Academic Credentials

DNP, APRN, NP-BC, RN-BC, NEA-BC, CNL

Biography

Dr. Legler earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice from The George Washington University in Washington, DC and his Master of Science in Nursing from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.  His clinical areas of expertise include perioperative services, intensive care, home health, case management and internal medicine.  Dr. Legler has served in a variety of nursing leadership roles at Medstar Health, including Senior Director of Nursing.  He has also served as the System Chief Clinical Officer at LivHOME, a nationwide home care and care management organization.  In addition to his clinical and administrative roles, Legler has held an adjunct medical-surgical clinical faculty position at Marymount University and also holds a Professorial Lecturer position at The George Washington University.  Dr. Legler volunteers as an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in a Federally-Qualified Health Center that offers free clinic services.  Legler is a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Organization of  Nurse Leaders (AONL), the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), and The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).  He is board-certified as a Nurse Executive-Advanced, Clinical Nurse Leader and an Adult-Geriatric Nurse Practitioner.
 

Other Information

Teaching Area

Nursing Leadership, Ethics in Healthcare, Health Care Policy, Health Care Quality

Research Interests

Nursing Leadership

Publications

STOP-Bang Assessment and Postoperative Outcomes

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

Volume 33, Issue 3, June 2018, Pages 330-337 […]

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Academic Credentials

B.S.N., University of Colorado
M.Ed., Whitworth College
M.S.N., Marymount University
D.A. (candidate), George Mason University

Biography

After several years of teaching as an adjunct faculty member in nursing clinicals and labs, Kathleen Schaefer has been a full-time Marymount faculty member since 2001. She has taught introduction to nursing, obstetrics, health assessment, and the senior internship. She also serves as faculty advisor to the Student Nurses Association (SNA) at Marymount, directs the Pinning Ceremony in spring and fall, and manages the SNA Blackboard site.

Schaefer is completing her doctorate in higher education with knowledge areas in nursing and technology. Her research looks at incivility in nursing education, and focuses on the experience of nursing students during clinical rotations at health care agencies.

Other Information

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Teaching Area

• Health Assessment
• Senior Internship

Research Interests

• Incivility in nursing education

Publications

Health Assessment and Physical Examination Student Lab Manual, Delmar Cengage Learning, Clifton Park: NY. 2010, 2007, 2002, 1998.

Study Guide for White & Duncan Medical-Surgical Nursing, Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY. 2001

Foundations in Nursing Study Guide, Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY. 2000
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Academic Credentials

D.N.P., Marymount University, M.S.N., Marymount University, B.S.N., George Mason University

Biography

Karen Rowe Peck brings rich experience to the faculty at Marymount University
in both academia and direct nursing experience. For 18 years as an adjunct at
George Mason University and over 9 years full-time at MU, Dr. Peck has taught
pathophysiology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, medical-surgical
nursing, pharmacology and leadership to nursing students, second-degree BSN students and RN-to-BSN students.

During her career in acute care nursing, Dr. Peck has worked extensively in
critical care nursing, emergency department nursing and telemedicine. She has
worked as staff RN, clinical nurse specialist, educator and department director of
a large Level I ED/Trauma Center and flight program.

Dr. Peck maintains national certification in critical-care nursing (CCRN-E) and
specialty certifications in Disaster Management and Burn Care. Additionally, she
is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and has
served on the board of her local chapter.

Other Information

Teaching Area

Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Medical Surgical Nursing, Research Interests, Telemedicine, Disaster Management, Emergency Department Flow, Student Transition to practice

Research Interests

• Telemedicine
• Disaster Management
• Emergency Department Flow
• Student Academic Success

Publications

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Academic Credentials

Doctor of Nursing Practice, Johns Hopkins University 2010

Master of Science in Nursing, University of Maryland, 1986

Bachelors of Science in Nursing University of Maryland, 1979

Biography

Dr. Moriarty is the Graduate Chair for Nursing at the Malek School for Health Professions.  She directs the Doctor of Nursing Practice program and RN-BSN programs.  As an adult nurse practitioner, she maintains a practice caring for headache patients.  
 

Other Information

Director of The Bridge Program-national educational initiative directed towards nurse practitioners/physician assistants in primary care sponsored by the American Headache Society

Chair of Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Special Interest Group 2012-2016.

AANP Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award (2015) for District of Columbia

Faculty of the Year Award from Marymount University (2015)

Sigma Theta Tau-1978-present
 

Teaching Area

• Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
• Family Nurse Practitioner Program
• Pathophysiology, Health Assessment, Nursing Role Development

Research Interests

Patients with post-traumatic headache, post-traumatic syndrome and other headache disorders
 

Publications

The Bridge:  A comprehensive headache education program for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care:  One day symposium designed, coordinated and presented on an on-going national basis.

Moriarty, M. & Mallick-Searle, Theresa. Diagnosis and treatment of chronic migraine.  Nurse Practitioner. 2016: 41(6): 18-32.

Moriarty, M.  Efficacy of an evidenced-based telephone triage protocol in an ambulatory headache practice.  Poster presentation AHS scientific meeting, Washington, DC, 2011.

Saper, J., Lake, A., Bain, P., Stillman, M., Rothrock, J., Mathew, N., Hamel, R., Moriarty, M., Tietjen, G., A practice guide for continuous opioid therapy for refractory daily headache:  patient selection, physician requirements, and treatment monitoring.Headache. 2010;50(7):1175-1193.

Moriarty, M.  Developing telephone triage protocols in an ambulatory headache practice.  Poster presentation AHS scientific meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009.

Ducic, I., Moriarty, M., Al-Attar, A. Anatomical variations of the occipital nerves: implications for the treatment of chronic headaches. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 123 (3): 859-63; discussion 864, Mar 2009.
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