Mary Paquette, PhD, APRN, BC
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Editor, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, Since 2000

Prior Editor’s Position: Book editor for Williams and Wilkins, nursing division, 3 years

Years as Editor: Since 2000

Years in INANE: Since 2000

Other Position: Educational consultant for Los Angeles Health Care Work Force Development Program

Accomplishment: PPC published an article, "Lived Experience of Long Term Hospitalization of Four Women In Brazil". The manuscript was written by a nurse in Spanish, based on her dissertation; she neither spoke nor wrote English. To get it into a form which was publishable took the efforts of a translator and several editors. The article appeared in 41:2 2005 issue of PPC.

Best: I enjoy the interaction with intelligent, informed nurses worldwide, making it possible to get their research and ideas in print for the benefit and development of the profession of psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Worst: Informing authors that PPC will not publish their paper.

3 words: Intelligent, insightful, creative

Strangest request: An author sent me a research manuscript on the sexual habits of adults in Poland that read like a poll for a pornographic magazine. I wasn’t sure if it was a joke or real research. They were psychologists, not nurses.

If not editor?: I am an artist and would spend more time developing my art.

Relax?: Anything with the arts: art classes, reading art books, attending art galleries and museums, movies, concerts, theater.