Mary DiBartolo, PhD, MBA, RN, BC

Office: Devilbiss Hall – Office # 208
Telephone: 410-543-6403

Fax: 410-548-3313                                                                              
Email: mcdibartolo@salisbury.edu

Associate Professor of Nursing                                                                                                                     Appointment Year:  1997

Positions Held

• Salisbury University (SU) Department of Nursing:  Associate Professor (2005-present)
• SU--Assistant Professor (2001-2005)
• SU--Instructor/Tenure Track (1997-2001)
• SU--Instructor/Contractual (1995-1997)
• Assistant Administrator--William Hill Manor Retirement Community, Easton, MD  (1990-1993)
• Director of Nursing--Arcadia Nursing Home, Nelsonia, VA  (1988-1990)

Host, Focus on Health, a series of educational programs highlighting current health issues sponsored by the SU Department of Nursing which air on Salisbury University's public access channel, PAC 14 for the residents of Wicomico County.  Over 100 programs have been produced to date, including such topics as:  Heart Disease, Skin Cancer, Food Safety, Stroke, Prostate Cancer, Adolescent Health, Sexually-Transmitted Diseases, Advance Directives, Medication Management, Lung Disease, Osteoporosis, as well as, a special edition where Dr. Pasquale Petrera of Peninsula Orthopaedics Associates filmed a total knee replacement procedure in the operating room at Peninsula Regional Medical Center (PRMC). More recently, a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, coronary artery bypass graft and DaVinci robotic prostatectomy procedures were filmed.
          *For more information and programming schedule, visit the PAC14 website @ http://www.pac14.org

Institutions Attended

• 2001   PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing
• 1987   MBA, Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University
• 1981   BSN, Towson State University

Honors, Memberships

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Lambda Eta Chapter

Courses Taught
    Adult Health I  & II (Medical-Surgical Nursing)  Theory & Clinical
    Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice
    Nursing Research (undergraduate & on-line/RN students)

Department/University Activities
    AdmissionsReadmissions Committee                                                                                                             
    Chair, Student Policies Committee
    Department Scholarship Coordinator
    Department of Nursing Representative to Henson & Lucy Tull Scholarship Committees

Professional Activities
     Review Panel/Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Gerontological Nursing (1998-present)
    Member, Review Panel--Research in Nursing & Health (2003-present)
    Member, Review Panel--Western Journal of Nursing Research (2005-present)

Areas of Interest

• Adult health, Gerontology
• Dementia, Caregiving issues
• End-of-Life care
• Predictors NCLEX success

Publications

Cottingham, S., DiBartolo, M. C., Battistoni, S., & Brown, T. (in press). Partners in Nursing: A mentoring initiative to enhance nurse retention.  Nursing Education Perspectives.

DiBartolo, M. C. & Seldomridge, L. A. (2008).  Cinemeducation: Teaching end-of-life issues using feature films. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 35(8), 30-36.

DiBartolo, M. C. (2008).  The demographic tidal wave:  Are we ready?  Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 34(4), p. 3-4.

Seldomridge, L. A., & DiBartolo, M. C. (2007). The changing face of accelerated second bachelor’s degree students. Nurse Educator, 32(6), 240-245.

DiBartolo, M. C.  (2006). Careful hand feeding: A reasonable alternative to PEG tube placement in persons   with dementia. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(5), 25-33.

DiBartolo, M. C. (2006).  Respect and dignity: Enduring concepts, enduring challenges. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 32(5), 12.

DiBartolo, M. C., & Seldomridge, L. A. (2005). A review of intervention studies to promote NCLEX-RN success of baccalaureate graduates. Nurse Educator, 30(4), 166-171.

Seldomridge, L. A., & DiBartolo, M. C. (2004). Can success (or failure) be predicted for baccalaureate graduates   on the computerized NCLEX-RN? Journal of Professional Nursing 20(6), 361-368.

DiBartolo, M. C., & Soeken, K. L. (2003). Appraisal, coping, hardiness, and self-perceived health in community-dwelling spouse caregivers of persons with dementia.  Research in Nursing & Health, 26, 445-458.

DiBartolo, M. C. & McCrone, S. (2003).  Recruitment of rural community-dwelling older adults: Barriers, challenges, and strategies.  Aging & Mental Health, 7,(2), 75-82. 

DiBartolo, M. C.  (2002).  On her own terms. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 28, 55-56. 

DiBartolo, M. C. (2002).  Exploring self-efficacy and hardiness in spousal caregivers of persons with dementia.  Journal of Gerontological  Nursing, 27, 24-33. 

DiBartolo, M. C.  (2001).  Appraisal, coping, hardiness, and self-perceived health in spouse home caregivers of persons with dementia.  Dissertation Abstracts International, (UMI No. 3007938).

DiBartolo, M. C. (2000). Caregiver burden: Instruments, challenges and nursing implications for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 26, 46-53.

DiBartolo, M. C.  (1998). Philosophy of science in doctoral nursing education revisited. Journal of Professional Nursing, 14, 350-360.

Recent Presentations

     June 4-7, 2009:  Drexel University Nursing Education Institute (with Dr. Lisa Seldomridge) 
             Clickers in the Classroom: Thinking Out Loud Without the Risk (Podium)
             Arlington, VA

    June 26-29, 2008:  Drexel University Nursing Education Institute (with Dr. Lisa Seldomridge)             Clickers in the Classroom: Thinking Out Loud Without the Risk (Poster)
             Atlantic City, NJ

 Service Activities

Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing, Lambda Eta Chapter                                                                   Scholarship Committee Chair  (1999-present)                                                                                    Counselor/Eligibility Committee (2000-present)
   
MAC Incorporated, St. Paddy's Day Race Committee Member (2007-present)

Alzheimer's Association, Greater Maryland Chapter                                                                                          Conference Chairperson--Annual Caregiver's Conference for Eastern Shore Region

Updated 9/09