Salisbury

Nursing Department Faculty

   

Laurie A. Rockelli, Ph.D., APRN, BC 

Assistant Professor                                            

Office: Devilbiss Hall – Office 212                           
Telephone: 410-543-6405                                                                                   
Fax: 410-548-3313
Email: larockelli@salisbury.edu                                                                          

Clinical and classroom nursing instructor for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Clinical instructor for Internship and Community Health.

Positions Held

  • Salisbury University Department of Nursing: Instructor - 2003 - Present

  • Pine Bluff Counseling, LLC, Salisbury, MD: Private Practice – 2005 - Present

  • Lower Shore Clinic, Salisbury, MD: Psychotherapist – 2001 – 2006

  • Maple Shade Mental Health Clinic, Mardela Springs, MD: Psychotherapist – 1999 – 2001

  • Shore Health System, Dorchester General Hospital, Cambridge, MD: Staff Nurse – 1997 – 1999

  • Home Health Corporation of America, Salisbury, MD: Pediatric Nurse - 1995 - 1998

  • Eastern Shore Hospital Center, Cambridge, MD:  Staff Nurse - 1986 – 1995

Honors, Memberships

  • ANCC Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult and Child/Adolescent Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
  • State of Maryland Board Certified Psychotherapist
  • American Nurses Association
  • Maryland Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society, Lambda Eta and Pi Chapters

Institutions Attended

  • 2008 – University of Maryland, Baltimore - Doctor of Philosophy - Nursing
  • 1996 – Salisbury University  - Master of Science - Nursing
  • 1986 - Salisbury University - Bachelor of Science - Nursing
  • 1982 - Salisbury University - Bachelor of Arts - Communication Arts

Dissertation: Coping in Post-MI Patients and Spouses/Companions at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death

Thesis:  Roles of Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialists on the Rural Delmarva Peninsula

Areas of Interest

  •  Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
  •  Adolescent Health
  •  Family Support and Coping
  •  Community Health