Office
Edwards Hall 214
Office Phone
(309) 438-2422
Department Phone
(309) 438-7400
Fax
(309) 438-2620
Email
Sheryl Jenkins PhD, ACNP, APN
Professor
Faculty
About
Biography
Sheryl Jenkins is an associate professor at Mennonite College of Nursing. She received a B.S.N. from Mennonite College of Nursing, a M.S. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Illinois State University. Her area of specialty includes advanced practice nursing and critical care. Dr. Jenkins' research interests include civility, academic integrity, trans-cultural nursing, indigent persons, and rapid response teams. She has received the Golden Lamp Award for teaching excellence from the University of Illinois, the Graduate Faculty Award from MCN, and Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Award.
Teaching Interest
Critical Care Nursing Advanced Practice Nursing Health Assessment Diagnostic Reasoning Pharmacology Family Nurse Practitioner 3 Family Nurse Practitioner 4 Research Design Research Ethics
Research Interest
Rapid Response Teams Civility Academic Integrity Indigent Persons
Education
Ph D Higher Education
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
2005
MS Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
1997
BS Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing
Bloomington, IL
1993
Diploma Nursing
Mennonite School of Nursing
Bloomington, IL
1981
Certificate in Practical Nursing Nursing
Bloomington School of Practical Nursing
Bloomington, IL
1977
Awards & Honors
Outstanding College Researcher Nominee
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2016
Fellowship Award
Illinois Board of Higher Education
2014
Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award Nominee
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2014
2013 Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2013
Graduate Program Teaching Excellence Award Nominee
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2013
Graduate Program Teaching Excellence Award
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2012
Nurse Educator Award Nominee
Illinois Board of Higher Education
2012
Research Initiative Award Nominee
Illinois State University
2012
Grant Writing Mentorship Award
Illinois State University
2010
Grant Writing Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2009
Professor Appreciation Award
Illinois State University
2009
Nursing Excellence Recognition for Leadership
BroMenn Healthcare
2008
Nursing Excellence Recognition for Leadership
BroMenn Healthcare
2007
Community Leader
Sigma Theta Tau
2006
Nursing Excellence Recognition for Leadership
BroMenn Healthcare
2006
Golden Lamp Award for Teaching Excellence
University of Illinois
2003
Honor Society
Mennonite College of Nursing
1992
Research
Publications
A qualitative exploration of nursing students’ perceptions of the homeless and their care experiences
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nursing Forum
2018
Integration of an individual simulation experience into a psychomotor skills course.
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nurse Educator
2018
A Narrative Analysis of Sibling Grief
Journal Article, In-House Journal
Journal of Loss & Trauma
2018
Effect of simulation on nursing students’ medication administration competence
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Clinical Simulation in Nursing
2018
Lessons from the homeless: Civil and uncivil interactions with nurses
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nursing Forum
2017
A measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Applied Nursing Research
2017
Exploring cultural influences of self-management of diabetes in coastal Kenya: An ethnography
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Global Qualitative Nursing Research
2016
Perceptions of new nurses concerning incivility in the workplace
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
2015
Non-critical care nurses’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation.
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
2015
Lessons learned from conducting qualitative research in a hospital.
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nurse Researcher
2014
The impact of a journal club intervention on student perceptions and behaviors regarding academic dishonesty.
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice
2013
Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons learned
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice
2013
Qualitative exploration of nurses' decision-making in activating rapid response teams
Abstract
2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference
2013
An Intervention to Promote Civility Among Nursing Students
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nursing Education Perspectives
2013
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses' Decisions to Activate Rapid Response Teams
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Clinical Nursing
2013
Perceptions of academic integrity among nursing students
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nursing Forum
2012
Why can’t we all just get along? A civility journal club intervention
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nurse Educator
2011
Nursing students' clinical judgment regarding rapid response: The influence of a clinical simulationl education intervention
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Nursing Forum
Cross-cultural perspectives on critical thinking
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Nursing Education
2011
Journal Clubs: A strategy to teach civility to nursing students
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Nursing Education
Conducting transcultural research: Critical thinking in Thailand
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
2011
Clinical nurse specialists as leaders in rapid response
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
2010
The complete neurological examination: What ever nurse practitioner should know
Journal Article, Academic/Professional Journal
Advance for Nurse Practitioners
2002
Grants
The long term impact of a civility journal club on graduate nurses
Center for Teaching Learning Technology
Supportive nurse mentors
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
Supportive nurse mentors
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
June 2016
Travel Grant
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International
April 2015
Facilitators and barriers to nurses' activation of rapid response teams
Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Pi
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses’ Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams
Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Pi chapter Research Award
June 30 2012
Civility Journal Club: An Education Intervention
University Research Grant
June 2012
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses' Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams
University Research Grant
June 30 2012
Presentations
Teaching student nurses about the lived experience of homeless people through a photovoice intervention
Sigma Theta Tau International 29th International Nursing Research Congress
July 2018
An Integrative Review of Incivility in Nursing Education
Annual Research Conference
April 2018
What Do Nursing Students Know about the Homeless and their Care Experiences? A Qualitative Study
Sigma Theta Tau International 28th International Nursing Research Congress
July 2017
Civil and uncivil interactions between nurses and homeless people
Doctoral Colloquium
Perceptions of the homeless: Interactions with nurses
Guest Lecture
Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons Learned
Illinois State University Teaching Learning Symposium
Civility and incivility in nursing education
Leadership Course
Exploring the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of undergraduate student nurses toward homeless people
Sigma Theta Tau International 27th International Nursing Research Congress
Lessons from the homeless: The impact of civil and uncivil interactions with nurses in the United States
Sigma Theta Tau International 27th International Nursing Research Congress
July 2016
Homeless Peoples' Perception of their Interactions with Nurses
40th Annual Conference Midwest Nursing Research Society
March 2016
Evaluation of strategies to reduce time to revascularization in acute ischemic stroke
Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium
March 2016
New graduate nurses and patients experiencing physiologic
24th Annual Convention
Tips for a successful IRB review
Doctoral Colloquium
The successful researcher
New Faculty Orientation
August 2015
Developing a measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation
26th International Nursing Research Congress
July 2015
The impact of civility on homeless peoples’ healthcare experiences
26th International Nursing Research Congress
July 2015
Nurse perceptions of facilitators and barriers related to Registered Respiratory activation.
39th Annual Research Conference
April 2015
Perceptions of new nurses concerning incivility in the workplace.
39th Annual Research Conference
April 2015
Nurses’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers of Rapid Response Teams
Annual Research Conference
March 2015
Perceptions of new nurses concerning incivility in the workplace
Annual Research Conference
March 2015
Health Assessment
Summer School Nurse Institute
Navigating the faculty role at MCN
New Faculty Orientation
August 2014
Facilitators and Barriers to Conducting Research in Hospitals
38th Annual Conference Midwest Nursing Research Society
March 2014
Exploring diabetes care in coastal Kenya
Annual Research Conference
March 2014
Facilitators and barriers to conducting research in hospitals
Annual Research Conference
March 2014
The long term impact of a civility journal club intervention
Annual Research Conference
March 2014
Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons learned. Abstract accepted for poster presentation
Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 2014
Factors influencing nurses' decision-making in rapid response activation
Sigma Theta Tau International Conference
Health Assessment
Summer School Nurse Institute
Measurement of Facilitators and Barriers to Nurses' Activation of Rapid Response Team
37th Annual conference Midwest Nursing Research Society
March 2013
Measurement of facilitators and barriers to nurses' activation of rapid response teams
Annual Research Conference
March 2013
Methodological issues in cross-cultural research: Thailand
Annual Research Conference
March 2013
A unique intervention to promote civility among nursing students
Midwest Nursing Research Society
A unique intervention to promote civility among nursing students
Annual Research Conference
April 2012
The impact of a rapid response scenario on nursing students' clinical judgment
Annual Research Conference
April 2012
Qualitative exploration of nurses' decision-making in activating rapid response teams
Annual Research Conference
April 13 2012
Healthy work environments: No bullies allowed.
Nurses' decision making in rapid response situations
Undergraduate Honor's Symposium
November 2011
Nurses’ decision-making in rapid response situations
Undergraduate Honors Symposium
November 2011
Healthy work environments: No bullies allowed
Illinois Nurse Educators Conference
March 2011
The Influence of a Novel Education Intervention on Student Nurses' Clinical Decision-Making During a Clinical Simulation Experience
Millikin University Interdisciplinary Conference
March 2011
Nursing students’ perspectives on academic integrity
Midwest Nursing Research Society’s 35th Annual Research Conference
March 15 2011
Cheating: Nursing students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty
Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 2011
Raising the bar: An intervention to promote civility among nursing students
Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 2011
An intervention to promote civility among nursing students
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Baccalaureate Conference
November 2010
An intervention to promote civility among nursing students.
Baccalaureate Conference
November 2010
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? A Civility Journal Club Intervention
Xi Pi Induction Ceremony
November 2010
Building social capital to foster development of new nursing professionals
Annual Research Conference
April 2010
The influence of a novel educational intervention on nursing students' clinical decision-making skills
Midwest Nursing Research Society 34th Annual Research Conference
April 2010
Building social capital to foster development of new nursing professionals
Teaching and Learning Symposium
January 6 2010
A transcultural comparison of critical thinking in nursing
Annual Research Conference
March 2009
Thailand: A transcultural journey
Guest Lecturer
October 30 2008
Various Health Related Topics
Advocate BroMenn Regional Medical Center- Guests Speaker
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