Marilyn Elizabeth Smith, PhD, PMHNP-BC

Clinical Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

Adult Health Department

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

Clinical Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Nursing

Department:

Office of Faculty Practice and Community Engagement

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MSN, Drexel University, 2009
• PhD, University of Tenn, 1996
• MS, West Virginia University, 1991
• MSN, University of Michigan, 1977
• BSN, Duquesne University, 1971

Smith, M. E., & Smith, M. E. (2020) Being treated with compassion by nursing students in their baccalaureate program (Vol. 36, pp. 317–321). United States: Journal of Professional Nursing. Retrieved from https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-professional-nursing

• Nightingale Awards Recognizing 40 years of Nursing Excellence - (July 20, 2018)
• Salary Enhancement - (July 1, 2018)

Dr. Smith is a clinical professor with a PhD in Nursing and board certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She has worked in various nursing areas for the past forty years, including psychiatry and behavioral medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, and education. Her roles in these areas have included staff nurse, counselor, administrator, and course coordinator. Her clinical practice includes providing individual therapy and psychopharmacology medical management for patients with various DSM-V diagnoses.

Teaching interests: Psychiatric, mental health

Abuse and trauma Reactions to mental illness Compassion

• Home Care Needs of Caregivers and Patients with Heart Failure and Dementia in rural Appalachia - NIH - 2020 - 2021
• PMHNP - - 2019 - 2022
• A Description of the Experience of Being Treated With Compassion by Undergraduate Nursing Students - - 2019 - 2019

Medical Specialties

• Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry