Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, MSN, RN, CNOR, FNAP

Associate Professor

Executive Director of CIPER

photo placeholder for Jessen, Jennifer

Contact

JenniferJessen@creighton.edu
Faculty - Nursing
College of Nursing
CIPER Leadership Team
CRISS II - Criss 2 - 193D

Jennifer Lynn Jessen, EdD, MSN, RN, CNOR, FNAP

Associate Professor

Executive Director of CIPER

Dr. Jennifer L. Jessen, EdD, RN, CNOR, FNAP, is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at Creighton University. Her scholarship centers on perioperative nursing education, interprofessional education (IPE), and the development of assessment strategies to advance competency-based learning. She holds a Doctor of Education in Health Professions Education and an MSN in Nursing Education from the College of Saint Mary, and a BSN from Creighton University. In addition to teaching, Dr. Jessen leads a special assignment in assessment and accreditation, developing a comprehensive assessment model for undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, aligning student learning outcomes with national standards, and supporting accreditation readiness. She has secured funding for projects on IPE assessment and community-based advance care planning, with work published in Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice and Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education. A Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, she is dedicated to preparing collaborative, practice-ready health professionals.

Teaching Interests

  • Perioperative Nursing

Research Focus

Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research
Perioperative Nursing Education
Emotional Intelligence
Global Health Education

Department

Nursing - Bachelors

Position

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Creighton Journal of Collaborative Practice and Education
    Potthoff Meghan, Kirkpatrick Amanda, Jessen Jennifer, Fox Cathy, Haneman Victoria, Piotrowski Megan, Rodriguez Beatriz, Langlois Sydney, Interprofessional Advance Care Planning to Enhance End-of-Life Care: A Community Assessment
    2:1, p. - 2025
  • Creighton Journal of Collaborative Practice and Education
    Somers Kimberly, Patterson Angela, Beran-Shepler Kimberly, Nguyen Brian T, Racette Isabella, Jensen Gail, Jessen Jennifer, Assessing campus implementation of interprofessional education: a cross-case analysis using relational coordination theory.
    2:1, p. - 2025
  • American journal of pharmaceutical education
    Begley Kimberley J., Fuji Kevin T., Beran-Shepler Kimberly, Somers Kimberly, Feirstein Jennifer, Jessen Jennifer, Surveying the Landscape: Determining National Interprofessional Programs’ Curricular Processes and Assessment Practices
    88:9 2024
  • Nursing & Primary Care
    Jessen Jennifer, Lived Experiences and Insight on Development of Emotional Intelligence in Professional Nursing Practice
    8:3 2024
  • Journal of interprofessional education & practice
    North Sara E., Friedrich Cheri L., Salzman Brooke, Beran-Shepler Kimberly A., Jessen Jennifer L., Sicks Shoshana, Sick Brian, A multi-institutional framework for building, sustaining, and evaluating a comprehensive interprofessional education curriculum
    35 2024
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Jessen Jennifer, Somers Kimberly, Manz Julie, Foster Sarah, Beran-Shepler Kimberly, Exploring the Development of an Interprofessional Situational Judgment Test
    5 2023
  • AORN journal
    Manz Julie, Williams Katherine, Jessen Jennifer, Kirkpatrick Amanda, Addressing the Perioperative Nursing Shortage Via a Perioperative Nursing Preceptorship for Baccalaureate Nursing Students
    113:1, p. 52 - 63 2021
  • Health, Interprofessional Practice and Education
    Hadenfeldt Cindy Jean, Jessen Jennifer Lynn, Banzhaf Sara, Martens-Stricklett Kate, Naylor Heather M, Addressing the Opioid Epidemic: Strategies for Interprofessional Health Education
    4:1, p. 2131 - 2131 2020

Presentations

  • Meaningful Partnership with Population Health Clinicians to Enhance Competency-Based Nursing 2025
  • Preconference Workshop: Building Capacity for IPECP Research: Empowering Future Scholars with Mixed-method Methodologies. 2025