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Mary K. Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN

Mary K. Walker, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title: Professor and Dean 
Office: LUHS 105-2859 - Loyola Medical Center 
Phone: 708-216-5448 and 773-508-3255 
E-mail: mwalker1@luc.edu 

Personal Information

Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of IL at Urbana-Champaign (1979-1981)
PhD (Nursing Science), University of Illinois at Chicago (1980)
MA (Behavioral Sciences), University of Chicago (1978)
MSN (Medical-Surgical Nursing), University of Illinois at Chicago (1975)
BSN, Loyola University of Chicago (1972)

 

Memberships
American Nurses Association
American Academy of Nursing (Fellow)
Gerontological Society of America
American Association of Colleges of Nursing: Hot Topics Subcommittee, Board Member at Large, and Chair of the Membership Committee

 

Journal Reviewer
Journal of Advanced Nursing

Springer Series on Geriatric Nursing

 

Current Presentations
Walker, Mary K. (2006). Up on the Balcony: Perspective-taking and Vision in Planning for Chronic and Long-term Care Financing for the 21st Century (Invitational Address). Governor Christine Gregoire’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Health Care. June, 22, 2006.

Walker, Mary K. (2005). US Nursing Shortage and Implications for Washington State (Keynote Speaker). Emerald City Rotary, Seattle, WA.

Walker, Mary K. (2005). The Shortage of American Nurses: Global Connections. Washington State Nurses Association Convention. Tukwila, WA.

Walker, Mary K. (2004). Finding a Meaningful Life: The Processes of Spirituality and Aging (Invitational Address). Shimane Nursing College. Izumo, Japan.

Walker, Mary K. (2004). Implications of Aging for Japanese Elders: Home Health Care Recommendations. Nursing Association of Izumo Prefecture. Izumo, Japan.

 

Current Publications
Walker, MK (2004).  Finding a meaningful life:  The challenges and purposes of aging. Bulletin of Shimane Nursing College 10, 1-10.

Walker, MK and Tanaka, Y. (2004).  The same in Japanese. Bulletin of Shimane Nursing College, 10, 11-18.

Sawyer, L.M., Berkowitz, B, Haber, J. E., Larrabee, JH, Marino, BL, Martin, KS, Mason, KP, Mastal, MF, Nilsson, MW, Walbridge, SE and Walker, MK. (2002). Expanding ANA’s quality indicators to community-based practices.  Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice, 6(2), 53-61. 

Walker, MK (2005). The Legacy of Fierce Resolve: Personal Reflections on Transformational Leadership. In: Cranley, M. (Ed). AACN Monograph on Leadership (October, 2005), pp 115-127.

Walker, MK (2005). Forward. In. de Chesnay, M (Ed).  Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research. Jones and Barlett, Sudbury, MA, xix-xx.