Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR

Associate Professor

Executive Director of CIPER

Contact

JenniferJessen@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
CIPER Leadership Team
CRISS III - Criss 3 - 134B

Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR

Associate Professor

Executive Director of CIPER

Dr. Jenny Jessen holds the Executive Director position for the Center for Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research (CIPER). Dr. Jessen has served as a core faculty member in CIPER and director for assessment since 2019. She is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing (CON), serving previously as the Accelerated Faculty Chair on the Omaha campus. Her teaching background includes foundational nursing, advanced medical surgical nursing, and senior preceptorship and she will continue halftime teaching in CON. She is certified in her specialty area, perioperative nursing, with the majority of her nursing practice spent in intraoperative nursing. Dr. Jessen’s research and publications reflect her passion for building perioperative academic/clinical partnerships and developing interprofessional assessment and evaluation. Dr. Jessen is eager to engage in the growth and development of CIPER as interprofessional practice is needed now, more than ever, to meet the diverse needs of health care professionals and support positive patient outcomes.

Teaching Interests

  • Perioperative Nursing

Research Focus

Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research
Perioperative Nursing Education
Emotional Intelligence

Department

Nursing - Bachelors

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • American journal of pharmaceutical education
    Begley Kimberley J., Surveying the Landscape: Determining National Interprofessional Programs’ Curricular Processes and Assessment Practices
    88:9 2024
  • Journal of interprofessional education & practice
    North Sara E., A multi-institutional framework for building, sustaining, and evaluating a comprehensive interprofessional education curriculum
    35 2024
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Jessen Jennifer, Exploring the Development of an Interprofessional Situational Judgment Test
    5 2023
  • AORN journal
    Manz Julie, Addressing the Perioperative Nursing Shortage Via a Perioperative Nursing Preceptorship for Baccalaureate Nursing Students
    113:1, p. 52 - 63 2021
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Hadenfeldt Cindy Jean, Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Strategies for Interprofessional Health Education
    4:1, p. 2131 - 2131 2020

Presentations

  • 90%+ Students Use Pinterest; Shouldn't We? Presented as Symposium at The Teaching Professor Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2015
  • Is Emotional Intelligence and Important Concept for Nursing Practice? Presented as oral presentation at STTI International Research Conference, San Juan, PR. 2015

Other

  • Moving Beyond the Health Professions: A Collaborative Approach to Advance Care Planning

  • Examining Effectiveness of IPE Passport: Are Creighton Grads Ready to Lead?

  • Moving Beyond the Health Professions: A Collaborative Approach to Advance Care Planning

  • Examining Effectiveness of IPE Passport: Are Creighton Grads Ready to Lead?