Mary Frances Tracy, PhD, RN, Faan

Mary Frances Tracy, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, is a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Tracy has been the PI or co-PI on eight major funded research projects, some of which focus on nurse use of alternative therapy interventions in critical care to reduce reliance on traditional medicine...See more

Mary Frances Tracy, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, is a Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Tracy has been the PI or co-PI on eight major funded research projects, some of which focus on nurse use of alternative therapy interventions in critical care to reduce reliance on traditional medicine and methods. One of these projects, on reducing sedative-exposure on ventilated patients, has been on-going since 2006 and is funded by NINR (>$1.3M). Dr. Tracy has published 21 papers and 19 book chapters and is the Editor for AACN Advanced Critical Care Journal. See less