Faculty and Staff Profile

Mary Ellen Wright

Educational Background

2015 Florida Atlantic University Ph.D. Philosophy of Nursing

1985 The University of Florida PNP 1983 The Catholic University of America MSN Nursing of the Developing Family

1981 Duke University BSN

Courses Taught

Doctoral Courses: Doctoral Knowledge Development; Qualitative Research; Qualitative Research Methods;
Doctoral Chair and Doctoral Committees. DNP Committees and DNP Leader
Graduate Level: Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice; Advanced Health Assessment; Pediatric Primary Care for Nurse Practitioner Program; Women's Health; Health Policy; Advanced Pharmacology; Advanced Pathophysiology; Nursing Theory
Undergraduate: Nursing Research; Professionalism in Nursing; Health Assessment; Community Health;

Profile

Dr. Mary Ellen Wright is currently an Assistant Professor in the Clemson University School of Nursing; Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Human Caring; Serves on the Board of Directors of the Anne Boykin Institute for the Advancement of Caring in Nursing; Served as the Vice President of the International Association for Human Caring and serves as an at-large member of the Board of Directors; Editorial Board of Kontact International Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences Related to Health and Illness; Member of the International Academy of Nursing Editors; On a number of conference planning committees for international conferences. Clemson University Healthcare Research Scholar (CUSHR Scholar); Leader of the Appalachian American Alliance of Nurse Practitioners; Faculty Associate Center for Research on Healthcare Disparity, Clemson University School of Nursing; Faculty Affiliate Center for Addiction and Mental Health Research Clemson University

Research Interests

Substance Use; Perinatal substance exposure; Perinatal Kratom Exposure; Legal psychoactive substances effects on pregnant and parenting women and their children. Experiences of pregnant and parenting women in relation to substance use. Nursing Caring Scholarship and theory development; Nursing integration of theory, research and practice. Interpersonal and Domestic Violence; Issues in Child Maltreatment;

Research Publications

Documentary Film
Wright, S., Silva D., & M. E. Wright (Associate Producer). 2019. Original Body of Pain, documentary film of 3-year ethnography of mothers with addiction. http://originalbodyofpain.film/contact/

Book
Wolf, Z. B., & Wright, M.E. Extraordinary Nursing: Multiple Roles, Caring Practices. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. In Print.
Wright, M.E, Temples, H.S. (2019). I Do Love My Baby: Stories of Mothers with Substance Addiction and Recovery. Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1672024099/ref=cm_sw_r_fm_apa_i_pDy8DbRSKK5DW
Book Chapters
Wright, M. E., Boykin, A., & Schoenhofer, S. (2025). Nursing as Caring. In M. C. Smith (Ed.), Nursing theories and nursing practice 6th edition, FA Davis, Chapter 19, in press.
Wright, M. E., Boykin, A., & Schoenhofer, S. Nursing as Caring Theory. (2025) In M.R. Alligood (Ed.) Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 11th edition Chapter 19. Elsevier. In Press.
Wright, M. E. (2015). Caring Among a Nurse Practitioner and a Parenting Teen and Child. In C. Barry, B. King, & S. Gordon, S. (Eds.). Nursing Case Studies in Caring (pp. 163-170). Springer Publishing.
Robertson (Wright), M. E. (1991) Multidimensional and Interdisciplinary Approaches to PMS. Chapter 12. In D. L. Taylor, & N. F. Woods (Eds.), Menstruation, Health and Illness. (pp. 129-139). Hemisphere Publishing.
Published Dataset
Wright, M. E., Parker, V., Demosthenes, L., Stevens, M., & Litwin, A. (2021). Changing nurse practitioner students’ perceptions regarding substance use disorder. Mendeley Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.17632/4pk5fwybzd.1
Refereed Journal Articles
Wright, M.E., Pickett, K. (2024). Challenge Your Wit: Documenting Objective
Findings of Health Assessment, Journal for Nurse Practitioners (2024). 20 (9).
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Wolf, Z. R., Wright, M. E., Grobbel, C., & Hilton, N. (2024). Critical incidents of nimble caring leaders: A descriptive qualitative study International Journal for Human Caring, 28(2) 98-108. doi:10.20467/IJHC2022-0035
Wright, M.E. (2024). Legacy, Mentor and Scholar: A Tribute to Zane Wolf, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN. International Journal for Human Caring, 27(1). 59-60 https://doi.org/10.20467/IJHC-2024-0011.
Wright, M. E. (2023). Reflection on Caring, Truth, Bias, Evidence and Media Literacy during Current Events. International Journal for Human Caring, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.20467/IJHC-20210040.
Wright, M. E. (2022). Caring and Moral Injury within the Sphere of Influence. Kontact: International Journal of Nursing and Social Sciences Related to Health and Illness, 24(3), 183-184. https://doi.org/10.32725/kont.2022.015

Wright, M. E, Coy, D., Jones, J., Sukta, A., Racines, A., & Jones, M. (2022). The Identification of Prenatal Exposure to Mitragynine Using Umbilical Cord Tissue. American Journal of Analytic Chemistry, 13(4) 162-174 https://doi.org/10.4236/ajac.2022.134011
Wright, M. E., Parker, V., Demosthenes, L. D., Stevens, M. L., Litwin, A. H. (2021) Changing Nurse Practitioner Students’ Perceptions Regarding Substance Use Disorder, Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 18(1), 81-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.08.014
Wright, M. E., Temples, H. S., Shores, E., Chafe, O., Lannamann, R., & Lautenschlager, C. (2021). Pregnant and Parenting Women Experiences with Substance Use Disorder. MCN: American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 46(5), 271-276. doi:10.1097/nmc.0000000000000741

Wright, M. E., Ginsberg, C., Parkison, A. M., Dubose, M., Sherbondy, M., & Shores, E.. (2021). Outcomes of mothers and newborns to prenatal exposure to kratom: A systematic review. Journal of Perinatology, 41(6), 1236-1243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-00952-8
Wright, J. E., Heinze, R. K., & Wright M. E. (2020). Medical Neglect Allegations in the Context of Conflicted Divorce/Separation Child Custody: What Should the Health Care Provider Do? Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma,13(3), 285-291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-020-00306-0

Temples, H. S, Wright, M. E, Chafe, O., McKee, H., & Guthrie, E. (2020). Understanding the Maternal Experience of Opioid Use Disorder through Qualitative Story Telling: Innovative Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 4(2), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/4/2/9
Hendricks, J., Temples H.S., & Wright, M. E. (2020). JUULing Epidemic Among Youth: A Guide to Devices, Terminology, and Interventions. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare, 34(4), 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.12.008

Holmes, M., & Wright, M. E. (2019). Survey of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Use of a Motion/Sound Infant Seat. Advances in Neonatal Care. 19 (2) 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000000579

Boswell, K., Temples, H. S., & Wright, M. E. (2019). LGBT Youth, Sex Trafficking, & the Nurse Practitioner’s Role. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 33(5) 555-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2019.02.005

Barrett, N.,& Wright, M. E. (2019). Key Elements of Advance Practitioner Providers Integration. Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 15(5), 370-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.12.004

Sandler, A., Wright, M. E., & Denslow, S. (2017). The Clinical Functional Impairment Scale Development. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 38(8), 619-626. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000478
Hamrick, H. J., Gable K., Freeman, E. H., Dunn, L. L., Zimmerman, S. P., Rusin, M. M., Linthavong, O. R., Wright, M. E., Moss, L. A., & Skinner, A. C. (2016). A Prospective Study of Factors Involved in Maternal Refusal of Newborn Vitamin K Prophylaxis: Implications for Case Management and Prenatal Education. Hospital Pediatrics, 6(1), 15–23. 15–21. https://doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.2015-0095

Harden, P., Wright, M. E. (2016). Prevention of Transmitted Infections in a Pet Therapy Program: An exemplar. American Journal of Infection Control. 44, 846-850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.007

Honors and Awards

2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing Induction
Scheduled for November 2nd, 2024
March, 2025 Induction as a Fellow of the International Academy of Addiction Nursing
2024 Research Fellowship Institute of Child Success
2019 Clemson University Research Foundation Inventor Award
2018-2019 Atlas ti Classroom Award. Atlas ti Company.
10/17/2015 Great 100 Nurse: American Nurses Association, North Carolina
2016 Extraordinary Performance Award: Mission Health System, Western North
Carolina
Since 1981 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing