Lecturer
University of Washington Bothell
18115 Campus Way NE
Box 358532
Bothell, WA 98011
jerelyn@u.washington.edu
Fax: 425.352.3237
Academic Interests:
Women's Health Issues
Adolescent Health
Curriculum Development and Evaluation
Community Health
Social Justice/Health Care Disparity
Teaching Activities:
BNURS 350 - Critical Thinking
BNURS 407 - Cultural and Social Issues in Health Care
BNURS 408 - Nursing Care with Families in the Community
BNURS 409 - Nursing Strategies for Community as Client
BNURS 495 - Senior Portfolio
BHLTH 497 - Adolescent Health
Professional Activities:
Member of Sigma Theta Tau International.
Member of Washington State Nurses Association.
Member of American Educational Research Association.
University of Washington, Seattle School of Nursing Curriculum committee 1996-97
Co-coordinator of International Health course, University of Washington, Seattle 1985-86
Honors and Awards:
Recipient of Huckabay Teaching Fellowship 2001-2002.
Recipient of Ethel Jenisch Rose Endowment Award 2004-2005
Education:
PhD, University of Washington, Seattle, 2002
MN, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987
BSN, University of Iowa, 1980
Clinical Background:
Seattle Midlife Women's Health Study: Research Assistant
Reconnecting At-Risk Youth Study, Seattle: Research Assistant
Downtown Public Health, Seattle, Public Health Nurse: Development and implementation of teen pregnancy, parenting and pregnancy prevention activities in traditional schools
Columbia Health Center, Seattle, Public Health Nurse: Prenatal, parenting, and health classes in the Teenage Parenting and Pregnancy Prevention Program in an alternative school
Sea Mar Community Health Center, Seattle: Health Educator and Coordinator of Obstetrics Program
Aesculapius International Medicine, El Salvador: Health Educator, Trainer of Lay Health Workers
Salvation Army, El Salvador: Earthquake Relief Nurse
University of Michigan: Research Associate, Health Decision in Pregnancy Study
Pacific Medical Center, Seattle: Consulting Nurse in Primary Care/Adult Medicine
King County Jail, Seattle: RN
Erie Family Health Center, Chicago: Community Health Nurse
Visiting Nurse Association, Chicago: Visiting Nurse
Bernalillo County Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM: Postpartum Staff Nurse
Selected Recent Publications and Presentations:
Was the question they were answering on the questionnaire? (April, 2001). Paper presented at the Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Nursing Research Conference at Seattle, WA, April 20, 2001.
(1985). Health care needs of Central American refugees. Amparo: 1(3), 2.
SWALLOW IX Linguistics Conference, El Paso, TX, April 1980: A look at cross-cultural communication in medical settings.
