Director of Nursing
Harper College
With over 25 years of experience in healthcare, Jennifer Smith is the Director of Nursing at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. Prior to her recent appointment to Director, she taught students in the first-semester Fundamentals course, as well as the fourth-semester Advanced Med-Surg and Leadership courses, in addition to providing clinical instruction in acute care. In her teaching role as Professor, Smith implemented and oversaw a peer mentoring program to foster student success and collegiality. She also developed and coordinated the program’s capstone clinical course for fourth semester students to facilitate role transition. She works in direct patient care at Advocate Aurora Good Shepherd Hospital in Cardio Diagnostics.
Ms. Smith is currently collecting data to complete her dissertation on new graduate resilience for her EdD at Northern Illinois University. Her clinical nursing knowledge includes Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Wellness. Through various roles in healthcare, Smith has experience in administration and management, research, quality assurance, communications, and healthcare marketing.
Saturday, November 20, 2021
3:00 PM – 3:50 PM CDT