Dr. Jennifer Harrington teaches in the P-BSN and RN-BSN degree tracks, serving as Coordinator of 1st semester clinical and simulation. Additionally, Dr. Harrington is the Course Coordinator of Health Care Policy and Ethics for the RN-BSN program.
Dr. Harrington has been an RN for over 15 years and has been serving the community as a health care professional, in one capacity or another, for over 25 years. She started her career in health care education at Utah Tech University in 2013, as a part-time clinical instructor, and accepted a full-time faculty role in 2014. She has taught a variety of courses, including Medical Terminology, Introduction to Health Care Professions, Certified Nursing Assistant, Professional Nursing Roles, Transcultural Nursing, Health Care Policy and Ethics, and Nursing Leadership and Management.
Her patient care experience has primarily been focused on care of geriatric patients, a population in which she continues to practice. She earned her AS and AASN from Dixie State College of Utah, BSN from Dixie State University, and MS in Nursing: Leadership in Healthcare Systems and Doctor of Nursing Practice, in Advanced Leadership in Health Care, from Regis University.
Dr. Harrington earned a graduate-level academic Certificate in Health Care Education (HCE) through Regis University. Other professional associations include Sigma Theta Tau, the ANA, and the NLN.
Dr. Harrington’s area of original nursing research focused on the impact of self-care on nursing faculty burnout and work-life. Dr. Harrington embraces Jean Watson’s approach to learning, which is rooted in Caring Science, emphasizing a holistic, transpersonal, and relationship-centered process that integrates the art and science of nursing.