Sarah Breier, Ph.D., RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing
Associate Director, MU Center for Health Ethics
E-mail: breiermackies@missouri.edu
Phone: 573-882-0269
Fax: 573-884-4554
S322 School of Nursing
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
CE721 - 1 Hospital Drive
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65212
Nursing specialty
Adult nursing, Clinical nutritional support, End-of-life care
Interest area(s)
Medical/legal/ethical consultation; Artificial nutritional support throughout the life-span
Education
- Bachelor of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Master of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy (Medical Ethics), University of Tasmania, Australia
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
Area of doctoral study
Ethics and clinical nutrition
Area of post-doctoral study
Clinical ethics consultation
Selected publications
Breier-Mackie, S.J. PEGs and Ethics Revisited: A Timely Reflection in the Wake of the Terri Schiavo Case, Journal of Gastroenterology Nursing, 2005; 28(4): 292-7.
Breier-Mackie, S.J. The Science and Ethics of Feeding Tubes, Missouri Medicine, 2007: 104(3): 191-5.
Breier-Mackie, S.J. What’s Your Contribution to the Clinical Ethics Process? Nursing Management, 2008; 39(2): 35-36,
Bio/professional experience
Sarah Breier PhD, RN, is an assistant professor of clinical nursing at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, and associate director of the MU Center for Health Ethics at the University of Missouri. Breier, who joined the faculty in Fall 2004, is known for work in the field of clinical ethics, end-of-life care and artificial nutritional support. She obtained her Bachelor's and Master's of Nursing from the University of Tasmania, School of Nursing, and her PhD from the University of Tasmania, School of Medicine, Australia. She has practiced in various clinical and academic settings both in the USA and Australia including critical care, oncology, and remote area indigenous community health. Publications include articles on nursing ethics, end-of-life care, artificial nutritional support, vascular access and parenteral therapies.
Teaching responsibilities
N3200 — Ethics and Law
Presentations and lectures
“Enforced Refeeding Treatment in Severe Anorexia Nervosa,” Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Annual Education Meeting, Baltimore, Md., May 2007
“Ethics at the End of Life,” Hospices of Central Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Feb, 2008.
“Ethics at the Bedside: Reality Check,” St. Luke’s Hospital Institute for Education, St. Louis, April, 2008.
Honors and awards
- Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholarship (1998)
- Tasmania Research Scholarship, University of Tasmania (1999)
Memberships
- Missouri Nurses Association (MONA)
- American Society of Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)
- Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA)