Elizabeth A. Fitzgerald, EdD, PMHCNS-Retired

Expertise Areas:

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Immigration

Languages spoken, read/write*

English and Spanish

Select Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Bose, J., Zeno, R., Warren, B., Sinnot, L., & Fitzgerald, E. (2020). Implementation of universal adolescent depression screening:  Quality improvement outcomes.  J Pediatr Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j-pedhc.2020.09.004

Available online 11 February 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891524520302261?dgcid=author

Strait, L., Fitzgerald, L., Zurmehly, J., & Overcash, J. (July-September 2019).  Transition of care from hospital to home: Faith community nurses fill the gap: A program evaluation.  Journal of Christian Nursing, 36(3):  159-165. Doi: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000000625

Fitzgerald, E.M., & Campinha-Bacote, J. (2019).  “An intersectionality approach to the process of cultural competemility-Part II” OJIN:  The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, Vol. 24, No. 2. DOI:  10.3912/OJIN.Vol24No02PPT20

Fitzgerald, E.A., Marzalik, P., & Kue, J.  (2018 Dec 1). Assessing intercultural development pre and post education abroad. Journal of Nursing Education, 57(12):  747-750.  doi: 10.3928/01484834-20181119-08. PMID:  30512112

Fitzgerald, E.M., Myers, J. G, & Clark, P.  (December 1, 2016). Nurses Need Not Be Guilty Bystanders: Caring for Vulnerable Immigrant Populations.  The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 22(1).  DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol22No01PPT43

Present/Future Directions 

Retired in 2021 as an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing from The Ohio State University, Dr. Fitzgerald currently resides in Saint Petersburg, FL.

She is a Fellow in the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

She serves on the College of Nursing Advisory Board to the Dean at the University of South Florida and is also serves as a member of the Executive Board of Town and Gown at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus.

In retirement, she volunteers for Sol Relief, a non-profit aviation disaster relief agency and the St. Petersburg Free Clinic Food Pantry.

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Updated 10/2025