2012 international new Fellows - American Academy of Nursing

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Dr. Maklic is focused on nursing driven interventions that optimize outcomes of critically and
acutely ill patients. As a Clinical Nurse Specialist she is recognized as a leader in critical care
nursing practice that challenges practice to be based on current best evidence. She has been
successful in supporting bedside nurses as they implement evidence-based practice initiatives
to improve patient outcomes. Her practice expertise focuses on care of trauma and burn-injured
patients; acute wound healing; prevention of pressure ulcers and hospital-acquired infections;
and translation of evidence into practice.
Dr. Makic’s passion and commitment focus on ensuring nursing assessment and interventions are
optimized based on current evidence and research to maximize patient comfort and outcomes.
Her areas of research interest and practice improvement have focused on a diverse array of
nursing specific interventions with a vast amount of work in the field of pressure ulcer and skin
prevention interventions. She has several active studies and quality projects in the acute care
nursing practice environment.
Dr. Makic graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with her bachelor of science
in nursing in 1985, obtained her Master of Science from the University of Maryland at
Baltimore in 1992, and Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing, from the University of Colorado,
College of Nursing in 2007.
Connecticut
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Barbara Moynihan is a Professor of Nursing at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
Dr. Moynihan is one of the pioneers of forensic nursing. She collaborated with a core group of
expert nurses to develop the domains and performance measures that led to the designation of
forensic nursing as a stand-alone area of specialization. Through her efforts over the past several
decades, Dr. Moynihan has solidified the nurse’s critical role in identifying and addressing
significant gaps in services and resources available to victims of Interpersonal Violence (IPV).
While working as the Nursing Director of the Emergency Department at Yale New Haven
Hospital, Dr. Moynihan developed the first hospital-based rape counseling unit in Connecticut.
She also served on the task force that drafted the Connecticut Technical Guidelines for Health
Care Response to Victims of Sexual Assault. This document remains the “gold standard” for
interventions with sexual assault victims in Connecticut.
Dr. Moynihan co-authored Forensic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice, now in its second printing
and endorsed by Vice President Joseph Biden. Most recently, she has partnered with health
officials in Nicaragua and Barbados to expand services to victims of Interpersonal Violence and
human trafficking. Dr. Moynihan is also working with a multidisciplinary group of professionals
from the U.S. and abroad to centralize resources on human trafficking.
Dr. Moynihan received her RN, BS and MSN degrees from Southern Connecticut State
University and her PhD from the University of Connecticut.
District of Columbia
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Mary Jean Schumann is the Executive Director of the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC)
and Assistant Professor at The George Washington University School of Nursing. She also
provides consultation on issues relative to nursing and health care policy, APRNs, quality,
pediatric nursing and pain management.
Dr. Schumann previously served at the American Nurses Association, as the Director of Nursing
Practice and Policy and more recently as the Chief Programs Officer. She has also served as
the Executive Director of the National Pediatric Nurses Certification Board and the National
Organization for Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention. During that time she also
provided triage and nursing visits to patients on behalf of Montgomery Hospice.