Professor, College of Health Professions / McAuley School of Nursing
2019
Bio:
Beginning her career in 1997 as an Adjunct Professor in Nursing at University of Detroit Mercy, Dr. Maureen Anthony moved into an Assistant Professor position in 1999, earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, College of Health Professions/McAuley School of Nursing in 2007, and was promoted to full Professor in 2016. Between 2008 and 2010 Dr. Anthony served also as VA Nursing Academy Project Director. Prior to joining Detroit Mercy, she served as an Adjunct Faculty member, Madonna College School of Nursing, Livonia MI.
For twenty-five years before becoming a university faculty member, Dr. Anthony worked as a staff nurse or nurse specialist within various hospitals. In her professional experience she served in the Intensive Care Unit St. John Hospital, Medical Intensive Care Unit Harper Hospital, Staff Nurse Emergency Department St. John Hospital, Staff Nurse Bon Secours Hospital, Community Health Nurse Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast MI, Pulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist Eisenhower Medical Center Home Care, Palm Desert CA, Diabetes Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Michigan, Oakwood Annapolis Hospital and Providence Hospital and Medical Center, and Medical/Surgical Unit Henry Ford Hospital. Dr. Anthony’s responsibilities included care of critically ill clients, management of clinical staff, patient care and administrative function for a community hospital, case management for home-bound clients, and educational needs for clients with diabetes, congestive heart failure, or pulmonary disease.
Dean Neal Rosenburg, College of Health Professions/McAuley School of Nursing in his emerita support letter noted “Briefly, I would like to highlight her contributions to the profession of nursing as well as to Detroit Mercy as a community. Dr. Anthony has consistently taught in both undergraduate and graduate curricula. Her evaluations are stellar. She successfully leads in the classroom and clinical milieu as evidenced by her record of mentoring junior faculty in teaching, scholarship, and service. All of this while maintaining the mission of Detroit Mercy as the anchor to her efforts. Dr. Anthony has a record of interprofessional collaboration as evidenced by her scholarly service engagement with the Women and Gender Studies unit.”
Dr. Anthony’s academic service history for the university, the college, and the McAuley School of Nursing has been continuous from 1999 until her retirement. Over her tenure with the university she served on the UDM Mission Urban Social Justice Committee, University Undergraduate Standards Committee, Professional Negotiating Committee, McNichols Faculty Assembly, CHP Tenure and Promotion, Quality Improvement, Evaluation and Outcomes, Graduate Research, Associate Dean Search, Curriculum, Student Affairs, Bylaws Revision, Faculty Search, Research and Grants, and Steering and Integration Committees.
Service to the health profession includes American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Judge Community Health/Home Care Division (2015); Planning committee and moderator 2015
meeting of International Association of Nurse Editors; Reviewer for Journal of Nursing Care Quality (2007-present); reviewer for Medsurg Nursing Journal (2008-2012); and Reviewer for grants to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (2008-2012). She was Editor-in-Chief for Home Healthcare Now from 2014-2024. Service to the community includes Capuchin Soup Kitchen Tutor; Mercy Beyond Borders; JARC; Racquet Up After School Program; Christian Foundation for Children and Aging; Cabrini Clinic; Metro Detroit Teen Conference Facilitator; Platt River Clean-up; Diabetes Educator Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc.; Volunteer Nurse, Plymouth Fife and Drum Corp; Diabetes Screening Project, Healthy Living; and Volunteer Nurse, Plymouth Canton Marching Band.
Dr. Rosenburg’s support letter indicates “Since 2002, Dr. Anthony has published 23 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 7 articles in non-refereed journals, 13 podium presentations, 9 poster presentations, and 24 invited presentations.” Subjects of the peer-reviewed articles include faculty mentoring, nurse image in nursing career novels, aftermath of suicide, nursing evolving role, nursing in Catholic hospitals, nursing issues, veteran center care, nursing assessment of deep vein thrombosis, caring for migrant farmworkers, nursing students’ experiences with incivility in clinical education, health needs of migrants, treatment of hypoglycemia in hospitalized adults, and others. Some of the journals in which the peer-reviewed articles appeared are: Nurse Educator, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Forensic Nursing, American Journal of Nursing, Journal of Caribbean Nursing, American Catholic Studies, Journal of Professional Nursing, and Medsurg Nursing.
Refereed conference presentations and invited presentations given regionally and nationally are numerous. Regionally, Dr. Anthony presentation subjects included work experiences of Guyanese and Guyanese American nurses, Catholic women and U.S. healthcare, nursing in Catholic hospitals, incivility in clinical nursing education, care for veterans, evidence based practice, and transition from Sisters to lay administrators. Nationally, she spoke on nurse experiences with suicide, patient safety, writing for publication, student nurse experiences of incivility in clinical education, and veteran centered care.
Recognized for her contributions to her profession, Dr. Anthony received the 2021 Dare to Share Writing Award for: “Three-generation Faculty Mentoring Teams: A New Approach to Faculty Mentoring in Nursing” published in Nurse Educator; 2015 Catholic Press Association Award, First Place – Best feature article in a scholarly magazine for “The last generation of Sister administrators: Insights about the transition of Catholic hospital leadership” published in American Catholic Studies; 2011-2012 Medsurg Nursing Clinical Scholarship/Best Practice Writer’s Award; 2010 Veterans Health Administration Quality Management Fair, Second Place for “Use of simulation to teach veteran centered care”; 2010 Best of the Celebration of Scholarly Achievement, University of Detroit Mercy; 2008 Medsurg Nursing Clinical Scholarship/Best Practice Writer’s Award; and scholarship awards from Wayne State University and Wayne State Alumni Association each years from 2003 through 2006.
According to Dean Rosenburg, “Dr. Anthony demonstrated excellence in the category of mission as evidenced by the following highlights from her tenure at Detroit Mercy:
· Two research projects on catholic studies (one received first prize for scholarly publication from the Catholic Press Association:
· One medical mission to Guyana
· One campus ministry trip to El Salvador with students
· Active sponsor for Unbound (lay Catholic sponsorship organization)”
Dr. Anthony has an earned Diploma in Nursing from Providence Hospital School of Nursing, Southfield MI, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Adult Medical Surgical Nursing, and a Ph.D. in Nursing from Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Citation:
Dr. Anthony’s nomination for Professor Emerita status was approved and conferred by Dr. Antoine M. Garibaldi, President of the University of Detroit Mercy on August 19, 2019.