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Biography
Nicole Pacella has worked in various psychiatric settings over the past 12 years as a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Registered Nurse with the majority of her career in psychiatric emergency services. She has previously served as clinical adjunct faculty in the BSN program with the Duquesne School of Nursing and presently teaches in the MSN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practioner (PMHNP) track.
She continues to practice as a PMHNP in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) treating psychiatric conditions for the adult population.
Education
- DNP, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Robert Morris University, 2022
- BSN, Robert Morris University, 2017
- ASN, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, 2010
- BS, Community Health, Slippery Rock University, 2000
Research Interests
- Correctional psychiatry
- Recidivism
- Prisoner reentry
- Psychiatric emergency services
- Substance use disorders