Linda Shell, DNP, RN, DNS-CT

Job Titles

  • 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 - Masters in Nursing, 2008
  • University of Minnesota - Doctorate in Nursing Practice, 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