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Marissa Abram

Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing

Selected Publications


Preparing psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner students for patient death from suicide via standardized patient simulation

Journal Article Clinical Simulation in Nursing · July 1, 2025 There is limited literature on creating a simulated—trauma informed learning experience for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students to process patient suicide as a cause of death. Informed by the International Nursing Association for ... Full text Cite

Are "Alternative to Discipline" Programs for Nurses With Alcohol and Other Drug Challenges Relevant to Global Contexts? A Scoping Review.

Journal Article International journal of mental health nursing · April 2025 Alternative to discipline programs, defined as programs for nurses 'impaired' by issues such as alcohol and/or drug use, provide treatment and support to return to the profession. This paper aims to explore alternative to discipline programs for nurses to ... Full text Cite

Harm Reduction as a Form of 'Wrap-Around' Care: The Nursing Role.

Journal Article International journal of mental health nursing · February 2025 In addiction treatment, harm reduction is a philosophy that aims to reduce the harms from ongoing alcohol and other drug use. Although abstinence may be the 'gold standard' in reducing harm from ongoing alcohol and other drug use, harm reduction recognises ... Full text Cite

Using virtual simulation to enhance interprofessional training: An application of the Zero Overdose safety planning tool

Journal Article Clinical Simulation in Nursing · February 1, 2025 Background: Opioids are a significant contributor to drug overdose deaths globally. Current responses include the use of naloxone to respond to and reverse an overdose, however Zero Overdose Safety Planning can be used as a preventative tool. Sample: A tot ... Full text Cite

Avoiding a new US "war on drugs".

Journal Article BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · February 2025 Full text Cite

Intersecting Risk: Heat and Substance Use in Rural Communities.

Journal Article Substance use & misuse · January 2025 BackgroundExtreme heat has a direct impact on health and can exacerbate substance use. Rural communities are at high risk given higher rates of hospitalizations for heat related illness and the disproportionate effects of substance use. This comme ... Full text Cite

Teaching Note—Virtual Simulation in an Interprofessional Fellowship for Social Work and Nursing Students

Journal Article Journal of Social Work Education · January 1, 2025 The Adelphi School of Social Work and the College of Nursing and Public Health received a training grant from Health Resource and Services Administration to train social workers and psychiatric nurse practitioners to work in interprofessional teams. Within ... Full text Cite

Nurse led models of care for outpatient substance use disorder treatment: A scoping review.

Journal Article Journal of clinical nursing · November 2024 AimTo map key characteristics and describe nurse led models of care for the treatment of persons with substance use disorders (SUDs) in the outpatient setting.DesignA scoping review.MethodsConducted in accordance with the JBI met ... Full text Cite

A roadmap for the nursing scientific workforce to eliminate health and healthcare inequities.

Journal Article Nursing outlook · November 2024 BackgroundThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Ending Unequal Treatment report emphasizes immediate actions to eliminate health inequities (i.e., solutions-oriented health inequity research), versus incrementally advanci ... Full text Cite

Stigma towards a nursing specialty: A qualitative analysis of the perceptions of the addiction nursing workforce.

Journal Article International journal of mental health nursing · October 2024 Addiction nurses are highly skilled providers of holistic care and ensuring workforce sustainability is key to providing quality care to a traditionally marginalised group of healthcare consumers. The aim of this study was to explore perceived stigma towar ... Full text Cite

Nurse-led models of care for metabolic syndrome in primary care: A scoping review.

Journal Article Journal of clinical nursing · November 2023 AimTo identify and map out existing nurse-led models of care for treatment and prevention of metabolic syndrome in primary care settings.DesignA scoping review.MethodsConducted in accordance with the JBI methodology.Data sour ... Full text Cite

Enhancing Racial Justice and Equity Through Simulation.

Journal Article Nursing education perspectives · July 2023 AbstractDiversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism (DEI-A) are critical to providing adequate health care to all populations. High-fidelity simulations and role-play scenarios allow students to experience caring for clients from diverse backgrou ... Full text Cite

Interdisciplinary Children's Behavioral Health Workforce Development for Social Work and Nursing.

Journal Article International journal of environmental research and public health · April 2023 This paper will begin with a review of child health inequities globally, in the United States and in the State of New York. It will then describe a model training program that was designed to educate social workers and nurse practitioners to create a workf ... Full text Cite

Designing a Nurse-Led Program for Self-Management of Substance Addiction Consequences: A Modified e-Delphi Study.

Journal Article International journal of environmental research and public health · January 2023 Therapeutic interventions for people with problematic use of psychoactive substances can help tackle specific needs related to substance addiction consequences. This modified e-Delphi study aimed to establish consensus on a training program for self-manage ... Full text Cite

Natural Language Processing Enhanced Qualitative Methods: An Opportunity to Improve Health Outcomes

Journal Article International Journal of Qualitative Methods · January 1, 2023 Background: Electronic health systems contain large amounts of unstructured data (UD) which are often unanalyzed due to the time and costs involved. Unanalyzed data creates missed opportunities to improve health outcomes. Natural language processing (NLP) ... Full text Cite

Twenty Years of Addiction and Mental Illness in Alaska: Using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to Understand Addiction in a Low Population and Rural State.

Journal Article Journal of community health · August 2022 Understanding changes in substance use in a small population state is challenging. Many national datasets restrict data to reduce the probability of identifying persons. Alaska is a small population state (731,000 residents) with a large geographic region ... Full text Cite

Stumbling toward Vulnerability: Recovery from Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Mental Illness.

Journal Article Issues in mental health nursing · July 2021 This study investigated the recovery process for individuals engaged in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) who had co-occurring anxiety and depression. The participants were eight individuals engaged in treatment. The results of a Grounded Theory ... Full text Cite

Telehealth Simulation of Psychiatric and Chronic Disease Comorbidity: Response to the COVID-19 National Epidemic

Journal Article Clinical Simulation in Nursing · May 1, 2021 Background: Health care education, including simulations, has been disrupted by COVID-19, challenging educators to devise innovative ways to continue instruction. Methods: We conducted a pilot study to explore student perceptions of utilizing telehealth te ... Full text Cite

Resilience and burnout in healthcare students and inpatient psychiatric nurses: A between-groups study of two populations.

Journal Article Archives of psychiatric nursing · February 2021 BackgroundStressful environments can have significant effects on an individual and lead to burnout. Psychological consequences of burnout include trauma reactions, depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Resilience, a protective mechanism ... Full text Cite

Buprenorphine Induction Simulation: Focus on Patient Safety and Quality Care

Journal Article Clinical Simulation in Nursing · July 1, 2020 Background: Provider education for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) primarily relies on didactic instruction. Clinical simulation that enhances the ability of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) is needed to effectively and safely implement MAT. Method: We ... Full text Cite

Methods to Integrate Natural Language Processing Into Qualitative Research

Journal Article International Journal of Qualitative Methods · January 1, 2020 Background: Qualitative methods analyze contextualized, unstructured data. These methods are time and cost intensive, often resulting in small sample sizes and yielding findings that are complicated to replicate. Integrating natural language processing (NL ... Full text Cite

The Patient's Role in Patient Safety.

Journal Article Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America · June 2019 Keeping patients safe while they receive medical care is essential. Yet current systems designed to ensure patient safety are not enough, because medical error is the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. Clinicians can partner wi ... Full text Cite

High-Fidelity Simulation: An Application to Psychopharmacological Training for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Student.

Journal Article Issues in mental health nursing · March 2019 As the demand for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNPs) continues to grow, innovative teaching strategies that can enhance competency learning with skill transfer into the clinical setting is essential. Educational programs must adequately ... Full text Cite

The Role of the Registered Nurse Working in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Hermeneutic Study.

Journal Article Issues in mental health nursing · June 2018 Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) are a national public health crisis. However, there is minimal existing research literature on the role of the nurse working in SUD treatment. The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of the professional role of ... Full text Cite