Dr. Sheryl Henry PhD, ACNP, APN
Professor
- About
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- Awards & Honors
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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 599.005 Dissertation
NUR 225.001 Health Assessment Of The Adult
NUR 225.002 Health Assessment Of The Adult
NUR 526.005 Residency In Research
NUR 539.091 Scholarly Project Design
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
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
Grants and Contracts
Facilitators and barriers to nurses' activation of rapid response teams
Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith.
Sigma Theta Tau International Xi Pi. 2012 - 2013
Civility Journal Club: An Education Intervention
MyoungJin Kim, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Cynthia Kerber.
University Research Grant. May 2011 - June 2012
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses' Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams
Stephen Stapleton, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith.
University Research Grant. May 1 2011 - June 30 2012
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses’ Decision Making in Activating Rapid Response Teams
Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Stephen Stapleton, Wendy L. Woith.
Sigma Theta Tau International, Xi Pi chapter Research Award. July 1 2011 - June 30 2012
Supportive nurse mentors
Sheryl Jenkins.
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. - 2016
Supportive nurse mentors
Sheryl Jenkins, J Kennedy.
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. - June 2016
The long term impact of a civility journal club on graduate nurses
Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith.
Center for Teaching Learning Technology.
Travel Grant
Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth.
Xi Pi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. - April 2015
Abstract
: Influences on long-term physical activity in physically Active African-American women
Sheryl Jenkins.
Western Journal of Nursing, ((41)11), 16//-1689, (2019)
Qualitative exploration of nurses' decision-making in activating rapid response teams
Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Stephen Stapleton, Sheryl Jenkins, R. Joseph Degitz.
2012 Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Research Conference, (2013)
Journal Article
Prioritization Among School Nurses: An Integrative Review of the Literature
Melissa Calvillo, Susana Calderon, Maureen Rabbitte, Cherrill Stockmann, Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal of School Nursing, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251371765
Using a photovoice intervention to teach nursing students about living homeless.
Jessica Sullivan, Sheryl Henry, Wendy L. Woith.
Nursing Forum, 2025 (1), (2025), 10.1155/nuf/2134313
Women’s Prodromal Myocardial Infarction Symptom Perception, Attribution, and Care Seeking: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study
John R Blakeman, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl H Jenkins, Stephen Stapleton.
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, (2022)
Comparison of lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice
Janet LoVerde, Cynthia Kerber, Teresa Kisch, Blanca Miller, Sheryl Jenkins, Michele Shropshire.
Nursing Forum, 56, 520-528, (2021), doi: 10.1111/nuf.12575
A qualitative exploration of prodromal myocardial infarction fatigue experienced by women.
John Blakeman, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins, Stephen Stapleton.
Journal of clinical nursing, (2020), 10.1111/jocn.15432
A qualitative study of influences on long-term physical activity in physically active African American women
Kim M. Astroth, Annette Hubbell, Sheryl Jenkins.
Nursing Forum, (54(4)), 227-235, (2020)
An integrative review examining student-to-student incivility and effective strategies to address incivility in nursing education
Kristine Rose, Sheryl Jenkins, Caroline M. Mallory, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Melissa Jarvill.
Nurse Educator, (2020)
Comparison on lecture and manipulative teaching methods on learning and application to practice
Sheryl Jenkins.
Nursing Forum, (doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12575), (2020)
Lessons Learned in Implementation of an Expert Nurse Mentor Program
Julie A. Kennedy, Sheryl Jenkins, Nancy Novotny, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith.
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, 36 (3), 141-145, (2020), 10.1097/nnd.0000000000000624
Lessons Learned: Raising Awareness of Civility and Incivility Using Semi-Virtual Reality Simulation
Kristine A. Rose, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Melissa Jarvill.
Journal of Nursing Education, 59 (8), 461-464, (2020), 10.3928/01484834-20200723-08
Lessons learned in implementation of an expert nurse mentor program
Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, (2020)
Motivation and exercise in rural postmenopausal women: A literature review
Lori S. Fitton, Kim M. Astroth, Caroline M. Mallory, Sheryl Jenkins, Denise D. Wilson, Anne Cox.
Nursing Forum, 55 (4), 744-753, (2020), 10.1111/nuf.12492
Testing a Web-Based Intervention to Improve Awareness of Civility and Incivility in Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Kristine A. Rose, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Melissa Jarvill.
Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 48, 46-54, (2020), 10.1016/j.ecns.2020.08.011
Manipulatives in nursing education: A concept analysis
Janet LoVerda, Sheryl Jenkins.
Nursing Forum, (54(4)), 629-635, (2019)
Manipulatives in nursing education: A concept analysis
Janet LoVerde, Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins.
Nursing Forum, 54, 629-632, (2019), doi:10.1111/nuf.12387
Methodological issues of research with African-American women: Influences on long-term physical activity in physically active African- American women
Annette Hubbe, Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 30(1), 29-33, (2019)
A Narrative Analysis of Sibling Grief
A Funk, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, G Braswell, Cynthia Kerber.
Journal of Loss & Trauma, 23 (1), 1-14, (2018)
Lessons learned: Raise awareness of civility and incivility using semi-virtual reality simulation
Kristine Rose, Sheryl Jenkins, Melissa Jarvill, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth.
Journal of Nursing Education
Using a Photovoice Intervention to Teach Nursing Students about Living Homeless
Jessica M Sullivan, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith.
Nursing Forum
Other
A qualitative exploration of nursing students’ perceptions of the homeless and their care experiences
Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins, Cynthia Kerber, Wendy L. Woith.
Nursing Forum, 53 (4), 489-495, (2018)
Effect of simulation on nursing students’ medication administration competence
Melissa Jarvill, Sheryl Jenkins, Olcay Akman, Kim M. Astroth, Carla Pohl, Peggy Jacobs.
Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 14, 3-7, (2018)
Integration of an individual simulation experience into a psychomotor skills course.
Melissa Jarvill, Sheryl Jenkins, Peggy Jacobs, Kim M. Astroth, Carla Pohl.
Nurse Educator, 43 (3), 117-120, (2018)
A measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation
Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, M. Hesson-McGinnes.
Applied Nursing Research, 33, 175-179, (2017)
Lessons from the homeless: Civil and uncivil interactions with nurses
Wendy L. Woith, Cynthia Kerber, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins.
Nursing Forum, 52 (3), 211-220, (2017)
Exploring cultural influences of self-management of diabetes in coastal Kenya: An ethnography
M Abdulrehman, Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, Susan P. Kossman, G Hunter.
Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 3, 1-13, (2016)
Non-critical care nurses’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation.
Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith.
31 (5), 264-270, (2015)
Perceptions of new nurses concerning incivility in the workplace
Cynthia Kerber, Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth.
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 46 (11), 522-527, (2015)
Lessons learned from conducting qualitative research in a hospital.
Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Julie Kennedy.
Nurse Researcher, 22 (2), 38-41., (2014)
An Intervention to Promote Civility Among Nursing Students
Sheryl Jenkins, Cynthia Kerber, Wendy L. Woith.
Nursing Education Perspectives, 34 (2), 95-100, (2013)
Qualitative Exploration of Nurses' Decisions to Activate Rapid Response Teams
Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Stephen Stapleton, Joseph Degeitz, Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal of Clinical Nursing, (2013), doi: 10.1111/jocn.12067
The impact of a journal club intervention on student perceptions and behaviors regarding academic dishonesty.
Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, Cynthia Kerber.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 3 (3), (2013)
Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons learned
Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Deb A. Stenger, Cynthia Kerber.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 4, 161-166, (2013)
Perceptions of academic integrity among nursing students
Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, Cynthia Kerber.
Nursing Forum, 47 (4), 253-259, (2012)
Conducting transcultural research: Critical thinking in Thailand
Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 22 (1), 83-87, (2011)
Cross-cultural perspectives on critical thinking
Sheryl Jenkins.
Journal of Nursing Education, 50 (5), 268-274, (2011)
Why can’t we all just get along? A civility journal club intervention
Sheryl Jenkins, Cynthia Kerber, Wendy L. Woith, Deb A. Stenger.
Nurse Educator, 36, 140-141, (2011)
Clinical nurse specialists as leaders in rapid response
Sheryl Jenkins, Pamela L. Lindsey.
Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, 24 (1), 24-30, (2010)
The complete neurological examination: What ever nurse practitioner should know
T. A. Murray, N. R. Kelly, Sheryl Jenkins.
Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 10 (7), 24-30, (2002)
Journal Clubs: A strategy to teach civility to nursing students
Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Cynthia Kerber, MyoungJin Kim.
Journal of Nursing Education, 51 (5), 277-282
Non-critical care nurses’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation.
Sheryl Jenkins, Astroth, Kim, Woith, Wendy.
Journal for Nurses in Staff Development.
Presentations
A Grounded Theory of Prioritization Among School Nurses
Melissa I Calvillo, Susana Calderon, Cherrill Stockmann, Sheryl Jenkins.
Research Symposium, Normal, IL, April 11, 2025
Living Homeless: A Photovoice Intervention for Nursing Students
Sheryl Henry, Jessica Sullivan, Wendy L. Woith.
Springfield Memorial Hospital Annual Nursing Research Conference, Springfield, IL, April, 2024
Influences on Long-Term Physical Activity in African American Women: A Scoping Review
Annette Hubbell, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Minneapolis, MN, March, 2024
Using a photovoice intervention to teach nursing students about living homeless
Sheryl Henry, Jessica Sullivan.
Illinois State University Teaching & Learning Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2024
Influences on Long-term Physical Activity in African American Women: A Scoping Review
Annette Hubbell, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Des Moines, IA, March, 2023
Women’s prodromal myocardial infarction symptom perception, attribution, and care seeking
John R Blakeman, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl H Jenkins.
Midwest Nursing Research Society 45th Annual Research Conference, Online (due to COVID-19), March 25, 2021
New Graduate Nurses and Rapidly Changing Clinical Situations: The Role of Expert Critical Care Nurse Mentors
, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Nancy Novotny, Sheryl Jenkins.
Annual 44th Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Schaumburg, IL, April, 2020
A holistic exploration of fatigue experienced by women before a myocardial infarction
John Blakeman, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Sheryl Jenkins, Stephen Stapleton.
Midwest Nursing Research Society 44th Annual Research Conference, Schaumburg, IL (Online), April, 2020
Influences on Long-Term Physical Activity in African American Women
Annette Hubbell, Kim M. Astroth, Elaine Hardy, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Caroline M. Mallory.
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Kansas City, MO, March, 2019
Teaching student nurses about the lived experience of homeless people through a photovoice intervention
Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth.
Sigma Theta Tau International 29th International Nursing Research Congress, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2018
An Integrative Review of Incivility in Nursing Education
K Rose, Sheryl Jenkins, Caroline M. Mallory.
Annual Research Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April, 2018
What Do Nursing Students Know about the Homeless and their Care Experiences? A Qualitative Study
Kim M. Astroth, Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith.
Sigma Theta Tau International 28th International Nursing Research Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July, 2017
Civil and uncivil interactions between nurses and homeless people
Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Cynthia Kerber.
Doctoral Colloquium, Normal, Illinois, , 2016
Perceptions of the homeless: Interactions with nurses
Sheryl Jenkins.
Guest Lecture, Normal, Illinois, , 2016
Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons Learned
Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Deb A. Stenger, Cynthia Kerber.
Illinois State University Teaching Learning Symposium, Normal IL, , 2016
Civility and incivility in nursing education
Sheryl Jenkins.
Leadership Course, Normal, Illinois, , 2016
Exploring the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of undergraduate student nurses toward homeless people
Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins.
Sigma Theta Tau International 27th International Nursing Research Congress, Capetown, South Africa, , 2016
Lessons from the homeless: The impact of civil and uncivil interactions with nurses in the United States
Sheryl Jenkins, Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Cynthia Kerber.
Sigma Theta Tau International 27th International Nursing Research Congress, Capetown, South Africa, July, 2016
Homeless Peoples' Perception of their Interactions with Nurses
Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith.
40th Annual Conference Midwest Nursing Research Society, Online, March, 2016
Evaluation of strategies to reduce time to revascularization in acute ischemic stroke
A M Doerr, Sheryl Jenkins, J Davis.
Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, March, 2016
New graduate nurses and patients experiencing physiologic
J Kennedy, Sheryl Jenkins.
24th Annual Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, , 2015
Tips for a successful IRB review
Sheryl Jenkins, Kim M. Astroth.
Doctoral Colloquium, Normal, Illinois, , 2015
The successful researcher
Sheryl Jenkins.
New Faculty Orientation, Normal, Illinois, August, 2015
Developing a measure of facilitators and barriers to rapid response team activation
Kim M. Astroth, Wendy L. Woith, Sheryl Jenkins, M Hesson-McInnis.
26th International Nursing Research Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July, 2015
The impact of civility on homeless peoples’ healthcare experiences
Wendy L. Woith, Kim M. Astroth, Cynthia Kerber, Sheryl Jenkins.
26th International Nursing Research Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July, 2015