Margaret S. Wacker RN PhD CS
3188 Darien Way
The Villages, Florida 32162
352-750-9798
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Employment
President Wacker and Associates Legal Nurse Consulting 2002 - Present
Adjunct Instructor University of Central Florida 2002 - Present
Faculty Advisor Lake Sumter Community College 2002 - 2003
Director Lake Sumter Community College Nursing Program
2004 - Present
Clinical Consultant Pain Management Rhode Island Hospital 1996 - 2001
Responsibilities: Conduct pain consults for the adult in-patient hospital Procure unrestricted educational grants to support all interdisciplinary educational programs Collaborate with the departments of Anesthesia, Pharmacy, Medicine, Surgery and Nursing in the development of pain management policies Create and develop all educational programs Collaborate in the teaching of these programs Actively participate in the work of the hospital pain committee Identify specific areas of need and develop approaches to resolve them Provide a resource role to hospital staff
Responsibilities:
Conduct pain consults for the adult in-patient hospital
Clinical Specialist Palliative Care Rhode Island Hospital 1994-1996
Responsibilities: Conduct in-patient and at-home consultations in collaboration with a physician Develop all interdisciplinary educational programs Procure funding to support educational efforts Provide a resource role to hospital and hospice staff in and outside of the hospital Present an annual Southern New England Palliative Care Conference
Program Director Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Yale University School of Nursing 1993-1994
Responsibilities: Oversee the academic and clinical adult psychiatric-mental health program Conduct a major curriculum revision Design and complete a psychiatric faculty enrichment program Teach a graduate and core graduate clinical course
Assistant Professor of Nursing University of Rhode Island 1988-1993
Responsibilities: Taught core clinical and research courses Designed and operated the first biofeedback lab in a college of nursing Published the first stage of my research on alpha brainwave states Conducted the second stage research in the university laboratory Taught a graduate research course
Psychotherapist, Private Practice Huntington, New York 1971-1991
Responsibilities: Individual and family psychotherapy Clinical supervision of advanced practice clinicians EEG biofeedback therapy
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor University of Rhode Island College of Nursing 1994-1999
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor University of Rhode Island College of Nursing 1999-Present
Responsibilities: Precept graduate students in various practice areas Precept undergraduate seniors in leadership Teach family therapy Teach palliative care and pain management Precept PharmD candidates in pain management
Lecturer in the third-year core clerkship in Surgery Brown University School of Medicine 1999-present.
Responsibilities: Teach pharmacological management of pain
