MS, Adult Health Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing
PhD, Nursing, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Post-Master's Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Georgetown University
Research:
Critical Care Nursing
Cardiovascular Nursing
Nursing Education
Nursing Education Administration
Co-investigator with Sue Thomas (Principal investigator) and Erika Friedman (Co-investigator for study "Psychological Responses to Home Automatic External Defibrillators."
Recent Publications:
Morton, P., & Fontaine, D. (2009). Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach. 9th Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Sabol, V.K, Resnick, B., Gruber-Baldini, A., Galik, E., Morton, P.G. & Hicks, G. Anemia evaluation and management in nursing home residents. Western Journal of Nursing Research. (In Press).
Sabol, V.K, Resnick, B., Gruber-Baldini, A., Galik, E., Morton, P.G., & Hicks, G. (2010). Anemia and its impact on function in nursing home residents: What do we know?" Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. (In Press).
Thomas, S.A., Friedmann, E., Gottlieg, S.S., Liu, F., Morton, P.G., Chapa, D., Lee, H.J., Nahm, E.S. on behalf of the Sudden Cardiac Death Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) Investigators (2009). Changes in psychosocial distress in heart failure outpatients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. Heart and Lung:38(2):109-120.
Schofield, D.L., Davenport, J., Morton, P.G., O’Neill, C., Thomas, S., Newhouse, R. (2008). The preparation of nurse faculty: Who should teach students? Medscape for Advanced Practice e-Journal, 8(2).
Friedmann, E., Thomas, S.A., Liu, F., Morton, P.G., Chapa, D., Gottlieb, S.S. for the SCD-HeFT Investigators. Relationship of depression, anxiety, and social isolation to chronic heart failure outpatient mortality. American Heart Journal. 152:940-48, 2006.
Dorsey, S. & Morton, P. (2006). HIV peripheral neuropathy: Pathophysiology and clinical implications. AACN Clinical Issues, 17 (1), 30-36.
Morton, P. & Rauen, C. (2004). Using simulation in nursing education: The University of Maryland and Georgetown University Experiences. In M. Oermann & K. Heinrich (Eds). Annual Review of Nursing Education. Volume 2 .New York : Springer Publishing Company. p.139-161.
Primary Teaching Areas:
Master's Program: Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
Academic & Professional Activities:
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Member, Board of Directors 7/05 to 6/08
Member of the Strategic Thinking Committee, 7/05 to 6/06
Member of the National Teaching Institute Work Group, 7/05 to 6/06
Chairperson, Advanced Practice Work Group, 2002-2003
