2003: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) -
Community Health Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
Rush University College of Nursing
Chicago, Illinois

1997: Bachelor of Science - Nursing (BSN)
Andrews University
School of Nursing
Berrien Springs, Michigan

1992: Associate of Applied Science - Nursing (AAS)
Tennessee State University
School of Nursing
Nashville, TN

Dr. Maija Anderson has over 20 years of nursing experience, in the practice setting, professional nursing associations and in academia. An accomplished grant writer, she has secured over 8 million dollars in federal and state funding, to improve outcomes in minority nursing students, developing distance learning programs that increased nursing program capacity for minority nursing students, and in support of faculty mentoring and development for minority nursing faculty.

Her doctoral research focused on evaluating characteristics of health care providers and how those characteristics impacted their prescribing practices of pain medication to African-Americans in the Emergency Department. Her research interests and community advocacy include evaluating and advocating for the need for implementing protocols for healthcare providers treating victims of excessive use of police force and strategies for improving educational outcomes in minority nursing students.

Publications:

Ackerman-Barger, K., DeWitty, V., Cooper, J. & Anderson, M. (2020). An Innovative Approach to Advancing Academic Success for UnderrepresentedNursing Students Using the Collective Impact Model. Nursing Education Perspectives, September 2020.

Anderson, M. (2020). Maryland Nurses Responsibility to Victims of Police Violence. The Maryland Nurse Journal, August 2020.

Jambulingam, M. & Anderson M. (2018). Teaching from Experience. Educators reflect on how negative experiences can inspire positive outcomes [online].Reflections on Nursing Leadership. Available at: https://www.reflectionsonnursingl adership.org/features/more-features/teaching-from-experience

Anderson, M.R. (2008). Victims of Excessive Use of Police Force by Law
Enforcement Officials: Do Nurses Turn a Blind Eye? American Journal of Nursing.

Anderson, M.R. (2006). Capnography: considerations for its use in the
emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2006 Apr;32(2):149-53.

Anderson, M. R. Pediatrics (Chapter). In Chapleau W, Burba AC, Pons P (editors), The Paramedic. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA (2008).

Emergency Nurses Association: ENA Injury Prevention Institute/EN CARE (2005). Provider Training Manual: changing behavior, saving lives. Anderson, M. Coordinating Editor.