Edward F. Mackey PhD, MSN, RN, CRNA, FAPA

Educational Background

• Diploma in Nursing: Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing (1983)
• BSN: Eastern College (1986)
• CRNA: Lankenau Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia (1988)
• MS: St. Joseph's University - Nurse Anesthesia (1989)
• MSN: West Chester University - Community health (2005)
• PhD: Northcentral University - Psychology (2008)

Professional Interest and Research Areas

• Family and Individual Patient Health care
• Anesthesia
• Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy
• Biofeedback/Neurofeedback
• Education
• Mind/Body modalities in health care
• Simulation in Nursing

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Mackey is an Associatet professor of Nursing at West Chester University, a Fellow of the American Psychotherapy Association and maintains a private practice in biofeedback-neurofeedback-hypnosis. Dr. Mackey is the current secretary of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a Diplomate in the Amercian Board of Hypnosis in Dentistry and one of three founding members of the new American Board of Hypnosis in Nursing. He is considered one of the national experts in the use of hypnosis in clinical areas and health care.

Dr. Mackey practices anesthesia several times per month for outpatient oral surgery. He has published research in the use of hypnosis in health care and surgery, as well as papers on the use of high fidelity simulation in nursing education. Dr. Mackey started the Mind/Body Institute of Applied Psychophysiology in 2011 to enable students an opportunity to become involved in research activities from the ground up.

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