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Awards & Honors
- UW College of Health Sciences 2007 Alumna of the Year Award
- UW School of Nursing 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award
- Leadership Appreciation Certificate for Outstanding Contribution & Service to the Colleagues in Caring, South Dakota Consortium, July 2002
- Nominated for Avera System Community Stewardship Award for Yankton Child Passenger Safety Project, 2003
- Toastmasters Table Topics Awards, 2002
- Sigma Theta Tau Dissertation Award, 1996Zeta Upsilon Chapter, MSU, Bozeman, MT
Health Promotion / Personal Health Promotion Activities
- 5K Run, St. Labre, MT May, 2008
- Recycle 5K Fun Run, April 2008
- Crow Agency 5ml Run, Crow Agency MT, November 2007
- Climbed 14,000 ft. Missouri Mountain in CO, August 2007
- WY Senior Olympics
- Gold Medal in 10K Run, Sheridan, WY, 2008
- Silver Medal in 5K Run, Sheridan, WY, 2008
- Gold Medal in 5K Run, Sheridan WY, July 2007
- Sneakers & Spurs 5K Fun Run Sheridan WY, July 2007
Professional Experience:
- Nursing Education & Administration
- 2007-Present
Edward A. Whitney Endowed Nursing Chair, RN-BSN Completion, Northern Wyoming Community College District Sheridan College, Sheridan WY
- 2007-Present
Adjunct Nursing Faculty, RN-BSN Completion, University of Wyoming, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, Laramie WY
- 2003-Present
Nurse Entrepreneur educator, author and publisher, speaker, Wholistic Health Education Services, Sheridan WY
- Nurse Educator Experiences
- ADN Programs, Fundamentals, Medical-Surgical, Family Centered Care
- BSN Programs, Leadership, Research, Professional Issues, Family Centered Care, Health Promotion in Basic BSN Program, LPN to BSN, RN to BSN
- MSN Programs, Guest Lecturer: Differentiated Practice, Health Promotion, Research, Collaborative Grant, Graduate Committees, Mentoring
Professional Memberships:
- American Nurses Association, Wyoming Nursing Association District #3
- Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
Research and Scholarship:
- Research Interest
- Health Promotion - Wholistic Health Self-Leadership & Management
- Health Professions Education
- Community Education
- Co-Authored Abstracts
- December, 2007
Stephens, J.E., McDowell, J., & Munsick, T.
Creating Partnerships to Build Bridges to Higher Education in Nursing
NWCCD - Sheridan College
Accepted for NISOD Conference
- October, 2007
Clarke, P.N., Diaz Swearingen, C., Stephens, J.E., & Williams, L.G.
‘LEAP' from the RN to the BSN: Leadership Education to Advance Practice.
University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
Accepted for ACHNE 2008 Annual Institute, Atlanta GA, Presented by colleagues
- October, 2007
Clarke, P.N., Diaz Swearingen, C. Stephens, J.E., & Williams, L.G.
LEAP: A Public Health-Focused Curriculum to Improve the Health of the Public.
University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
- Presentations
- 2008
Teaching Circle, University of Wyoming School of Nursing
"Be Whole & CEO: Talk the Talk and Walk the Wellness Walk"
- 2008
Distinguished Lecturer. Sheridan College, Sheridan, Wyoming
"Be Whole & CEO: Talk the Talk and Walk the Wellness Walk"
- June, 2008
ACHNE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Clarke, P.N., Diaz Swearingen, C., Stephens, J.E. & Williams, L.G. "'LEAP' from the RN to the BSN: Leadership Education to Advance Practice." Presentation by P.N. Clarke.
- April, 2008
University of Wyoming - College of Health Science Annual Research Day
"Creating Quality Inter-Profession Wellness Programs" Research Poster
- Dec, 2007
AACN Baccalaureate Education Conference
"Creating Quality Inter-Profession Wellness Programs" Research Poster
- Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Stephens, J.E. (2006) Using power skills for personal wellness. American Nurse Today. 1(2). 61-62.
- Stephens, J.E. (2006). Wholistic Health Self-Management Program Core Content. Health Guide 1: Be Whole & CEO, Health Guide 2: Healthy Action Plan Process Yes. Vol. 1. Belle Fourche, SD: Wholistic Health Education Services.
- Non Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Stephens, J.E. (2008, Mar/Apr/May). Healthy Nurse News. Wyoming Nurse. 21(1), 8.
- Stephens, J.E. (2008, January). Endowed Nursing Chair Announcement. LEAP Newsletter.
- Stephens, J.E. (2007, Dec 2007/Jan-Feb 2008). Healthy Nurse News. Wyoming Nurse. 20(4), 4.
- Stephens, J.E. (2006, November/December). Create your present and future wellness: A wake-up call and activity challenge. Create the Future. 3.
- Graduate Committees
- Committee member for Master's Degree Students in Nurse Educator Track, 2007-Present
- Opportunities for Graduate Students
- I invite graduates students to contact me if they are interested in Wholistic Health Self-Leadership and Management competencies for health professionals and the general public.
- Participation in Research
- 1993-Present
Women's Health Study Participant (over 40,000 health profession participants), Dr. Julie E. Buring, ScD, Principal Investigator, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical Center, "Study of the benefits and risks of Vitamin E and low-dose aspirin to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease". Initial study complete. In follow-up survey phase.
- 2004
Stephens, J.E. Wholistic Health Self-Management Program Core Content Pilot Study.
- Funding & Grants
- National End-of-Life Conference Grant for faculty member at NWOSU & MMC, 2000, 2003.
- Wellmark Foundation Grant, Yankton Community Child Passenger Safety Project, Co-Recipient with Christine Eisenhauer, $39,005, 2002.
- Avera Health Parish Nurse Grant for Family in Need, $500 Service Project, 2002.
- Co-Initiated the Oklahoma Coalition for Nursing Education (OCNE) with Dr. Robert Hoffman and colleagues, with potential for substantial support for nursing scholarships, 2000.
- Helene Fuld Health Trust, HSBC Trustee, Educational Mobility Grant, $50,000, 2000.
- Vision
- Personal-Professional Vision
Wholistic Health for Individuals, Families, and Communities and the World
- UW School of Nursing RN-BSN Vision
"Improve the quality of rural health care and develop capacity in the nursing workforce through high quality, student-centered RN/BSN outreach education" -- http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/nursing/rnbsn/prospective/rn-getstarted.asp
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