Elizabeth Nelson, PhD, RN

Professor Nelson served YSN through 2005. This page remains for archival purposes.

Assistant Professor, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

About

In fall of 2002, Betty Nelson, PhD, RN, joined Yale School of Nursing as the inaugural Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs. Prior to coming to Yale, Dr. Nelson was the founding director of the Research Center of the American College of Physicians where she was responsible for a broad scope of primary, secondary and policy research, as well as the conducting of an annual assessment of the health care environment. Her career has spanned clinical practice (pediatrics), education, administration, policy and research. She has held a number of leadership positions including Director, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Director, Medical Nursing, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee; Secretary, Tennessee State Nurses Association; and Coordinator (founding), In-Patient Pediatric Nursing Services, Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Forks, North Dakota. She was elected into membership of Sigma Theta Tau International in 1978 and Phi Kappa Phi in 1983. She is a 2002 graduate of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce's Business-on-Board program, which trains community business leaders to serve on non-profit boards, and is currently serving on two non-profit boards in Philadelphia. She is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow (2001-2004).

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