Dr. Maija Anderson

Title: Assistant Professor, Director of Nursing Office Location: Jenkins 308 Phone: 443-885-4144 Email: maija.anderson@morgan.edu Education:

2003: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) –
Community Health Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
Rush University College of Nursing
Chicago, Illinois

1997: Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN)
Andrews University
School of Nursing
Berrien Springs, Michigan

1992: Associate of Applied Science – Nursing (AAS)
Tennessee State University
School of Nursing
Nashville, TN

2011: Certificate in Distance Education – Systems Planning and Management
Indiana University
School of Continuing Studies
Bloomfield, Indiana

2007: Certificate in Distance Education
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, New Jersey

2003: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) –
Community Health Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner
Rush University College of Nursing
Chicago, Illinois

1997: Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN)
Andrews University
School of Nursing
Berrien Springs, Michigan

1992: Associate of Applied Science – Nursing (AAS)
Tennessee State University
School of Nursing
Nashville, TN

2011: Certificate in Distance Education – Systems Planning and Management
Indiana University
School of Continuing Studies
Bloomfield, Indiana

2007: Certificate in Distance Education
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, New Jersey

Dr. Maija Anderson has over 20 years of nursing experience, in the practice setting, professional nursing associations and in academia. An accomplished grant writer, she has secured over 8 million dollars in federal and state funding, to improve outcomes in minority nursing students, developing distance learning programs that increased nursing program capacity for minority nursing students, and in support of faculty mentoring and development for minority nursing faculty.

Her doctoral research focused on evaluating characteristics of health care providers and how those characteristics impacted their prescribing practices of pain medication to African-Americans in the Emergency Department. Her research interests and community advocacy include evaluating and advocating for the need for implementing protocols for healthcare providers treating victims of excessive use of police force and strategies for improving educational outcomes in minority nursing students.

Grants
Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI): 10/2008 – 10/2010
PR/AWARD NUMBER: P382A080016
Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College
Nursing Program: Project Director – Anderson, Maija
Project Title: S-DC Practical Nursing Program Proposal to Increase its Capacity to train Practical Nurses by Using Interactive Distance Learning Technology and Lay the Foundation for a Bachelor of Science Nursing Program.
Award Amount: $1.2 million over two years.

Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI) II: 10/2009 – 09/2010
PR/AWARD NUMBER: P382A090014
Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College
Nursing Program Project Director – Anderson, Maija
Project Title: Developing the BSN Infrastructure by Enhancing Science and Distance Learning
Award Amount: $600,000

Nurse Support Program: 07/2011 – 06/2015
PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII: 11-109
Project Title: Model for Increasing Capacity and Student Success Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College School of Nursing Project Director – Anderson, Maija (Through 7/2014)

Award Amount: $1,520,046

Nurse Support Program: 07/2012 – 07/2014
PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII
Project Title: Model for Developing and Implementing an Online RN to BSN Program
Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College School of Nursing Project Director – Anderson, Maija
Award Amount: $381,629

Predominantly Black Institutions Grant (PBI) III: 10/2011 – 7/2014
PR/AWARD NUMBER: P382A110028
Project Title: Building Program Capacity and Creating Student Success in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology Programs
Recipient: Sojourner-Douglass College
Project Director – Anderson, Maija
Award Amount: $2,400,000

Nurse Support Program: 7/2013 – 7/2014
PR/AWARD NUMBER: NSPII
Project Title: Faculty Mentoring and Development Increases Capacity and Student Success Recipients: Sojourner-Douglass College (Primary), Morgan State University (Secondary) Project Participant/Grant Writer – Anderson, Maija

Publications:
Anderson, M.R. (2008). Victims of Excessive Use of Police Force by Law
Enforcement Officials: Do Nurses Turn a Blind Eye? American Journal of Nursing.

Anderson, M.R. (2006). Capnography: considerations for its use in the
emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2006 Apr;32(2):149-53.

Anderson, M. R. Pediatrics (Chapter). In Chapleau W, Burba AC, Pons Peditors, The Paramedic. McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA (2008).

Emergency Nurses Association: ENA Injury Prevention Institute/EN CARE (2005). Provider Training Manual: changing behavior, saving lives. Anderson, M. Coordinating Editor.