"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:24-25, NIV
Dr. Arraf joined ETBU as an Assistant Professor of Nursing in 2023 after relocating from Calgary, Canada, where she was born and raised. Dr. Arraf attended the University of Calgary, where she earned her Bachelor of Nursing degree in 2000 and her Master of Nursing degree in 2003. In 2025, Dr. Arraf completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (Ph.D.) from Liberty University with a nursing education concentration. Her doctoral research project was a transcendental phenomenological study that explored factors facilitating or hindering the teaching effectiveness of clinical nurse preceptors.
Dr. Arraf has over two decades of experience as a critical care nurse in the operating and recovery room and began teaching nursing students in 2009. She has worked with baccalaureate, fast-track, and internationally trained nurses. Dr. Arraf is a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) passionate about lifelong learning and holds medical simulation, post-operative care, peri-operative, and faith-community nursing certifications.
Dr. Arraf's research interests include student outcomes during preceptorship, post-operative and palliative pain management, and nursing ethics. Having taken the NCLEX to relocate to the US, she is also interested in strategies for NG-NCLEX success. Dr. Arraf believes that any student who feels called to the profession can be a competent, safe, and successful nurse with hard work and faculty support.
Dr. Arraf's nursing passion has been her volunteer medical experiences, where she has spent time sharing her skills and love of mission work in developing nations. In 2025, Dr. Arraf's dream of developing and teaching a 'Nursing as a Ministry' course came to fruition, culminating with the first group of ETBU nursing students travelling to rural Guatemala to demonstrate nursing as a Christian ministry that serves others. Dr. Arraf's greatest happiness is spending time with her four incredible children, embarking on travel adventures, or enjoying any outdoor activity.