Linda Shell, DNP, RN, DNS-CT
Email: linda-shell@bethel.edu
Job Titles
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Teaching Partner
Nursing (RN to B.S.N.) College of Adult and Professional Studies -
Adjunct Instructor of Nursing
Post-Baccalaureate Nursing (B.S), College of Adult and Professional Studies
Highlight
Linda has served over 25 years in the field of aging in a variety of roles including staff nurse, director of nursing, corporate education, leadership, clinical consultant, and quality improvement. She worked five years at HCMC in surgical trauma but left to return back to her true love of senior care. She currently travels the country speaking on the topic of leadership and facilitating leadership programs for senior care providers and non-profits. She developed her DNP project into a leadership platform known as SurTHRIVELeadership. Her leadership program can be found online and is viewed annually by thousands of learners at all levels of healthcare organizations. She completed both her BSN and Masters at Bethel and attended the U of M for DNP. She loves engaging with the students at Bethel through her teaching role.
Started at Bethel
2008
Education
- Bethel University - B.S.N., 2004
- Bethel University - M.A. in Nursing, 2008
- University of Minnesota - D.N.P., 2014
Biography
Linda M. Shell DNP, MA, BSN,RN, DNS-CT is a nurse, educator, and professional speaker whose held a variety of clinical and academic positions over her 25 year nursing career in aging services. She also worked five years at HCMC in surgical-trauma. She is Chief Learning Officer of lindashell.com and travels nationally speaking on the topic of leadership and facilitating leadership conferences and workshops for healthcare providers. She has taught at Bethel for over 10 years and is a teaching partner in the RN-BSN, post bacc and Senior Care programs.
Linda serves as the President of the American Association of Post-Acute Care Nurses Foundation Board. She is passionate about improving the lives of elders and developing leaders. In her spare time, she loves to spend time walking, dancing, gardening, decorating, researching interesting topics and playing golf with her husband and friends. She has three children and nine grandsons. Her favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.
Courses Taught
NURS 495, NURS 330, NURS 485, NURS 450, NURS 410, NURS 435, SCLA 455, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 430, NURS 482
Awards
Transformational Leadership Award - Volunteers of America, 2015
Publications
Shell, L. (2014). Preventing falls: It's easy to miss what you are not looking for. Advance for Long Term Care Management. Vol.14 Issue 2
Presentations
Back to the Future: Leadership in a Post-Covid World, June 2021
Why Employees REally Leave and What You Can Do About It, AAPACN National Conference, April 2021
Keep Calm and Carry On: Resilient Leadership October 2020
SurTHRIVELeadership Series, Virtual Event, Fall 2020
Quiet on the Hall: Let Them Sleep and Improve Their Quality of Life - Texas Health Care Association, May 2019
Certificates and Licenses
Director of Nursing Services Certified - AAPACN
Parish Nurse - Bethel University
Leadership Certificate - Notre Dame
Public Health Nursing - Bethel
Professional Organizations, Committees, and Boards
President of American Association of Post Acute Nursing Foundation Board
Past Board Member of LeadingAge Minnesota
Past Board Member Minnesota Gerontological Association
Hobbies and Interests
Walking, Zumba, Golf, Gardening, Women's Ministries, Upcycling furniture
Research interests
Aging, family care-giving, leadership, faith community nursing, anything and everything!
Teaching specialty
Leadership, evidence based practice