Mary Franklin, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Interests
- Chronic cardiovascular disease
- Acute care advanced practice
- Ambulatory advanced practice
Dr. Franklin’s research focuses on improving self-management in chronic cardiovascular patients. She is a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner with over 30 years of experience managing cardiovascular disease in multiple care settings. Dr. Franklin has both quantitative and qualitative experience through previous research. Dr. Franklin supervises Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students in their quality improvement projects in diverse community and acute care settings.
Current Research Grants and Programs
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) (2024 - 2029), Improving access and adherence for disease prevention for rural-dwelling individuals with ASCVD, Arruda-Olson, Foss, and Patil (MPIs). Role: Co-Investigator
Teaching
Dr. Franklin teaches in the Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner program at the Master’s and Doctoral levels. She has over two decades of experience as an academic nurse educator and faculty member teaching across all levels from undergraduate to doctoral students. Dr. Franklin also teaches in the primary care graduate nurse practitioner programs and serves as residency faculty for Doctor of Nursing Practice Students.
Affiliations / Service
- Member, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2011 - present
- Member, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
Education
- PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 2013
- Post-Master's Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Certificate, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1999
- MSN, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 1992
- BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1986
Publication Highlights
Flaherty-Robb, M., Calarco, M., Butterworth, S., Struble, S., Harden, K., Franklin, M. M., Potempa, S., Laughlin, C., Schmidt, P., Policichio, J., Yakusheva, O., Isaman, D., Gallagher, N.A., Furspan, F. & Potempa, K. (2022). Healthy Lifetime (HL): An internet-based behavioral health coaching protocol for older adults. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4. doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.795827.
Franklin, M. M. & McCoy, M. A. (2017). The transition of care from hospital to home for patients with hypertension. The Nurse Practitioner, 42(2), 12-18. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000511701.94615.4f.
Franklin, M. M., Harden, J. K., & Peters, R. M. (2016). Getting to normal: Women's experiences self-managing their perceived blood pressure changes. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 21(2), 151-157. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000223.
Franklin, M. M., Allen, W., Pickett, S., & Peters, R. M. (2015). Hypertensive symptom representations: A pilot study. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(1), 48-53. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12162.
Pickett, S., Allen, W., Franklin, M., & Peters, R. M. (2014). Illness beliefs in African Americans with hypertension. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 36(2), 152-170. doi: 10.1177/0193945913491837.
Mehta, R.H., Montoye, C.K., Gallogly, M., Baker, P., Blount, A., Faul, J., Roychoudoury, C., Borzak, S., Fox, S., Franklin, M. M., Freundl, M., Kline-Rogers, E., Lalonde, T., Orza, M.J., Parrish, R., Satwicz, M., Smith, M.J., Sobotka, P., Winston, S., Riba, A.L., & Eagle, K.A. (2002). Improving quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: The guidelines in practice (GAP) initiative. Journal of the American Medical Association, 287(10), 1269-1276. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.10.1269.
Wills, C. E. & Franklin, M. (2007). The Manchester Self Harm Rule had good sensitivity but poor specificity for predicting repeat self harm or suicide. Evidence-Based Nursing, 10(2), 61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.2.61
Draus, C., Franklin, M. M., Johnson, P., & Riba, A. (2002). Adherence to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) guideline recommended therapies postdischarge [6th Annual NACNS Conference: Conference Abstracts]. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 16(3), 125-138.
Draus, C., Franklin, M. M., Westphal, C., & Keyes, L. (2002). Research utilization for nursing-RUN [6th Annual NACNS Conference: Conference Abstracts]. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 16(3), 125-138.
Franklin, M. M., Draus, C., & Riba, A. (2002). Optimizing care for the acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patient: The incremental value of an advanced intervention team [6th Annual NACNS Conference: Conference Abstracts]. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 16(3), 125-138.
