ON CAMPUS RESEARCH
FROM NURSE TO
CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCHER Stacie Salsbury, M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N. sees the potential to reach many people over a long period of time through her work at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research.
CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE
THROUGH RESEARCH How Stacie Salsbury, M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N., advances chiropractic care in multidisciplinary settings through research.
STACIE SALSBURY, M.S.N., PH.D., R.N., was fascinated with Palmer College of Chiropractic as a child. Today, she’s an associate professor at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research. “My grandparents lived near downtown
Davenport, and we would always drive through campus on our way home. Each time, I stayed awake just long enough to see the Little Bit O’Heaven garden,” says Dr. Salsbury. She began her career as a nurse, eventually earning her doctor of philosophy in gerontological nursing. “As a nurse I was always drawn
to chronic-care settings. I worked in hemodialysis, long-term care and in an osteopathic hospital. I’ve seen that there are many ways to take care of people’s health.”
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“From the patients, we saw that the chiropractor offered a safe space where they could take a breath and resettle.”
—Stacie Salsbury, M.S.N., Ph.D., R.N.
It’s with that perspective that she’s conducted research at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research for the past 11 years. “There’s a lot of room on a health care team to help people live their
best lives possible. My area of focus is demonstrating how the addition of chiropractic care within a multidisciplinary environment benefits patients.” Dr. Salsbury’s favorite study to date is one in which chiropractic care was integrated into the multidisciplinary team caring for patients who had suffered spinal cord injury, brain injury or stroke at Crotched Mountain Specialty Hospital over the course of 15 months. In addition to the research impact of this study, it’s unique that it was funded by Palmer alumnus William Kiernan, D.C. (Main, ’72), and his wife, Mary. “When this study began, there was a multidisciplinary team in place but
no chiropractors. We really saw an evolution within the care team over time; they became more open to the idea of having a chiropractor on the team. From the patients, we saw that the chiropractor offered a safe space where they could take a breath and resettle.” The study team on this project also included three doctors of chiropractic who were M.S. students working to build experience in chiropractic research.
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