Detrice Barry, PhD, RN (1965-2024)

In Memoriam

Detrice Barry, PhD, RN, was a tenured Associate Professor at Wright State University in Dayton Ohio, until she passed away on January 15, 2024.

Photo courtesy of Mueller Funeral Home – Mason.

Detrice earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. She also earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services and Graduate Certificate in Cultural Diversity from Capella University. While employed at Wright State University, she completed a Graduate certificate in Nursing Education and a Master of Education (Health Care Applications) from Wright State University. In addition, she was a Certified Quality Matter Reviewer.

During her tenure at Wright State University, she taught community/public health nursing, family nursing, health policy and politics and nursing research. She was actively engaged in university diversity academic and advising initiatives. She was an active member of the Southern Ohio Nurses Association where she served as the chair of the Nomination Committee. She was an appointed chair of the Racial Equity in Nursing (REIN) for Ohio Nurses Association and a devoted member of the AKA Sorority. In 2021, she was named as an inaugural Faculty Fellow for the ONEIL Center.
Detrice was committed to advance hemophilia care focusing on shared-decision making and parent and consumer education. She was part of the volunteer advisory committee who participated in providing resources for the snapshot of the community’s legacy report for the Hemophilia Federation of America and Getaway Hemophilia Association. She was recognized for her service to the Bleeding Disorders Community at the local and national levels.

Detrice was passionate about contributing knowledge to advance nursing science in the areas of hemophilia, nursing education and technology and cultural health. Her contributions include the following peer reviewed articles:

Cody B. (1996). An ethnohistory of a granny midwife. Interview by Detrice G. Barry and Joyceen S. Boyle. Journal of transcultural nursing: official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society, 8(1), 13–18.

Barry, D., & Schaefer, J. (2003). Hemophilia Forces Parents to Make a Tough Decision: A nurse’s child requires a venous access device implant. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 103(1), 64A-64C.

Anthony, J. S., & Barry, D. G. (2009). Perceptions of health status among women and men in an urban homeless population. Journal of National Black Nurses’ Association: JNBNA, 20(1), 36-41.

Anthony, J. S., Lee, R. C., Barry, D. G., & Kappesser, M. (2010). Recruiting and keeping African American women in an ethnographic study of pregnancy: the community-based partnership model. Field Methods, 22(2), 125-132.

Hern, M. J., Beery, T. A., & Barry, D. G. (2006). Experiences of college-age youths in families with a recessive genetic condition. Journal of Family Nursing, 12(2), 119-142.

Barry, D. G., & Hibner, S. (2015). Care of the chronically ill patient with a bleeding disorder. Rehabilitation nursing: the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 40(3), 197–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/rnj.129

Smith, S.J., & Barry, D.G. (2013). An innovative approach to preparing nursing students for care of the elderly in the home. Geriatric Nursing, 34(1), 30-34. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.07.001

Smith, S.J., & Barry, D.G. (2013). The use of high-fidelity simulation to teach home care nursing. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 35(3) 297-312 doi: 10.1177/01939459114117635 R

Barry, D. G., & Hibner, S. (2015). Care of the chronically ill patient with a bleeding disorder. Rehabilitation Nursing Journal, 40(3), 197-206.