Mary Ann Friesen is a Nursing Research Scientist for the Inova Health System. She has served for ten years on an Institutional Review Board. She initiated the Inova Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice Fellows Program, coordinated nursing research studies for multiple hospitals and mentored doctoral students. Her areas of research interests encompass patient safety, communication and holistic modalities. In addition to presenting nationally and internationally, she has published in a variety of journals including the American Journal of Critical Care, Nursing Management, Journal of Nursing Care Quality, Journal of Holistic Nursing, Holistic Nursing Practice, JONA, AJN and World Views on Evidence-Based Nursing. She has held roles in nursing education, performance improvement, consulting and research. Her clinical experience includes critical care, cardiac, home health and geriatric nursing. The majority of her career has been focused on developing process and system to promote person centered care.

She serves on the Research Committee for the American Holistic Nursing Association.

She holds an Associate Degree in Nursing, from Pace University, New York; a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Cameron University, Oklahoma; a Masters in Nursing from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a Doctorate in Nursing from George Mason University, Virginia.

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