Profile

Dr. Jennifer Van Winkle is the Program Chair for the Family Nurse Practitioner and Chair for the MSN Generalist and Nurse Administrator programs. She has over 16 years of nursing experience and eight years in nursing education.  Dr. Van Winkle is nationally certified as an Acute Care and Family Nurse Practitioner who has worked in several practice settings, including hospitals, surgery centers, and private offices. She received her master’s degree from Colorado State University-Pueblo, with a dual emphasis in Acute Care and Family Nurse Practitioner in 2011. She recently completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree with an emphasis in Population Health in August of 2022.

As a professor, Dr. Van Winkle has taught everything from basic nursing concepts to complex clinical care and procedures. She believes in establishing relationships with students that are based upon a foundation of mutual respect, integrity, and accountability. Using a multifaceted approach to instruction, she aims to encourage students to think critically about the materials and understand how to synthesize this information into effective, evidence-based, and compassionate patient care.

As a Nurse Practitioner, she has worked in several practice settings and specialties, including Pulmonary, Podiatry, and primary/urgent care in a university wellness center. She created, implemented, and managed a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program as a Pulmonology Nurse Practitioner. Additionally, she organized and taught monthly COPD/Asthma classes for pulmonary patients and families. Helping her patients help themselves through education was a mutually rewarding endeavor. Most recently, she worked in a university wellness clinic, providing primary and urgent care to students, faculty, and staff. In this setting, she provided holistic care to promote optimal health, resiliency, and success for the student population.

In her free time, she enjoys reading and spending time with her husband and four dogs.

Education

Certifications

Work Experience

Professional Service