Assistant Professor of Nursing

Office: WY 201
Phone: (574) 535-7378
Email: jemswiler@goshen.edu

Education

BA, Eastern Mennonite University, 1998
MPH, Tulane University, 2004

Courses

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
A study of psychiatric/mental health nursing practice. The clinical component provides opportunities in psychiatric inpatient and community mental health settings. The role of the nurse as a member of the mental health team is emphasized.
Introduction to Professional Nursing
Selected nursing theories, nursing process and research as foundations for nursing practice. Emphasis is on the nurse as a person and the importance of self understanding, accountability, communication and helping relationships.  The role of the professional nurse in terms of an ever-changing health care delivery system and emerging nursing practice settings.
Concepts and Strategies in Nursing
Selected concepts and strategies inherent in basic nursing practice, organized according to classification systems of nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes are studied.  Nursing skills are incorporated.

Lectures & Presentations

“A Nightingale Challenge” presentation at Goshen College Nursing Student Mock Convention, February 2012

“Mountains beyond Mountains: the only real nation is humanity” presentation on Tracy Kidder’s book Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World, Middlebury Public Library, December 2011

“Community Health Nursing and HIV in Rural Tanzania” presentation at Mennonite Nurses Association-Northern Indiana Chapter, May 2011

 

 

Honors & Awards

2012
Science Alumni Honor recipient, Eastern Mennonite School

Grants & Fellowships

 

2012
Goshen College Mininger Conference Grant – Interfaith pre-conference on HIV: Faith and AIDS 2012 Taking Action Together

Memberships & Associations

American Nurses Association

Indiana Nurses Association

Mennonite Health Fellowship

Christian Connections for International Health

Personal Information

Jan is a faculty sponsor of the Goshen College Nursing Student Association. She volunteers at a non-profit fair trade retail store, Ten Thousand Villages in Goshen and is an active participant of Assembly Mennonite Church in Goshen.

 

Employment

7/2010-present
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Goshen College, Goshen,IN
7/2010-present
Staff nurse on Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit
Oaklawn Psychiatric Hospital
Goshen,IN
2010
Swahili instructor
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
2009-2010
Executive Director
Valley AIDS Network
Harrisonburg, VA
2009-2010
Staff nurse, Weekend Nurse Supervisor
Oak Lea Nursing Home
Harrisonburg, VA
2008-2009
Service Worker- Community Health Program Administrator,
Mennonite Central Committee
Tanzania
2007-2008
Lecturer of Advanced Nursing Studies
Aga Khan University- Tanzania Institute of Higher Learning
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2004-2006
Service Worker- Community Health Program Supervisor
Mennonite Central Committee
Tanzania
2003
Staff nurse
Oak Lea Nursing Home
Harrisonburg, VA
1998-2002
Service Worker- Community Health Worker
Mennonite Central Committee
Tanzania