Contact Information

Title: Clinical Assistant Professor
Discipline: Track Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor Academic Support Coordinator/STAR Program and Adult Health/Geronotology
Degrees: BSN,MSN,RN,CRNP
Office Location: Room 1229, Bellet Bldg.
Phone: 215-762-3639
Fax: 215-762-1259
Email: mmh36@drexel.edu

Margaret M. Harkins, MSN, RN, CRNP, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions and the Academic Support Coordinator for Drexel University’s STAR Program.  Margaret has over 18 years of professional nursing experience.

Professional Education:

• DrPH: Drexel University School of Public Health:  Community Health and Prevention (currently pursuing)
• MS:    Albany Medical Center:  Clinical Bioethics (currently pursuing)
• MSN:  University of Pennsylvania (Specialty: Gerontology/Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner)          
• BSN:  Temple University
• ADN:  Community College of Philadelphia

Professional Certifications: 

• AACN/ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Undergraduate Level
• AACN/ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) Graduate Level
• AACN/GNEC (Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium) Undergraduate Level
• Alden March Bioethics Institute: Clinical Bioethics Certification

Didactic Courses:

• In Search of Peace:  Issues and Resolutions in End of Life Care
• Cultural Dimensions of Nursing Care
• Principles of Nursing
• Health Assessment (Graduate Level)
• Adult Health I and II
• Pharmacology I and II
• Contemporary Gerontology
• Issues on Aging and Longevity

Clinical Courses:

• Principles of Nursing
• Health Assessment
• Adult Health I, II, and III
• Senior Seminar Lab
• Contemporary Gerontology

Research interest:

Gerontology, end of life issues, and caregiver burden in family members with chronic, terminal illnesses, and disabilities.

Memberships:

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society
• National Gerontological Nursing Association
• Southeastern Pennsylvania League of Nursing (Recording Secretary, ‘06-‘08)
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)

Awards: