Office Phone 414-288-3855

E-mail Address marianne.weiss@marquette.edu

Specialization

• Associate Professor
• Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, St Joseph/Sister Rosalie Klein Professor of Women’s Health

Highest Degree/School

DNSc  University of San Diego

Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests

Hospital discharge and transition from hospital to home based care, quality of discharge teaching, readiness for hospital discharge; Perinatal health care, with an emphasis on postpartum continuum of care, postpartum weight management;  Theory-guided research.

Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught

• NURS 200 Theoretical FOundations of Nursing
• NURS 300 Nursing Knowledge Development

Scholarly Publications

In press  Transande, L., Cronk, C., Durkin, M., Weiss, M., Schoeller, D.A., Gall., E.A., Hewitt, J.B., Carel, A.L., Landrigan, P.J., & Gillman, M.W.  Environment and Obesity in the National Children's Study.  Environmental Health Perspectives.

In press  Miller, J.M., Piacentine, L.B., & Weiss, M. Coping difficulties after hospitalization.  Clinical Nursing Research (Publication date:  November, 2008)

In press  Feng, X., Bobay, K., & Weiss, M A dimensional analysis on the concept of patient safety culture.  Journal of Advanced Nursing.

2008  Maloney, L.R. & Weiss, M.E.  Patients’ perception of hospital discharge informational needs.  Clinical Nursing Research, 17. 200-219.

2008  Weiss, M., Johnson, N., Malin, S., Jerofke, T., Lang, C ., & Sherburne, E. (2008). Readiness for discharge in parents of hospitalized children.  Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 23(4), 282-295.

2007  Cronk, C. & Weiss, M. Diagnosis, surveillance, and screening for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders:  Methods and dilemmas.  International Journal on Disability and Human Development, 6(4), 343-359.

2007  Weiss, M, Piacentine, L., Lokken, L. et al.  Perceived readiness for hospital discharge in adult medical-surgical patients. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 21(1), 31-42.

2006   Weiss, M.E. & Piacentine, L.B.  Psychometric properties of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale.  Journal of Nursing Measurement, 14(3), 163-180.

2006   Hewitt, J.B., Leuthner, S.B., Weiss, M. et al.  The National Children’s Study Waukesha County, Wisconsin Vanguard Center.  Wisconsin Medical Journal, 105(2), 55-58.

2006   Weiss, M., Ryan, P, & Lokken, L. Validity and reliability of the Readiness for Discharge after Birth Scale.  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 35(1), 34-45.

2005   Fawcett, J., Aber, C., & Weiss, M., Haussler, S., Myers, S.T., King, C., Newton, J., & Silva, V.  Adaptation to Cesarean Birth.  Implementation of a Multi-Site Study.  Nursing Science Quarterly, 18(3), 204-210

2004   Weiss, M., Cronk, C.E., Mahkorn, S., Glysch, R., Zirbel, S. The Wisconsin Fetal Alcohol Screening Project.  Wisconsin Medical Journal, 103(5), 53-60.

2004   Weiss, M.E., Ryan, P., Lokken, L., & Nelson, M.   Length of stay after vaginal delivery:  Sociodemographic and readiness-for-discharge factors. Birth, 31(2), 93-101.

Extramural Grants or Awards

• 2007-2009  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, A Quality And Cost Analysis Of Nurse Practice Predictors of Readiness For Hospital Discharge And Post  -  Discharge Outcomes   The goal of the study is to determine the impact of nurse staffing variables measured at the nursing unit level on the quality of discharge teaching and patient readiness for hospital discharge, and the subsequent impact on readmission and emergency department utilization in the 30 days post-hospital discharge.  Role:  Principal Investigator
• 2005- 2010  NICHD, National Children’s Study - Waukesha County Vanguard Center  The goal of the National Children’s Study is to investigate environmental effects on child health in a   longitudinal study from preconception to age 21.  Role:  Co-investigator and member of the core management team.  PI of the Marquette University subcontract under which field team nurses will be hired, trained, and supervised in performing all aspect of face-to-face data collection.
• 2005-2007Healthy Wisconsin Partnership Program, PeriData:  A Rural/Urban Information Network  This grant provided support for implementation of the PeriData.net comprehensive perinatal database in rural hospitals in Wisconsin and for statewide training on the use of the  PeriData.net network for quality monitoring and improvement efforts.  Role:  Consultant.  Developed and conducted trainings and training materials on assessment and monitoring of perinatal quality using PeriData.net.
• 2005  Marquette University College of Nursing  Regner Research Award,  Postpartum Weight Management
• The goal of this study is to investigate the relationship of postpartum women’s plans and actions related to management of their weight after childbirth and to identify factors that influence this relationship within a framework of health behavior and behavior change. The interaction of cultural background and weight classification on weight management behaviors is being explored. 
• 1999-2003  U50/CCU514563    State of Wisconsin / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement,  The Wisconsin Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Project.  The goal of the study was to estimate the prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Wisconsin using a 4 stage prospective multi-source ascertainment approach.  Role:  Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator for Marquette University subcontract to locate and screen prospective subjects
• 1999-2002  Perinatal Foundation, Duplications and Gaps in Postpartum Follow-up in the City of Milwaukee.  The goal of the study was to investigate availability of postpartum follow-up services in the city of Milwaukee.  Role: Principal Investigator

Professional Affiliations

• Sigma Theta Tau
• AWHONN
• AcademyHealth
• MNRS
• Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care