Brianna Morgan, BA, BSN, MSN
Bio
Brianna is a predoctoral student at Penn Nursing in the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health. She has a BA in Biological Basis of Behavior, BSN, and MSN in Adult and Gerontological Primary Care with a minor in palliative care all from Penn. Brianna is a Gerontologic and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner with nursing experience in critical care and neurology. Brianna’s doctoral work will improve strengths-based palliative care for people living with mild cognitive impairment by describing inner strength. She is supported by NINR Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Award (F31NR020140-01) and a P.E.O. International Scholars Award.
Research Experience
- Methodological Interests
- Thematic analysis
- Listening Guide Method
- Research Experiences
- Research Fellow - Revisiting the Teaching Nursing Home, John A. Hartford Foundation and Jewish Healthcare Foundation, 2022
- Clark Scholar - Penn Memory Center, 2021
- Research Fellow - NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, 2020
Highlights
- ESPO Vice-Chair Elect, Gerontological Society of American Emerging Scholars and Professionals Health Sciences
- Member, Hospice and Palliative Nurse Association
- Course Director Health Care in an Aging Society, 2016-2019
- Nurse Practitioner & Program Coordinator - Supportive and Palliative Care Program at Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, 2015-2020
Related News
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Penn Nursing Podcast Special Edition: Advanced Care Planning in the Era of COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to grow. This week’s edition of Amplify Nursing features Elise Tarbi and Brianna Morgan, who are both board-certified Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners with advanced certifications in Hospice and Palliative care, as well as doctoral students at Penn Nursing. With demands on both hospitals and providers expanding, and resources predicted to become scarce, there has been heightened public discourse about rationing. Both will discuss how advance care planning has increased in importance in this landscape in order to support people with an increased risk of dying, as well as the healthcare providers and family members who may be facing these difficult decisions. Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Palliative Cake
A doctoral student in the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Brianna Morgan uses art to honor the field of palliative care and as a coping mechanism for life’s many stressors. She is a Gerontologic and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner with nursing experience in critical care and neurology, and her doctoral work seeks to improve strengths-based palliative care for people living with mild cognitive impairment by describing inner strength
By Brianna Elizabeth Morgan BA MSN C’08 Nu’12 GNu’15 -
Humans of Penn Nursing: Anessa Foxwell, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN, GNu’12
“On December 28th, , I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and it was…anticlimactic. There were no fireworks. No tears of joy. The biggest thrill was seeing a few co-workers that I had not seen in a while.