Phone:  309.677.2534

Email:  jj@bradley.edu

Janet Jackson serves as the Level III coordinator for the nursing program.  Currently, she teaches a component of the medical-surgical content in the classroom and the clinical areas.  She also coordinates the Nursing Co-op Program and is involved in developing activities to help students prepare for the NCLEX-RN licensing exam.  Professor Jackson is also a member of the graduate faculty and guides graduate student research.

Currently, Professor Jackson is collaborating on research related to health needs and health promotion in medically underserved populations in the Peoria area.  Other research interests include the success of transfer students in baccalaureate nursing programs and predictors of success on the NCLEX-RN licensing exam.

Background
Professor Jackson joined the Bradley University nursing faculty in 1989.  Prior to that time she taught at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., and Methodist Medical Center School of Nursing in St. Joseph, Mo.  Her clinical experiences include critical care nursing and home-health nursing.

Degrees & Certification
Professor Jackson received her BSN (1976) from the University of Missouri and her MS in nursing (1984) from the University of Oklahoma. She is currently enrolled in the PhD program in educational administration at Illinois State University.