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Linda Honan Pellico is an Assistant Professor in Nursing at Yale School of Nursing. She has taught in the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing program since 1989, served as Program Director and Curriculum Coordinator, and been a consultant to graduate entry programs in other universities.
Ms. Pellico obtained her nursing diploma from the Meriden-Wallingford Hospital School of Nursing, a B.S. in nursing from Southern Connecticut State University, her M.S.N. from Yale University School of Nursing as a general surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist. She recently earned her PhD at the University of Connecticut where she studied the experiences of students enrolled in Graduate entry programs. Journals of graduate entry students during their nascent year were examined using narrative analysis and aesthetic criticism for her dissertation.
In addition to having held a number of nursing positions, Linda Honan Pellico is a teacher of all ages. She developed a state wide public education program "Have Bones, Will Travel" which introduces elementary school children to human anatomy with an emphasis on health and safety. For this she received the Connecticut Teachers Association Salutes Award and the Seton Ivy Award from Yale University. She is recipient of the Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching from the students of the Yale University School of Nursing.
Active in Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society for nurses, Ms. Pellico is currently Immediate Past-President of the Delta Mu Chapter and is recipient of both a Leadership Award and the Donna Diers Mentorship Award. She spearheaded the development of a creative writing award and created the book, "Do you see what I see?" which is a compilation of years of students journaling and historical photographs. The second Book is currently in development. Her research interests are on the education of adult learners, creative teaching strategies and narrative inquiry.
Responsible for Medical Surgical Nursing didactic (N517a) and clinical
(N516a) for the Graduate entry program and Applied Anatomy (N511a).
Creative teaching, use of journaling, humanities and nursing education, adult learning, teaching non-nurse college graduates, and medical surgical nursing
Mining for Precious Jewels, Qualitative study of teaching graduate entry students in accelerated Master's programs. University of Connecticut, 2002
Meta-synthesis of teaching and Learning. University of Connecticut, 2003
Use of the Think Aloud Interview in Questionnaire Development: 2003
Composing the road through nursing: Narrative and aesthetic analysis of non-nurse college graduates journals. University of Connecticut, 2004
Precepts students on 6-4 (Surgical trauma unit) at Yale New Haven Hospital, Fall Semester
Clinical Nurse Educator- Center for Professional Practice Excellence. Yale New Haven Hospital
Use of the Think Aloud Method with Questionnaire Development, Eastern Nursing Research Society, 15th Annual Scientific Sessions, March, 2003
Creative Writing Award for YSN students; The Narrative Matters...April, 2003
Through the Novice's eyes: How do we really measure up? Jeanne Guveyan Lecture. American Society for Pain Management Nurses. Key Note address, Myrtle beach, South Carolina. March, 2004
Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Mu Chapter, 1989 - present
Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching, presented by the students of Yale University School of Nursing Commencement, 1996
Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Mu Chapter, Leadership Award, 1999
Sigma Theta Tau Delta Mu Chapter, Donna Diers Mentorship Award, 2000
Seton Ivy Award, Yale University, 2001
"Have Bones Will Travel." State wide public education service introducing elementary school children to human anatomy with emphasis on health and safety. 1996-present
Nursing Career Center of CT (NCCC) - Speakers Bureau 2001- present
Yale New Haven Hospital, National Nurses Week Representative. Responsibility for Art contest with the primary school children in the city of New Haven.
Connecticut Teachers Association Salutes Award, 2002
"Have Bones Will Travel." State wide public education service introducing elementary school children to human anatomy with emphasis on health and safety. 1996-present
Nursing Career Center of CT (NCCC) - Speakers Bureau 2001- present
Yale New Haven Hospital, National Nurses Week Representative. Responsibility for Art contest with the primary school children in the city of New Haven.
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