Cynthia (Cindy) Elverson, RN, NNP-BC, PhD
Assistant Professor/Assistant Department Head

South Dakota State University
College of Nursing - Accelerated Option
2300 Career Avenue, Suite 260
Sioux Falls, SD 57107

Telephone: 605-367-8408, toll free: 866-661-6230
E-Mail: Cynthia.Elverson@sdstate.edu




I obtained my education at the following institutions; BSN, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979; MS in Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of California-San Francisco, 1986; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner certificate, SDSU, 1988, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2006.

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Sioux Falls and Brookings. I also coordinate the nursing accelerated (NACC) option for students who have a bachelor’s degree in another area and want to earn a second degree in nursing.

My clinical experience has been primarily in neonatal intensive care units in Missouri, California, and South Dakota. I also have some maternity and pediatric home care experience.

My areas of expertise are quantitative research, stress, and social regulation. I am most interested in the infant population.