Scott Rhoades, DNP, MS, RN; PHRN

Biography

Dr. Scott Rhoades is an award-winning registered nurse with more than 40 years of clinical and academic experience across prehospital, wilderness, emergency, trauma, flight, occupational, travel, hyperbaric, aerospace, and special operational medicine and health systems at practice, administrative, research, and educational levels. His primary focus is on health and human performance and clinical care in rural, remote, and extreme environments with special attention to the environments associated with wilderness, deep sea, air, and space exploration.

Education

• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Indiana Wesleyan University
• Master of Science (MS — concentration in nursing education), Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), University of Pittsburgh
• Diploma of Nursing (Diploma), Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center School of Nursing

Scholarly Works

• The Rhoades Model of Aerospace Nursing Practice: A Framework to Define the Specialty and Promote Self-Regulation, Credentialing, and Collaboration. (2020).
• Implementation of a Regional, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Approved Aviation Medicine Program in Rural Pennsylvania, The Patricia Hilliard Robertson Center for Aviation Medicine at Indiana Regional Medical Center. (2006).

Interests

• Writing
• Flying
• Backpacking
• Old television shows
• Good bed and breakfasts

Expert Topics

• Systems Leadership
• Translational and Qualitative Historical Research
• Professionalism/Professional Growth and Development
• Aerospace Nursing
• Extreme Environmental Healthcare

Why Cedarville?

I chose the opportunity to serve and prepare students for not just a successful professional career and adventure but a lifetime of service to others in which they grow bolder, wiser, and closer to Christ, equipped for every good work.