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Professor Martin teaches undergraduate community health nursing and the
senior internship for on-campus students, as well as distance community
nursing and nursing leadership/management for distance education students.
Her nursing background includes critical care, long-term
care, nursing administration and home health care. She has a Clinical
Specialist in Community Health Nursing Certification, American Nurses
Credentialing Center, 1995-present, and she has publications on a variety
of topics including wound care, administrative issues, infectious disease,
and care of the person with chronic illness.
Most recent publications:
In publication. Martin, S. & Mullen, M. (2005). IHP: Viral hepatitis.
In M. Arnold (Ed.), The School Nurse's Source Book of Individualized
Healthcare Plans, Volume III. Sunrise River Press. Martin, S. &
Cass, D. (2005). "Strategies to retain and attract quality staff."
In M. Harris (Ed.), Handbook of Home Health Care Administration
(4th ed.). Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Published an article entitled "Infection Control Matters in
Home Healthcare" in the September 2006 issue of Home Healthcare Nurse.
Authored "Review of the latest CDC guidelines for family caregivers
of pandemic flu victims at home," Home Healthcare Nurse.
Professor Martin has made presentations around the U.S.
on a variety of topics, including writing for publication, professional
issues in community nursing, and engaging undergraduate students in research.
Her research activities are in childhood lead poisoning prevention, folic
acid consumption among college-age women, and health promotion among college
seniors.
She has a Certificate of Appreciation For Outstanding Leadership
in the Promotion of Folic Acid Awareness in Maine, presented by the Maine
Folic Acid Council and First Lady Karen Baldacci in 2003.
Recent Presentations
She presented "Preparing Your Home Care Agency for Pandemic Flu," 2006
New York State Association of Health Care Providers; "The Latest Intelligence
on Progress of the Avian Flu Virus," National Association of Home Care's
25th Annual Meeting; "Teaching Evidence-based Practice to Traditional
Undergraduate Nursing Students: Overcoming Obstacles," 2006 College Teaching
& Learning Conference.
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