Brandi Pruitt, MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Assistant Professor
About Brandi Pruitt
Brandi Pruitt began her nursing career in 2015 after she earned her BSN from the University of Memphis. As a registered nurse, she began to work for West Tennessee Healthcare at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, where she still currently practices part-time. She holds a specialty certification as an adult critical care registered nurse. She also earned her MSN with a concentration in nursing education from the University of Memphis in 2020.
Pruitt joined the University of Memphis Lambuth Campus in 2019 as adjunct clinical faculty for the Complex Adult Health Alterations course. She now teaches full-time in the BSN program at the Lambuth Campus with a primary focus in the Foundations of Patient-Centered Care and Foundational Nursing Skills courses for first semester nursing students.
She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society, Tennessee Nursing Association, American Nurses Association, and American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
- Master of Science in Nursing-Education, University of Memphis, May 2020
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Memphis, May 2015
- Acute Care
- Adulth Health
- Cardiology
- Nursing Education
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
- National League of Nurses (NLN)
- Sigma Theta Tau—Honor Society of Nursing
- Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA)
- The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses Faculty Award, May 2022
- Tennessee Action Coalition 2022 Tennessee Rising Star Nurse Leader Award, April 2022
- Honors Recipient of the Dean’s Award, Loewenberg College of Nursing, Graduate School, May 2020