Erin Alexander, EMSN, MSN-Ed, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor
About Erin Alexander
Erin Alexander has been a practicing nurse for 20 years, with 16 years at the bedside primarily working in adult cardiovascular. For nearly four years, she worked in clinical education/staff development in a large healthcare organization. Erin is a graduate of University of Memphis’ Executive Nursing Leadership MSN program. She also earned her MSN in nursing education from Western Governors University. She serves as full time faculty in the undergraduate BSN program at LCON, Memphis Campus. Her primary instructional areas are Adult Health I & II and Introduction to Professional Nursing.
Erin is a member of the National League of Nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society, and the Tennessee Nurses Association.
Erin is committed to protecting and preserving the nursing profession through understanding the impact of moral injury and burnout within frontline nurses. Her work includes an emphasis on psychological safety in the healthcare workplace and ensuring that students are learning in a challenging, yet safe environment. Erin's research that began during the EMSN program continues throughout her work in the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing DNP program.
- PhD - Vanderbilt University (2024)
- MSN Executive Leadership- University of Memphis (2021)
- BSN/MSN Nursing Education - Western Governors University (2018)
- Diploma - St. Elizabeth School of Nursing (2002)
- Acute Care
- Adult Health
- Cardiology
- Interprofessionalism
- Nursing Administration
- Nursing Education
- Nursing Workforce
- National League of Nurses
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Theta Tau
- Tennessee Nurses Association
- Daisy Award Nominee- 2022
- Diversity Award Recipient- 2021
Mitigating Nursing Turnover Through Understanding Moral Injury & Mental Health in
Nurses