Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar
p. 561-297-3318
f. 561-297-4122
e. marlaine.smith@fau.edu
Office: NU 304 at the Boca Campus
Credentials:
- BSN: Duquesne University (1972) – Pittsburgh, PA
- MPH: University of Pittsburgh (1976) – Pittsburgh, PA Concentration in Public Health Nursing
- MNEd: University of Pittsburgh (1977) – Pittsburgh, PA Concentration in Oncology and Nursing Education
- PhD in Nursing: New York University (1986) – New York, NY
- Advanced Holistic Nurse – Board Certified (AHN-BC)
Bio
Marlaine Cappelli Smith was born and raised in the
Pittsburgh area in an Italian family, and is a first generation college graduate. She has worked as a nurse on medical-surgical units in acute care, in public health and in long-term care, and has been a nurse educator since 1976 when she held her first faculty position at
Duquesne
University. Following that she taught at
Penn
State,
LaRoche
College and the
University of
Colorado at Denver School of Nursing where she was the Director of the Masters Program, Director of the Center for Integrative Caring Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Her contributions to nursing can be clustered in two areas: developing knowledge related to processes and outcomes of healing, specifically touch therapies, and analyzing, extending and applying existing nursing theories. She has completed four studies related to outcomes of touch therapies, and was invited to participate on the Samueli Institute’s interdisciplinary scientific panel to advance guidelines for the study of healing. Her work in theory development includes concept analyses, testing and extending nursing theories, meta-theoretical commentaries, and developing and evaluating models of theory-guided practice. In 1999 Marlaine received the NLN’s Martha E. Rogers’ Award for her contributions to the advancement of nursing science. Marlaine is a student and practitioner of holistic approaches to health and healing, self-reflection and spiritual development. She has studied therapeutic touch, Reiki, High Touch Jin Shin, guided imagery, meditation, and has completed a certificate program in aromatherapy. She is passionate about developing the discipline of nursing, unitary and caring perspectives in nursing, and transforming healthcare through holistic approaches to healing. Currently her research team at
Florida
Atlantic
University are studying hand massage for insomnia in long-term care.
Marlaine lives in
Boca Raton with her husband, Brian. Her three children Kirsten, Alicia and Brady live in New York/California and
Colorado. She enjoys walking on the beach, reading, watching movies, cooking Italian food and traveling to new places.
Teaching
- NGR 7706: Caring: An Essential Domain of Nursing Knowledge
Research
For the past 18 years Dr. Smith has been conducting research related to touch therapies, specifically examining how massage, therapeutic touch, simple touch and hand massage mediates pain, symptom distress, sleep, quality of life and other experiences for patients facing various health-related challenges.
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2003-06 Co-Principal Investigator. (J. Kutner, P.I.) Reducing End-of-Life Symptoms with Touch (REST). Funding source: National Institutes of Health – NCCAM R01 AT1006-01A2 Funded $1,327,799.
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2003-04 Co-Principal Investigator (Kutner & Smith). Efficacy of massage therapy for pain and symptom distress in advanced lung cancer. Funding sources: Mendel/Asarch Lung Cancer Family Foundation Grants Program. Funded, $9,967.
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2009 Principal Investigator (Ouslander, Vitale Co-Investigators). Hand massage for insomnia in nursing home residents. Pilot study.
Publications
Smith, MC (2009). Providing massage therapy for people with advanced cancer: What to expect. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(4), 367-71.
Shih, F-J, Lin, Y-S, Smith, M.C., Liou, Y-M, Chian, H-H, Chiang, H-H, Lee, S-H & Gau, M-L. (2009). Perspectives on professional values among nurses in
Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 18(10), 1480-89.
Smith, MC (2008). Caring scholar response to: Technology in nursing education. International Journal for Human Caring. 12(2), 65-67.
Kutner, J.S., Smith, MC, Corbin, MD, Hemphill, L, Benton, K, Mellis, K, Beaty, B, Felton, S, Yamashita, T, Bryant, L & Fairclough, D. (2008). Massage therapy versus simple touch to improve pain and mood in patients with advanced cancer. Annals of Internal Medicine.149(6), 369-380.
Chen, L, Huang, L., Lin, S., Smith, M.C. & Liu, S. (In Press) Use of folk remedies among families of hospitalized children in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Newman, M.A., Smith, M.C., Dexheimer Pharris, M. & Jones, D. (2008). The focus of the discipline of nursing revisited. Advances in Nursing Science. 31(1), E16-E27.
Cowling, W.R., Smith, M.C. & Watson, J., (2008). The power of wholeness, consciousness & caring: A Dialogue on nursing science, art & healing. Advances in Nursing Science. 31(1), E41-E51.
Chen, L, Huang, L., Lin, S., Smith, M.C. & Liu, S. (In Press) Use of folk remedies among families of hospitalized children in
Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Newman, M.A., Smith, M.C., Dexheimer Pharris, M. & Jones, D. (2008). The focus of the discipline of nursing revisited. Advances in Nursing Science. 31(1), E16-E27.
Cowling, W.R., Smith, M.C. & Watson, J., (2008). The power of wholeness, consciousness & caring: A Dialogue on nursing science, art & healing. Advances in Nursing Science. 31(1), E41-E51.
Smith, M.C. & Kyle, L. (2008). Holistic foundations of aromatherapy for nursing. Holistic Nursing Practice. 22(1), 3-9.
Smith, M.C. (2007) Developing treatment and control conditions in a clinical trial of massage therapy for advanced cancer. Journal for the Society for Integrative Oncology.5(4), 139-146.
Smith, M.C. (2008). Evaluation of middle range nursing theory for the discipline of nursing. In Smith, M.J. & Liehr, P. (Eds.).
Middle
RangeTheories in Nursing.
New York: Springer, pp. 293-306.
Smith, M.C. (2008). Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle-range theory. In Smith, M.J. & Liehr, P. (Eds.).
Middle
RangeTheories in Nursing.
New York: Springer, pp. 1-11.
Smith, M.C. & Kyle, L. (In press). Toward a holistic foundation for aromatherapy in nursing. Holistic Nursing Practice.
Smith, M.C. (2007) Developing treatment and control conditions in a clinical trial of massage therapy for advanced cancer. Journal for the Society for Integrative Oncology. 5(4), 139-146.
Smith, M.C. (2006). Caring. In Fitzpatrick, J. Encyclopedia of Nursing Research.
Smith, M.C. (2005). Complementary-alternative therapies: From pseudo to serious science.Communicating Nursing Research: Conference Proceedings – Western Institute of Nursing. 38(13), 23-36.
Smith, M.C. (2005). Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Home Care Nursing Practice. In R. Rice Ed. Home Care Nursing 4th Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, pp. 513-534.
Smith, M. (2004) Review of research related to Watson’s theory of human caring. Nursing Science Quarterly. 17(1), 13-25.
Quinn, J.F., Smith, M.C., Ritenbaugh, C., Swanson, K., Watson, M.J. (2003). Research guidelines for assessing the impact of the healing relationship in clinical nursing. Alternative Therapiesin Health and Medicine. 9(3), A65-A79.
Smith, M.C. (2003). Evaluation of middle range nursing theory for the discipline of nursing.Chapter in Smith, M.J. & Liehr, P. (Eds.). Middle Range Theories in Nursing. New York:Springer, pp. 189-205.
Smith, M.C., Reeder, F., Daniel, L., Baramee, J. & Hageman, J. (2003). Outcomes of touch therapies during bone marrow transplant. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.9(1), 40-49.
Watson, M.J. & Smith, M.C. (2002). Caring Science and the Science of Unitary Human Beings: A Transtheoretical Discourse for Nursing Knowledge Development.Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(5), 452-461.
Smith, M.C., Kemp, J., Hemphill, L. & Vojir, C. (2002). Outcomes of massage therapy for cancer Patients. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 34(3), 257-262.
Gramling, K. & Smith, M.C. (2002). What You Need To Know!: Artful Caring Pedagogy in Health Assessment. International Journal of Human Caring 6(1), 7-11.
Smith, M.C. (2002). Health, healing and the myth of the hero journey. Advances in Nursing Science. 24(4): 1-13.
Giddings, L. & Smith, M.C. (2001). Stories of Lesbian In/Visibility in Nursing. Nursing Outlook. 49(1), 14-19.
Yucha, C.B., Clark, L., Smith, M.C., Uris, P., Sarles, C, & Lafleur, B. (2001). The effectiveness of biofeedback hypertension: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Nursing Research, 14(1).
Smith, M.C. (1999) Caring and the Science of Unitary Human Beings. Advances in Nursing Science, 21(4), 14-28.
Smith, M.C.,Stallings, M.A., Wilner, S.& Burrelle, M. (1999). Benefits of massage therapy for hospitalized patients: A descriptive and qualitative evaluation. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine. 5(4), 64-71.
Smith, M.C. (1998). Researching integrative therapies: Guidelines and application. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 24(6), 609-613.
Smith, M.C. & Reeder, F. (1998). Clinical outcomes research and Rogerian science: Strange or emergent bedfellows? Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science. 6(1), 27-38.
Smith, M.C. (1998). Knowledge development for the health sciences in the 21st century. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 20, S128-S144.
Smith, M.C. (1997). Practice Guided by Watson's Theory: The Denver Nursing Project in Human Caring. Nursing Science Quarterly 10(l), 56-58.
Smith, M.C., Barton, J.A. & Baxter, J. (1996). An innovative interdisciplinary educational experience in field research. Nurse Educator 21(2), 27-30.
Supples, J.M. & Smith, M.C. (1995). East and west of Main Street: Racism in rural America. Public Health Nursing 12(4) 235-241.
Smith, M.C. (1993). The contribution of nursing theory to nursing administration practice. Image: The Journal of Nursing Scholarship., 25(l), 63-67.
Barton, J.A., Smith, M.C., Brown, N.J. & Supples, J.M. (1993). Methodological issues in a team approach to community health needs assessment. Nursing Outlook, 41(6), 253-261.
Smith, M.C. (1991). Affirming the unitary perspective. Nursing Science Quarterly, 4(4), 148-152;
Smith, M.C. (1990). Struggling through a difficult time for unemployed persons. Nursing Science Quarterly 3(l), 19-28.
Smith, M.C. (1989). Facts about phenomenology in nursing. Nursing Science Quarterly 2(l), 13-16.
Smith, M.C. (1988). Testing propositions derived from Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings. Nursing Science Quarterly, 1(2), 60-66.
Smith, M.C. (2006). Caring. In Fitzpatrick, J. Encyclopedia of Nursing Research.
Smith, M.C. (2005). Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Home Care Nursing Practice. In R. Rice Ed. Home Care Nursing 4th Ed. St. Louis: Mosby, pp. 513-534.
Smith, M.C. (2003). Evaluation of middle range nursing theory for the discipline of nursing.Chapter in Smith, M.J. & Liehr, P. (Eds.). Middle Range Theories in Nursing. New York:Springer, pp. 189-205.
Recognition & Awards
- Visiting Scholar – China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, 2007.
- Fellow, AACN Leadership in Academic Nursing Programs, 2007
- New York University Distinguished Alumna Award, 2004
- University of Colorado Dean’s Award for Leadership, 2004
- Fellow -American Academy of Nursing, 2003
- University of Colorado Emerging Leader, 2001
- Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Kappa Chapter at Large Research Dissemination Award, 2001 National League for Nursing Martha E. Rogers Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship in Advancing Nursing as a Science, 1999.
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Colorado School of Nursing, 1994. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Colorado School of Nursing, 1991.
- Sigma Theta Tau Award for Excellence in Nursing Research - Theta Mu Chapter- La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1988.
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