Rate My Professor Lanell Bellury

Dr. Lanell M. Bellury, PhD, RN, AOCNS, OCN, served as Professor, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, and PhD Program Director at Mercer University's Georgia Baptist College of Nursing, joining the faculty in 2011 and retiring in 2026. She earned her PhD in Nursing from the University of Utah in 2011, Master of Nursing from Emory University, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Before entering academia, Dr. Bellury worked as a Nurse Researcher at Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta and practiced as an oncology nurse for fourteen years. Her career milestones include receiving tenure in 2017, selection as one of twelve national scholars for the 2016-2017 Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy, promotion to Professor Emerita of Nursing for the 2026-2027 academic year, and recognition at Mercer's 2026 retirement ceremony. She contributed to graduate council meetings and served as a counselor for the Pi Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

Dr. Bellury's research focused on cancer survivorship in elderly patients, nursing workforce retention and diversity, teamwork in acute care environments, communication in pediatric critical care, and support for hospice family caregivers. Her publications have garnered significant scholarly attention, with key works including "Predicting student attrition using social determinants: Implications for a diverse nursing workforce" (Barbé, Kimble, Bellury, Rubenstein; Journal of Professional Nursing, 2018), "Elderly cancer survivorship: an integrative review and conceptual framework" (Bellury et al.; European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2011), "The effect of aging and cancer on the symptom experience and physical function of elderly breast cancer survivors" (Bellury et al.; Cancer, 2012), "Teamwork in acute care: Perceptions of essential but unheard assistive personnel and the counterpoint of perceptions of registered nurses" (Bellury et al.; Research in Nursing & Health, 2016), "Communication in pediatric critical care units: a review of the literature" (Hallman, Bellury; Critical Care Nurse, 2020), "Do health promotion behaviors affect levels of job satisfaction and job stress for nurses in an acute care hospital?" (Williams et al.; JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2018), and "Supporting home hospice family caregivers: Insights from different perspectives" (Ellington et al.; Palliative & Supportive Care, 2018). She presented at multiple Oncology Nursing Society annual congresses on cancer survivorship and patient-centered care and co-led Georgia's Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute-funded Cancer Survivorship Care project.