Jan Jones-Schenk
National Director College of Health Professions
Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, United States
Jan Jones-Schenk is working as National Director in College of Health Professions at Western Governors University.WGU is a competency based, online university offering Masters and Bachelors degrees. All nursing degrees are CCNE accredited. She has led the development of an innovative national prelicensure BS in nursing program which graduated its first students in June 2011. This is a model that will provide another alternative for preparing nurses for the future shortage. The program has been approved by five state boards of nursing and offers a unique clinical partnering system that uses existing clinical capacity differently. Dr. Jones-Schenk is a past president of the American Nurses Credentialing Center Board of Directors, served 8 years on the American Nurses Association Board of Directors and 9 years as a Trustee for Park City Medical Center, an Intermountain Health Care facility in Park City UT.
Healthcare and nursing credentialing, accreditation and regulation. Innovations in Nursing academics and program design.Alignment, Vision, Connectedness, Human capital.
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