Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Marie Bakitas is internationally recognized in pain and palliative care science. Focused on reducing suffering and enhancing quality of life for persons with advanced illness and family caregivers--especially in rural areas--her early tele-health palliative care model ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends), has led to practice and policy changes. She is disseminating ENABLE for cancer and heart failure patients in the Deep South and Veteran populations. Her research, mentorship and papers have led to important practice changes.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title Altmetric
    2019 Life after loss: Parent bereavement and coping experiences after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit 2019
    2019 How family caregivers of persons with advanced cancer assist with upstream healthcare decision-making: A qualitative study 2019
    2019 Models of non-hospice palliative care: a review 2019
    2019 An early palliative care intervention can be confronting but reassuring: A qualitative study on the experiences of patients with advanced cancer 2019
    2019 Evolution and Conceptual Foundations of Nonhospice Palliative Care 2019
    2019 Feasibility of a Symptom Management Intervention for Honduran Adults Undergoing Chemotherapy 2019
    2019 Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the FACIT-PAL Quality of Life Instrument 2019
    2019 Understanding and Measuring Symptom Burden in Heart Failure: A Concept Analysis 2019
    2018 Effects of Shared Decision Making on Distress and Health Care Utilization Among Patients With Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review 2018
    2018 Factors Associated with Family Caregivers' Confidence in Future Surrogate Decision Making for Persons with Cancer 2018
    2018 Protocol driven palliative care consultation: Outcomes of the ENABLE CHF-PC pilot study 2018
    2018 Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends Comprehensive Heartcare for Patients and Caregivers (ENABLE CHF-PC): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 2018
    2018 Incongruence between women's survey- and interview-determined decision control preferences: A mixed methods study of decision-making in metastatic breast cancer 2018
    2018 Introduction 2018
    2018 Palliative Care and Hospice Interventions in Decompensated Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Rapid Review of Literature 2018
    2018 Psychological Symptoms in Advanced Cancer 2018
    2018 Easing the Tension Between Palliative Care and Intensive Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2018
    2018 Adapting an Early Palliative Care Intervention to Family Caregivers of Persons With Advanced Cancer in the Rural Deep South: A Qualitative Formative Evaluation 2018
    2018 Interventionist training and intervention fidelity monitoring and maintenance for CONNECT, a nurse-led primary palliative care in oncology trial 2018
    2018 Life after Loss: Parent Bereavement and Coping Experiences after Infant Death in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. 2018
    2018 Mind-Body Interventions for Individuals With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials 2018
    2018 Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer 2018
    2018 Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer 2018
    2018 Developing a toolkit to measure implementation of concurrent palliative care in rural community cancer centers 2018
    2018 Caregiver burden, care recipient depressive symptomology, and social exchange: Does race matter? 2018
    2018 Life-space mobility and clinical outcomes in COPD 2018
    2018 Surrogates’ Perceptions of Service Quality While Making Decisions for ICU Patients 2018
    2018 Translating a US early palliative care model for Turkey and Singapore 2018
    2018 Using Patients and Their Caregivers Feedback to Develop ENABLE CHF-PC: An Early Palliative Care Intervention for Advanced Heart Failure 2018
    2018 What happens during early outpatient palliative care consultations for persons with newly diagnosed advanced cancer? A qualitative analysis of provider documentation 2018
    2018 What happens during early outpatient palliative care consultations for persons with newly diagnosed advanced cancer? A qualitative analysis of provider documentation. 2018
    2017 A semiparametric joint model for terminal trend of quality of life and survival in palliative care research 2017
    2017 Mind-body interventions for individuals with heart failure: A systematic review of randomized trials 2017
    2017 The role of a palliative care intervention in moderating the relationship between depression and survival among individuals with advanced cancer 2017
    2017 Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities 2017
    2017 Family caregiving for persons with heart failure at the intersection of heart failure and palliative care: a state-of-the-science review 2017
    2017 Highlighting implementation findings in early palliative care 2017
    2017 Strategies for introducing outpatient specialty palliative care in gynecologic oncology 2017
    2017 The TEAM approach to improving oncology outcomes by incorporating palliative care in practice 2017
    2017 Engaging patients and families to create a feasible clinical trial integrating palliative and heart failure care: Results of the ENABLE CHF-PC pilot clinical trial 2017
    2017 The self-care practices of family caregivers of persons with poor prognosis cancer: differences by varying levels of caregiver well-being and preparedness 2017
    2017 Cancer and Palliative Care in the United States, Turkey, and Malawi: Developing Global Collaborations. 2017
    2017 Early palliative care in advanced illness: Do right by mama 2017
    2017 Factors Associated With Lower Cost And Healthcare Utilization Among Critically Ill Patients With History Of Chronic Lung Disease Who Received Early Palliative Care Consultation 2017
    2017 Perioperative Palliative Care Considerations for Surgical Oncology Nurses 2017
    2017 The State of the Science on Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure 2017
    2017 When it comes to death, there is no place like home… Or is there? 2017
    2017 DESCRIBING COLLABORATION BETWEEN CARDIOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE: A NATIONAL SURVEY STUDY OF CURRENT PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS 2017
    2017 Developing a “Toolkit” to Measure Implementation of Concurrent Palliative Care in Rural Community Cancer Centers. 2017
    2017 Gynecologic Oncologist Views Influencing Referral to Outpatient Specialty Palliative Care 2017
    2017 Integration of Palliative Care as a Component of Active Treatment 2017
    2017 Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Retrospective Review of Care Trends in an Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Program from 2004-2015 (S744) 2017
    2017 Perioperative Palliative Care Considerations for Surgical Oncology Nurses 2017
    2017 There were more decisions and more options than just yes or no: Evaluating a decision aid for advanced cancer patients and their family caregivers 2017
    2017 On the road less traveled: Journey of an oncology palliative care researcher 2017
    2016 Recruiting bereaved parents for research after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit 2016
    2016 Recruiting bereaved parents for research after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit 2016
    2016 Recruiting bereaved parents for research after infant death in the neonatal intensive care unit. 2016
    2016 Differences between women’s preferred and actual experience with ‘shared decision-making’: A mixed method study. 2016
    2016 What’s in the ‘special sauce’ of protocol-driven outpatient palliative care consultations? 2016
    2016 Family Caregiver Depressive Symptom and Grief Outcomes From the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial 2016
    2016 Geographic access to interventional cardiology services in one rural state 2016
    2016 Supporting Family Caregiving of Elderly in Turkey: A Systematic Review. 2016
    2016 Chapter 78: Palliative Care Across the Cancer Continuum 2016
    2016 Palliative Care Across the Cancer Continuum 2016
    2016 Supporting family caregivers of Turkish elders: A systematic review 2016
    2016 Associations between advanced cancer patients' survival and family caregiver presence and burden 2016
    2016 Coaching Family Caregivers to Become Better Problem Solvers When Caring for Persons with Advanced Cancer 2016
    2016 A National Survey of Palliative Care Services within INTERMACs Centers 2016
    2016 Racial differences in processes of care at end of life in VA medical centers: Planned secondary analysis of data from the BEACON trial 2016
    2015 Reply to R.A. Ferrer et al and B.W. Corn 2015
    2015 Exploring the Relationship of Patient and Informal Caregiver Characteristics with Heart Failure Self-Care Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model: Implications for Outpatient Palliative Care 2015
    2015 Effectiveness of regionalized systems for stroke and myocardial infarction 2015
    2015 Improving the quality of palliative care through national and regional collaboration efforts 2015
    2015 Systematic review of palliative care in the rural setting 2015
    2015 A Systematic Review of Rural Palliative Care Research: A New Frontier. 2015
    2015 Predictors of physical restraint use in hospitalized veterans at end of life: An analysis of data from the BEACON trial 2015
    2015 Benefits of early versus delayed palliative care to informal family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: Outcomes from the ENABLE III randomized controlled trial 2015
    2015 Early versus delayed initiation of concurrent palliative oncology care: Patient outcomes in the ENABLE III randomized controlled trial 2015
    2015 Benefits of Early versus Later Palliative Care to Informal Family Caregivers of Persons with Advanced Cancer: Outcomes from the ENABLE III Randomized Clinical Trial. 2015
    2015 Caring for America's Veterans: The power of academic-practice partnership 2015
    2015 Chapter 53: Rural Palliative Care. 2015
    2015 Conceptualizing surrogate decision making at end of life in the intensive care unit using cognitive task analysis 2015
    2015 Discharge hospice referral and lower 30-day all-cause readmission in medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure 2015
    2015 Formative research in the development of a care transition intervention in breast cancer survivors 2015
    2015 Formative research in the development of a care transition intervention in breast cancer survivors 2015
    2015 Priorities for Evaluating Palliative Care Outcomes in Intensive Care Units 2015
    2014 Symptoms when death is imminent. 2014
    2014 Immediate vs delayed initiation of concurrent palliative oncology care: Patient outcomes of the ENABLE III randomized controlled trial 2014
    2014 Conducting qualitative interviews using cognitive task analysis: guidance for nurse researchers using an example from surrogate decision-making at adult end-of-life 2014
    2014 Translating and testing the ENABLE: CHF-PC concurrent palliative care model for older adults with heart failure and their family caregivers 2014
    2013 Oncologists' perspectives on concurrent palliative care in a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center 2013
    2013 A synthesis of theoretical models to guide decision support interventions for surrogate decision-making at adult end-of-life 2013
    2013 The diverse landscape of palliative care clinics 2013
    2013 Joint modeling quality of life and survival using a terminal decline model in palliative care studies 2013
    2013 Patient perspectives on participation in the ENABLE II randomized controlled trial of a concurrent oncology palliative care intervention: Benefits and burdens 2013
    2013 The diverse landscape of outpatient palliative care 2013
    2013 Palliative care consultations for heart failure patients: How many, when, and why? 2013
    2013 Symptoms when death is imminent 2013
    2012 Palliative care. 2012
    2012 Bowel obstruction and delirium: Managing difficult symptoms at the end of life 2012
    2012 Cancer family caregivers: A new direction for interventions 2012
    2012 Has there been any progress in improving the quality of hospitalised death? Replication of a US chart audit study 2012
    2012 How do surrogates really make decisions about life-sustaining treatments: A moral psychology perspective 2012
    2012 In the clinic Palliative care. 2012
    2012 Advanced neoplastic conditions. 2012
    2012 Why Surrogates Don’t Make Decisions the Way We Think They Ought To: Insights from Moral Psychology 2012
    2011 Preliminary assessment of a neuropathic pain treatment and referral algorithm for patients with cancer 2011
    2011 Palliative medicine and decision science: The critical need for a shared agenda to foster informed patient choice in serious illness 2011
    2010 Impact on caregiver burden of a patient-focused palliative care intervention for patients with advanced cancer 2010
    2010 Developing Successful Models of Cancer Palliative Care Services 2010
    2009 In reply 2009
    2009 Putting evidence into practice: What are the pharmacologic interventions for nociceptive and neuropathic cancer pain in adults? 2009
    2009 Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial 2009
    2009 The project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for rural patients with advanced cancer: Baseline findings, methodological challenges, and solutions 2009
    2009 The project enable ii randomized controlled trial to improve palliative care for patients with advanced cancer 2009
    2009 Using quality improvement methodology to improve neuropathic pain screening and assessment in patients with cancer 2009
    2009 Reliability and Validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Palliative Care (FACIT-Pal) Scale 2009
    2009 What are the pharmacologic interventions for nociceptive and neuropathic cancer pain in adults? 2009
    2008 Introduction 2008
    2008 Improving end-of-life care. 2008
    2008 Proxy perspectives regarding end-of-life care for persons with cancer 2008
    2008 Learn about advance directives 2008
    2008 Proxy perspectives about end-of-life care 2008
    2008 The nature of suffering and the goals of nursing: A long time coming but worth the wait. 2008
    2007 Background noise: The experience of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy 2007
    2007 Focus on research methods the analysis and interpretation of cognitive interviews for instrument development 2007
    2006 Introduction 2006
    2006 Palliative care program effectiveness research: Developing rigor in sampling design, conduct, and reporting 2006
    2005 Quality of life of long-term survivors of breast cancer and lymphoma treated with standard-dose chemotherapy or local therapy 2005
    2005 A chart review of seven hundred eighty-two deaths in hospitals, nursing homes, and hospice/home care 2005
    2005 Self-determination: Analysis of the concept and implications for research in palliative care 2005
    2004 Project ENABLE: A Palliative Care Demonstration Project for Advanced Cancer Patients in Three Settings 2004
    2004 Patients' need for information about cancer therapy. 2004
    2004 Project enable: A palliative care demonstration project for advanced cancer patients in 3 settings: One project of the robert wood johnson foundation's "promoting excellence in end-of-life care". 2004
    2003 Development of a clinical care screening tool to assess patient-defined, non-physiological palliative care needs 2003
    2002 A multidisciplinary quality improvement approach to improve peripheral neuropathy-related pain management in patients receiving chemotherapy 2002
    2002 Improving pain management in a rural area 2002
    2002 Neuropsychologic impact of standard dose systemic chemotherapy in long-term survivors of breast cancer and lymphoma 2002
    2002 Revisiting the road not taken: Integrating palliative care into oncology nursing 2002
    2001 Metastatic pancreatic cancer: Meeting palliative care needs 2001
    1999 Massage therapy for patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplant 1999
    1998 Death in the hospital 1998
    1998 Knowledge and attitudes of health care providers towards cancer pain management: A comparison of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists in the state of new hampshire 1998
    1995 Pain, quality assessment, and quality improvement 1995
    1993 Nursing care issues in patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation. 1993
    1992 The role of the advanced practice oncology nurse in pain relief 1992
    1991 Oncology patients in critical care: Ethical dilemmas 1991
    1989 Fall prediction and prevention: State of the science. 1989
    1989 Bone marrow transplantation 1989
    1989 Establishing autologous bone marrow transplant care on an oncology unit 1989
    1988 Factors influencing the degree of post chemotherapy nausea and vomiting 1988
    1979 The quality of life after liver transplantation 1979
    Depression and Survival: Results of the ENABLE II RCT
    Evaluating "Looking Ahead" Choices for Medical Care When you are Seriously Ill- Shared Decision Program in a Palliative Care Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Book

    Year Title Altmetric
    2010 Hospital-based palliative care 2010

    Chapter

    Year Title Altmetric
    2019 Psychoeducational Interventions for Cancer Caregivers 2019
    2019 Rural Palliative Care.  670-681. 2019
    2017 Integration of Palliative Care as a Component of Active Treatment 2017
    2016 Chapter 14: Palliative and End of Life Care 2016
    2016 Future directions.  179-181. 2016
    2015 Chapter 3. Hospital-based Palliative Care 2015
    2015 Palliative care.  251-267. 2015
    2015 Rural Palliative Care 2015
    2012 Advanced Neoplastic Conditions. 2012
    2007 Advanced neoplastic conditions 2007
    2007 Palliative and end of life care 2007
    2006 Section Eight: End-of-life care. 2006
    2005 Improving end-of-life care: Hospital-based palliative care. 2005
    2005 Principles of bone marrow and hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation. 2005
    2002 End-of-life care 2002
    2001 Improving end-of-life care: Hospitals 2001
    2000 Principles of bone marrow and hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation 2000
    1999 Assessment of the hematologic system 1999
    1999 Management of problems in the hematologic system 1999
    1999 Nursing issues in hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation 1999
    1997 Blood and marrow stem cell transplantation: Principles, practice & nursing 1997
    1996 Assessment of the hematologic system. 1996
    1995 BMT nursing into the 21st century 1995
    1995 Implications of bone marrow transplantation for nursing 1995
    1995 Quality of life in bone marrow transplant 1995
    1993 Trauma care of the patient who is immunocompromised or has a history of cancer 1993
    1991 Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: Clinical indications, process, outcomes 1991
    1991 Autologous bone marrow transplantation: Clinical indications, process, outcomes. 1991
    1991 Hematopoietic Complications 1991

    Research Overview

  • Early palliative care; neuropathic pain; advance care planning; communicating values and preferences of care; informed decision making and decision support; tele-health; rural palliative care; caregiver research; care of older adults; oncology palliative care; intervention development; mixed methods and qualitative research methods; and management

    • Principal Investigator On

  • Optimizing Functional Recovery of Breast Cancer Survivors  awarded by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC 2019 - 2024
  • Implementing Palliative Care: Learning Collaborative vs. Technical Assistance  awarded by DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC 2018 - 2023
  • Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lunch Cancer (Short Name: REACH PC)  awarded by MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL 2018 - 2022
  • Lifespace Mobility in the Elderly, Rural Community-dwelling Cancer Survivor  awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2019 - 2021
  • ENABLE: CHF-PC (Comprehensive Heartcare for Patients and Caregivers)  awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS 2015 - 2020
  • The PAL-LIVER Research Network  awarded by Einstein Healthcare Network 2018 - 2019
  • SWOG NCORP Research Base  awarded by Oregon Health & Science University 2018 - 2019
  • Training Program in Breast Cancer Survivorship Disparities Research  awarded by Komen (Susan G.) Breast Cancer Foundation 2017 - 2018
  • Barriers to Hospice and Palliative Care Utilization Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients Living in Poverty  awarded by UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER - NEW 2017 - 2018
  • PediQUEST: Improving children’s quality of life through e-PROMS and palliative care  awarded by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 2017 - 2018
  • Reducing Disparities in Rural Advanced Cancer Patients and Caregivers  awarded by American Cancer Society, Inc. 2013 - 2017
  • Dartmouth PROMIS-CSIA Research Project, Phase II  awarded by Dartmouth College 2016 - 2017
  • HF.Comm Task Force  awarded by American Federation for Aging Research 2014 - 2016
  • ENABLE: CHF-PC (Comprehensive Heartcare for Patients and Caregivers)  awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center 2013 - 2015

    • Investigator On

    Teaching Activities

  • NRM798L - Research Immersion (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • NRM798L - Research Immersion (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2019) 2019
  • NTR728 - Cancer Prev and Ctrl Seminar (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2019) 2019
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Fall Term 2018) 2018
  • NRM798L - Research Immersion (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • NRM798L - Research Immersion (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Summer Term 2018) 2018
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2018) 2018
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2017) 2017
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Summer Term 2017) 2017
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Summer Term 2017) 2017
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2017) 2017
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2016) 2016
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Summer Term 2016) 2016
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Spring Term 2016) 2016
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Fall Term 2015) 2015
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Fall Term 2015) 2015
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Summer Term 2015) 2015
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Summer Term 2015) 2015
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Spring Term 2015) 2015
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Fall Term 2014) 2014
  • NUR799 - Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2014) 2014
  • NUR790 - Independent Study in Nursing (Summer Term 2014) 2014
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Summer Term 2014) 2014
  • NUR798 - Research Practicum (Spring Term 2014) 2014
  • NUR499 - Living With Loss (Spring Term 2013) 2013

    • Education And Training

  • Doctor of Nursing Science, Yale University 2006
  • Medical Certificate in Adult Health Nurse / Nursing, University of New Hampshire 1999
  • Master of Science in Registered Nursing / Registered Nurse, Boston University 1983
  • Bachelor of Nursing in Registered Nursing / Registered Nurse, University of Bridgeport 1980

    • Awards And Honors

  • Dean’s Mentor Award, 2017
  • Women Who Discover, 2017
  • Stronger Hearts Best Practices Awards (for ENABLE CHF-PC), 2017
  • Debra Sivesind Career Award, 2017
  • HPNF Project on Death in America Nursing Leadership Award, 2016
  • HPNA Distinguished Researcher Award, 2016
  • 2016 ASCO Clinical Cancer Advances (for ENABLE III RCT), 2016
  • Distinguished Researcher Award, 2016
  • Charles Barkley Excellence in Mentoring Award, 2016
  • AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly Outstanding Research Abstract Award, 2015
  • Center Scholar, 2015
  • Path Paver Award, 2015
  • Top 25 NP Program Professors, 2014
  • Jean Kelley Endowed Lecturer, 2013
  • Distinguished Alumnae, 2013
  • The Bakitas Award for New Knowledge, Innovation and Improvement, 2013
  • Victoria Mock New Investigator Award, 2011
  • Brilliant Future New Investigator, 2010
  • Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cancer Research Clinical Scholars Award, 2010
  • 2nd Place "Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper Presentation"-Use of Metaphor in Qualitative Analysis., 2007
  • Excellence in Scholarship & Dissertation Anthony Di Guida/Delta Mu Prize, 2006
  • Who's Who in America, 2006
  • American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship, 2005
  • Best Doctoral Student Poster-Measuring Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy, 2005
  • DHMC Annual Report & NCC "Discovering New Worlds of Medicine" Recognition, 2004
  • Certified Hospice/Palliative Care Nurse of the Year Award, 2003
  • Nurse of the Year Award, 2001
  • Trish Green Quality of Life Lectureship, 2001
  • Book of Year Award, Whedon, MB and Wujick, D. (Eds.) (1997). Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation: Principles, Practice & Nursing. Insights (2nd, 1997
  • Elected, Fellow, 1995
  • Excellence in Writing Award (Ferrell, B. co-author)Professional and Ethical Issues in High Tech Pain Management., 1992
  • Best Ethics Article of the Year (co-recipient) Shedd, P. Oncology Patients in Critical Care: Ethical Dilemmas, 1991
  • Associated Press Golden Mike Award and NH Division American Cancer Society Public Education Award, 1990
  • Research Utilization in Nursing Practice Award, Region V and International Award Patient Falls Project (co-recipient), 1989
  • Magna Cum Laude, 1983
  • Summa Cum Laude, 1980
  • Magna Cum Laude, 1977

    • Full Name

  • Marie Bakitas