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Louise S. Jenkins, PhD, RN, FAHA
Co-Director, Institute for Nursing and Health Professions
Professor
Room 311N
Telephone: 410-706-4296
Fax: 410-706-5560
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Education
- BS, Nursing, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois, 1979
- MS, Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 1982
- PhD, Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985
- Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar (Post-Doctoral Fellowship), University of California, San Francisco, 1985-1987
Research
- "Attitudes and Intentions of Nursing Doctoral Students Regarding the Teaching/Academic Role: A National Survey", Funded by Teaching Scholars Program, University of Maryland School of Nursing (2004-2005).
- "Faculty Use of Technology to Enhance Clinical Competency Evaluation in Health Care Curricula", Jenkins, L.S. and Mallott, D., Co PIs, 9/01/01-6/30/03. Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Recent Publications:
- Jenkins, L.S., Griffith, K.A., Schaivone, K., Budd, N., and Waltz, C.F. (2006). Use of GUTAs in teaching nurse practitioner students: Is self-efficacy theory a useful framework? Journal of Nursing Education, 45(1), 35-37.
- The AFFIRM Investigators, Jenkins, L.S. and Brodsky, M. writing group co-chairs (2005). Quality of life in atrial fibrillation: The AFFIRM study. American Heart Journal, 149(1), 112-120.
- Schron, E.B. and Jenkins, L.S. (2005). Quality of life in older patients with atrial fibrillation. American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 14(2), 87-90.
- Jenkins, L.S. (2005). Computer-based testing. In Waltz, C.F., Strickland, O.L., and Lenz, E.R. (Eds.). Measurement in Nursing and Health Research New York: Springer Publishing Company, 357-363.
- Schron, E.B., Exner, D.V., Yao, Q., Jenkins, L.S., Steinberg, J.S., Cook, J.R., Kutalek, S.P., Friedman, P.L., Bubien, R.S., Page, R.L., Powell, J., and the AVID Investigators. (2002). Quality of life in the antiarrhythmics versus implantable defibrillators trial: Impact of therapy and influence of adverse symptoms and defibrillator shocks. Circulation, 105 (5), 589-594. Article of the Year Award - 2002 from Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association.
- Waltz, C. F. & Jenkins, L. S. (Eds.). (2001). Measurement of nursing outcomes (second edition). Volume 1: Measuring nursing performance in practice, education, and research. New York: Springer Publishing Company. Selected as an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year, 2003.
Primary Teaching Areas
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Coordinator, Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions Post Graduate Certificate
- NURS787: Theoretical Foundations of Teaching and Learning
- NURS791: Instructional Strategies and Assessment of Learning
- NURS792: Practicum in Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions
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Measurement sequence in PhD Program
- NURS811: Measurement of Nursing Phenomena
- NURS812: Seminar in Nursing Measurement
Academic & Professional Activities
- President, Pi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International
- Past Chair, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association
- Editorial Boards: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and International Journal of Hispanic Health Care
- Review Panels: Nursing Research, Heart and Lung, American Journal of Health Behavior, Southern Nursing Research Society On-Line Journal
- Tri-Service Nursing Research Program Review Panel; Program Evaluator; National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission