Margaret Swisher Faculty Web Page

Margaret R. Swisher, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
SC 231
215-619-7454
mswisher@mc3.edu

Educational Profile:
           MSN Villanova University
           BSN Thomas Jefferson University
           BA West Chester University

Clinical Practice:
Presbyterian Children's Village, Rosemont, PA

Community Activities:
Member: Radnor League of Women Voters
Member: Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society

Publications/Writings:

Mental Health Nursing in the Actute Setting: in Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. E. Varcarolis (Ed.);
Editions: 3(1998), 4(2002), 5(2006), 6(2010).
A Nurse Speaks: in Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. E. Varcarolis (ed.) 2nd edition (1994).
Content Reviewer: for Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. E. Varcarolis (ed.) 2nd edition (1994).
Seventy-five Questions with Rationales on Psychiatric Nuring Topics: in National Student Nurse Association Review Series
for Psychiatric Nursing, 1994.

Presentations:

Medication Administration Trainng in a residential program; Department of Public Welfare 8 Hour program: at Presbyterian Children's Village:
2007-2009.

Mental Health Issues in Older Adult Clients: Annual continuing education at Central Montgomery Mental Health Mental Retardation Center,
3 hours: 2009.

Resume:

Resume - Margaret Swisher

NUR 211: Nursing Care of Clients with Complex Health Care Needs

Class PowerPoint Presentations:

Introduction to NUR211

Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders

Personality and Dissociative Disorders

Substance Abuse

NUR 213: Professional Issues in Nursing (Online)

Schedule:
Monday and Wednesday: Clinical
Friday: Lecture/Seminar

Clinical Sites:
Norristown State Hospital, Norristown, PA
Creative Health Services, Pottstown, PA