Ramona T. Mercer Explained
Ramona Thieme Mercer (born October 4, 1929) is the author of a mid-range nursing theory known as maternal role attainment. Mercer has contributed many works to the refinement of this theory and is credited as a nurse-theorist. She was the Nahm Lecturer 1984 at the University of California.[1]
Career
Mercer earned a diploma from St. Margaret’s School of Nursing in Montgomery, Alabama. She earned an undergraduate degree in nursing with distinction from the University of New Mexico in 1962, followed by a master's degree in maternal child nursing from Emory University in 1964. For ten years, she worked as a staff nurse, head nurse and instructor. She was a faculty member at Emory University for five years until she left to pursue doctoral studies in maternity nursing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Honors and awards
1988: Distinguished Research Lectureship Award, Western Society for Research in Nursing (inaugural award)
2003: Living Legend, American Academy of Nursing
2004: Distinguished Alumni Award, University of New Mexico College of Nursing
Works
- Mercer . Ramona . 1980 . Teenage motherhood: The first year . Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing . 9 . 1 . 16–27 . 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1980.tb01301.x . 6898708 .
- Mercer . Ramona . 1981 . A theoretical framework for studying factors that impact on the maternal role . Nursing Research . 30 . 73–77 . 10.1097/00006199-198103000-00003 . 7010317 . 2 .
- Mercer . Ramona . 1985 . The process of maternal role attainment over the first year . Nursing Research . 34 . 198–204 . 10.1097/00006199-198507000-00002 . 3847870 . 4 .
- Book: Mercer, Ramona . First-time motherhood: Experiences from teens to forties . 1986 . Springer . New York .
- Mercer . Ramona . 1986 . Theoretical models for studying the effect of antepartum stress on the family . Nursing Research . 35. 339–346. 10.1097/00006199-198611000-00008 . 3640350 . May . KA . Ferketich . S . Dejoseph . J . 6. 30891020 .
- Book: Mercer, Ramona . Becoming a mother: Research on maternal identity from Rubin to the present . 1995 . Springer . New York .
- Mercer . Ramona . Ferketich, S. . 1990 . Predictors of parental attachment during early parenthood . Journal of Advanced Nursing . 15 . 268–280 . 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01813.x . 2332549 . 3 .
- Mercer . Ramona . Ferketich, S. . 1994 . Predictors of maternal role competence by risk status . Nursing Research . 43 . 38–43 . 10.1097/00006199-199401000-00009 . 8295838 . 1 . 45798028 .
See also
Notes and References
- http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/cenfame.pdf Wall of Fame
