EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION: WEB PAGE: JEAN E. BARTELS, PHD, RN CHAIR AND PROFESSOR SCHOOL OF NURSING Institution and Location Focus Support Degree/Date University of Wisconsin Nursing Sociology/ Ph.D. (Nursing) Milwaukee, Wisconsin Counseling December, 1990 Marquette University Nursing Education MSN Milwaukee, Wisconsin August, 1983 Alverno College Nursing Adult Education BSN with Honors Milwaukee, Wisconsin May, 1981 Columbia Hospital School Nursing Diploma July, 1970 of Nursing Milwaukee, Wisconsin EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES: Institution and Location Position Dates Georgia Southern University Chairperson 1999-present School of Nursing Professor 1999-present Statesboro, Georgia Full Graduate Faculty 2001-present Alverno College Chairperson of Nursing 1990-1999 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Professor 1995-1999 Associate Professor 1988-1995 Assistant Professor 1985-1988 Instructor 1983-1985 Teaching Assistant 1981-1982 St. Joseph's Hospital Staff Nurse 1981 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Intensive Care Columbia Hospital Staff Nurse 1970-1977 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Intensive Care
PRACTICE EXPERTISE Nursing Care of the Adult Critical Care Chronic Care Community-Based Nursing Practice AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST/PRACTICE Dr. Bartels has conducted research in a variety of nursing practice and higher education areas. Examples of studies completed and published or awaiting publication include: Self Regulation-- Perceptions of the Chronically Ill (Fellowship funded by the National Institutes of Health); Living with Ventricular Dysrhythmias; Caring for Pre-Transplant Patients Waiting in the Hospital--Nurses Views; Perceptions of Care Givers of Patients Awaiting Heart Transplants; Identification of Novice Nursing Students' Learning Needs--A Study of Self-Referent Experiences; Discriminant Analysis of RN's Perceptions of Ideal and Current Work Environments; Clinical Competence in Baccalaureate Nursing Students--The Reliability and Validity of Performance Assessment Measures; and Outcome Assessment in the Professions: The Case of Mandating the Assessment of Critical Thinking Outcomes for All Nursing Programs. Her current research and writing activities focus on the development and measurement of teaching, learning and assessment outcomes in baccalaureate nursing education. She has presented her findings at the American Association of Higher Education and the American Education Research Association as well as at nursing discipline conferences. She has written books, chapters, and articles on topics including outcome measurement in nursing education, critical thinking in nursing, nursing education for the 21st century, service learning and community-based nursing education. CONSULTATIONS AND SERVICE Dr. Bartels has conducted numerous local, state, national, and international workshops, presentations and consultations on issues related to community-based nursing practice, nursing education, ability based/outcome focused education, critical thinking, assessment processes and accreditation in both nursing and higher education. Recent presentations include: Preparing for Accreditation; Clinical Teaching and Evaluation; Assessment as Learning: Starting with the Student; Collaborative Teaching: Creating a Culture Where Assessment Improves Learning; Critical Thinking in Nursing; Designing Performance Assessment for Nursing Practice; and Assessing Nurses' Abilities in the Practice Environment. Most recently, she has presented at such places as the Bellin College of Nursing, College of New Jersey, Central Missouri State University, Hawaii Pacific University, University of Texas Houston, University of Cincinnati, Southwestern Missouri Nursing Education Consortium, SUNY Syracuse, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Florida, Grand Valley State University, Rush University; Florida Gulf Coast University; University of Tennessee Memphis; University of Wisconsin Madison; Bradley University, University of Missouri; Baker University; Cooper Union University; Deans of Pharmacy, Ottawa, Ontario; Ohio State University; Indiana University Kokomo, Bloomington, and Northwest campuses; the University of Oklahoma; Auburn University, School of Pharmacy; Case Western Reserve Mandel School of Social Work; Tennessee State University School of Nursing; University of North Carolina--Greensboro; University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee; Deans of Nursing in the Schools of Nursing in Michigan; South Dakota State University; University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics; and the University of Auckland and University of Willmington, New Zealand.
Dr. Bartels serves as the President for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing where she has been a Board of Directors member, Executive Committee member and Secretary since 1995. She was a member of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Steering Committee charged with creating the CCNE accrediting body and currently serves as a CCNE site evaluator. She was the Assistant Editor for Education for the Journal of Professional Nursing and currently serves on the Editorial Board. She presented testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workplace in 2001. She was the Chairperson of the Statewide Nursing Advisory Commission for the Wisconsin Health Education System and the legislative liaison for Wisconsin Deans of Nursing to the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing. She serves on the Joint Commission on the Recognition of Specialty Boards for the American Podiatric Medical Association. Among others, she is a member of the American Nurses Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, ISSSS, the Midwest Nursing Research Society, The American Association of Higher Education, the American Educational Research Association, and Phi Kappa Phi - Academic Honors Society. At the state level, Dr. Bartels serves on the Education Committee for the Georgia Board of Nursing. She serves as the President for Ogeechee Area Hospice Board of Directors and sits on the East Georgia Regional Medical Center Advisory Board. She is a member of the Bulloch County Council on Child Abuse, Inc. First Steps Advisory Council and the East Georgia Regional Medical Center Quality Assurance Patient Care Team. EDITORIAL BOARDS AND NATIONAL PEER REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Assistant Editor for Education, Journal of Professional Nursing, 1996-1998. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Professional Nursing, 1999-present. Peer Reviewer, Journal of Professional Nursing, 1994-present. Peer Reviewer, Journal of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2002-present. Peer Reviewer, Nursing Outlook, 1997-present. Peer Reviewer, Midwest Nursing Research Society, 1994-present. GRANTS/RESEARCH/SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES: Rural Nursing Nursing Service and Education Outreach Programs. U.S. Congress Omnibus Bill Set-Aside, U.S. Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies..Office of Rural Health. ($275,000, August 2004) Rural Nursing Outreach Program. Healthcare Georgia Foundation. Funding Invitation. ($75,000).
Rural Nursing Service and Education Outreach Program. U.S. Congress Omnibus Bill Set-Aside, U.S. Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies. Office of Rural Health. ($300,000, August 2003) Articles: Bartels, J., & Bednash, P. (2004). Answering the Call for Quality Nursing Care and Patient Safety: A New Model for Nursing Education. Book Chapters: Bartels, J. (2002). Undergraduate Nursing Education. College Review. New York: College Review Printing. White Papers: Bartels, J. (2002). NCLEX-RN Pass Rates Standards for the University System of Georgia Nursing Programs. Paper written for the Subcommittee on Nursing of the University System of Georgia Health Professions Committee. Bartels, J. (2002). The Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader. Paper written for the Task Force on Educaiton and Regualtion of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. PUBLICATIONS: Abstracts: Bartels, J. (1991). Self regulation: Decisions of the chronically ill. Operant Subjectivity, 14(4), 154-155. Bartels, J., and Jenkins, L. (1989). The professional practice environment: A discriminant analysis. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Scientific Sessions Book of Abstracts. Madison, Wisconsin: Omnipress for Sigma Theta Tau. Bartels, J. (1983). Self concept and family functioning as factors in insulin dependent diabetics' compliance behavior. Leading Edge, 3(4), 13. Articles: Bartels, J. (June, 1999). The Internal Survey: Understanding the Educational Environment. Monograph for AACN/Helene Fuld Health Trust Faculty Development Grant for Community-Based Care for Undergraduate Nursing Education. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Bartels, J. (June, 1999). Evaluating Outcomes: Measuring Success of Faculty Students, and Communities. Monograph for AACN/Helene Fuld Health Trust Faculty Development Grant for Community-Based Care for Undergraduate Nursing Education. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Thompson, C., & Bartels, J. (1999). Outcomes Assessment: Implications for Nursing
Education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 15(3), 170-178. Bartels, J. (October/November, 1998). Liberal Learning in Nursing Education: Connecting Career With Service. Journal of Professional Nursing, 14(5), 264. Bartels, J. (May/June, 1998). Developing Reflective Learners: Student Self-assessment. Journal Of Professional Nursing, 14(3), 135. Bartels, J. (January/February, 1998). Assuring Program Effectiveness: Outcome Assessment that Serves the Learner. Journal of Professional Nursing, 14(1), 4. Bartels, J. (September/October, 1997). Understanding Teaching Scholarship: Beyond the Dichotomization. Journal of Professional Nursing, 13,(5), 278. Bartels, J. (May/June, 1997). Creating Meaningful Accreditation Practices for the Next Millennium. Journal of Professional Nursing, 13(3), 140. Bartels, J. (January/February, 1997). Responsible Education for Today s Professional Nurses. Journal of Professional Nursing, 13 (1), 4. Bartels, J. (1996). AACN responds to the restructured health care system--alverno College Division Nursing as an exemplar." Juried paper presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Semiannual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 23, 1996. Bartels, J. (1995). How an institution learns about student learning: Connecting assessment, accreditation, and quality." A juried paper presented at the American Association for Higher Education, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1995. Bartels, J. (1995). Outcomes assessment in the professions: The case of mandating the assessment of critical thinking for all nursing programs--a program example and reflection from Alverno College. Juried paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 19, 1995. Bartels, J. (1994). Nurses are ready for new health care plan. Greenfield Observer, March 24, 1994. Bartels, J. (1994). Nurses welcome new system. Milwaukee Journal, February 27, 1994. Bartels, J. (1992). Health care reform: Nursing's challenge. Student STAT, 39(2), 14-15. Bartels, J. (1988). An introduction to features of high quality cost-effective nursing care delivery systems of the future. A paper commissioned by the National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project. Bartels, J. (1987). Linking nursing research and information resources. National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project: Second Invitational Conference Papers. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Bartels, J. (1986). Grantsmanship: A scholarly pursuit. Leading Edge, 5(2), 1-2.
Bartels, J. (1983). How to be your own editor. Leading Edge, 3(1), 12-13. Bartels, J. (1983). Writers in action: The scholarly way. Leading Edge, 6(2), 1-2. Books: Mentkowski, M. & Associates. (2000). Learning That Lasts: Integrating Learning, Development, and Performance in College and Beyond. J. Bartels, Associate Author. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Book Chapters: Bartels, J. (1998). Humanistic learning in the context of service: The liberal arts in nursing education. In Connolly, C; Koerner, J.; & Norbeck, J. (Eds.) Nursing Monograph on Service Learning. New York: American Association of Higher Education. Bartels, J. (1985). The graduate student as researcher. In A. M. Lieski (Ed.) Clinical Nursing Research, (pp. 259-273). Rockville, Maryland: Aspen Publications. Dissertation/Thesis: Bartels, J. (1990). Self regulation: Decisions of the chronically ill. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bartels, J. (1983). Self concept and family functioning as factors in insulin dependent diabetics' compliance behavior. Unpublished master's thesis. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August, 1983. White Papers: Nichols, B.; Poi, K.; Bartels, J.; Borgman, P.; Littlefield, V.; Schutz, M. (1998). The Contemporary Practice of Professional Nursing in Wisconsin. Madison, WI: Wisconsin Nurses Association. GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING: COURSES TAUGHT: NURS 3129 Foundational Concepts of Professional Nursing NURS 3139 Introduction to the Conceptual Basis of Nursing NURS 6811 Research Practicum I NURS 6812 Research Practicum II NURS 7999 Thesis in Nursing