Brenda Elliott, Ph.D., RN, CNE, ANEF

Dr. Brenda Elliott started her nursing career in the Army Nurse Corps from 1994 – 1998. She spent the majority of her clinical practice in home care and has experience teaching in traditional BSN, RN to BSN, MSN, and BSN to DNP programs. Her doctoral dissertation was a narrative study of military nurses’ experiences post-deployment. In 2020, Dr. Elliott served as lead editor for a book titled Veteran-centered care in education and practice: An essential guide for nursing faculty. The book earned two awards in 2021, Sigma Theta Tau 2021 Capstone International Nursing Book Award and AJN Book of the Year in the category of Nursing education/Continuing education/Professional development.

Dr. Elliott is a member of the National League for Nursing (NLN), American Nurses Association, Academy of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the Army Nurse Corps Association, for which she serves as a research grant reviewer. She also serves on the editorial board for Home Healthcare Now and as a peer reviewer for five nursing journals. In 2022 Dr. Elliott was selected and completed the NLN LEAD program. She was also inducted into the NLN Academy of Nursing Education Fellows. Dr. Elliott is a certified nurse educator and coordinates the MSN, CAGS, and RN to BSN programs.

Dr. Elliott and her husband Brian (U.S. Army COL, Retired) have four children and enjoy any activities where they can be outdoors.

BSN (Lycoming College)
MSN (Bloomsburg University)
Ph.D. (Widener University)

• NURS 305 - Nursing Research I
• NURS 405 - Nursing Research II
• NURS 530 - Teaching Methods for Clinical Practice in Nursing Education
• NURS 531 - Nurse Educator: Leadership Role Development - Capstone

Military/veteran health, military/veteran students in nursing education, military nursing, qualitative research, home care.