Dr. ElLois Bailey DNP, APRN, PMHMP-BC, IFMCP

Dr. ElLois Bailey (the “s” is silent) is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) teaching in the PMHNP Specialty of the DNP Program at the University of Utah College of Nursing.  She earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and a Gerontology Interdisciplinary Certificate. She is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and sees patients in private practice.

Dr. Bailey served as the President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Utah Chapter for four years during its revitalization. She was instrumental in changing a law in 2014 that reduced barriers to practice in Utah for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners.

Prior to graduate studies where she was a Lawson Fellow, she was a Clinical Educator at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute where she created and championed the Ahead of the Curve professional development program for nurses. She is the mother of eight and grandmother of twelve, which is how she loves to spend most of her free time.

Master of Science in Nursing, Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, University of Utah. Project: Nutritional Patterns that Reduce Risk for Late-Life Depression

Doctorate in Nursing Practice, Nursing, University of Utah. Project: Advanced Clinical Nutrition Pilot Modules and Proposal for Increased Nutrition Content in Advanced Practice Nursing Education

• Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner
• Former PMHNP Specialty Director in the DNP Program
• Teaching & Mentoring PMHNP students
• Clinical practice serving people with mental health challenges
• Legislative efforts to remove barriers to practice for new PMHNP
• Clinical Educator at UNI – Ahead of the Curve professional development for nurses

• International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses. 08/2015 – present. Position: Member.
• Institute for Functional Medicine. 08/2013 – present. Position: Member.
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 05/2010 – present. Position: Member.

• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – South Jordan Health Center. 07/2015 – present.
• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – South Jordan Health Center and Redwood Health Center. 09/2012 – present.

• Utah Behavioral Health Workforce Workgroup. Role: member. Committee to recommend legislative changes affecting mental health workforce in Utah. 06/2012 – 06/2015
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association Utah Chapter. Role: President/Immediate Past President. Board Chair. 07/2010 – 09/2014

• Contribution to the Discipline. APNA-UT ARPN Council, 06/2014
• Honors for Nursing. U of U College of Nursing, 05/2014
• Honors for Nursing. U of U College of Nursing, 05/2013