Martha Whitfield teaches in the graduate nursing program and practices clinically as a family nurse practitioner at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. She was previously Director of Centralized Clinical Support for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. Her primary research focus is nurse practitioner treatment of addiction within primary care settings. Other interests include qualitative research methodologies, philosophy of nursing, nurse practitioner education, and the intersection of arts and health. Martha completed her doctoral studies in Nursing at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is a graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Publications
Whitfield, M., Mimirinis, M., Macdonald, D., Klein, T., Wilson, R. (2023). Phenomenographic approaches in research about nursing. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 10.
Whitfield, M.M., Wohlberg,J., & Costa, M. (2023). Toward COVID-19 recovery: Advanced practice nurse leadership in rural Vermont. International Nursing Review, 1–6.
Camargo-Plazas, P., Waite, J., Sparringa, M., Whitfield, M., Duhn, L. (2022). Nobody Listens, nobody wants to hear you: Access to healthcare/social services for women in Canada. New Trends in Qualitative Research. 11; e554-e554.
Whitfield, M., Concepcion Bachynski, J., Bleah, P. (2022). Community of practice as a tool for reflexivity: Creating space for novice nursing researchers to flourish. International Practice Development Journal 12(1).
Waite, J., & Whitfield, M. M. (2021). Picturing the researcher: Using photovoice to document the research assistant experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 12(3), 367-381.
Camargo-Plazas, P., Waite, J., Whitfield, M., & Duhn, L. (2021). Learning to work in collaboration with women living on a low-income in Kingston, Ontario, Canada: A participatory action research project. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 8, 547–553.
Awards and Recognition
- Three Minute Thesis Competition, Runner-Up, 2023, Queen’s University
- Mary Francis Fellowship in Nursing, and Thomas J. Zakos Graduate Award in Nursing, Queen’s University
- Vermont Organization of Nurse Leaders Award
Associations and Affiliations
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- International Philosophy of Nursing Society
- International Council of Nurses NP/APN Network
- Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association
Education
- Ph.D., Nursing, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- M.S., Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Vermont
- M.Ed., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Vermont
- B.S., Business Administration, Ramapo College of NJ.
Contact
Email:
Phone:
- (802) 656-2235
Office Location:
231G Rowell Building