National Nurses Week: Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going
Dr. Susan Jacob Executive Associate Dean, UTHSC CON

Join me this week as we celebrate National Nurses Week 2022! My guest is Dr. Susan Jacob, Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing. Nurses have been at the forefront of many major events in our nation and in the world. Nurses positively affect change in individuals, families, and communities. Dr. Jacob has co-authored a textbook, now in its’ 9th edition, that is used all over the nation, Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management. Dr. Jacob and I discuss nursing’s past, present, and bright future in an episode that will make you greatly understand why nurses have been voted the most trusted profession for 20 years running.

More about Dr. Jacob:
Susan R. Jacob received her BSN from West Virginia University, a Master of Science degree in Community Health Nursing from San Jose State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Memphis - now known as the Health Science Center. Dr. Jacob has been a nursing educator for over thirty years, serving as a tenured professor on the faculties of the University of Memphis and Union University where she also served as Dean of the School of Nursing prior to serving as the Executive Associate Dean (2003-2011) and Interim Dean (2011-2012) in the UTHSC College of Nursing. Dr. Jacob retired from UTHSC in 2012 as Professor Emeritus in the College of Nursing and returned in November 2015 to assume the position of Professor and Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs until June 30, 2016. In September 2016 Dr. Jacob assumed the role of Interim Chair of the Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention until July 2017. In January 2017 she assumed the role of Interim Director of the BSN program until June 2018 when she was appointed Assistant Dean of Quality and Strategic Affairs. Dr. Jacob also currently serves as Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
Dr. Jacob has extensive experience in the area of curriculum development and teaching/learning at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She serves as a team lead evaluator for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and a curriculum/accreditation consultant for colleges of nursing. She is co-author/co-editor with Barbara Cherry of Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, Elsevier's leading Nursing Issues textbook in its 8th edition, and the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles. Her research interests include grief, bereavement, and aging. Dr. Jacob has had local and national funding for her research focused on grief and bereavement, grief support groups, gerontology, and innovative models of home healthcare delivery. She is frequently a speaker on end-of-life issues, spiritual care, and faith community nursing.

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https://uthsc.edu/nursing/

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