Gerri-Lyn Boyden (she/her)
Assistant Professor College of Health & Wellness Department of Nursing Providence
Biography
Gerri-Lyn Boyden, PhD, RN, PMH-BC, CNE, is a nurse educator and psychiatric-mental health nurse who is passionate about helping students develop confidence, clinical judgment, and professional identity. She has taught undergraduate and graduate nursing students across classroom, clinical, laboratory, and online settings. Dr. Boyden brings nearly three decades of nursing experience to her teaching and is committed to creating supportive learning environments that foster student growth and success. Her scholarship focuses on nursing student resilience, trauma-informed education, and well-being.
Education
PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Nursing
MSN, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Nursing and Healthcare Education
BSN, University of Rhode Island
Nursing
BA, University of Rhode Island
Psychology & Anthropology (double major)
Online Teaching Certificate
Online Learning Consortium
Board Certified Registered Nurse (RN-BC)
ANCC
Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
National League for Nursing (2025)
Registered Nurse (RN)
Massachusetts Department of Health
Registered Nurse (RN)
Rhode Island Department of Health
Top 10 Most-Cited Papers Published (2023)
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2018)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Nurses Association, National and Massachusetts Chapters
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Eastern Nursing Research Society
National League for Nursing (NLN
New England League for Nursing
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
Vieira, M. & Hunter-Revell, S. & Boyden, G. & Brisbois, M. (January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2025). Service-learning and community experiential clinical: A complementary approach. (Journal Article).
Nurse Educator, 50(3), 169 – 170.
Boyden, G. (July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2024). Understanding resilience among Generation Z baccalaureate nursing students: A hermeneutical phenomenology study. (Journal Article).
Journal of Nursing Education, 63(7), 460-469.
Boyden, G. & Brisbois, M. (April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2023). Psychological trauma among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic with strategies for healing and resilience: An integrative review. (Journal Article).
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 34(12), 5070 – 5099.
NELNE/MARILN Fall Conference and Annual Meeting, “The Intersection of Community Nursing and Service-Learning in Baccalaureate Nursing Curricula: A Mixed Methods Study,” NELNE/MARILN, Worcester, United States. (October, 2024).
Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, “Application of Self-Determination Theory to Address Stress, Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adult Nursing Students.,” ENRS, Bostone, MA, United States. (April, 2024).
Galoa 8th World Conference on Qualitative Research, “Maneuvering the Murky Water: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study of Resilience Among Generation Z Baccalaureate Nursing Students.,” World Conference on Qualitative Research. (January, 2024).