Mary Cantrell

Dr. Mary Ann Cantrell is Director of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing PhD program. Her research is two pronged: she has focused on health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer and quality and safety practice behaviors in simulation based teaching and learning experiences. Her interest in quality of life for survivors of childhood cancer led her to develop a “Hope Intervention” for childhood cancer survivors which she was able to test through an NIH grant. Dr. Cantrell's work is now incorporated into nursing curricula and national survivorship guidelines. She has translated her research about the caring nursing presence to the next generations of nursing students through the use of simulation.

Education:

• 1983 BSN Duquesne University
• 1989 MSN Villanova University
• 1997 PhD University of Maryland

Teaching Areas:

• Learning strategies in higher education
• Research and Scientific Evidence in Nursing Practice
• Development of Nursing Science
• Dissertation Seminar 1

Areas of Interest:

• Pediatric oncology nursing (area of clinical practice)
• Childhood cancer survivorship.
• Health-related quality of life among adolescents with cancer and survivors of childhood cancer
• Debriefing in clinical simulations

Publications:

• Cantrell, M.A., Franklin, A.E., Leighton, K. (2017). The Evidence in Simulation-Based Learning Experiences in Nursing Education and Practice: An umbrella review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 12(13), 634-667
• Kirkpatrick, A.J., Cantrell, M.A., Smeltzer, S.C. (2017).Palliative Care Simulations in Undergraduate Nursing Education:An Integrative Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, (13), 414-431
• Birkhoff, S.D., Cantrell, M.A., Moriarity, H., & Lustig, R. (2108). The usability and acceptability of a patient-centered mobile health tracking app among a sample of adult radiation oncology patients. Advances in Nursing Science, 41(3), 243-259.
• Cantrell, M.A., Mariani, B., & Meakim, C. (2016). An innovative approach using clinical simulation to teach quality and safety principles. Nursing Education Perspectives.
• Cantrell, MA., Conte, T.M., Hudson, M.M., Ruble, L., Herth, K., & Canino, A. (2017). Developing the Evidence Base in Pediatric Oncology Nursing Practice for Promoting Health-Related Quality in Pediatric Oncology Patients. The Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 34(2), 90-97.
• Cantrell, M.A., Posner, M.A. (2016). Engagement in high-risk behaviors among survivors of childhood cancer and matched cohorts surveyed in the Adolescent Health Study. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 5(2), 146-151
• Cantrell, M.A., Conte, T.M., & Suter, J. (2016). The college experience for childhood cancer Survivors. The Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 33(5), 329-338.
• Cantrell, M.A., & Kelly, M.M. (2014). Health-related quality of life for chronically ill children. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 40(1), 2-9.
• Cantrell, M.A., & Kelly, M.M. (2014). Health-related quality of life for chronically ill children. MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 40(1), 2-9.