Debra Lynn-McHale Wiegand

RN, MBE, PhD, CCRN, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Suite 355A
Telephone: 410-706-7786
Fax: 410-706-0344
E-mail

Education:

Diploma, MB Johnson School of Nursing, Elyria, Ohio
BSN, Bowling Green State University School of Nursing, Bowling Green, Ohio
MSN, Wayne State University College of Nursing, Detroit, Michigan
MBE, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Post-Doc, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut

Family Experiences Participating in the Process of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy: A Follow up Investigation. PI: 2003 - Present. Postdoctoral Fellowship support from NIH/NINR (T32-NR08346). Awarded an Initiating Hospice Care in Critical Care grant from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, a grant from Delta Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, and a grant from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Moral Distress and Critical Care Nurses. PI: 2003-present. Postdoctoral Fellowship support from NIH/NINR (T32-NR08346). Awarded a grant from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Critical- Care Nurses.
Family Experiences Participating in the Process of Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy. PI: 2000-2003. Awarded an Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from NIH/NINR (5-F31-NR07558-03). Awarded a Mentorship Award from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
The Impact of an ICU Tour on Patient and Family Anxiety. PI: 1990 -1994. Awarded a grant from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Nursing, Philadelphia and a grant from the from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Wiegand DL. Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining-Therapy after Sudden, Unexpected Life-Threatening Illness or Injury: The Family Experience Related to Interactions with Health Care Providers and the Health Care System. American Journal of Critical Care. In press.
Lynn-McHale DJ, Deatrick J. (2000). Trust between family and health care providers. Journal of Family Nursing, 6:210-230.
Engel JD, Kane G, Jones DL, Lynn-McHale DJ, Swartz M, Durbin P, Klingen D. (1997). The patient self-determination act and advance directives: snapshots of activities in a tertiary health care center. Journal of Medical Humanities, 18:193-208.
Lynn-McHale DJ, Corsetti AO, Brady-Avis E, Shaffer R, McGrory J, Ruthenberger C. (1997). Preoperative ICU tours: Are they helpful? American Journal of Critical Care, 6: 106-115.
Lynn-McHale, D. & Smith, A. (1991). Comprehensive assessment of families of the critically ill. AACN Clinical Issues in Critical Care Nursing, 2:195-209.
Lynn-McHale, D. (1988). Need Satisfaction Levels of Family Members of Critical Care Patients and Accuracy of Nurses' Perceptions. Heart & Lung, 17:447-453.

Chairperson of the Ethics Advisory Task Force to Address Palliative Care in the ICU. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Aliso Viejo, California.
Vice-Chairman of the Council of Cardiovascular Nurses' Scientific Session Program Planning Committee. American Heart Association. Dallas, Texas.
Chairperson of the Research Committee. Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
Co-editor of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Procedure Manual for Critical Care. 5th edition. Elsevier: Philadelphia, 2005.
End of Life Nursing Education (ELNEC) trained for undergraduate and graduate education.
Faculty Scholar of the Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care.