Ellen L. Poole PhD, RN, CPAN, CNE

Ellen Poole has been a staff nurse, head nurse of PACU and ambulatory surgery, and clinical nurse III in PACU. She is currently a professor at Chamberlain College of Nursing teaching baccalaureate, masters and doctoral students, with a primary focus on nurse educators along with advanced research courses. Dually certified as perianesthesia nurse and a nurse educator, Dr. Poole has been actively engaged in both the Research and EBP committees of ASPAN serving as a mentor to many colleagues along the way. In addition to her published studies on family visitation in PACU and ambulatory surgery, she was the first to publish on working along in PACU.