Jennifer
Evans,
DNP, RN, NC-BC
Assistant Dean of and Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Southern Indiana
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Jennifer Evans is the Assistant Dean of Nursing and an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Indiana's (USI) College of Nursing and Health Professions (CNHP). She holds a DNP in Organizational Leadership, as well as an MSN in Nursing Education and Bachelor degrees in Nursing and Health Services from the USI. Jennifer is credentialed as a Certified Nurse Coach from the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing. Jennifer has been recognized with a variety of honors and awards, including the CNHP Faculty Development Award, Excellence in Teaching Award, MIPERC Team Demonstration Award, Nexus Award from the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Faculty Leadership Scholar, and American Association of Colleges of Nursing Excellence in Advancing Nursing Practice Award. Her scholarship intrest include interprofessinal education, student grit and resiliency, and leadership succession planning.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Working together for impact and developing and sustaining IPE, whether interprofessional education, collaborative practice, interprofessional clinical learning environments, or interprofessional academic-community partnerships, requires leadership to attend to the well-being of individuals and teams, as well as their own well-being. While the Quadruple Aim brought attention to practitioner burnout and its deleterious impact on the experience of care of people, the health of populations, and the value and cost of care, it stands to reason that the well-being of…