Office Phone
(414) 288-3817
Specialization
Older adult and community health
Highest Degree/School
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
Continuity of care and health care transitions for elders and family caregivers, health of older adults and family caregivers, delirium in elders
Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught
HEAL 6010: Translational Research
HEAL 8002: Qualitative Research
NURS 3150: Essentials of Gerontological Nursing
NURS 3200: Introduction to Nursing Research
NURS 6010: Nursing Research Design and Methodology
NURS 6440: Theoretical Dimensions of Aging
Selected Publications:
(selected from 58 publications)
Bull, M.J. (2011) The challenge of detecting delirium in older adults. International Journal of Older People Nursing. (in production for June 2011 issue)
Yeh, P. & Bull, M.J. (in press). Use of resiliency model of family stress, adjustment, and adaptation in analysis of family caregiver reaction among families of older people with congestive heart failure. International Journal of Older People Nursing.
Bull, M.J. (2011) Delirium in older adults attending adult day care and family caregiver distress. International Journal of Older People Nursing. DOI Jan. 2011
Paquette, M, Bull, M.J., Wilson, S. & Dreyfus, L. (2010). A complex elder simulation using improvisational actors. Nurse Educator, 35(6), 254-258.
Yeh, P. & Bull, M.J. (2009). Influences of spiritual well-being and coping on mental health of family caregivers for elders. Research in Gerontological Nursing. 2(3):173-181.
Program Grants
Director, Nurse Faculty Loan Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services $81,450 July 2010 through June 2011.
Director (2008-2010) Co-Project Director (2006-2008). PhD Program Competing Continuation Grant, Teacher-Scholars: Vulnerable Populations. US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Advanced Education in Nursing Program, $800,000, Funded July 2006 to June 30, 2010. (Project Director 2006-2008: Judith Miller).
Co-Project Director. PhD Program for Teacher/Scholars: Vulnerable Populations. Program Grant funded US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Advanced Education in Nursing Program. $1,298,667, Funded July 2003 to June 2006 (Project Director: Judith Miller)
Editor/Reviewer/Consultant
- 2010-present — Editorial Board Member-International Journal of Older People Nursing
- 2006-present — Reviewer, Research in Nursing and Health
- 2000-present — Reviewer Journal of Advanced Nursing
- 2009 — Reviewer, NIH, NINR, Stimulus Grants related to aging/elder care
- 2009
— Reviewer, Retirement Research Foundation, grant related to elder health care transitions
Professional Affiliations
- American Academy of Nursing
- American Nurses Association
- Gerontological Society of America
- Midwest Nursing Research Society
- Sigma Theta Tau International
The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center
