Dr. Sheryl Henry PhD, ACNP, APN
Professor
Mennonite College of Nursing
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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.
Current Courses
NUR 526.005 Residency In Research
NUR 431.001 Diagnostic Reasoning For Advanced Nursing Practice
NUR 599.003 Dissertation
NUR 225.001 Health Assessment Of The Adult
NUR 225.002 Health Assessment Of The Adult
NUR 225.003 Health Assessment Of The Adult
Teaching Interests & Areas
Critical Care Nursing Advanced Practice Nursing Health Assessment Diagnostic Reasoning Pharmacology Family Nurse Practitioner 3 Family Nurse Practitioner 4 Research Design Research Ethics
Research Interests & Areas
Rapid Response Teams Civility Academic Integrity Indigent Persons
Ph D Higher Education
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
MS Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
BS Nursing
Mennonite College of Nursing
Bloomington, IL
Other Nursing
Mennonite School of Nursing
Bloomington, IL
Other Nursing
Bloomington School of Practical Nursing
Bloomington, IL
Graduate Program Teaching Excellence Award - Finalist
Mennonite College of Nursing
2019
ISU Sabbatical: Generational Comparison of Civility in Nursing Education
Illinois State University
2019
Outstanding College Researcher Nominee
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2016
Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award Nominee
Illinois State University - Mennonite College of Nursing
2014
Nurse Educator Fellowship Award
Illinois Board of Higher Education
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
Grants & Contracts
Facilitators and barriers to nurses' activation of rapid response teams. Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Pi. (2012)
Civility Journal Club: An Education Intervention. University Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2011)
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses' Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams. University Research Grant. Illinois State University. (2011)
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses’ Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams. Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Pi chapter Research Award. Other. (2011)
Supportive nurse mentors. Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.
Abstract
Jenkins, S. : Influences on long-term physical activity in physically Active African-American women. Western Journal of Nursing (2019): 16//-1689.
Astroth, K., Woith, W., Stapleton, S., Jenkins, S., & Degitz, R. Qualitative exploration of nurses' decision-making in activating rapid response teams. 2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference (2013)
Journal Article
Calvillo, M., Calderon, S., Rabbitte, M., Stockmann, C., & Jenkins, S. Prioritization Among School Nurses: An Integrative Review of the Literature. Journal of School Nursing (2025)
Sullivan, J., Henry, S., & Woith, W. Using a photovoice intervention to teach nursing students about living homeless.. Nursing Forum (2025)
Blakeman, J., Woith, W., Astroth, K., Jenkins, S., & Stapleton, S. Women’s Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Perception, Attribution, and Care Seeking: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing (2022)
LoVerde, J. A., Kerber, C., Kisch, T., Miller, B., Jenkins, S. & Shropshire, M. (2021). Comparison of lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice. Nursing Forum, 56, 520-528. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12575
Astroth, K., Hubbell, A., & Jenkins, S. A qualitative study of influences on long-term physical activity in physically active African American women. Nursing Forum (2020): 227-235.
Other
Astroth, K., Jenkins, S., Kerber, C., & Woith, W. A qualitative exploration of nursing students’ perceptions of the homeless and their care experiences. Nursing Forum 53.4 (2018): 489-495.
Jarvill, M., Jenkins, S., Akman, O., Astroth, K., Pohl, C., & Jacobs, P. Effect of simulation on nursing students’ medication administration competence. Clinical Simulation in Nursing 14 (2018): 3-7.
Jarvill, M., Jenkins, S., Jacobs, P., Astroth, K., & Pohl, C. Integration of an individual simulation experience into a psychomotor skills course.. Nurse Educator 43.3 (2018): 117-120.
Astroth, K., Woith, W., Jenkins, S., & Hesson-McGinnes, M. A measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation. Applied Nursing Research 33 (2017): 175-179.
Woith, W., Kerber, C., Astroth, K., & Jenkins, S. Lessons from the homeless: Civil and uncivil interactions with nurses. Nursing Forum 52.3 (2017): 211-220.
Presentations
A Grounded Theory of Prioritization Among School Nurses. Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2025)
Living Homeless: A Photovoice Intervention for Nursing Students. Springfield Memorial Hospital Annual Nursing Research Conference. (2024)
Using a photovoice intervention to teach nursing students about living homeless. Illinois State University Teaching & Learning Symposium. (2024)
Hubbell, A., Buchholz, S.W. (March, 2024). Midwest Nursing Research Society, An Umbrella Review: Interventions Encouraging Long-Term Physical Activity Among African American Women. Poster presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN.
Hubbell, A., Astroth, K., Jenkins, S. H., Woith, & M. W., (March, 2023). Midwest Nursing Research Society, Influences on Long-term Physical Activity in African American Women: A Scoping Review. Poster presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Des Moines, IA.
Women’s prodromal myocardial infarction symptom perception, attribution, and care seeking. Midwest Nursing Research Society 45th Annual Research Conference. Midwest Nursing Research Society. (2021)
New Graduate Nurses and Rapidly Changing Clinical Situations: The Role of Expert Critical Care Nurse Mentors. Annual 44th Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference. (2020)
Blakeman, J. R., Woith, W. L., Astroth, K. S., Jenkins, S. H, & Stapleton, S. J. (2020, April). A holistic exploration of fatigue experienced by women before a myocardial infarction. Poster presentation at the Midwest Nursing Research Society 44th annual research conference. Schaumburg, IL.
Hubbell, A., Astroth, K., Hardy, E.., Jenkins, S. H., Woith, M. W., & Mallory, C. (March, 2019). Midwest Nursing Research Society & MCN Research Symposium, Influences on Long-term Physical Activity in Physically Active African American Women. Poster presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society, Kansas City, MO.
An Integrative Review of Incivility in Nursing Education. Annual Research Conference. Midwest Nursing Research Society. (2018)