Ann Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities
Office: McLeod 5007
Phone: (434) 924-0112
Email: abh4f@Virginia.EDU
Fax: (434) 982-1809
Ann Baile Hamric joined the UVA faculty in the fall of 1999. She teaches advanced practice nursing role development and nursing ethics in the School of Nursing, as well as participates in selected ethics classes around grounds. She is the senior editor of the most widely used graduate text on the subject of advanced nursing roles, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach; the 4th edition of this text was published in 2009. She has served on national Task Forces related to advanced practice nursing, most recently the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Task Force on the Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice, which formulated essential competencies for graduates of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees. In the area of ethics, she is a member of the UVA Health System Ethics Committee and leads the Moral Distress Consultation Service. As a Faculty Affiliate, she works with the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, and serves on the Faculty Advisory Board of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life. Dr. Hamric received her BSN from Vanderbilt University, her MS in medical-surgical nursing from the University of California at San Francisco, and her PhD in nursing with a concentration in ethics from the University of Maryland.
Research Focus
ethical issues in research; the phenomenon of moral distress; and the moral reasoning and moral behavior of health care providers.
Clinical Focus
clinical ethics and moral distress consultation; APN role enactment
Teaching Focus
advanced practice nursing; nursing ethics
Publications
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Barrell, L. M. & Hamric, A. B. (1986). Education and service: A collaborative model to improve patient care. Nursing & Health Care: Official Publication of the National League for Nursing, 7(9), 496-503.
Gordon, E. J. & Hamric, A. B. (2006). The courage to stand up: The cultural politics of nurses' access to ethics consultation. The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 17(3), 231-254.
Hamric, A. B. (2003). Resources in research ethics. Nursing Outlook, 51(5), 242-244.
Hamric, A. B. (2002). Bridging the gap between ethics and clinical practice. Nursing Outlook, 50(5), 176-178.
Hamric, A. B. (2001). Ethics development for clinical faculty. Nursing Outlook, 49(3), 115-117.
Hamric, A. B. (2001). Reflections on being in the middle. Nursing Outlook, 49(6), 254-257.
Hamric, A. B. (2000). Moral distress in everyday ethics. Nursing Outlook, 48(5), 199-201.
Hamric, A. B. (2000). What is happening to advocacy?. Nursing Outlook, 48(3), 103-104.
Hamric, A. B. (1998). Using research to influence the regulatory process. Advanced Practice Nursing Quarterly, 4(3), 44-50.
Hamric, A. B. (1995). Creating our future: Challenges and opportunities for the clinical nurse specialist. Oncology Nursing Forum, 22(3), 547-553.
Hamric, A. B. (1992). Creating our future: Challenges and opportunities for the clinical nurse specialist. Oncology Nursing Forum, 19(1 Suppl), 11-15.
Hamric, A. B. (1985). Clinical nurse specialist role evaluation. Oncology Nursing Forum, 12(2), 62-66.
Hamric, A. B. & Hanson, C. M. (2003). Educating advanced practice nurses for practice reality. Journal of Professional Nursing, 19(5), 262-268.
Hamric, A. B., Worley, D., Lindebak, S., & Jaubert, S. (1998). Outcomes associated with advanced nursing practice prescriptive authority. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 10(3), 113-118.
Hamric, A. B., Davis,W., & Childress, M. D. (2006). Moral distress in health-care providers: What is it and what can we do about it. Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc, 69, 16-23.
Hanson, C. M. & Hamric, A. B. (2003). Reflections on the continuing evolution of advanced practice nursing. Nursing Outlook, 51(5), 203-211.
Levenson, J. L. & Hamric, A. B. (1989). Ethical dilemmas in the treatment of patients following traumatic brain injury. Psychiatric Medicine, 7(1), 59-71.
Pentz, R. D., Cohen, C. B., Wicclair, M., DeVita, M. A., Flamm, A. L., Youngner, S. J., Hamric, A. B., McCabe, M. S., Glover, J. J., & Kittiko, W. J. (2005). Ethics guidelines for research with the recently dead. Nature Medicine, 11(11), 1145-1149.
Thurman, A., McCruden, P., Hamric, A. B., & Goodman, K. W. (2000). The illegal alien who needs surgery. Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics: CQ: The International Journal of Healthcare Ethics Committees, 9(1), 128-135.
Book Sections
Spross, J. & Hamric, A. B. (1983). The Clinical Nurse Specialist in theory and practice. In A. B. Hamric & J. A. Spross (Eds.) A model for future Clinical Specialist practice, New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc.
Books Edited
Hamric, A. B. & Spross, J. A. (Eds.). (1989). The Clinical Nurse Specialist in theory and practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.
Hamric, A. B., Spross, J. A., & Hanson, C. M. (Eds.). (2009). Advanced practice nursing: An integrative approach (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Awards & Honors
- “100 Leaders: 100 Years” Recipient, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, TN. (2008)
- Substantive Contributions to Nursing Ethics, Affinity Group for Nursing, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. (2008)
- Faculty Leadership Award, UVA School of Nursing Alumni Association (2007)
- Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach 3rd Edition awarded 2004 AJN Book of the Year Award in Advanced Practice Nursing category. , American Journal of Nursing (2004)
- All-University Teaching Award for teaching excellence , University of Virginia (2004)
- Named to AcademicKeys “Who’s Who in Health Sciences Education” for both advanced practice nursing and clinical ethics. , (2003)
- Distinguished Professor Award , UVA School of Nursing Alumni Association (2002)
- Fellow , American Academy of Nursing (1998)
- Special Recognition Award , Louisiana State Nurses Association (1997)
- Twelfth Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Alumni Award for Excellence in Nursing. , Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Alumni (1991)