Rebecca W. Jones, Ph.D., MSN, ANP-C, BS, RN, CNL

Dr. Rebecca Witten Jones has been a nurse for over 20 years. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) with a BSN degree in 1997. She is a certified adult nurse practitioner, who completed a MSN in Adult Health Primary Care in 2003 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She also earned a PhD degree in Occupational Health Nursing from UAB in 2009, focusing on job stress. She became a Certified Nurse Leader (CNL) in 2019.

Dr. Jones taught in various on ground and online undergraduate, RN to BSN, and graduate nursing programs, such as at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. At Sacred Heart University, she is a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor in the Online MSN program, where she teaches core and clinical courses including: Healthcare Research, Evidence-Based Practice, Application of Advanced Health Assessment Methods, and Disease Management and Outcomes Assessment. She also advises CNL graduate students in their plans of studies.

For several years prior to returning to academia in 2015, Dr. Jones practiced as a nurse practitioner in perianesthesia clinics in the Huntsman Cancer Hospital at the University of Utah and at the VCU Medical Center. Her nursing experience includes medical-surgical, cardiology, transplant, perioperative, occupational health, surgical and radiation oncology. Her clinical areas of interest are anticoagulation management and valvular heart disease. Her areas of scholarly interests include online teaching and learning, quantitative research critique and trauma-informed healthcare.

Professional Interests

• Best Practices in Perioperative Care
• Self-Care for the Healthcare Professionals
• Domestic Violence Advocacy

Service

• Editorial Advisory Board, Online Research Resources, Wolters Kluwer Publishing, Philadelphia, PA (2019-20)
• Reviewer: Polit, D.F. & Beck, C.T. (2018). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
• SHU Writing Across Curriculum Committee (2018-current)
• Continuing Education Committee, Sacred Heart University, College of Nursing (2017-current)
• Open Educational Resources Taskforce, Sacred Health University (2016-2018)
• Scholarship Committee, Sacred Heart University, College of Nursing (2016-2018)