Marian Grant, DNP, RN, CRNP, ACHPN | University of Maryland School of Nursing

Education:

DNP, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2010
Teaching Certificate, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2009
MSN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2005
BSN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2000
BS, Mass Communications, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1977

Research:

Education-Intensive Faculty Grant winner, 2012-2013, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Principle Investigator, Online Palliative Care study, Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer, Johns Hopkins University, 2011-2012
Project Director, NIH Grant study on Living Kidney Donors and TAILORED end-of-life decision making pilot study, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD (2008-2009)
Research Assistant, NIH Grant study on End-of-Life attitudes among patients with ALS and CHF, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore MD (2004)
Principal Investigator, The effect of blood drawing techniques and equipment on the hemolysis of ED laboratory blood samples. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD (2001)

Recent Publications:

McGuire, D., Grant, M., Park, J. (2012) Palliative Care and End of Life: The Caregiver. In press at Nursing Outlook, Nov/Dec 2012
Newhouse, R., Buckley, K.M, Grant, M.S., Idzik, S. (2011) Reconceptualization of a Doctoral EBP Course from In-Class to Blended Format: Lessons Learned from a Successful Transition. In press at the Journal of Professional Nursing for January, 2013 issue
Cordts, G.A., Grant, M.S., Brandt, L.E., Mears, S.C. (2011) A Qualitative and Quantitative Needs Assessment of Pain Management for Hospitalized Orthopedic Patients. Orthopedics 34(8)
Grant, M.S., Wiegand, Debra L. (2011). Palliative Care Online: A Pilot Study on a Pancreatic Cancer Website. Journal of Palliative Medicine;14(6): 846-851
Grant M. S. (2010). Ethical and Attitudinal Considerations for Critical Care Nurses Regarding Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. AACN Advanced Critical Care, 2010; 21 (2): 222-226
Cordts ,G.A., Grant M.S., Sevransky J. (2007). Palliative Care in the Intensive Care Unit. Contemporary Critical Care 2007; 4(12):1-12
Grant M.S., Cordts G.A., Doberman D.J.(2007). Acute Pain Management in Hospitalized Patients with Current Opioid Abuse. Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal . http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/557043
Grant M.S. (2003). The effect of blood drawing techniques and equipment on the hemolysis of ED laboratory blood samples. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2003, 29(2),116-121.

Primary Teaching Areas:

NURS 304/505: Communication Modules
NDNP 802: Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
NURS 705: Concepts and Methods for the Measurement of Clinical and Administrative Outcomes

Academic & Professional Activities:

2013-2016: Board Member, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
2010-Present: Co-director Northwest District, Nurse Practitioner Assoc of Maryland (NPAM)
2010-Present: Member, American Nurses Association/Maryland Nurses Association
2005-Present: Member, H&PNA
2000-Present: Member, Sigma Theta Tau
2010: Member, Annual Assembly Planning Committee for 2011 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine & Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Conference
2010: Co-director Northwest District, Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland, member since 2003
2009: Volunteer, ANCC Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Standard Setting Study, Silver Spring, MD
2008: Reviewer for AACN “Promoting Excellence in Palliative and End of Life Care: An Interactive Learning Experience” e-learning program
2007: Reviewer for ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) Critical Care course

Funded Projects:

Online Palliative Care Study, Skip Viragh Center for Pancreas Cancer, Johns Hopkins University, $50,000