Jeanne Maiden, Ph.D., RN, CNS-BC

• Associate Dean and Professor
• MSN Program Director

• Email: jeannemaiden@pointloma.edu

• Phone: (619) 849-2420

Education

• State University of New York, Canton, NY, AAS
• National University, San Diego, CA, BSN
• San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, MSN/CNS Critical Care
• University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, Ph.D.

Background

Teaching Focus:

• BSN Junior Nursing Research
• MSN Ethics Policy
• MSN Advanced Medical Surgical Capstone
• MSN Teaching Faithfully
• MSN Thesis Advisor

Clinical Background/Academic Focus:

Many years as a critical care nurse, in particular surgical patients including cardiovascular surgery; Nurse educator providing a variety of educational opportunities for licensed staff; Clinical Nurse Specialist for critical care and orientation and competency assessment in an academic teaching institution. Current focus: ethics, end-of-life care, palliative care, research, moral distress, and compassion fatigue in nursing staff.

Research/Publications/Presentations:

• Editor, Nursing 2007-present, Critical care.  Pearls in Palliation.
• Maiden, J. (2002). Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures. In Urden, L., Stacy, K., Lough, M. (Eds) Thelan's Critical Care Nursing Diagnosis and Management. St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby. Author of Pulmonary diagnostics chapter for 1998, 2002, 2006, & 2008 editions.
• Stacy, K, Maiden, J. (2000). Pulmonary Assessment and Diagnostics Procedures. In Urden, L., Stacy, K. (Eds) Priorities in Critical Care Nursing. Co-author with K. Stacy MS, CNS, CCRN - editions 2, 4, & 5.
• Healthy Work Environments, Nursing 2010 Critical Care.
• Dimensions of Critical Nursing (In press), Moral Distress, Compassion Fatigue, and Perceptions about Medication Errors in Certified Critical Care Nurses.

Personal Note:

I am privileged to be at PLNU and look forward to meeting students and helping them to accomplish their academic/career goals. I am passionate about end-of-life issues, moral distress, and compassion fatigue within our profession. I am a mom and have 2 wonderful children, and am blessed by the love of my husband! We share 2 cats, 3 dogs and multiple other pets in our home!