Maria Theresa Palleschi DNP, APRN-BC, RN, CCRN
Director of Patient Care Services, Detroit Medical Center
Dr. Maria Theresa Palleschi is a nurse practitioner and director of patient care services at Harper / Hutzel Hospital and Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit Medical Center in Michigan. Dr. Palleschi has 43 years of experience in critical care nursing, with 22 of those years as an advanced practice nurse. She has facilitated the development and implementation of many programs and protocols at Detroit Medical Center, including sepsis care, CRRT program, the epidural pain service, early mobility, palliative care, prevention of hospital acquired infections, ICU pain, analgesia, and delirium protocol, as well as pressure injury prevention and management strategies. She has presented her work at many conferences. She is a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau, and Society of Critical Care Medicine.