Merilyn Long
Dr. Merilyn Long earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Health Sciences from the University of Mississippi, and BSN and MSN (Clinical Nurse Specialist) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been actively practicing as an RN for fifty one years. Her long career has spanned a variety of practice venues including clinical, administrative, research and academic areas of nursing including DNP, graduate and undergraduate levels. In addition, she served in the U.S. Army as active and reserve duty for 10 years with a Captain Rank. In addition, she worked and traveled in the Middle East and Europe for a couple of years. Presently, she is retired from full time service and serves as a senior contributing faculty for the BSN program at Walden University, College of Nursing. Her clinical focus is cardiovascular and renal nursing, while her academic focus is related to advanced pathophysiology, curriculum development, statistical analysis and research methodology.
Courses Taught
NURS 3151 - Foundations Nursing Research
NURS 4100 - Quality & Safety Thru Practice
NURS 3100 - Issues/Trends in Nursing
NURS 8200 - Methods for Evidence-Based Practice
NURS 4021 - Leadership Competence in Nurs/Hcare
NURS 4000 - Research/Scholarship Evidence-based Pracitice
Education
PhD, University of Mississippi
MSN, University of Alabama in Birmingham
BSN, University of Alabama in Birmingham
Awards / Honors
Mississippi Academy of Science 2012 Oral present, , 2012
Outstanding Clinical Health Sciences Graduate Aw, School of Health Related Professions at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2012
Mississippi Academy of Science 2009 Community Co, Mississippi Academy of Science, 2009
¥ Associate Degree Nursing Instructor of the Year, , 2010
ALPHA ETA Induction, School of Health Related Professions at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2010
Publications
Long, M. J. (2012). Human gingival fibroblast and raw macrophage cell response to steady state H2O2 via GOX/CAT system.
Long, M. J. (2012). Human gingival fibroblast response to GOX/CAT. .
Presentations
Long, M. J. (2012). Human gingival fibroblast response to GOX/CAT. Virgina Tech University
Long, M. J. (2012). Hydroxyapatite drug delivery device capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide in vitro. University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC)
Long, M. J. (2012). Hydroxyapatite drug delivery device capable of releasing hydrogen peroxide in vitro. Mississippi Academy of Sciences