Jennifer Downing Hale


Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Master of Science in Nursing
Nursing

University of Texas Austin
Bachelor of Arts
History


Teaching Experience

Austin Community College (ACC), Austin Texas

Adjunct Professor and Instructional Associate

  • Manage associate degree nursing students in the clinical setting                                                8/2022-present
  • Conducting a curriculum review project

Associate Professor                                                                                                                                11/2011-8/2022

  • Manage associate degree nursing students in the clinical setting
  • Lecture on a variety of topics for RNSG 1443 including Respiratory, GI, Male Repro, and Intravenous Therapy.

 

Seton Healthcare Family, Austin TX

Registered Nurse, Med-Surg/Orthopedics , Intensive Care Unit                                                      05/2006-11/2012

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  • ICU Versant Program Preceptor.  Served as a primary preceptor for four graduate nurses and a relief preceptor for three residents.
  • Med-Surg Verant Preceptor: Served as the primary preceptor for three Versant nurses and assisted with the orientation of an additional nine staff members 

 

Austin Community College (ACC), Austin TX

Medication Assistant                                                                                                                                   09/2011-12/20011

  • Coach the development of nursing students in bedside care by reviewing patient medications and clinical skills.
  •  Assist ACC professor with management of clinical class by reviewing students charting, patient time management, and knowledge of physiological disease processes.


Professional Publications

Primary Investigator:  A Qualitative Study of Phlebotomy Device Selection.

  • Southern Nursing Research Society Poster Presenter at the February 2010 conference.
  • Podium presenter at the 2010 Central Texas Research Forum.
  • Presented research findings at the Seton Family of Hospitals 2010 Nursing Symposium.
  •  Primary author of research study manuscript. Published  in the December 2011 MEDSURG Journal of Nursing.



Published: April 23, 2024