Dr. Chloé Littzen-Brown, PhD, RN

Executive Member 2021 – 2027

Secretary 2025-2027

Dr. Chloé Littzen-Brown (she/her) received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona College of Nursing where her dissertation work focused on the work-related well-being of young adult nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the importance of their worldviews. Her current research projects include a) analyzing the relationship between nurse well-being and patient falls, b) describing the impacts of mobility teams on patient and organizational outcomes, and c) the conceptual role of nurses moral injustice. Current research interests include nurse well-being, nursing philosophy (including morality and ethics), nursing theory, as well as mixed methods research. Chloe identifies as an intermodernist as originally proposed by Dr. Pamela Reed.

I joined IPONS as a full member in 2021.

Selected Publications

  • Pressman, C., Kiminski, B., & Littzen-Brown, C. (2023). The double-edged sword: An evidence-informed workbook for the well-being of nurses and he places they work. American Nurses Association. 
  • Littzen-Brown, C. Dillard-Wright, J., Gazaway, S., & McMurray, P. (2023). Authentically restructuring the workplace to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion: Building capacity for a more just healthcare future. In J. Davidson, Workplace wellness: A primer for leaders in healthcare, supporting clinicians from resilience to suicide prevention. Springer. 
  • Littzen-Brown, C. (2023). The development of the nursing practice worldviews scale. Nursing Philosophy, e12454. https://doi.org/10.1111/nup.12454
  • Brown, B. B., Dillard-Wright, J., Hopkins-Walsh, J., Littzen, C. O. R., & Vo, T. (2021). Patterns of knowing and being in the COVIDIcene: An epistemological and ontological reckoning for posthumans. Advances in Nursing Science. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000387
  • Littzen-Brown, C. (2021). Theory-guided research: What, why, and how? [Blog post].
  • Littzen, C. (2020). How the nursing philosophy of intermodernism changed the way I see the world as a novice nurse scientist. [Blog post].
  • Littzen, C., Langley, C., & Grant, C. (2020). The prismatic mid-paradigm of nursing. Nursing Science Quarterly, 33(1), 41-45. doi: 10.1177/0894318419881806

Education

  • PhD, 2021, Nursing, Systems and Integrative Health, The University of Arizona
  • MSN, 2017, Nursing, Public Health Emphasis, Grand Canyon University
  • BSN, 2014, Grand Canyon University
  • AAS, 2012, Nursing, Yavapai College