Title
Assistant Professor (Brookings)Office Building
Wagner HallOffice
317Mailing Address
Wagner Hall 317Undergrad Nursing-Box 2275
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007
Education
PhD in Nursing from South Dakota State University, 2021MSN in Nursing Education from Purdue Global University, 2016
BAN from Concordia College, 2009
Academic Interests
Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)
Simulation Instruction and Management Certificate, Robert Morris University
Nursing Education
Simulation
Academic Responsibilities
NURS 235 Clinical ApplicationNURS 322 Pharmacology
NURS 344 Patient-Centered Care Concepts III
NURS 444L Population-Centered Care Concepts
Semester 3 Co-Coordinator
Simulation across the curriculum
Committee Activities
CON Committee on Simulation & Experiential LearningCON BSN Subcommittee
Awards and Honors
Mary Anne Rizzolo Doctoral Research Award, National League for Nursing, 2021Joy of Nursing Award, South Dakota Nurses Association, 2021
Grants
Brennan, B. A. (Primary Investigator), “The Impact of Self-Efficacy Based Prebriefing on Nursing Student Clinical Competency and Self-Efficacy in Simulation,” Sponsored by National League for Nursing, (2021).Brennan, B. A. (Primary Investigator), “The Impact of Self-Efficacy Based Prebriefing on Nursing Student Clinical Competency and Self-Efficacy in Simulation, “Sponsored by Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Chapter, (2020).
Professional Memberships
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and LearningMidwest Nursing Research Society
American Nurses Association
South Dakota Nurses Association
National League for Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Leadership Succession Committee, Phi Chapter, 2020-2022
Area(s) of Research
Nursing EducationSimulation
Applications of Research
PublicationsBrennan, B. A. (2022). Psychometric evaluation of the clinical and simulation general self-efficacy scale. Nursing Education Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000979
Brennan, B. A. (2022). The impact of self-efficacy based prebriefing on nursing student clinical competency and self-efficacy in simulation. Nurse Education Today, 109 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105260
Brennan, B. A. (2021). Prebriefing in Simulation (Publication No. 5490) [Doctoral dissertation, South Dakota State University]. Open PRAIRIE.
Brennan, B. A. (2021). Prebriefing in healthcare simulation: A concept analysis. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 56 (2021), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2021.04.015
Presentations
Brennan, B. A., 33rd Annual Sigma Research Symposium, “The Impact of Self-Efficacy Based Prebriefing on Nursing Student Clinical Competency and Self-Efficacy in Simulation,” Sigma Theta Tau, Zeta Zeta Chapter, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. (April 22, 2022).
Brennan, B. A., International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare, “The Impact of Self-Efficacy Based Prebriefing on Nursing Student Clinical Competency and Self-Efficacy in Simulation,” Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA. (January 16, 2022).
Brennan, B. A., SOAR Symposium, “Prebriefing in Nursing Simulation: The Effects on Student Anxiety,” Kaplan University, Webinar, (April 2016).
Department(s)
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College of Nursing
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Department of Undergraduate Nursing
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