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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME Judith A. Spross, RN, PhD, FAAN

HOME 400 Woodford Street 2

nd floor

Portland, ME 04103 Tel: 207-775-2570 jspross@maine.rr.com

WORK University of Southern Maine P.O. Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104 Tel: 207-228-8366 Fax: 207-780-4977 jspross@maine.usm.edu

EDUCATION 2012 Chaplaincy Institute of Maine Interfaith Ministry Program Portland, ME 04102 1999 PhD Graduate Program in Nursing Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 1977 MS Clinical Specialty - Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical Focus - Oncology Medical College of Virginia - VCU Richmond, VA 23298 1974 BSN Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085 1982 Post-master’s coursework Oncology Nursing Education

University of Alabama Birmingham, AL

LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS Licensed as an RN in Massachusetts (expires1/31/14) and in Maine (expires 1/31/13) Ordained Interfaith Minister

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/1/13 to present Coordinator, Faculty Commons Initiatives 9/1/07 to 7/1/09 Professor (on sabbatical 9/1/10 to 8/31/11)

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7/1/09 to 8/1/10 Interim Dean and Professor 9/1/03 to 12/31/09 Coordinator of Support Services for Faculty Scholarship 5/20/03 to 8/31/07 Associate Professor University of Southern Maine College of Nursing and Health Professions Portland, ME 04104 9/03-present Consultant Maine Medical Center Department of Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development Portland, ME

(participate in, facilitate, and or/co-lead various initiatives and retreats related to advanced practice nursing and institutional change)

9/99-12/02 Senior Scientist and Project Director 9/96-9/99 Senior Research/Development Associate 7/93-9/96 Staff Associate (unpaid consultant)

Education Development Center, Inc. Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458

11/00-12/01 Consultant, Pain Management Standards Joint Commission Resources One Renaissance Boulevard Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

1/00-present Adjunct Associate Professor Tufts University School of Medicine Pain Research, Education, and Policy Graduate Program (PREP) Boston, MA 02111 9/96-5/97 Clinical Consultant, Pain Management (per diem) 6/94-9/96 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) (part-time)

Cancer Rehabilitation and Pain Management Program Braintree RehabilitationHospital 250 Pond Street Braintree, MA 02184

5/93-6/94 Per diem and On-call Staff Nurse Hospice Care, Inc.

41 Montvale Avenue Stoneham, MA 02180

8/85-8/93 Assistant Professor Graduate Program in Nursing MGH Institute of Health Professions 15 River Street Boston, MA 02108

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Joint Appointments while at MGH Institute of Health Professions Clinical Nurse Specialist (6/92-5/93) MGH Pain Center

Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114

Clinical Nurse Specialist (9/87-9/89) Cancer Pain Center

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Boston, MA 02114

Instructor (2/86-6/87) Department of Nursing—Staff Education

Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114

5/83-7/85 Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist National Institutes of Health (NIH) Warren Magnuson Clinical Center

Bethesda, MD 20205

Faculty Appointment while at NIH Clinical Instructor/Preceptor (9/84 –5/85)

George Mason University Long Term Care Graduate Program Fairfax, VA

1/83-5/83 Consultant/Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (part-time) Baptist Medical Center—Princeton

701 Princeton Avenue Birmingham, AL

12/82-5/83 Home Health/Hospice Staff Nurse (part-time)

Baptist Medical Center—Montclair 800 Montclair Road Birmingham, AL

9/77-8/82 Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) Hanover, NH 03755

Faculty Appointment while at DHMC Adjunct Clinical Instructor (undergraduate) (9/79-5/80)

Fitchburg State College Fitchburg, MA

National Cancer Institute Fellowship while at DHMC Nurse Visitor/National Cancer Institute Fellow (9/80-4/81)

Institute Jules Bordet Brussels, Belgium (6 month leave of absence from DHMC)

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7/76-7/77 Staff Nurse (part-time/medical-surgical unit) St. Mary's Hospital 5801 Bremo Road Richmond, VA 23226

9/75-7/76 Staff Nurse (float pool/part-time)

Richmond Memorial Hospital 1500 Westwood Avenue Richmond, VA 23227

5/74-7/75 Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse - evenings on medical unit

Mercy Catholic Medical Center Lansdowne Avenue and Bailey Road Darby, PA 19023

6/73-5/74 LPN

Mercy Catholic Medical Center Darby, PA 19023

9/68–6/73 Nursing Assistant Mercy Catholic Medical Center Darby, PA 19023

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE At USM Funded (2012/13) Holistic Health Collaborative Funder: USM Amount: $3000 Funded (2010/12) Maine Direct Service Worker Training Program Funder: HRSA Role: Co-investigator--in collaboration with Muskie School of Public Service Funded (2/10) UMS Strategic Investment Fund Systemwide Collaboration among UMS nursing programs Role: Led development, in collaboration, with K. Meinersmann and nurse leaders at other campuses Fudner: UMS strategic Investment Fund (Award made in 2010) Amount: $17,500 Funded (1/10) Simulation Laboratory Expansion Funder: HRSA (Earmark) Role: Administrator (Spring 10), convening appropriate departments, establishing project team, convening project team, collaboration with Facilities to solicit bids; named J. Childs, Project Manager Project completed September, 2011 Amount: ~$750,000 Funded (11/09-11/10) Viral Hepatitis Coordination Maine-CDC

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Role: Project Director Contract with Maine CDC Funder : Centers for Disease Control Annual funding for FY 09/10 was $15,081 Project Number: 6440018-43520 Grant/Contract: CA-DC-10-605 This is a continuing contract (begun under Jane Kirschling) with Maine CDC in which the SON employs RNs who monitor infectious disease for the state, prepare publications, and otherwise participate in a cooperative public health monitoring activity.Some contract employees have done guest lecturing in the nursing programs. With College reorganization, project director role was turned over to SON director. Funded (8/09-8/10) Building Infectioues Disease Surveillance Capacity Project Number; 6440017-43520 Grant/Contract Number: CA-CD-10-602 Role: Project Director Funder: Center for Disease Control Contract with Maine CDC Annual funding for 09/10 $97,959 This is a continuing contract (begun under Jane Kirschling) with Maine CDC in which the SON employs RNs who monitor infectious disease for the state, prepare publications, and otherwise participate in a cooperative public health monitoring activity.Some contract employees have done guest lecturing in the nursing programs. With College reorganization, project director role was turned over to SON director. Funded (4/06) Energy Therapies and Relief of Pain: Using Case Study Design to Understand Effects on Subjects, Clinicians, and Settings

Role: Principal Investigator Collaborators: N. Richeson, P. Hentz, V. Liberi CONHP Grant $1995 for 2006-2007 (carry over from 2005 award) (pain management)

Funded (10/05) Office of Substance Abuse Prevention Center Cooperative Agreement Principal Investigators: D. Hartley/D. Lambert (Muskie School) Role: co-investigator at 10 % effort with Muskie colleagues Amount $325,000 (Institutional and clinician change) Funded (10/06) Developing Practice Improvement Research Principal Investigator: Susan Payne, PhD, MPH Role: Co-investigator at 10 % effort Research Professor, Muskie School of Public Service

Building Research Infrastructure and Capacity (BRIC) grant submitted January 18, 2005 to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (RFA-HS-05-010) Amount (direct costs): $249,996 over 2 years (institutional change)

Funded (04-05) Collaboration between Student Nurses Organization and Athletic

Training Student Association to sponsor a presentation by Tour of Hope

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Rider, Beth Strauss, RN (2005-2006) Faculty Advisors: J. Spross and V. Liberi USM’s Center for Teaching Community Building Grant of $125 Not Funded Evaluation of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as a Non-drug Intervention to Alleviate Pain (co-investigator) Investigator: Nancy Richeson, PhD, CTRS Amount of award requested: $60,000 for one year Resubmitted to Alzheimer’s Association, November, 2004 (pain management) Not Funded Evaluation of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as a Non-drug Intervention to Alleviate Pain (co-investigator) Investigator: Nancy Richeson, PhD, CTRS Amount of award requested: $60,000 for one year Submitted to Alzheimer’s Association, November, 2003 (pain management) At EDC (www.edc.org/CAEPP)

2001-2002 Increasing Organ Donation by Enhancing End of Life Care: A Family-

Centered Quality Improvement Program (a multi-site, interdisciplinary intervention), $503,000 award to EDC from HRSA in 1999; Principal Investigator: Mildred Solomon, EdD

(institutional change) Project Director and co-investigator (Appointed 2/01) (managed

project, implemented curriculum, oversaw qualitative evaluation, collaborated on quantitative evaluation, data collection, and interpretation); as project director I was successful in securing a $106,000 supplement, awarded 4/02

1996-1999 Cancer Pain Management in an HMO: A Randomized, Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Educational and Organizational Interventions on Adoption of AHCPR's Cancer Pain Guideline $1.3 million award to EDC from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (now AHRQ); Principal Investigator: Mildred Solomon,

EdD (institutional change and pain management) Co-investigator responsible for developing and implementing

curriculum, collaborated on evaluation instruments, data collection and interpretation

1999 The Influence of Selected Societal, Institutional, and Individual Characteristics on Nurses’ and Physicians’ Pain Management Knowledge. (doctoral dissertation was secondary analyses of

PainLink data) (institutional and clinician change and pain management) 1995-1999 EDC-Mayday PainLink Demonstration Project

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$150,000 from The Mayday Fund 1995-1997 $150,000 from The Mayday Fund 1997-1999 Co-Investigators: Mildred Solomon, EdD and Judith A. Spross, PhD, RN Co-investigator and project director responsible for developing needs assessment and technical assistance materials as well as creating a virtual community to help clinicians in 60 institutions to adopt evidence-based pain management practices; see www.edc.org/PainLink

(institutional and clinician change and pain management) 2001 Palliative Care in Germany and the United States: Cross-National Perspectives

Funded by the Max Kade Foundation (German); Principal Investigator: Dieter Koch Weser, MD (EDC)

Consultant on institutional change and pain management for Dr. Antje

Beyers and colleagues at Ludwig Maximilians Hospital, Munich, Germany

At MGH Institute of Health Professions

1990-1992 Pain Management Symposium to Improve Faculty Knowledge (pre/post-test design) PI and Project Director: Responsible for raising $25,000 from pharmaceutical and other sources (institutional and clinician change and pain management) 1990 Uncovering the Knowledge in Expert Oncology Nursing Practice $750 from Oncology Nursing Society, $750 from Boston ONS chapter

Co-investigator with Karen Hassey Dow, PhD, RN. Together we conceptualized and implemented this qualitative study, interviewing oncology nurses about the development of expert practice, a replication of Patricia Benner’s work

(advanced practice)

1989-1990 Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist Conference/Think Tank to plan for the future of advanced practice in oncology nursing

$9,000 from various sources (MGH Institute, pharmaceutical companies)

Co-Investigator and project director, collaborated with Lorrie Powel and Joan Gallagher

(advanced practice)

1987 Concerns and Needs of AIDS Patients: A Replication Co-investigator with Marion Longo, RN, MS and Ann Locke, RN, MS (advanced practice) At NIH 1984 Concerns and Needs of AIDS Patients: An Exploratory Study

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Co-investigator with Joan Jacobs, RN and Christine Grady, RN, PhD (advanced practice) At DHMC 1979-80 Study of Oral Prophylaxis in Immunosuppressed Cancer Patients $500 from the Hitchcock Foundation Principal investigator (advanced practice)

HONORS and AWARDS 2013 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing Selected as one of 120 Visionary Leaders who graduated from VCU on the occasion of the School's 120th anniversary 2006 CONHP Faculty Senate Award for Teaching 2005 AJN Book of the year award in the category of Advanced Practice

Nursing for Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A. & Hanson, C.M. (editors) (2005). Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

nd edition. St.

Louis: Elsevier Saunders. (selection and review made by Melinda Jenkins, PhD, FNP, School of

Nursing, Columbia University, New York City. See American Journal of Nursing, January 2005, p. 79)

2004 Invited to submit an essay in honor of the 20 year celebration of the

Oncology Nursing Society/Schering Clinical Lecture 2004 Community Bulding Grant (co-recipient with Victor Liberi in Sports Medicine) to support student organization activity 2001 Selected for nurse scientist training program, NINR (July 17-20, 2001) 1996 and 1997 AJN Book of the Year Award for Advanced Nursing Practice: An

Integrative Approach 1996 Clinician of the Year, Continental Medical Systems 1993-97 American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship 1993 Recipient, MA Federation of Women's Clubs Scholarship 1993 Recipient, MA Nurses' Foundation Doctoral Scholarship 1993 Medallion Award to an Alumna for Excellence in Practice, Villanova University 1992 Fellow (elected) American Academy of Nursing 1992 University Fellowship, Boston College (3 years of funding for doctoral study) 1992 Oncology Nursing Society/Adria Ann Olson Doctoral Scholarship

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1990 Invited faculty for NCI-funded pain education program, Keystone, CO (under grant awarded to Oncology Nursing Society)

1985 ONS Schering Lectureship Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice 1983 American Journal Nursing Book of the Year, The CNS in Theory and Practice 1982-83 National Cancer Institute Post-master's oncology nursing education fellowship University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 1980-81 National Cancer Institute, Foreign Nurse Visitor Fellowship, Brussels, Belgium 1977 Professional Advancement Award, Medical College of VA

PUBLICATIONS

Edited Books Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A. & Hanson, C.M. (editors) (2009). Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 4

th edition. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.

Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A. & Hanson, C.M. (editors) (2005). Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

nd edition. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.

Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A., & Hanson, C.M. (Editors) (2000). Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. 2

nd edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.

Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A., & Hanson, C.M (Editors) (1996). Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company. (winner AJN Book of the Year Award, 1996 and 1997) Hamric, A.B. & Spross, J.A. (Editors) (1989). The Clinical Nurse Specialist in Theory and Practice. 2

nd edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

Hamric, A.B. and Spross, J.A. (Editors). (1983). The Clinical Specialist in Theory and Practice. New York: Grune and Stratton, Inc. (winner AJN Book of the Year Award, 1983).

Book chapters Spross, J.A. (in press). Conceptualizations of advanced practice nursing. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 5

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, C.M. Hanson,

M.F. Tracy, & E. O'Grady. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders. (advanced practice nursing) Spross, J.A. & Babine, R. (in press). Expert guidance and coaching. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 5

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, C.M. Hanson, M.F.

Tracy, & E. O'Grady. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders. (advanced practice nursing) Spross, J.A. & Lawson, M.T. (2009). Conceptualizations of advanced practice nursing. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 4

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A.

Spross,. & C.M. Hanson, St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 33-74 .

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Spross, J.A. (2009). Expert coaching.and guidance. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 4

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson. St.

Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 159 -190. Spross, J.A. & Hanson, C.M. (2009). Clinical, professional and systems leadership. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 4

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A.

Spross, & C.M. Hanson, St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 249-282. Hanson, C.M. & Spross, J.A. (2009). Collaboration. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 4

th edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross,. & C.M. Hanson, St.

Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 283-314. Spross, J.A. & Lawson, M.T. (2005). Conceptualizations of advanced practice nursing. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

rd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A.

Spross,. & C.M. Hanson, St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 47-84. Spross, J.A. (2005). Expert coaching.and guidance. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

rd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson. St.

Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 187-223. Hanson, C.M. & Spross, J.A. (2005). Clinical and professional leadership. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

rd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, &

C.M. Hanson, St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 301-339. Hanson, C.M. & Spross, J.A. (2005). Collaboration. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

nd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross,. & C.M. Hanson, St.

Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. 341-378. Spross, J.A., Clarke, E.B., & Beauregard, J. (2000). Expert guidance and coaching. In Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. 2

nd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A.

Spross, & C.M. Hanson. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 183-216. Hanson, C.M. Spross, J.A. & Carr, D.B. (2000). Collaboration. In Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. 2

nd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson.

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 315-348. Hanson, C.M. & Spross, J.A. (1996). Collaboration. In Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 229-248. Mahn, V.A. & Spross, J.A. (1996). Nurse case management as an advanced practice role. In Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 445-468. Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A. & Hanson, C. M. (1996). Surviving system and professional turbulence. In Advanced Nursing Practice: An Integrative Approach. Edited by A.B. Hamric, J.A. Spross, & C.M. Hanson. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders,, pp. 601-620. . Spross, J. A. (1996). Coaching patients through pain and suffering. In Human Suffering. Ed. by B.R. Ferrell. Boston: Jones and Bartlett. (pain management)

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Spross, J.A. (1995). Judith A. Spross. In Building a Legacy: Voices of Oncology Nursing. Ed. by B. Nevidjon. Boston: Jones & Bartlett, pp. 374-390. (biography/history) Spross, J.A. & Wolff, M. (1995). Non-pharmacological management of cancer pain. In Cancer Pain Management. 2

nd edition. Ed. by D.B. McGuire, C.H. Yarbro, & Ferrell, B.R.

Boston: Jones & Bartlett, pp. 159-206. (pain management) Haeuber, D. & Spross, J.A. (1995). Alteration in protective mechanisms: Bone marrow depression, in Handbook of Oncology Nursing. 2

nd ed. B. Johnson & J. Gross (eds.),

Boston: Jones & Bartlett. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. & Singer, M.B. (1992). Cancer Pain. In: Pain, J. Watt-Watson & M. Donovan (eds.). St. Louis: CV Mosby. (advanced practice) Haeuber, D. & Spross, J.A. (1991).Cancer and the Hematopoietic System. In Cancer Nursing. Edited by S. Baird, R. McCorkle, M. Grant. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. (advanced practice) Spross, J..A. & Baggerly, J. (1989). Models of advanced practice. In The Clinical Nurse Specialist in Theory and Practice. 2

nd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric & J.A. Spross.

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders. Spross, J.A. (1989). The CNS as collaborator. In The Clinical Nurse Specialist in Theory and Practice. 2

nd edition. Edited by A.B. Hamric & J.A. Spross. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

(advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1988). Contributed 21 chapters (algorithms for pain, mobility & elimination topics) to Decision Making in Oncology Nursing. Edited by S.B. Baird. Toronto: Decker Publishing Company. (pain management) Spross, J.A. (1985). Alteration in protective mechanisms: Bone marrow depression. In Handbook of Cancer Nursing, Edited by B. Johnson and J. Gross. Bethany, CT: Fleschner Publishing Company. (Winner of AJN book of the year, 1985). (advanced practice)

Dissertation Spross, J.A. (1999). The influence of selected societal, institutional, and individual characteristics on nurses’ and physicians’ pain management knowledge. Doctoral dissertation. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (pain management, institutional and clinician behavior change)

Original, Peer Reviewed Articles Solomons, N.M. & Spross, J.A. (2011). Evidence-based practice barrers and facilitators from a continuous quality improvement perspective: An integrative review. J Nurs Manage. 19 (1): 109-120. (institutional change) Richeson, N., Spross, J.A., Lutz, K. & Peng, C. (2010). A Pilot Study of the Use of Reiki in Community Dwelling Older Adults. Research in Gerontolgoical Nursing. 3(3), 187-199. doi:10.3928/19404921-20100601-01 (symptom management/holistic health) Dawson, R., Sellers, D.E., Spross, J.A., Jablonski, E.S., Hoyer, D.R.,Solomon, M.Z. (2005). Do patients’ beliefs act as barriers to effective pain management behaviors and outcomes in

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cancer patients with cancer-related or non-cancer related pain? Oncology Nursing Forum. 32: 363-374. (pain management and institutional change) Dawson, R., Spross, J.A., Jablonski, E.S., Hoyer, D.R., Sellers, D.E., Solomon, M.Z. (2002). Probing the paradox of patients' satisfaction with inadequate pain management. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 23: 211-220. (pain management and institutional change)

Spross, J.A., (2001). Harnessing power and passion: Lessons from pain management leaders and literature. Innovations in End-of-Life Care, 3 (1): www.edc.org/lastacts (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. & Heaney, C.A. (2000). Shaping advanced nursing practice in the new millennium. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 16 (1): 12-20.(advanced practice and institutional change) Norton, S.F. & Spross, J.A. (1994). From advanced practice to academia: Developmental tasks and strategies for role socialization. Journal of Nursing Education, 33 (8): 373-375. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1993). Pain, suffering and spiritual well-being: Assessment and interventions. Quality of Life: A Nursing Challenge, 2 (3): 71-79. (pain management) Spross, J.A. & Moore, P. (1993). The Oncology Nursing Society: Commitment and activities promoting cancer pain relief. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 8: 376-380. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1992). Cancer pain relief: An international perspective. Oncology Nursing Forum, 19 (7): 5. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A.; Gallagher, J. & Powel, L. (eds.) (1992). Proceedings of the 2

nd Invitational

Conference on the OCNS Role (1990), Oncology Nursing Forum, 19 (supplement):6-42. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1990). Unrelieved cancer pain: selections from the literature. Dimensions in Oncology Nursing, 4 (4): 4-9. (pain management and institutional change) Forbes, K.E.; Rafson, J.; Spross, J.A. & Kozlowski, D. (1990). The Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner: Core Curricula Survey Results. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 4 (2): 63-66. (advanced practice) Forbes, K.E.; Rafson, J.; Spross, J.A. & Kozlowski, D. (1990). The Clinical Nurse Specialist and Nurse Practitioner: Core Curricula Survey Results, Nurse Practitioner, 15 (4): 43, 46-48. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A., McGuire, D.B., & Schmitt, R.M. (1990). Oncology Nursing Society; Position Paper on Cancer Pain (Guest Editorial). Oncology Nursing Forum, 6: 825. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A., McGuire, D.B., & Schmitt, R. (1990). Oncology Nursing Society's Position Paper on Cancer Pain Part 1, Oncology Nursing Forum, 17 (4): 595-614, 1990; Part 2, 17 (5): 751-760, 1990; Part 3, 17 (6): 943-955. (pain management and institutional change)

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Longo, M; Spross, J.A.; & Locke, A. (1990) Identifying major concerns of persons with AIDS: A replication. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 4 (1): 21-26. Spross, J.A., Manalatos, A., & Thorpe, M. (1988). Pancreatic cancer. Seminars in Oncology Nursing IV, 4 (4): 274-284. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. & Hope, A. (1985). Alteration in comfort: Pain related to cancer. Orthopaedic Nursing, 4 (5): 48-52. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1985). Cancer Pain and Suffering: Clinical lessons from life, literature and legend. Oncology Nursing Forum, 13 (4): 23-31. (pain management and institutional change) Donoghue, M. and Spross, J.A. (eds.). (1985). A Report from the First National Invitational Conference on the role of the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist. Oncology Nursing Forum, 12 (2): 35-73. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. and Donoghue, M. (1984). The Future of the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist. Oncology Nursing Forum 11, (1): 74-78. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1983). An Overview of the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist role. Oncology Nursing Forum, 10 (3): 54-58. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. Editor (1982). Issues in chemotherapy administration. Oncology Nursing Forum. 9 (1): 50-54. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A., Kilpack, V., and Marchewka, A. (1980). The Institutional Review Board: Committee evolution in a medical center. Nursing Research, 30 (1): 30-31. (institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1980). The ANA’s Human Rights Guidelines for Nurses. Oncology Nursing Forum, 7 (4): 42-44. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. & Stern, R. (1979). Nursing management of superior vena cava obstruction syndrome. Oncology Nursing Forum. 6 (3): 3-5. (advanced practice)

Other Publications Spross, J. A. (2010). Maine Voices: Managing uncertainty: Oncology nursing has lesson for USM changes. Portland Press Herald. March 26, 2010. (OpEd piece) http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/managing-uncertainty-oncology-nursing-has-lesson-for-usm-changes_2010-03-26.html?searchterm=spross

The National CNS Competency Task Force. (2010). Clinical Nurse Specialist Core Competencies: Executive Summary, 2006-2008. Silver Spring, MD: Author. (advanced practice and institutional change). Spross, J.A., Gerard, P. S. & France, N. (2006). Directory of Clinical Nurse Specialist Programs in the United States, 2005. Clinical Nurse Specialist. 20 (1): 1-15. (advanced practice) Hamric, A.B., Spross, J.A., and Hanson, C.M. (2005). Preface. Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. 3

nd edition. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders, pp. xi-xv.

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Stanley, J.A., Spross, J.A., Hamric, A.B., Hall, G., Minarik, P.A., and Sparacino, P.S.A., (2004). Working paper comparing the Clinical Nurse Leader

tm and the Clinical Nurse

Specialist: Similarities, Differences, and Complementarities. American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC. Published on-line at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CNL/pdf/CNSComparisonTable.pdf (advanced practice and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (2004). First annual ONS/Schering clinical lecture (Essay). In 20 Years of Clinical Lectures: A look back at the lectures and the unique individuals who have characterized the very essence of oncology nursing clinical practice for 20 years…and counting. Ed. Rose Mary Carroll-Johnson. Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Society (publication commemorating the history and significance of the ONS/Schering Clinical Lectures that includes the original lectures and new essays by the recipients). (pain management) Spross J.A. (2000) Using principles of change and a technical assistance protocol to improve pain management in institutions (description of PainLink project based on talk given to NEPA). New England Pain Association Newsletter, 5 (3): 8-14. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1999). The magnetic pain drain (clinical procedure and case studies). Supportive Care in Oncology Nursing, December, 1999, pp. 90-92. (pain management) Spross, J.A. (1998). How do you handle requests regarding complementary therapies? ONS News, 1998, p. 7 (letter written in response to question posed to readers by editors). (pain management) Barsky, A. Barsky A; Baszenger I; Bradley L; Casey K; Chapman CR; Gracely R; Haythornthwaite J; Jackson J; Jensen M; Keefe FJ; Liebeskind J; Logan H; McGrath P; McGuire DB; Melzack R; Morris D; Post SG; Price D; Rouse F; Spross J; Sullivan M; Turk DC; Underwood L; Zeleznik C (1997). Perspectives on pain-related suffering: presentations and discussions... the following transcript has been drawn from a two-day meeting on pain and pain-related suffering sponsored by the Fetzer Institute (Kalamazoo MI, USA) on May 13 and 14, 1997. Adv Mind Body Med 14 (3): 167-203. (proceedings). (pain management and advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1995). Advanced practice nurses and patient outcomes (editorial). Clinical Nurse Specialist, 9 (2): 75. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1994). Management of Cancer Pain (AHCPR Clinical Practice Guideline #9): Commentary 2. Abstracts of Clinical Care Guidelines (a JCAHO Newsletter), 6 (5): 4-6. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1994). Foreword. In The Clinicial Nurse Specialist Role in Critical Care. Edited by A. Gawlinski and L.S. Kern. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. xi-xii. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1993). Cancer pain relief: An international perspective. CARING Magazine, 12 (2): 26-33 (reprint of ONF article of the same title). (pain management) Spross, J.A. Cancer pain: Issues in the hospital setting (monograph). American Cancer Society, 1992. (pain management and institutional change)

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Spross, J.A., McGuire, D.B. & Schmitt, R.M (1990). Oncology Nursing Society Position Paper on Pain (editorial). Oncology Nursing Forum. 17: 825. (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1988). Post-herpetic neuralgia: Nursing assessment and intervention. BONS Bulletin 7 (2):1-3, Winter. (publication of the Boston ONS chapter) (pain management) Ninos, M. and Spross, J.A. (1984). Community Resources for the Older Cancer Patient. In Nursing Considerations in Geriatric Oncology Series, Part 3. Columbus, OH: Adria Laboratories. (advanced practice)

Abstracts Richeson, N., Spross, J.A., Lutz, K. & Peng, C. (2009) A Pilot Study of the Use of Reiki in Community Dwelling Older Adults. Gerontological Society of America (symptom management and holistic health) Rodgers, M. & Spross, J.A. (2004). The Clinical Nurse Leader: A New Role for Nursing. Maine Nursing Summit, Augusta, ME. May 1, 2004. (accepted and presented by Dr. Rodgers) (advanced practice and institutional change) Kersh, B.C., McGrath, P.J., Turk, D.C., Spross, J.A. et al. (2001). Knee osteoarthritis patients show normal thalamic and somatosensory cortex and accentuated right anterior cingulate cortex regional cerebral flood flow responses to acute pain: A preliminary analysis. Proceedings of the American Pain Society, San Diego, April, 2001 (poster presentation). (pain management) Spross, J.A., Sellers, D.J., & Solomon, M.Z. (2001). Institutionalizing Pain Management. 6

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National Cancer Nursing Research Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, February 8-10, 2001 (podium presentation). (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A., Beauregard, J., Crockett, M.J. et al.(1997). Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Team in an Acute Rehabilitation Facility. American Pain Society, New Orleans, LA (poster presentation). (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. & Michel, T.H. (1992). A Faculty Symposium to Improve Pain Management Knowledge of Graduate Nursing and Physical Therapy Faculty. International Association for the Study of Pain. Paris, France (poster presentation). (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. & Michel, T.H. (1990). Development and implementation of a 3 credit graduate interdisciplinary course on pain. American Pain Society, (poster presentation). (pain management and institutional change) Spross, J.A. (1990). Coaching patients through chronic pain and hopelessness American Pain Society's Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, (poster presentation). (pain management) Spross, J.A. & Norton, S.F. (1990). From Clinician to Faculty Educator: Developmental Tasks and Strategies. UH and DHMC Clinical Nurse Specialist Conference: Boston, October 11, 1990, (poster presentation). (advanced practice)

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Spross, J.A. (1990). Coaching Patients Through Chronic Pain and hopelessness. Advanced Practice Conference, Medical College of Virginia, Williamsburg, VA, May 3-4, 1990 (poster presentation). (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1987).Clinical logs: A tool for CNS education. Proceedings of the Oncology Nursing Society. (advanced practice) Grady, C., Jacob, J., Baird, B., Spross, J., Ostchega, Y. (1987). Identifying major concerns of patients with AIDS. III International Conference on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) June 1-5, 1987, Washington, DC (presented). (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1984). Identified needs of AIDS patients, Proceedings of the Oncology Nursing Society. (advanced practice) Spross, J.A., Williams, L., McCaslin, D., Peterson, D. (1983). Nutritional Status in Myelosuppressed Cancer Patients Developing Oral Mucositis (co-authored with) Proceedings of the Oncology Nursing Society. (advanced practice) Spross, JA.. (1981). Application of Orem's Self-Care Theory to Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation, Proceedings of the Oncology Nursing Society, (podium presentation). (advanced practice) Spross, J.A. (1980). Oral Prophylaxis in Adults with Acute Leukemia, Proceedings of the Oncology Nursing Society. (advanced practice)

Graduate Nursing Student Abstracts at USM’s University-Wide Thinking Matters 2007 Erickson, V. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Improving Elder Care: Graduate Student Leadership and Multi-institutional Collaboration (research) Unnold, R. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Helping Patients Through Health Transitions: The Role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in System Change (research) Warrick, C. W. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Diabetes and Heart Disease: Self Management for Better Health (research utilization) 2005 (My students chose the theme, Public Education about Patient Safety, since this symposium reaches students, faculty, and community members) Delicata, J. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Confused by confusion? Differentiating, Delirium, Dpression, and Dementia—A Matter of Patient Safety. USM, Portland, ME. April 22, 2005. Eaton Bancroft, I. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Profiles of homelessness. USM, Portland, ME. April 22, 2005. Hanson, M. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Women listen to their hearts—Except when they are having a heart attack. USM, Portland, ME. April 22, 2005.

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Sielemann, S. (graduate student; J. Spross, faculty advisor). Deep Vein Thrombosis: A preventable, silent killer. USM, Portland, ME. April 22, 2005

EXPERT REVIEWER 2005 Japan Journal of Nursing Science 2003 Statement on the Scope and Standards of Advanced Practice Nursing

in Oncology (3rd Edition) (published by the Oncology Nursing Society)

2002 The Mayday Fund, New York, NY, grant reviewer 2000 to 2005 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, article reviewer 1985 Content reviewer for Guidelines for Cancer Nursing Practice, edited by

J. McNally, E. Somerville, & J. Stair, New York: Grune & Stratton, 1985

EDUCATIONAL MEDIA

1999 Spross, J.A. & Zwirlein, L.S. Complementary therapy: Options for your

patients. (Content leader and presenters for this video in the Oncology Nursing Today Series). Laguna Niguel, CA: Stratos Institute for Healthcare Performance (45 minutes).

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 11/24/06 Consultation with British Columbia Cancer Agency on Advanced

Practice and Interdisciplinary collaboration Vancouver, British Columbia 4/01 Consultant, Ludwig Maximilians Hospital, Munich, Germany 1/90-1/92 ONS Representative and Consultant to World Health Organization on

Cancer Pain Management Geneva, Switzerland 11/85 Instructor, Foreign Study Tour to Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong

Presentations to international, interdisciplinary and nursing audiences on cancer nursing and pain management

Professional Seminar Consultants Albuquerque, NM 5/82 Instructor, Foreign Study Tour for American Nurses Visiting U.S.S.R.

Presentations to international, interdisciplinary and nursing audiences on cancer nursing and pain management

Professional Seminar Consultants Albuquerque, NM

9/80-4/81 Clinical Nurse Specialist and Foreign Nurse Visitor (Program funded by US National Cancer Institute) Institut Jules Bordet Brussels, Belgium

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Current Association Memberships 2011-2012 Society of Clinical Nurse Specialist Educators 1992-present American Academy of Nursing 2004-present American Holistic Nurses Association 1974-present American Nurses’ Association 2003-present ANA-Maine 1974-present Sigma Theta Tau 2004-present Kappa Zeta Chapter

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Current Activities

Maine Medical Center 10/03-present Consultant, Advanced Nursing Practice 9/06—present Consultant, Clinical Scholar Program Department of Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development Portland, ME

Past Activities 3/06-7/09 Coordinator, Northeast Affiliate of NACNS 5/07-1/09 American Association of Colleges of Nursing Representative to ANA’s CNS Competency Task Force 2/04-1/05 Member, Gibson 5 (Oncology Unit) Practice Subcommittee on Complementary Therapy Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 1/7/04 Consultant, pain management quality improvement HealthSouth;s Braintree Rehabiliation Hospital Braintree, MA

Past Association Activities

American Pain Society 1990-2010 member

Maine Board of Registration in Nursing 9/07-1/10 CNS Representative to Maine BRN Advanced Practice Advisory panel

National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists 2003-2010 Member, National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists

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2005-2007 Member, Education Committee Co-chair, 2006-2007

3/15/06 NACNS Annual CNS Educator Conference

CNS Education: Promoting Interdisciplinary Collaboration (planner and roundtable leader moderator)

Salt Lake City, UT

7/14/06-7/15/06 NACNS Invitational Summit on Doctorate in Nursing Practice (participant and moderator) Indianapolis, IN

2005-present, Member, Education Committee 2006-2009 Founding member of the Northeast Affiliate of NACNS (charter approved June 2007)

Clinical Nurse Specialist Journal 1987-2002 Member, Editorial Board 2005-2009 Member, CNS Editorial Board

The National CNS Competency Task Force (this group was convened by the American Nurses Association and the American Board of Nursing Specialties) 9/06-9/08 Member, represented American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Oncology Nursing Society 1978-2010 member 2003-2010 member, Southern Maine Oncology Nursing Society

The Sanborn Foundation, Arlington, MA 1998-2000 (nonprofit org. that makes grants related to cancer care and

research to benefit Arlington residents primarily) Member and Secretary, Board of Directors

The Fetzer Institute

1997-2000 Member, Working Group on Pain and Pain-Related Suffering,

Kalamazoo, MI (interdisciplinary group working on theoretical initiatives and research regarding pain and pain-related suffering)

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 1998 Chairperson, ONS Position Paper on Cancer Pain Management, (paper published by ONS board of Directors in May, 1998) 1988-90 Member, Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, Appeals Committee 1988-90 Chairperson, Task Force on the ONS Pain Position Paper 1990-92 ONS representative to the World Health Organization on Cancer

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Pain issues 1990-94 ONS Representative to Coalition of National Organizations for

Cancer Pain Relief 1993-94 Member, Planning Committee for the State of the Knowledge

Conference on Pain 1979-85 Member, Editorial Board of Oncology Nursing Forum 1983-85 Member, ONS Nominating Committee 1982-83 Member, ONS Clinical Practice Committee 1987-88 Member, Congress Committee 1987-90 Oncology Nursing Bulletin Editorial Board

Boston Chapter, ONS 1990-1991 President 1989-1990 President-elect 1985-2003 Member

American Cancer Society 1992-95 National Advisory Board on Cancer Pain

American Cancer Society, Massachusetts Division 1986-91 Faculty Advisor, annual health professional student conference

American Cancer Society, NH division 1981-82 Vice-President, Upper Valley Unit 1978-82 Member, N.H. Division, Professional Education Committee 1978-81 Chairperson, Professional Education, Grafton Unit 1978-80 Instructor, ACS Travel Team

American Pain Society 2000-2001 Member, American Pain Society's Task Force on the Cancer Pain Website 1991-1993 APS Task Force on Certification

Massachusetts Cancer Pain Initiative 1988-93 Member 1989-92 Executive Committee 1990-92 Editor, MCPI Newsletter 1989-91 Chairperson, Resources Subcommittee

American Nurses’ Association 1988-92 Momentum (publication of ANA's Clinical Nurse Specialist Council) Member, Editorial Board

New Hampshire Nurses' Association 1978-82 Member, Government Affairs Committee 1979-81 Chairperson, Government Affairs Committee 1979-81 Member, Commission on Practice

Hospice of the Upper Valley 1980-82 Board Member

Chairperson, Professional Advisory Committee

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UNIVERSITY TEACHING

USM 2013 Spring NUR 339 Community Partnership NUR 608 Applied Theories of Advanced Interpersonal Skills NUR 701 Ethical Approaches to Practice Dilemmas (DNP program) 2012 Fall NUR 615 Clinical Seminar I (CNL/generalist master's Program) NUR 621 Clinical Project I (CNL/generalist master's Program) NUR 339 Community Partnership I NUR 100 Introduction to Nursing 2012 Spring NUR 701 Ethical Approaches to Practice Dilemmas (DNP program) NUR 608 Applied Theories of Advanced Interpersonal Skills NUR 341 Community Nursing Partnership II 2011 Fall NUR 604 Nursing Research NUR 339 Community Partnership I NUR 100 Introduction to Nursing 2010-11(one year sabbatical) 2010 Spring NUR 606 Health Policy (taught 1 credit of this 3 credit course while interim dean)

2009 Spring

NUR 604 Nursing Research NUR 647/649 Clinical Practicum and Seminar III

NUR 698 Nursing Management Clinical Immersion II 2008 Fall

NUR 604 Nursing Research NUR 646/648 Clinical Practicum and Seminar II NUR 697 Nursing Management Clinical Immersion I

2008 Summer NUR 606 Health Policy (1 credit of the 3 credit course) 2008 Spring NUR 646 Clinical Practicum and Seminar I

NUR 604 Nursing Research 2007 Fall

NUR 604 Nursing Research 2007 Spring

NUR 604 Nursing Research

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NUR 645 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention III NUR 648 Medical-Surgial Assessment and Intervention III Clinical Seminar

2006 Fall NUR 645 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention II NUR 648 Medical-Surgial Assessment and Intervention II Clinical Seminar 2006 Summer

NUR 604 Nursing Research 2006 Spring NUR 644 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention I

NUR 646 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention I Clinical Seminar NUR 604 Nursing Research

2005 Fall (3 credit course release) NUR 604 Nursing Research

2005 Spring NUR 647 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention III NUR 649 Medical-Surgial Assessment and Intervention III Clinical Seminar

NUR 604 Nursing Research (on-line, overload of 1 credit, taught with Sarah Jo Brown, PhD, RN who had two credits)

2004 Fall NUR 645 Medical-Surgical Assessment and Intervention II

NUR 648 Medical-Surgial Assessment and Intervention II Clinical Seminar

2004 Summer NUR 604 Nursing Research 2004 Spring NUR 647 Adult Health Care Management (theory course) NUR 649 Adult Health Care (clinical practicum) 2003 Fall NUR 645, Adult Health Care Management (theory course) NUR 646 (648), Adult Health Care Management (cllinical practicum)

2003 Summer Session II NUR 604, Nursing Research NUR 498/698, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Pain Management

2003 Summer Session I Nur 604 Nursing Research

Guest Lectures Fall 2011 CON 283 Healing and Spirituality Secular spirituality: Assessment and interventions

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Spring 2009 NUR 606 Leadership, Health Policy, and Role (2 classes) The history of advanced practice nursing Licensing, accreditation, credentialing, and education in advanced practice Nursing—National update Spring 2008 NUR 606 Leadership, Health Policy, and Role (2 classes) The history of advanced practice nursing Licensing, accreditation, credentialing, and education in advanced practice Nursing—National update NUR 100 Introduction to Nursing Perspectives on nursing, nurse-patient relationships, and collegial collaboration Spring 2007 NUR 669 Primary Health Care of Adults Pain assessment and management for nurse practitioners Spring 2006 NUR 669 Primary Health Care of Adults Pain assessment and management for nurse practitioners NUR 610 CNL Health Assessment, Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology Complementary therapies for pain and symptom management (theory and lab) Spring 2005 NUR 669 Primary Health Care of Adults Pain assessment and management for nurse practitioners CON 283 Healing and Spirituality Secular spirituality: Assessment and interventions

Spring 2004 CON 283 Healing and Spirituality Secular spirituality: Assessment and interventions NUR 323 Nursing Care of the Older Adult Basics of pain assessment and management NUR 669 Primary Health Care of Adults Pain assessment and management for nurse practitioners 2003 Fall NUR 323 Nursing Care of the Older Adult Basics of pain assessment and management CON 283 Healing and Spirituality Secular spirituality: Assessment and interventions

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Past

Lesley University 2004 Member, Thesis Advisory Committee for Sheila Place-Rodrigues

Master’s Thesis: Holistic approaches to elder care: A guided imagery group curriculum

MGH institue of Health Professions 1992

Boston, MA Chair, Thesis Committee for Jo Birdsey, RN and Jennifer A. Thomas, RN Master’s Thesis: Women’s knowledge of Pap smear testing

MGH institue of Health Professions 1992

Boston, MA Chair, Thesis Committee for Deborah Dill, RN Master’s Thesis: The ravaged Self: Chronic pain and women’s sexuality

MGH institue of Health Professions 1989

Boston, MA Member, Thesis Committee for Gretchen S. Arhelger, RN Master’s Thesis: The educational needs of persons with cancer pain

MGH institue of Health Professions 1989

Boston, MA Chair, Thesis Committee for Ann M. Dube, RN and Kerry A. Mahar, RN Master’s Thesis: Postoperative anxiety in PCA versus intramuscular injection

MGH institue of Health Professions 1989

Boston, MA Member, Thesis Committee Arlene F. Pressman, RN Master’s Thesis: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Risk taking Behaviors in Adolescent Females

MGH institue of Health Professions 1987

Boston, MA Member, Thesis Committee for Janet S. Rickles, RN Master’s Thesis: Psychosocial concerns of an outpatient population of people with AIDS

Tufts University School of Medicine Spring terms, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Taught 2 credit, graduate course, Principles of Education and Change in Pain

Management

MGH Institute of Health Professions (1985-1993) Interdisciplinary Courses HP/NS 830 Clinical specialists in health care 2 credits HP 703 Integrated Approaches to Pain (developed and co-taught with physical therapist faculty member) 3 credits Nursing

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These courses involved advanced practice students (NPs and CNSs) in gerontology, women’s health, oncology and critical care NS 632 Introduction to Role Specialization 1 credit NS 829 Clinical Specialist Role Immersion 5 credits NS 880 Thesis research 3 credits Oncology Nursing Taught one 5 credit clinical and theory course

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Current

USM University 9/11--2/12 Co-Chair, Provost Search Committee Nursing 9/03-present Nursing Faculty Committee 9/11--present DNP Committee

Past

USM University

7/09--7/10 Deans’ Council 7/09-7/10 University Council 11/09--7/10 USM Student Placement Contracts Task Force, Chair 10/09—7/10 USM Faculty Clinical Contracts Task Force 9/09—7/10 New Student Mentor Program, Mentor 9/09-7/10 UMS Nursing Collaborative 9/08-5/09 Mentor, New Student Mentor Program 2/08-5/08 Member, Distinguished Professor Task Force 6/06 to 5/09 Chair, Research Council 10/05-5/09 CONHP representative to Research Council (renamed from

Building Research Infrastructure committee/ Interim Research Council)

5/04-5/09 CONHP Reasearch Liaison to Office of Research Initiatives 10/03-5/06 Member, Proposal Development Committee, Office of Research Initiatives 10/03-5/07 USM Biosafety Committee 10/05 to 4/05 Search Committee for the Director of Research Compliance

College of Nursing and Health Professions

9/03-5/09 CONHP Faculty 7/08-1/09 CONHP Dean Search Committee 9/07-5/09 Peer Review Committee 1/07-5/07 Faculty Senate Awards Committee 9/06-1/07 UNISCOPE Task Force (work completed 1/07)

Nursing 9/06—7/10 DNP Task Force (ex officio, as Dean) 2/08—8/09 Faculty Search Committee, Member

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1/04-1/08 Faculty Advisor, Student Nursing Organization 9/03-5/09 Graduate Nursing Curriculum, Admissions, and Advancement Committee Spring 2004 presented on the state of advanced practice nursing at Committee Retreat Chair, Spring 2009 11/04-2/05 Ad Hoc committee on Civility (work completed) 1/05-10/05 CONHP representative to Building Research Infrastructure Committee

MGH Institute of Health Professions Faculty Committees

1991-92 Member, Faculty Rank and Promotion Committee 1990-1993 Chair, Faculty Pain Management Symposium

1990 Chair, 2nd

Invitational Conference on Oncology Clinical Specialist Role 1990 Chair, Nursing Program Brochure Committee 1990 Chair, Taskforce to develop Philosphy of Evaluation

(pre-accreditation) 1989-1992 IHP course and Curriculum Committee (chair, AY 90-91) 1989-1992 IHP Ad Hoc Faculty Development Task Force 1989-1990 IHP Nominating Committee, chariperson 1985-1988 IHP Faculty Governance Committee (Chair, 1986-1987) 1987-1990 Dietetics Program Committee 1985-1992 Curriculum Committee, Nursing Program (Chair 1987-1990) 1986-1988 Student Grievance Committee

Hospital Committees (Massachusetts General Hospital)

1986-1992 Cancer Nursing Subcommittee 1985-1989 MGH Clinical Nurse Specialist Group 1985-1987 MGH/IHP Collaborative Committee

CONSULTATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Past 9/10-8/11 Measuring outcomes of Clincal Nurse Specialist Practice Series of topically-focused meetings with CNS group to adapt Mahn- DiNicola's outcomes measurement wheel to evaluating patient and institutional outcomes of CNS practice such as falls (the outcomes measurement wheel is a model in a chapter in the APN book I co- edited) 6/07-5/08 Evidence-Based Practice and Pain Management PenBay Health Care Rockland, ME 4/06-5/09 American Association of Colleges of Nursing AACN representive to national meeting of stakeholder organizations on clinical nurse specialist competencies convened by the American Nurses Association

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6/04-5/07 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Consultant and Task Force Member Differences and Similarities between the Clinical Nurse Leader and the Clinical Nurse Specialist 10/03-5/08 Consultant, Advanced Nursing Practice Maine Medical Center Department of Nursing Center for Clinical and Professional Development Portland, ME 1/05-4/05 Student Nurse Association of Maine (SNAM) collaborating with SNAM and faculty advisors on leadership

development for student nurses in Maine and identifying ways to transcend geography and build collaboration among student nurse groups

4/03-5/04 Consultant, Advanced Nursing Practice Curriculum Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT 2/02-6/03 Consultant, Advanced Nursing Practice Curriculum University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA 12/02 Consultant, Pain Management Medical Grand Rounds New Milford Hospital New Milford, CT 6/01 Consultant For revision of pain, complex medical illness and rehabilitation nursing standards McKesson HBOC-InterQual Products Marlborough, MA 11/00-12/01 Consultant for Implementing Pain Management Standards Joint Commission Resources Chicago, IL 1/01-5/01 American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics Consultanat for Donoghue Medical Research Foundation Grant for Connecticut Statewide Pain Management Study Boston, MA 9/98-5/03 Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Advisory Committee, Interdisciplinary Program in Pain Management 1999-2003 Consultant to the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics

on pain research initiatives

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1996-99 Consultant on institutional change and pain management for: Hospital St. Raphael, New Haven, CT

New Milford Hospital, New Milford, CT Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1997 Item writer, CD-CAI on oncology nursing, ONS/Meniscus Ltd. 1995-96 Clinical preceptor for nursing program graduate students at:

University of Iowa, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Russell Sage College

1994 Program consultant for cancer rehabilitation Braintree Hospital Rehabilitation Network Braintree, MA

1992 Consultant on the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role University Hospital, Cleveland, OH 1992 Consultant on the oncology CNS role

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL 9/5/91 Presented oral and written testimony on cancer pain to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Washington, DC 1991 Consultant to World Health Organization, Geneva, on the development of cancer nursing guidelines for pain management 1991 Consultant to National Center for Nursing Research on the

development of "State of the Science - Pain" reports

1991 Consultant to Oncology Nursing Society for the development of Pain Education Grant (PI, Betty Gallucci, PhD) 1991 Consultant on the oncology CNS role Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 1990-91 Consultant to AHCPR Committee to Develop Guidelines for

Acute and Postoperative Pain 1990 Consultant to Hartford Hospital's Clinical Nurse Specialist Group 1989-90 Chaired committee to organize 2

nd National Invitational Conference on

Oncology CNS's, under auspices of IHP and MGH 1988 Represented Oncology Nursing Society at think tank sponsored

by Committee for the Promotion of the Quality of Specialty Practice Josiah Macy Foundation, San Antonio, TX

1988 Invited participant in Invitational Conference on Acute Pain after Surgery & Trauma, Milan, Italy

1987 Consultant, Oncology Nursing Society Task Force on AIDS

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(Halloran, J.; Hughes, A.; and D. Mayer. ONS: Position paper on HIV-related illness Oncology Nursing Forum, 15 (2), 206-220)

1984 Conceived and organized first invitational conference on Oncology clinical nurse specialists, held at NIH, Bethesda, MD

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Presentations 2001-Present 5/4/13 Research on Reiki and Holistic Health Community presentation with Dr. Nancy Richeson Leapin' Lizards Freeport, ME 3/25/12 Using Strengthsfinder 2.0 to reinvent interprofessional research teams Integrating complementary therapies into the curriculum: A complementary therapies lab University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Therapeutic Recreation Greensboro, NC 5/18/11 Keynote Address Virtuoso Practice: The Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Infrastructure, and Accountable Care Systems (advanced practice and institutional change) First Annual meeting of the Society of Clinical Nurse Specialist Educators Louisville, KY 3/7/11 Keynote Address Famished for Leisure: Recreation Therapists and the Reinvention of the U.S. Health Care System (institutional change) Annual meeting of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Providence, RI 4/6/10 Advancing Maine: Academic Programs to Meet Future Workforce Needs Systemwide Program Initiatives in Nursing University of Maine System Meeting Orono, ME 4/6/09 Keynote Address: Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice Clinical Scholar Graduation Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 3/3/09 Institutionalizing Complementary and Integrative Therapies into Practice and Education Maine Chapter of the American Holistic Nurses Association Candlehshop Inn York, ME 10/08 Workshop: Pain Management in the Elderly in LTC Settings Co-presenter with Nancy Richeson, PhD, CTRS

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Maine Hospice Council Rockport, ME 9/24/08 The Tenure and Promotion Journey: Affective Dimensions University of Southern Maine Portland, ME 4/07/0808 The Tenure and Promotion Journey: Affective Dimensions University of Southern Maine Portland, ME 10/22/07 The Tenure and Promotion Journey: Affective Dimensions University of Southern Maine Portland, ME 10/12/07 Virtuoso Practice of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Keynote Address, Minnesota Affiliate of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Rochester, MN

6/8/07 Pain Management in the Elderly: Adding Complementary Therapies USM Continuing Education Program Portland, Me 5/5/07 Institutional change: Models, challenges and strategies Clinical Scholar Program Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 1/05/07 Creating and sustaining evidence-based practice: Strategies for enhancing individual commitment and institutional capacity Clinical Scholar Program Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 11/24/06 The advanced practice nurse and the interprofessional team British Columbia Cancer Agency Annual conference Plenary session Vancouver, BC, Canada 9/27/06 Leadership, Coaching and EBP Clinical Scholar Program Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 5/17/06 Focus, Fun, and Funding: Developing scholarship at USM Faculty development sponsored by ORI, USM 3/10/06 Adding Complementary Therapies to the Pain Management Toolbox Outreach Education Council (statewide offering) Maine Medical Center Portland, ME

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10/26/05 Best Practices in Clinical Teaching: Interdisciplinary Education (collaborative presentation with Virginia Eddy, MD to audience of nurses and physicians) Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 10/20/05 Perils, Pearls, and Proof: Making pain management a priority in home health

care Annual meeting of staff of Home Health Care of Southern Maine Saco, Maine 5/13/05 Enspirited Leadership Maine Medical Center’s Center for Clinical and Professonal Development Retreat Stage Neck Inn York, ME 5/5/05 Brief and comprehensive pain assessment: Adopting standards and advancing clnical practice Maine General Hospital Augusta Civic Center Augusta,ME

4/12/05 Advanced Practice Nursing 101 (presentation to hospital executives) Midcoast Hospital Brunswick, ME 4/1/05 AACN Regional Meeting on the Clinical Nurse Leader Differences and complementarities between CNL and CNS roles Panel presentation with Joan Stanley, PhD, RN of AACN Park Plaza Hotel Boston, MA 3/19/05 Enspirited Leadership: Enhancing individual leaderhship skills Student Nurses Association of Maine Eastern Maine Community College Fairfield, Maine 3/14/05 Focus, Fun, and Funding: Strategies for developing your research portfolio Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL 9/04 Focus, Fun, and Funding: Developing scholarship at USM Faculty development sponsored by ORI, USM

9/29/04 Adding complementary therapies to the pain management toolbox The Tenth Anniversary of the Maine Pain Initiative Symposium Rockport, ME 6/10/04 Perils, Pearls, and Proof: Why Pain Management Should be a Nursing Priority Keynote Address, Annual Meeting of the Kappa Zeta Chapter of

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Sigma Theta Tau Falmouth, ME 6/9/04 “The Shining Stranger”: Comfort, Communication and Nursing Care at the End of Life Palliative Care in the Oncology Setting: An Interdisciplinary Approach 14

th Annual Cancer Symposium

Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 4/15/04 Pain Management and Palliative Care Oncology Certification Review Course Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 3/31/04 Pain Management and Quality Improvement in Long Term Care Invited Panelist for opening educational program in New Courtland’s new Education Center New Courtland Germantown, PA 2/24/04 Advanced Practice Nursing: Current Status APN Forum Maine Medical Center Department of Nursing Portland, ME 1/7/04 Institutional Assessment and Intervention to Promote Adoption of Pain Management Standards and Medical Grand Rounds: Evidence-based Pain Management HealthSouth Braintree Hospital Braintree, MA 12/6/02 Medical Grand Rounds: Case review of pain management in a patient who abuses alcohol New Milford Hospital New Milford, CT 3/18/02 Pain management standards: Overcoming barriers to implementation Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Lebanon, NH

Selected Presentations from 1977 through 2001 12/01 Solutions to obstacles: A framework for building institutional commitment to

pain management National program sponsored by Joint Commission Resources Atlanta, GA

9/00 PainLink: A technical assistance protocol to improve pain management in institutions Annual Meeting of the New England Pain Association Boston, MA

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9/21/96 Pain control: Interdisciplinary assessment Stanwood Cancer Rehabilitation Lectureship and Conference

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center Portland, OR

4/95 Implications of the AHCPR Cancer Pain Guideline for nurses Annual research symposium Mass. General Hospital, Boston, MA.

11/94 Pain, suffering, and spiritual well-being

Rhode Island Cancer Pain Initiative Providence, RI

4/94 Pain, suffering, and spiritual well-being: assessment and interventions

City of Hope Invitational Conference for Nursing Faculty Duarte, CA.

5/94 Pain assessment and management in primary care

MA/NH Nurse Practitioner Organization and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Nashua, NH. 6/94 Pain Assessment and Management in Primary Care

Seton Hall University Nurse Practitioner Conference. Parsippany, NJ

9/93 Back to the Future: A Cancer Pain Odyssey

Keynote address Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME

9/93 The Pain of Cancer and the Cancer of Pain

Keynote for The University of Wisconsin-Madison Oncology Nursing Conference Madison, WI

5/2/92 Cancer Pain Relief: The Nurse's Role

Cancer Pain Symposium for Physicians Ohio State University Columbus, OH

5/1/92 A Model for Advanced Practice (panelist) Rozella Schlotfeldt Lectureship Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH

4/15/92 Cancer Pain in the Elderly: An Overview Hebrew Rehabilitation Center Boston, MA

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4/14/92 Uncovering the Knowledge in Oncology Nursing Practice: A Project Report Boston ONS Chapter Boston, MA

3/24/92 Cancer Pain: A Nursing Perspective

Annual Cancer Nursing Symposium Calvary Hospital Bronx, NY

3/21/92 Non-invasive Methods of Pain Control

Faculty Pain Symposium, MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA

2/92 Cancer Pain Assessment

First annual Minerva Rinehart Lectureship H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL

1/24/92 Keynote Address: Cancer Pain Relief: The Past as Prologue

(5th anniversary WI Cancer Pain Initiative) Appleton, WI

9/24/91 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, FL

7/26/91 Cancer Pain: Issues in the Hospital Setting

American Cancer Society (national) Primary Care Conference Seattle, WA

5/9/91 Cancer Pain: Case Study Discussion

panelist for Pharmacia-Deltec Symposium Oncology Nursing Society Congress San Antonio, TX

3/28/91 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment and Management. (all day symposium)

St. Anselm's College Manchester, NH

3/91 Assessment of Cancer Pain

Champlain Valley Medical Center Plattsburgh, NY

3/7/91 Controversies and Conflict in the Oncology Clinical Specialist Role

Pa Chapter, Oncology Nursing Society Philadelphia, PA

2/28/91 Overview of Cancer Pain Assessment and Treatment

Beverly Hospital Beverly, MA

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12/5/90 Cognitive Strategies for Pain Management.

Cancer Nursing Rounds, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA

11/15/90 Noninvasive Measures for Pain Control

Southwood Community Hospital Norwood, MA

11/6/90 Cancer Pain Assessment.

American Cancer Society Needham, MA

10/28/90 Noninvasive Interventions for Cancer Pain

ONS Fall Institute Chicago, IL

10/9/90 Cancer Pain: Assessment and Treatment

Albany Medical Center Albany, NY

8/24-29/90 Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions for Cancer Pain

Oncology Nursing Society (faculty for training in pain assessment and treatment program) Keystone, CO

7/14/90 Antecedents of Caring: Community, Compassion and Commitment

Keynote, Greater L.A. ONS Chapter's Annual Dinner Los Angeles, CA

6/6/90 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

Hartford, CT 5/17/90 Cancer Pain: Issues for Nurses, Patients and Families

Purdue Frederick Symposium Oncology Nursing Society’s Annual Congress Washington, D.C

5/16/90 Virtuoso Practice of Clinical Specialists: Marketing Excellence in Advanced

Practice Oncology Nursing Society's Annual Congress (pre-Congress workshop) Washington, DC

4/25/90 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

St. Anselm's College's Oncology Series Manchester, NH

4/18/90 Future Role of Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

2/1/90 Coaching Patients and Families Through Cancer Pain Experiences

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Association of Pediatric Oncology Nursing Boston, MA

12/6/89 Pain: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Issues

and Noninvasive Measures for Pain Control Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA

11/30/89 Noninvasive Measures for Pain Control

Area Health Education Council and Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD

10/12-13/89 Virtuoso Practice: Marketing Excellence in CNS Practice

Midwest Clinical Specialist Group Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

10/89 Promoting Advanced Clinical Practice of CNSs

Veteran's Administration Hospitals CNS Group Bedford VA Hospital Bedford, MA.

9/27/89 Cancer Pain Assessment

Shaughnessy-Kaplan Rehabilitation Hospital Salem, MA

7/27/89 Cancer Pain: Assessment and Intervention

Contemporary Forums Boston, MA

5/15/89 Advanced Practice of CNSs and NPs

Oregon Nurses Association Portland, OR

4/5/89 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

Framingham Union Hospital Framingham, MA

3/23/89 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment

Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA

3/16/89 Cancer Pain in Children: Introduction to Assessment and Treatment

Children's Hospital Boston, MA

2/2/89 Cancer Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

New England Memorial Hospita Stoneham, MA

1/10/89 Role Development for Oncology Clinicians and Clinical Specialists

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Boston ONS Chapter Boston, MA

11/3/88 Power Strategies for the 21st Century Biennial CNS Conference (DHMC & University Hospital) Boston, MA

6/10/88 From Novice to Expert: CNS Role Development

CNS Conference Sinai Hospital Detroit, MI

5/26/88 Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

St. Anselm's College (sponsor) Berlin, NH

5/5/88 Obstacles to Pain Assessment: Myths, Attitudes, and Beliefs

Oncology Nursing Society 13th Annual Congress Pittsburgh, PA

4/22/88 Future Perspectives on Cancer Pain Management

DHMC-VAH Hospitals White River Junction, VT

4/28/88 Pain: Nursing Assessment and Intervention

St. Anselm's College (sponsored by) Berlin, NH

11/87 The Future of Oncology Clinical Specialist Practice

Invited speaker for Sesquicentennial Lectureship Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's University and Medical Center Chicago, IL

9/87 Concerns of AIDS Patients: A Descriptive Study MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA 5/87 Behavioral Interventions for Cancer Pain Oncology Nursing Society Workshop Denver, CO 4/2/87 The Value of Cancer Nursing Research (Keynote) Annual Meeting of Southern Maine ONS Portland, ME 3/87 Future Cancer Nursing Practice: High Touch in a High Tech Environment (Keynote) Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley ONS, Swarthmore, PA 1/28/87 Cancer Pain and Suffering Society of Gynecologic Oncology Nurses. Miami, FL

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10/83 Nursing in Russia Northern Virginia ONS Chapter Fairfax, VA 10/83 Nursing care of the AIDS patient American Cancer Society Indianapolis, IN 5/83 Nursing care of the cancer patient with hypercalcemia ONS Annual Congress San Diego, CA 11/82 Evaluation of the care of the terminally ill Anne Arundel Hospital Annapolis, MD 5/82 Role development of the oncology clinical nurse specialist ONS Annual Congress St. Louis, MO 11/81 Cancer emergencies St. Anselm’s College Manchester, NH 5/81 Commencement Address Concord Technical Institute Associate Degree Nusing Program Concord, NH 2/81 Le soin des malades avec la douleur l’Hôpital Érasme Brussels, Belgium 1/81 Ethical issues and Phase I trials Academisch Zieckenhuis der Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11/80 Evaluaion of the clinical nurse specialist The Royal Marsden Hospital London, England 9/80 Evaluation of the CNS role Annual DHMC-sponsored CNS conference Fairlee, VT 4/80 Nursing intervention in pain management St. Anselm’s College Manchester, NH 4/80 Chronic cancer pain

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American Cancer Society, NH Division Lincoln, NH 4/79 Nursing Care of Patients in pain Sigma Theta Tau Boston, MA Numerous other local, national, and international presentations on institutional change, pain assessment, non-pharmacological management of pain, and advanced nursing practice to the following audiences: nurses, advanced practice nurses, rehabilitation professionals, physicians, and and other interdisciplinary groups.

Continuing Education/Professional Development Activities 11/29/12- 12/2/12 Courage to Lead Retreat Sandwich, MA 9/09--present Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME) ordained June 2012 Portland, Maine 04103 10/10 Reiki Master Preparation and Certification with Reiki Master, Libby Barnett, MSW Wilton, NH 9/10-5/11 Completed 3 of 4 Holistic Health Courses thorugh USM CE program 10/09-6/11 The Courage To Lead (18 month program on leadership) Sandwich, MA 8/2/09 AACN Leadership Retreat Kansas City, MO 5/1/09 Interprofessional Educaiton: Learning together to improve collaboration and the quality of care Scott Reeves, Phd 4

th Annual Best Practices in Clinical Teaching

Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 4/1/09 Maine Nursing Summit Augusta, ME 9/16/08 Meeting Patient needs: It’s all about conversation Maine Hosopice Council Rockport, ME 9/21/06 Care Transitions Intervention Training 9/22/06 Maine Health Portland, ME

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6/14/06 2

nd Annual Office Innovations Conference:

A Strategic Discussion to Promote System-wide Dissemination of Self- Management Skills Training (with Kate Lorig, RN, DPH) Portland, ME

Sponsored by a consortium of health care organizations committed to improving care through research and quality improvement

3/30-3/31/06 NIH Regional Seminar (technical assistance for investigators) Boston, MA 3/15-3/19/06 Attended National Clinical Nurse Specialist (NACNS) Educator’s Summit (pre-

conference) and Annual Conference Salt Lake City, UT 3/2/06 General Education Reform: Opportunities and Challenges for

Schools/Colleges that Prepare Graduates to Work within a Profession USM, Gorham, ME

3/9/06 Teaching on the Edge: Best Practices for Interdisciplinary Design, Pedagogy,

and Assessment Carolyn Haynes, PhD USM, Portland, ME 10/28/05 Liberal Education in the 21

st Century

Lee Knefelkamp, PhD USM, Portland, ME 10/6/05 Diversity in Health and Medical Professions David Perrin USM Portland, ME 10/21/05 Making the Connection: Human Health in a Changing Environment (conference) Augusta, ME 12/04 Completed requirements for, and achieved, recertification as AOCN

(advanced oncology certified nurse) 2/15/05 IRB Update USM Office of Sponsored Programs Portland, ME 3/05 Intellectual property rights USM Office of Sponsored Programs Portland, ME 3/05-3/06 Participated in a variety of activities related to my role as a member of the Research Infrastructure committee 3/18/05 USM’s Writing Workshop

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Portland, ME 4/21-22/05 USM’s Thinking Matters Faculty Advisor for Graduate Nursing Students’ Poster Presentations Theme: Clinical Nurse Specialists: Champions of Patient Safety

Topics: heart diseases in women; delirium, dementia and depression in the elderly; public education to prevent DVT; and homelessness

Portland, ME 5/25/05 4

th Maine Nursing Summit (conference)

Augusta, ME 6/16-6/19/05 American Holistic Nursing Association’s Annual Conference Philadelphia, PA 7/05 Biosafety Committee Retreat 4/04 Reiki II certification