart Association
2002
Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award
American Heart Association
1993
Volunteer of the Year Award
American Diabetes Association
1993
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1991
Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1990
Inducted into Alpha Omega Honorary Scholastic Society
Parkland College
1982
Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Fraternity
Richland College
1981
Grants and Contracts
Program for Artificial Intelligence Readiness (PAIR): Building an AI for Health Research Lab at ISU for Atrial Fibrillation
Nariman Ammar, Marilyn Prasun.
NIH - AIM-AHEAD Program for Artificial Intelligence Readiness (PAIR). May 2025
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Related to Acute Coronary Syndrome Symptoms and Perceived Acute Coronary Syndrome Risk in Spanish-Speaking and English-Speaking Hispanic and Latinx Individuals in the United States
John Blakeman, Susana Calderon, Susan Watkins, MyoungJin Kim, Marilyn Prasun.
University Research Grant. 2021 - June 2022
Abstract
Consistency Is Key: Intra-rater Reliability of The Class-HF Guide.
Marilyn A. Prasun, K. Stamp, L. Rathman, T. P. McCoy.
(2025)
Implementing the Mediterranean Diet App in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
Y Su, Marilyn A. Prasun, L. Cash, A. Kocheril, Susana Calderon, O. Zaslavsky.
(2025)
Improving Patient Education on End-of- Life Defibrillator Management: A Nurse Practitioner-Led Quality Improvement Initiative.
D. Thoppil, Marilyn A. Prasun, Y. Xia.
(2025)
The effects of exercise on depression in patients diagnosed with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
H. Krebs, Marilyn A. Prasun, John Blakeman, Annette Hubbell, Matthew Hesson-McInnis.
(2025)
Validity of a NYHA Classification Guide with Six Minute Walk Test Outcomes.
Marilyn A. Prasun, K. Stamp, L. Rathman, T. P. McCoy.
(2024)
Sociodemographic and Clinical Variables Predict Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs in Adults without Diagnosed Heart Disease
John Blakeman, MyoungJin Kim, Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2022)
The Impact of COVID-19 on Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II.
K. Crutcher, H. Krebs, Y. Su, Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2022)
The Role of Mediterranean Diet in the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation: A Scoping Review.
Y Su, K. Wu, O. Zaslavski, Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2022)
Providers’ Accuracy in Decision-Making with Assessing NYHA Functional Class of Patients with Heart Failure after use of a Classification Guide.
K. Stamp, Marilyn A. Prasun, T P McCoy, L. Rathman.
(2021)
Practitioners’ Inaccuracy in Decision-Making with Assessing NYHA Functional Class of Patients with Heart Failure.
Marilyn A. Prasun, K. Stamp, T. P. McCoy, L. Rathman.
(2020)
Reducing Cesarean Section Rates in NTSV Population: Evidence-based Practice Guideline Recommendations for Nurses.
S. Bock, S. Carpenter, A. Escobedo, Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2020)
Identification and Follow-up of Prescribed Medications that Potentially Exacerbate Heart Failure: A Quality Improvement Project.
M. Short, Marilyn A. Prasun, T. Prasun.
(2019)
Advanced Care Planning and Palliative Care in the Heart Failure
P. Harwoos, Marilyn A. Prasun, B Dennis, A. Mayes.
(2018)
Characteristics of Heart Failure Patients Followed in an Outpatient Disease Management Program.
S. Zak, K. Farrell, Marilyn A. Prasun, M. J. Linton, D. Sarginson.
(2016)
Outcomes of an Inter-Professional Intervention on Medication Adherence among Heart Failure Patients: A Pilot Study.
Marilyn A. Prasun, M. Short, J. Maynard, J. Roth, J. Bell, T Nallamothu.
(2016)
Characteristics of Heart Failure Patients Followed by Remote Monitoring: 60 – Day Outcomes.
C. Whicker, Marilyn A. Prasun, M. J. Linton, K. Baur.
(2014)
Fatigue, Depression, and Quality of Life (QOL) among HF Patients at Hospital Discharge.
Marilyn A. Prasun, E. Ellinger, B. Dennis, E. Nelson, K. Crawford.
(2014)
30-day Readmission Predictors of Patients Presenting to a Nurse-led Heart Failure Disease Management Program.
Marilyn A. Prasun, S. Verhulst, M. Weller-Summer, K. Baur, N. Nallamothu.
(2013)
Results of linear lesions created by a multi-electrode ablation catheter in patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation
A. Kocheril, Marilyn Prasun.
6th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias, (1999)
The Impact of Covid-19 on Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation Phase II.
Kim Crutcher, Harrison Krebs, Yan Su, Marilyn Prasun.
Circulation
Book, Chapter
Chapter 9 Transitions of Care and Self-Care Strategies for the Heart Failure Patient. In. Managing Heart Failure in Primary Care: A Case Study Approach.
K Stamp, Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2023)
Heart Failure in Cardiac Nursing
Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2021)
Measuring Outcomes in Heart Failure
Marilyn A. Prasun, P. Kirkwood.
(2014)
Measuring Outcomes in Heart Failure (Chapter 13)
Marilyn Prasun.
(2014), Heart Failure Disease Management: From Planning to Implementation / AAHFN Publishing
Promoting Adherence to Treatment Recommendations
Marilyn A. Prasun.
(2014)
Promoting Adherence to Treatment Recommendations (Chapter 8)
Marilyn Prasun.
(2014), Heart Failure Disease Management: From Planning to Implementation / AAHFN Publishing
Magazine/Trade Publication
From Mic to Men
Marilyn Prasun, C. Reilly.
(2012)
Music and Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
S. Challans, A. Kocheril, Marilyn Prasun.
EP Digest, 18-19, (2012)
Other
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Marilyn A. Prasun.
Hospitalizations for Heart Failure decline during COVID-19 pandemic
Marilyn A. Prasun.
Presentations
The effects of exercise on depression in patients diagnosed with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Harrison Krebbs, Marilyn Prasun, John Blakeman, Annette Hubbell, Matthew Hesson-McInnis.
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses' 21st Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, June, 2025
A Cross-Sectional Study of Hispanic and Latina/o/e/x Individuals' Acute Coronary Syndrome Symptom Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs
John Blakeman, Susana Calderon, Susan Watkins, MyoungJin Kim, Kate Peterson, Marilyn Prasun.
Mennonite College of Nursing Scholarship Symposium, Online, March, 2024
Exploring Hispanic and Latina/o/x Individuals’ heart attack symptom knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs
John Blakeman, Susana Calderon, Susan Watkins, MyoungJin Kim, Marilyn Prasun.
Mennonite College of Nursing Scholarship Symposium, Online, March, 2023
Sociodemographic and clinical variables predict acute coronary syndrome symptom knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in adults without diagnosed heart disease
John Blakeman, MyoungJin Kim, Marilyn Prasun.
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, November, 2022
Following Flo's footsteps: Nursing research that shapes HF practices and outcomes
Marilyn Prasun.
AAHFN & HFSA Annual Meeting, online, June, 2020
Pharmacology and the future of managing the HF patient
Marilyn Prasun.
AAHFN Annual Pharmacology Pre-Conference Meeting, online, June, 2020