Dr. Marilyn Tuls Halstead - Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Towson University

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PhD University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1998
Oncology, Spiritual Care

MS University of Delaware, 1993
Medical-Surgical Nursing, Oncology Focus

BSN University of the State of New York, 1989

Diploma in Nursing, 1969

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Halstead, M., & Hull, M. (in press). Struggling with paradoxes: The process of spiritual development in women with cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum.
Tsay, S. L., & Halstead, M. (in press). Self care self efficacy, depression, and quality of life among patients receiving hemodialysis in Taiwan. International Journal of Nursing Studies.
Halstead, M., & Mickley, J. (1997). Attempting to fathom the unfathomable: Descriptive views of spirituality. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 13(4), 225-230.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS
"Spirituality and women with cancer: Connecting as a way of finding meaning," at the Oncology Nursing Society's 26th Annual Congress, May, 2001.
"Preparing oncology nurses: Spiritual care for client and self," poster presentation with Deborah Greener at the Oncology Nursing Society's 26th Annual Congress, May, 2001.
"Complementary therapies: Healing the spirit at the end of life--Music," at the Oncology Nursing Society's 25th Annual Congress, May, 2000.

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TO REACH ME:
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
410-704-5351 (W)
410-704-6333 (Fax)
mhalstead@towson.edu

AREAS OF INTEREST
Research
-Spiritual Health of Oncology Patients
-Coping with Cancer
Clinical
-Psychosocial Oncology
-End-of-Life Care
-Congregational Health

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Oncology Nursing Society
Spiritual Care Special Interest Group
Newsletter Editor
American Nurses Association
Sigma Theta Tau
Phi Kappa Phi

"All of life is a narrow bridge; what is essential is not to fear."