Education
B.S. - Michigan State University
A.D.N. - Lansing Community College
M.S.N. - Grand Valley State University
Ph.D. - University of Michigan
Teaching Interests
Interested in methods to infuse writing into nursing curricula, content related to acute and critical care of the adult, and evaluation of clinical performance.
Courses:
Fundamentals of Nursing
Adult Health Nursing
Pathophysiology
Health Care Trends
Professional Issues in Nursing
Selected Presentations and/or Publications
Publications:
- Ferguson, R., Williams, M.L., & Beard, B., (2010). Combining quality improvement and staff education to decrease PCA pump errors. Journal of Nursing Staff Development, 26(5), E1-E4.
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Williams, M. L., Donaldson, C., and Shakarjian, L. (1998). Nursing options for bathing patients. Journal of Nursing Jocularity, 8(1), 8-9.
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Williams, M. L. (1998). Caring and thinking within a holistic framework. In Hudak, Gallo and Morton, Chapter One, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, pp. 3-8.
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Williams, M. L. (1998). Patient and family education. In Hudak, Gallo and Morton, Chapter Six, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, pp. 59-68.
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Williams, M. L. and Kewman, S. (1998). Impact of the critical care environment on the patient. In Hudak, Gallo and Morton, Chapter Four, Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach, pp. 31-39.
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Williams, M. L. (1998). Making the most of learning needs assessments. Journal of Nursing Staff Development, 14(3), 137-142.
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Williams, M. L., Donaldson, C., and Watts, J. K. (1997). Developing an orientation program for assistive personal in the ICU. Dimensions of Critical Care Nurse,16(5), 266-273.
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Williams, M. L. and Robertson, K. (1997). Workplace violence: Prevalence, Prevention and First Line Interventions. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 9(2), 221-229.
- Moloney-Harmon, P. and Williams, M. L. (1997). Violence across the lifespan. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 9(2), xi-xii.
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Williams, M. L. (1994). What the interviewer really meant....Journal of Nursing Jocularity, 4(1), 29
Additional Information
Research interests include families responses to acute and critical care; any psychosocial phenomena in critical care including environmental impact on patients and families in the ICU.