Mary Ritter, DNP, MSN, MLS, BSN, APRN, FNPBC

Associate Professor
Southeastern Louisiana University
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Baton Rouge Campus

Education

• DNP, University of South Alabama
• MSN, University of Southern Mississippi
• MLS, University of Oklahoma
• BSN, Southeastern Louisiana University
• FNPBC, Northern Kentucky University

 

Licensure and Board Certifications

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Family Nurse Practitioner Certification, ANCC
• Registered Nurse
• FMCSA/NRCME Medical Examiner

 

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  
  

Professional Affiliations

• Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• American Nurses Association
• Louisiana State Nurses Association

 

Research Interests

• End of Life (pre-mortem surge, grief, quality of life/symptom management)
• Moral distress in Nursing
• Grief in Nursing
• Nurse Retention
• Grant Writing

 

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Ritter, M. (2023). Evidenced-Based Pearls:  Traumatic brain injury. Critical Care Clinics of North America.

• Lawson, M. (September 2013). Symptom Management at the End of Life. Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners Fall Conference. 

• Lawson, M. (2012). Complimentary therapies for pain control in serious illness. The Journal.

• Lawson, M. (2012). Until the end of time. Advance for long-term care.

• Lawson, M. (2011). Pain Management at End of Life. Symptom Management in the Oncology Patient, ONS

• Lawson, M. (2011). Palliative sedation. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 15(6).

• Lawson, M. (2011). Acute graft versus host disease: Nursing management. Mosby’s nursing skills. Elsevier/Mosby

• Lawson, M. (2011). Facilitating end of life discussions. Mosby’s nursing skills. Elsevier/Mosby

• Lawson, M. (2011). Death rattle. Mosby’s nursing skills. Elsevier/Mosby