Marian Farrell
PhD, PMH-NP, BC, PMH-CNS, BC, CRNP
Teaching Professor
University Park
Phone: 814-863-1758
Email: mlf5601@psu.edu
Farrell’s professional work centers around nursing education. During the past 40+ years, she has taught nursing in practical nursing schools, diploma schools, associate degree, baccalaureate degree and graduate education programs. She is passionate about psychiatric mental health care and encourage nurses to consider this area of practice. Every nurse can make a difference in the lives of others. She experiences this on a weekly basis in clinical practice. The clients she works with are diverse in terms of all of the social indicators of health, but each person is unique. She enjoys the challenge of helping clients find resources to improve the quality of their lives. Her areas of research include transition of care of adolescents into adult mental health care services, mental health services in rural areas, and intimate partner violence.
Education
- PhD, Adelphi University
- MSN, Syracuse University
- MSN, Misericordia University
- BSN, Misericordia University
- Post Master’s Certificate: Psych Mental Health Nursing, Drexel University; Women’s Health, University of Pennsylvania
Awards and Honors
- Provost Faculty Enhancement Award: Excellence for University Service and Leadership
- The John L. Earl II Distinguished Service Award
Teaching
Courses Taught
- NURS808: Population Health Perspectives
- NURS836: Healthcare Informatics
Courses Developed
- NUR802m: Integrative Biopsychosocial Assessment and Differential Diagnosis Across the Lifespan
- NUR872m: Psychiatric Mental Health Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner Doctoral Practicum I
- NUR873m: Psychiatric Mental Health Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner Doctoral Practicum II
- NUR874m: Psychiatric Mental Health Across the Lifespan Nurse Practitioner Doctoral Practicum III
- NUR877m: Clinical Practice Synthesis Psychiatric Mental Health Across the Lifespan Nurse
- Practitioner
Clinical Expertise and Areas of Specialization
PRIMARY AREA OF CLINICAL FOCUS:
- Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner
CERTIFICATIONS:
- Psych mental health nurse practitioner
- Psych mental health clinical nurse specialist
- Women’s health nurse practitioner
Mentorship
Mentoring over a long period of time, it is difficult to list a specific number
- Farrell has directly mentored at least 20 nursing faculty members in OB and Psych.
- Farrell was in charge of the faculty mentoring program at her previous place of employment for over 20 years, the faculty were across 3 colleges and multiple disciplines.
- At her previous place of employment, Farrell was not assigned to courses dealing with the DNP project, however, she taught 3 specific courses that encouraged students to consider areas for the DNP project
- Farrell just started working with PSU students this semester.
Research
Research Interests and Areas of Expertise
PRIMARY RESEARCH
- Transition of care for adolescents into adult mental health care services
SECONDARY RESEARCH
- Increasing mental health care services in rural areas and
- Intimate partner violence
Presentations and Conference Involvement
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
- Farrell, M. & Mathews, T. (2022). Graduate toolbox development AACN New Nursing American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2021). Vulnerability: Reducing health disparities at the individual and community American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2019). How does the brain work? Neurobiological mechanisms related to addiction. American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2018). Understanding Transitional Care. American Psychiatric Nurses Association
32nd Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio. - Farrell, M. (2018). Creating Opportunities for Transitional Learning.
American Psychiatric Nurses Association 32nd Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio. Poster presentation.
PODIUM PRESENTATIONS:
- Farrell, M. & Mathews, T. (2023). Graduate toolbox development AACN New Nursing American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2021). Transitioning mental health care for adolescents: The Steps to Care Model (STCM). American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2019). Increasing knowledge, skills, and abilities: Taxonomy of Significant Learning (Fink). American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2019). Mindful Change. Use of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Addictive Behaviors (illicit drug and alcohol). American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
- Farrell, M. (2020). Population health: Transitioning mental health services. American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference.
Publications and Scholarly Work
- Wright, P.M. & Farrell, M. (2023). Parental bereavement in older age: A qualitative descriptive Illness, Crisis Loss.https://doi.org/10.1177/10541373231158755
- Farrell, M. (2019). Substance Use Disorders: A Curriculum Response.
- Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Anticipated date of publication is fall, 2019
- Farrell, M. (2017). Perinatal anxiety disorders: Assessment and management. Women’s Healthcare: A Clinical Journal for NPs. 5(2), 19-23.
- Foote, E.F., Clarke, V., Szarek, J.L., Waters, S.K., Walline, V., Shea, D., Gross, S., Farrell, M., Easton, D., Dunleavy, E., & Arscott, K. (2015). Development and evaluation of a regional, large-scale interprofessional collaborative care summit. Journal of Allied Health, 44(2), 23-8.
Editorial and Peer Review Roles
- Journal of the American Psychiatric Nursing
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing
- Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice
Service
Community and Policy Engagement
- Community Care Behavioral Health Advisory Board (2018-present)
- Northeast Pa. Health Care Foundation Nursing Scholarship Committee (2025- )
- Patient Safety Committee Geisinger Health System-Community Medical Center,
- Scranton, Pa. (2022-present)
- Saint Gregory’s Church
- Clarks Summit, Pa.
- Pastoral Council (2018-present)
- Parish Committee Regarding Abuse (2018-present)
- Ambassador (2020-present)
Professional Organization Involvement and Fellowships
- American Nurses Association
- American Psychiatric Nurses Association
- Member of the Graduate Education Committee
- Contributed to development of the Grad Tool Box-Application of the Essentials. (2024).
- Member of the Steering Committee
- Pa Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
- PA State Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau-Iota Omega Chapter Program Development Committee
- Faculty Counselor. (2010-2024)
Policy and Advocacy Work
- Patient Safety Committee Geisinger Health System-Community Medical Center,
- Scranton, Pa. (2022-present)
- Saint Gregory’s Church
- Clarks Summit, Pa.
- Pastoral Council. (2018-present)
- Parish Committee Regarding Abuse (2018-present)
- Ambassador. (2020-present)
Clinically-oriented Conference Presentations and Clinical Publications
- Farrell, M. & Mathews, T. (2023). Graduate toolbox development AACN New Nursing American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Podium presentation
- Farrell, M. & Mathews, T. (2022). Graduate toolbox development AACN New Nursing American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Poster presentation.
- Farrell, M. (2021). Vulnerability: Reducing health disparities at the individual and community American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Poster presentation.
- Farrell, M. (2021). Transitioning mental health care for adolescents: The Steps to Care Model (STCM). American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Podium presentation.
- Farrell, M. (2020). Population health: Transitioning mental health services. American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Podium presentation.
- Farrell, M. (2019). How does the brain work? Neurobiological mechanisms related to addiction. American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Poster presentation.
- Farrell, M. (2019). Increasing knowledge, skills, and abilities: Taxonomy of Significant Learning
- (Fink). American Psychiatric Nursing Association Annual Conference. Podium presentation.
Interprofessional Collaboration, Community Engagement, and Global Health
- Community Care Behavioral Health Advisory Board. (2018-present)
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Last updated 8/16/2025
