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 as well as the role exploration courses for seniors.  She also serves as Faculty Liaison to the Smith Career Center, facilitating students' participation in internships and externships.  Professor Jackson is also a member of the graduate faculty and guides graduate student research. Her current research is related to mentoring nursing faculty and the development of role strain.  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, Arkansas, and Methodist Medical Center School of Nursing in St. Joseph, Missouri.  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.