Edna Aurelus
Associate Professor, Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing
Former Port Richmond Partnership Health & Wellness Faculty Fellow 2017-2018
edna.aurelus@wagner.edu Campus Hall 317 Spring 2024/ Virtual and Face to FaceMonday 1130-1330
Tuesday 1200-1400
Thursday 1130-1330 DNP Arizona State University, Doctor of Nursing Practice
Post-Doc Arizona State University, Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
M.S. Wagner College, Family Nurse Practitioner
B.S. New York Institute of Technology, Registered Nurse
Dr. Aurelus is an alumna of Wagner College. As a Registered Nurse, she worked in multiple settings, both inpatient and outpatient. She holds a current certificate in Medical Surgical Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). While at Wagner College, she earned her MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She received her DNP in Advanced Nursing Practice from Arizona State University. She went on to receive her Post-Doctorate in Psychiatric Mental Health from Arizona State University. Dr. Aurelus is dually board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Aurelus has extensive experience both in primary care and psychiatric mental health. She has worked at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital and with the Department of Corrections, Perryville Prison, which is the only female prison in Arizona. Her doctoral research focused on weight gain prevention induced by antipsychotic medications. Dr. Aurelus is the author of multiple peer-reviewed researched articles. Among them, "A Decade of Cirrhosis", the study for which she was the recipient of the competitive Maureen Robinson Faculty Fellowship 2019-2020 and Anonymous grant 2022-2023. She presented this study in Athens, Greece for a week-long conference, where she also chaired a session. She is extremely passionate about community and global health in addition to her primary and psychiatric health passion. Dr. Aurelus is licensed to practice primary and psychiatric care in Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. She is the proud owner of EVS Health Services LLC, where she provides primary and psychiatric care to patients.
Specialties: Medical Surgical Nursing, Family Health Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Community Health, Global Health.
Organizations: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing(ACEN), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Mu Chapter, The Nurse Practitioner Association of New York.