VCU School of Nursing

Martha Edwards Hart, MS, RN, PNP, NNP-BC
Assistant Professor

Contact Information VCU School of Nursing 1100 East Leigh St. PO Box 980567 Richmond, VA 23298 Ph: (804) 828-3681 Contact Martha Hart

Overview

Mrs. Hart has been a long time adjunct faculty member and alumna of the School of Nursing. She joined Family and Community Health Nursing as a Collateral faculty member in fall 2004. She earned her BS, MS and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certificate here at VCU. She was commissioned as a Parish Nurse at Shenandoah University. She has extensive experience in pediatric nursing. Most recently, her focus has been on children in Richmond Public Schools with the School's Community Nursing Organization, as well as much volunteer work with Head Start and Three Rivers Health Families on the Middle Peninsula. Prior to that, Mrs. Hart was the PNP in the Infectious Disease Clinic at VCU Medical Center, caring for mothers and children with HIV/AIDS. She has also worked as a staff nurse in the Neonatal ICU and Labor and Delivery.

Education

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Virginia Perinatal Association, 1976 - 1990

March of Dimes: Virginia Capital Chapter, 1985 - 1998
MOD Health Professional Advisory Council
Public Education Committee
Grant Review Committee
Walk America First Aid 1988, 1989, 1993

Central Virginia Women, Children, and HIV/AIDS Task Force, 1992 - current
Central Virginia HIV Care Consortium
Transformation Retreats:
-Team Member, Nurse, and Presenter for the "Women Only" Retreats
-Presenter for Co-ed Retreats
-Co-Team Leader 2003 - current

Middle Peninsula Head Start Health Advisory Committee, 1997 - current

Three River Health Families, 1999 - current:
Board of Directors
Program Committee Member
Volunteer Home Visitor

Middle Peninsula Hospice and Palliative Care Service, 1997 - 2004
Board of Directors
Research and Education Coordinator

Quality Assurance Committee of the Infectious Disease Clinic: MCVH/VCU, 1994 - 1997

National Media Consultant for Maternal-Child Health Issues, 1994 - 1997

Chesterfield County Better Beginnings Coalition, 1983 - 1985

Nursing Protocol for Patients/Families Experiencing Perinatal Loss at the Medical College of VA Hospitals/VCU Maternal-Newborn Care teaching protocols: MCVH/VCU Nursing Documentation of Neonatal History and Physical Appraisal: MCVH/VCU MCVH Sibling Policy and Protocol for Maternal-Newborn Care

AWHONN/Association of Women,s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses

Assistant Proctor for the NCC Certification Examinations 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 Co-Chair, Hospitality Committee, District IV Annual Conference 1989 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Richmond Chapter 1988-1989

Program Committee Member, Virginia Section Annual Conference 1988 Neonatal Topics Program Coordinator, Virginia Section Annual Conference, 1985

NAPNAP/National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates/Practitioners

Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Omega Chapter Charter Member

Awards, Fellowships & Honors

Selected to pin graduating seniors at the Annual Recognition Ceremony of the School of Nursing of Virginia Commonwealth University, 1992

Volunteer Recognition Award for "Babies and You" Public Education Program, March of Dimes, Virginia Capital Area Chapter, 1990

Serve as an Item writer for the NAACOG certification Corporation Neonatal Nurse Clinician/Practitioner Examination, 1988

Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Nursing Education, Research and Quality Assurance, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, 1988

Virginia Nurses Association of March of Dimes Maternal-Child Nurse of the Year, 1985

Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Omega Chapter as Charter Member, 1978

Deans List Student 1971-1975, Marguerite Nicholson Award, Alpha Sigma Chi (Honorary Leadership Society), Sigma Zeta (Honorary Mathematics and Sciences Society) Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities

Selected Publications

Hart, M.E.: Tracking Neonates and Infants’ Systolic Blood Pressures. (Unpublished Master’s Thesis),1981.

Centor, F.H., and Hart, M.E.: MCV Patient Education: Circumcision: Your Decision (brochure), 1985.

Hart, M.E.: Initial Nursing Assessment of the Neonate, 30-minute videotape for statewide distribution through the Virginia Hospital Television Network; University Media Productions, Richmond, VA, 1988.

Edwards, C.L., Jr., and Hart, M.E. A Resolution: Roger Gregory. New Kent Chapel Memorial Association, New Kent, Virginia, May 1991.

Hart, M.E., Lavoie, S.R., and Rodriguez, G.E.: Evaluation of Nutritional Parameters in Children with AIDS. Poster Presentation: First National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections, Washington, D.C., December 1993.

Hart, M.E.: Immediate Assessment of the Newborn, Appendix B: A Clinical Guide to Women’s Health in Primary Care Settings. Ellis Q. Youngkin and Marcia S. Davis, eds., Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1994.

Hart, M.E., and Settle, J.T.: Nursing and Psychosocial Issues in the care of Children and Families with HIV/AIDS. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 15:2 (421-27) Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1995.

Hard, R.C., Jr., Bagwell, C.E., Dinsmoor, M.J., Draper, D.A., Ellis, C.R., Ferreira-Gonzalez, A., Garrett, C.T., Hart, M.E., Haynes, J.H., Lavoie, S.R., Meloy, L.D., Morris, R.W., Rodriguez, G.E., Salzberg, A.M., Shapiro, J.H., Singh, M.K., Sonnino, R.E., Tipton, G.A. The Early Accurate Identification of Newborns Infected With the AIDS Virus. (Unpublished Manuscript), 1997.

Hart, M.E.: Immediate Assessment of the Newborn, Appendix B: A Clinical Guide to Women’s Health in Primary Care Settings. 2 nd Ed. Ellis Q. Youngkin and Marcia S. Davis, eds., Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange, 1998.

Corder-Mabe, J., and Hart, M. E.: Survey of HIV Testing of Pregnant Women in Virginia Health Health Department Clinics. Report to the Board of Health of the Commonwealth of Virginia, April 1999.

Hard, R.C., Jr., Bagwell, C.E., Dinsmoor, M.J., Draper, D.A., Ellis, C.R., Ferreira-Gonzalez, A., Garrett, C.T., Hart, M.E., Haynes, J.H., Lavoie, S.R., Meloy, L.D., Morris, R.W., Rodriguez, G.E., Salzberg, A.M., Shapiro, J.H., Singh, M.K., Sonnino, R.E., Tipton, G.A.

Can Tests For HIV-1 Done On Lymph Node Cells From Exposed Newborns Distinguish In Utero From Intrapartum Infections? (Submitted for publication June 1999, but not published).

Major Teaching Assignments

Nursing of Children, Health Assessment, Nursing Technologies