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Degrees: PhD, RN

Office Address:
417A West Fee Hall

Office Phone: 517/353-8681

Research Address:
417A W. Fee
E. Lansing MI 48824

E-mail Address: esther.bay@hc.msu.edu

Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor

Education: PhD in Neuroscience Nursing, University of Michigan
MSN in Adult Medical Surgical Nursing, Wayne State University
BSN, University of Michigan

Honors and Achievements: Certified by AACN in critical care nursing (CCRN) and by ANCC as an adult CNS.
2008 recipient of the MCDevitt Excellence in Research Award by BCBS of MI

Course Offerings: on-line courses: 801, 803
pre-nursing: Pathophysiology
nursing: Med-Surg, Critical Care, Fundamentals, Pscyh-Mental Health

Memberships: Americn Association of Critical Care Nurses
Midwest Nursing Research Society
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society Lambda
American Association of Neuroscience Nursing
Society for Neuroscience and Brain Injury Association of MI

Research Interests:

Trauma and Allostatic Load
Biopsychosocial stress responses
Cognitive Burden using Impact Battery
Physical and psychological symptoms
Traumatic brain injury

Research Projects: The phenomenon of fatigue after traumatic brain injury: A phenomenonological study with College of Osteopathic Medicine.
ED Nurses assessment & discharge teaching practices following MTBI

Clinical Practice: Critical Care

Selected Publications: Bay, E., Sikorskii, A., & Saint-Arnault, D. in press. Sex differences in depressive symptoms and their correlates after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing.

Bay, E. & Donders, J. (2008). Risk factors for depressive symptoms after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury Brain Injury 22:3,233-241

Bay, E. & McLean, S. (2007). Mild traumatic brain injury: An update for advanced practice nurses. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 39 (1), 53-61.

Bay, Sikorskii, A. & Gao, F. (2009) Functional status, chronic stress and cortisol response after mild-to-moderate TBI. Biological Research for Nursing, 10 (3), 213-225.

Bay, E.& Liberzon, I. (2009) Early stress response: A vulnerability framework for functional impairment following mild traumatic brain injury.Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 23 (1), 42-61.

Bay, E. & Bergman, K. (2006). The symptom experience and emotional distress after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Care Management 7 (1), 3-9.

Bay, E., Kreulen, G.J., Agee-Shavers, C., Courier, C. (2006). A new perspective: A vulnerable population framework to guide research and practice for persons with traumatic brain injury. Research in Nursing Theory & Practice: An International Journal 20(2), 141-157.

Bay, E., Williams, R., Hagerty, B., Kirsch, N.(2005). Chronic stress, salivary cortisol patterns, interpersonal relatedness and depression among community-dwelling TBI survivors, Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, February 37, 17-25.

Bay, E. & Xie, Y. (2009) Psychological and biological correlates of fatigue after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury in press Western Journal of Nursing Research

Bay, E., Kirsch, N., Gillespie, B. (2004). Chronic stress conditions do explain post-traumatic brain injury depression. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 18(2/3) 213-227.

View a full list of publications.

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