Nina Jackson
Teaching Experience
EXPERIENCE
August 2010 – Present
Austin Community College (ACC) – ADN Program
Faculty: August 2011 – Present
Faculty for the OB component of the OB/Pedi course at the Round Rock ACC Campus
Lecture OB content to associate degree nursing students. Provide clinical experiences as described below.
Adjunct faculty: August 2010 - August 2011
Provide clinical hands-on experiences for associate degree nursing students in the acute care areas of obstetrics (labor & delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery), lead pre- and post-conferences, grade student deliverables such as nursing care plans, nurses’ notes, and assessments.
Design and provide clinical simulation experiences for the students.
April 2009 – Present
Registered Nurse
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, Austin, Texas.
Provide patient-centered and culturally competent nursing care
January 2009 – March 2009
Interim Director Women’s Services Department
(Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Level III)
Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. (>2200 deliveries annually)
Directed all departmental operations; fiscally responsible and creative staffing; increased women’s services department’s productivity to 100%; initiated several successful patient satisfaction initiatives; initiated cross-training initiatives and improved intra-departmental communication; effective staff selection through behavioral interviewing; staff hiring, counseling, evaluations & terminations; staff/physician satisfaction initiatives; staff education & development; Joint Commission compliance; budget development; monthly operations report preparation and presentation; initiated the department’s first shared governance meetings.
December 2007 – January 2009
Assistant Director Women’s Services Department
(Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery)
Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas.
Directed all operations in labor & delivery and antepartum; creative and fiscally responsible staffing; initiated patient rounding; initiated tours for prospective patients; customer/staff/physician satisfaction initiatives; troubleshooting led to an increase of 25% in
productivity of labor & delivery; effective staff selection through behavioral interviewing; staff counseling & evaluations; staff education & development (including a preceptor program for graduate nurses); Joint Commission compliance; budget development; monthly operations report
preparation and presentation; strong commitment to professional development of staff; developed and implemented culturally congruent childbirth education classes and infant care classes. Shared weekend “Director on call” for the women’s services and NICU departments.
October 2005 – December 2007
Supervisor Women’s Services Department
(Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, San Antonio, Texas. (>2600 deliveries annually)
Managed daily operations; creative and fiscally responsible staffing; leadership rounding; effective staff selection through behavioral interviewing; staff counseling & evaluations; customer/staff/physician satisfaction initiatives; staff education & development; patient
flow coordinator; budget development; monthly operations reports; shared governance initiatives. Developed a “fair flexing” system to accommodate fluctuations in census.
Member of the Ethics committee. Member of the Unity Project (standardizing all CHRISTUS electronic charting systems). Santa Rosa mock JCAHO inspector.
July 2005 - October 2005
Perinatal Educator Women’s Services Department
(Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Newborn Nursery)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, San Antonio, Texas.
Developed & implemented a unit specific didactic program for new nurses in Labor & Delivery. Certified all nursing staff in Intermediate Fetal Monitoring (AWHONN) and certified some staff in advanced Fetal Monitoring (AWHONN). Developed and implemented continuing education opportunities for nursing staff. Childbirth classes coordinator & instructor. Member of the
clinical ladder committee.
July 2004 - July 2005
Labor & Delivery Charge Nurse
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, San Antonio, Texas.
Provided patient-centered and culturally competent nursing care to low and high risk laboring, antepartum & immediate postpartum patients. Co-instructor of AWHONN Fetal Monitoring workshops.
May 1999 - July 2004
Staff Nurse
Various hospitals (Texas & New Mexico)
In the clinical areas: Labor & Delivery, Postpartum (couplet care), and Medical-Surgical Unit.
1991 - 1999
Small Business Owner
Started and developed a child care business.
CERTIFICATIONS/ABILITIES
· Registered Nurse with Inpatient Obstetric certification (RNC-OB).
· Instructor of Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) workshops.
· Excellent receptive and expressive skills in Dutch, French, German and American Sign Language (ASL).
· Member of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, And Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) since 2002.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2003 - Present
Volunteer for “ParaSports”, a wheelchair basketball organization.
Assisted with achieving 501(c)3 non-profit status & writing of by-laws. Managing all budgetary operations, fundraisers and grants. Implemented the “Push for Education” Project.
Published: January 23, 2025