Stony Brook University Southampton, Graduate Program in Health Administration, is pleased to announce that Terri Ann Parnell, DNP, MA, RN, FAAN, has joined their program.
Dr. Parnell is a nurse, a recognized health literacy expert, and an award-winning author. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at Stony Brook University in the Graduate Program in Health Administration. In addition, Dr. Parnell is Principal and Founder of Health Literacy Partners LLC, a corporation that specializes in providing a tapestry of solutions to promote health equity by enhancing person-centered care, effective communication, and the patient experience.
She is a graduate of St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing in New York City. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Adelphi University, a Masters Degree in health care administration from Hofstra University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Parnell is a member of the Roundtable on Health Literacy of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the New York Academy of Medicine and was selected for the 2016/17 New York Academy of Medicine Fellow Ambassadors Program. In 2016, Dr. Parnell joined TVR Communications Advisory Board as their Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Her second book, Health Literacy in Nursing: Providing Person-Centered Care received an American Journal of Nursing 2015 Book of the Year Award in the category of Nursing Management and Leadership.
