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Jill Mary Brennan-Cook

Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing
School of Nursing
Office hours Office hours by appointment in Pearson 3114  

Overview


Jill Brennan-Cook is an Associate Professor in the Pre-Licensure MN and DNP program at Duke University School of Nursing. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience including acute, critical care, and emergency department experience. Before working at DUSON, Dr. Brennan-Cook served for 15 years as nursing faculty at Mount Saint Mary College, where she taught in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. She has expertise in nursing education and gerontology. Current clinical and scholarly interests include improving care for vulnerable populations such as frail older adults and patients with sickle cell disease. Her teaching interests are related to mentoring students and cultivating equity in the classroom and clinical setting.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Nursing · 2025 - Present School of Nursing

Recent Publications


Addressing hospital malnutrition in people living with dementia: An innovative interprofessional curriculum

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · March 1, 2026 A course was developed for interprofessional health professions learners (including pre-licensure students from the medical, physician assistant, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology programs, and geriatric medicin ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of Multidimensional Pain Measures for Older Adults: A Scoping Review.

Journal Article Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · August 2025 ObjectivesThe purpose of this study is to review multidimensional pain assessment measures in older adults.DesignThis study is a scoping review.Data sourcesArticles in peer-reviewed journals describing development or psychometric ... Full text Cite

LGBTQ+ disclosure: challenges and possibilities.

Journal Article Culture, health & sexuality · February 2025 This paper uses Ambiguous Loss Theory to explore the anticipatory and ambiguous losses and stressors surrounding the decision to come out as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer. Purposive sampling was used to administer a survey to 429 individuals ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Case Western Reserve University · 2008 D.N.P.