90 Outstanding Yale Nurses Recipient
Class of 1989
A member of the YSN community for 25 years, Linda Pellico, PhD, MSN, CNS-BC, RN, is associate professor and former director of the Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing program (GEPN). In her teaching, Dr. Pellico has used music and art to improve observational skills and to interpret body sounds. She developed a statewide public education program, Have Bones, Will Travel, which introduces elementary school children to human anatomy with an emphasis on health and safety.
In addition, Linda spearheaded the development of the Creative Writing Awards, which encourage YSN students to express their work as a nurse, giving those outside the nursing profession an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the field.
She received the Annie W. Goodrich Award for Excellence in Teaching in both 1996 and 2005, the Seton Ivy Award from Yale University in 2001, and the Connecticut Nurses Association Josephine A. Dolan Award for Outstanding Contribution in Nursing Education in 2011. In 2013, the National League for Nursing named Linda a fellow in its Academy of Nursing Education.