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Margaret A. Fournier

Margaret A. Fournier

337 Masterton 337
(207) 780-4146

maggief@usm.maine.edu
College of Nursing and Health Professions
University of Southern Maine
96 Falmouth Street
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Credentials, degrees schools attended:

Fitchburg State College, BS in Nursing
Boston University, MS in Community Health Nursing
Harvard Universith, 3 mo. Traineeship in Gerontology

Areas of interest:

Community Health
Service learning
Lesbian Parenting

Scholarship, service and teaching (January 2005 - January 2010)

Scholarship

Fournier, M.  Partnership Pride Connection, Fall 2006: p. 4.

Burson, J., Fournier, M. Acquisition of Leadership and Management Skills in a Community Health Partnership: An Unanticipated Outcome.  In process.

Carter, K., Fournier M., Groves, S., Kiehl, E., Sims, K. Innovations in Community Based Nursing Education: Transitioning Faculty; Journal of Professional Nursing. May-June 2005; 21 (3):  167-74 (Peer reviewed journal)



Additional Scholarly Activities

October 2008 - Abstract submitted. (With Helen Peake-Godin). Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Community Health Nursing Curriculum
136th American Public Health Association Meeting. San Diego. (Accepted. Unable to go  due to lack of appropriate funding.)

April 2008 - Invited Presentation. (With Sheila Johnson), Camtasia Library Tutorials, Third Annual Showcase Using Technology in Teaching and Learning. USM.

May 2008 - Poster Presentation: Meeting the Unmet Health Education Needs of Island Residents, National Rural Health Association, New Orleans, LA

May 2006 - Poster Presentation: Meeting the Unmet Health Education Needs of Island Residents, National Rural Health Association, Alaska. (Unable to attend due to medical reasons)

2006-2007 - Co Editor. (With Susan Taylor) CONHPs Connections Newsletter.

Spring 2005 - Member, Portland, ME Local Public Health Assessment Team.

October 2005 - Attendee: Teaching for Sustainability: The Casco Bay Project

October 2005 - Presentation. National Rural Women's Health Conference, Hershey, PA.  Casco Bay Fishing & Inland Community Partnership: Health Screening of Older Women Living on Two Remote Islands off the Coast of Maine.

December 2005 - Presentation: Acquisition of Leadership and Management Skills in a Community Health Partnership: An Unanticipated Outcome.  AACN Annual Baccalaureate Meeting.  Chicago, IL.

March 2004-2008 - Conference Attendee. Fisherman's Forum. Rockland, ME.

 

Awards

2006  University of Southern Maine CTEL Grant


Professional service (2005-2010)
      

2007- Present 

VNA Home Health and Hospice Human Resources Committee

2007- Present

VNA Home, Health and Hospice, Board of Directors

2007-2009 USM Lifeline Advisory Committee
2005  Participant, Portland?s Local Health System Assessment Committee

          

University Of Southern Maine

2000-Present

AFUM Executive Committee

2006-Present  

USM Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual and Transgendered Collection Advisory Board

2009-Present

USM H1N1 Committee

2006-2007 

USM Pandemic Flu Committee

2006-2007  USM Infection Control Committee (sub-committee)
2005-2009 Lifeline Advisory Committee



University service (2005-2010)

University of Maine System

2007-Present Joint Health Options Committee, AFUM/University of Maine System
1992-Present AFUM Bargaining Council
2009-Present  USMs AFUM Representative to Statewide Exec. Committee

College of Nursing and Health Professions

2009-Present Peer Review Committee
2006-2008 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Chair 2007-2008
2005- 2008 Sustainability Committee (2006-2007 Co-Chair)
2001-2006 Peer Review Committee
2001-2005  Diversity Committee, CONHP, Chair
2000-2005 Diversity Committee, CONHP


Clinical practice areas

Community Health/Public Health (Not in active practice)

 

 

updated 11/09

 

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