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