Breanne Levarity

Biography

Dr. Breanne Levarity is a faculty member in the undergraduate nursing program at the College of Nursing. She earned her Ph.D. in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University in 2014. Before entering nursing, she worked as a chemist in a research and development lab in Miami, Florida, and later completed her BSN through the University of Miami’s Accelerated Program.

Her clinical background includes cardiac interventional care, diagnostic procedures, and case management. She also served as a preceptor for novice nurses. This experience, combined with her background in research, sparked her passion for nursing education and academic scholarship.

During her doctoral studies, Dr. Levarity served as both a Graduate Teaching Assistant and a Graduate Research Assistant. She was also selected for the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship in Data Science Technologies and Applications, where she received advanced training in data analysis, machine learning, and statistical methods at FAU’s College of Computer Science and Engineering. Her research focuses on trauma clusters, a term she established to describe the occurrence of multiple natural disasters in close succession, and their effects on population health and healthcare delivery.

Education

• PhD, Florida Atlantic University (2024) Boca Raton, FL
• BSN, University of Miami (2013) Miami, FL

Teaching

• NUR 3029C: Foundations of Nursing Practice II
• NGR 3065L: Health Assessment in Nursing Situations Lab
• NUR 3262L: Chronic Care Nursing Situations Ads/Ag Practice
• NUR 4716L: Acute Health Nursing Situations for Ads/Ag Populations in Practice

Recent Publications

• Levarity, B. R. (2021). Health disparity, natural disaster and COVID-19: Perspectives from a Bahamian American nurse. Holistic Nursing Practice, 35(6), 321–325. https://doi.org/10.1097/HNP.0000000000000478
• Levarity, B., Longo, J., & Liehr, P. (in press). Posttraumatic Growth and Ease Following a Trauma Cluster of Hurricane Dorian and the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic in The Bahamas. Journal of Holistic Nursing

Presentations

• Levarity, B. R. (2024). Examining post-traumatic growth and ease among adults who have experienced the trauma cluster of Hurricane Dorian and the coronavirus disease pandemic". Sigma Iota Xi Chapter at-Large Research Night, 2024 (best poster award winner in D.N.P./Ph.D. category).
• Sullivan, G., Linette, D., Levarity, B., Bradley, K., & Newman, D. (2020). Story-sharing intervention on depression and well-being of adults transitioning to long-term care. Sigma Iota Xi Chapter at-Large Research Night, 2020 (accepted for poster presentation).

Honors/Awards

• Spring 2024 Best Research Poster at Sigma Theta Tau Research Night
• 2023-2024 Patricia Liehr Doctoral Research Scholarship
• 2023-2024 Megan C. Simpson Scholarship
• 2022-2023 Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Graduate Stipend Recipient
• 2022-2023 Helen Shoaf Memorial Nursing Scholarship
• 2021-2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship – Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) Graduate Traineeship in Data Science Technologies and Applications
• 2018-2019 Provost Fellowship
• 2018-2019 The Gertrude Skelly Scholar Award