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Mae Ann Pasquale is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She completed her BSN at East Stroudsburg University, MSN at Villanova, and PhD at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She has received several grants to support her research investigating the outcomes of families who are present during the resuscitation of their critically injured family member. This research was conducted at Lehigh Valley Health Network.
Dr. Pasquale has published many articles on evidence based practice and critical care nursing. Her study on family presence during trauma resuscitation was presented at the annual Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Meeting in 2010 and was published in the Journal of Trauma, November 2010. She co-authored a book chapter in AACN Protocols for Practice: Creating Healing Environments (2nd ed) on this topic. For the last nine years, she has served as a nursing research consultant for local hospitals. This position represents an important linkage between academia and clinical practice.
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University of Wisconsin: Ph.D., Nursing
Villanova University: M.S.N., Nursing
East Stroudsburg University: B.S.N., Nursing
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- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
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Family Presence During Trauma Resuscitation: Ready for Primetime?
Lehigh Valley Heath Network
2010-11-01
BACKGROUND: The concept of family presence during trauma resuscitation (FPTR) remains controversial. Healthcare providers have expressed concern that resuscitation of severely injured trauma patients is inappropriate for family members as they may have psychologic distress, disrupt resuscitative efforts, or misinterpret provider actions, which can ultimately impact satisfaction with care. The minimal evidence that exists is descriptive or anecdotal.
Establishing reliability and validity of the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey
Critical Care Medicine
2001-01-01
From the Department of Health Studies (Drs. Wasser and Bryan), the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care and Long Term Acute Care Units (Dr. Matchett), and the Division of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care (Dr. Pasquale), Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA; Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA (Dr. Wasser); and Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA (Ms. Pasquale). Address requests for reprints to: Thomas E. Wasser, PhD, MEd, Department of Health Studies, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Moyer House, 227 North 17th Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18014. This study provides support that the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey—which yields five subscales, “Assurance,” “Information,” “Proximity,” “Support,” and “Comfort”—is reliable and valid.
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