Jewel Yoder

I am a Registered Nurse since 1999 who is serving my alma mater as a way of giving back and impacting the future of the nursing profession. I was raised by nurses and have always been drawn to caring for people. The majority of my nursing career was working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which I was certified in for many years.

 

 

BSN, Goshen College, 1999
MSN, Regis University, 2010
DNP, Goshen College, 2020
Indiana Center for Nursing
Council for Indiana Nursing Deans and Directors
Goshen Hospital Board and Health Systems Board

DNP Project: Creating a Seamless Academic Progression from Undergraduate to Graduate Education in Nursing

Authors Jewel Yoder

Thesis, Dissertation2020

Eastern Mennonite University, Goshen College, Harrisonburg, VA 2020

Abstract: In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recognized an impending nursing workforce shortage and called on nursing educators to create pathways to promote innovative nursing education. This project was designed to respond to that call by creating a nursing education program that seamlessly progresses students from an undergraduate level of nursing education to the graduate level with a focus on nursing leadership. Research shows that the Academic Progression in Nursing Initiative, started in 2014, identified four pathways to aid in student matriculation: RN to BSN degrees conferred at the community college level, accelerated program options, competency or outcomes-based curriculum, and shared curriculum (Farmer, Gerardi, Thompson, & Hoffman, 2017). These four models were developed to push forward the agenda of seamless academic progression and they serve to meet different needs while having points of intersection. After reviewing the four pathways, this Doctor of Nursing Practice project selected the accelerated option, paired with shared curriculum, as the appropriate pathway to be implemented. The Knowledge to Action (KTA) theoretical framework was applied in the development of this program. The final product deliverables including a curriculum map and cross walk table, outline a seamless academic program bridging undergraduate and graduate education with a focus on nursing leadership.

Can be found at the Goshen College Harold and Wilma Good Library

A huge thank you to my tenure and promotion committee for their work and support. Thank you to the board of trustees at Goshen College for awarding me tenure with this institution. I look forward to my future here and to the growth that lies ahead for us with a new nursing/ public health facility, our expansion into nursing simulation, and perhaps a master’s of public health at some future point in time. (2022-2023)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Nursing Workforce Development Grant Awardee 2021 as a part of the Indiana Center for Nursing: Goshen College in partnership with seven other colleges and universities state-wide has been awarded one of the U.S. Health Recourses and Services Administration (HRSA) Nursing Workforce Development grants. Our grant is entitled NEEDS2B and has grown out of the work of the ICN. Dr, Beth Miller, Nursing Faculty, will be the program liaison for Goshen College. The grant will offer 24 scholarship/stipend packages to diverse nursing students to help with matriculation into the profession of nursing. To date, we have had 17 students successfully matriculate through our program in part because of the NEEDS2B program.

the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) Innovations Fund Winner 2019 as a part of the Indiana Center for Nursing:
I represent Goshen College as part of the Indiana Nursing Education Equity and Diversity Statewide grant (IN NEEDS) through the Indiana Center for Nursing (ICN). This grant program was awarded in 2019, through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), Innovations Fund. The focus is on increasing diversity in the nursing workforce in the state of Indiana; through holistic admissions, mentorship, and funding. We will need more nurses to meet the demand for healthcare in our future aging population. Of primary interest to me is how to increase diversity within nursing; which is not limited to ethnicity but expands to gender, sexuality, educational opportunities, and socio-economic status.

I am honored to have been awarded a President’s Innovation Grant for my scholarly work in the DNP program for the 18-19 and 19-20 academic year. I also received the Mininger Grant for faculty development in 17-18, 18-19, and 19-20 which supported my academic growth, as I progress through my Doctoral program. Thank you to the Nursing Department for assistance through the Nora Martin Scholarship for funding my education, as well as, your ongoing support, as I pursued my terminal degree!

I am pleased to have been the recipient of “Nursing Excellence in Interdisciplinary Relationships” award in 2009 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado. I was proud to be nominated two consectutive years for “Leader of the Year” award in 2010 and 2011, at Rose Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. I was also awarded the “Courageous Leader under Pressure” award in 2010 as Rose Medical Center opened its 24 bed level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after being remodeled into private rooms for the tiniest patients.