Jodi Kushner

Dr. Jodi Kushner, DNP, MSN, CHSE, CNE, BSN is a nursing faculty for graduate and undergraduate levels in the VANAP program at the School of Nursing and Health Professions, USF, an Academic partnership between the University and the Department of Veteran Affairs Northern California Healthcare System. Her areas of interest include teaching strategies, learning styles, teaching students with disabilities and nursing simulation. Her DNP project titled, "Increasing Faculty Knowledge and Empathy"  encompassed teaching strategies, simulation and focused on students with learning disabilities.

Dr. Kushner has been an RN since 2008 and in the healthcare field since 2004 and has been a first-hand witness to the rapidly changing healthcare system in our country. Her clinical background is in medical-surgical nursing and school nursing for the special needs population. She began teaching as a clinical instructor at Austin Peay State University in 2010 while working on her Masters degree in Nursing Education. In 2014, she returned to California to teach at the University of San Francisco.

Dr. Kushner's Philosophy of Education:

Education is something that that is ever-changing and ever-evolving. It has the power to transform individuals and futures. The education process and learning experience can be described as fluid. This means that it is a continuous yet ever-changing process. People are unique individuals so therefore their educational journeys will also be unique. The knowledge gained may be the same, but how the knowledge was gained or the depth of understanding may be different for each individual student.

Nursing is an art;
and if it is to be made an art,
it requires as exclusive a devotion,
as hard a preparation,
as any painter's or sculptor's work;

for what is the having to do with
dead canvas or cold marble,
compared with having to do with the
living body - the temple of God's spirit?

It is one of the Fine Arts;
I had almost said
the finest of the Fine Arts

          - Florence Nightingale

• DNP, University of San Francisco (December, 2017)
• MSN, Austin Peay State University
• RN, State of California and Tennessee
• BSN, Austin Peay State University

• Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse License number TN
• Registered Nurse License number CA
• Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
• Certified Nurse Educator
• Memberships and Volunteer work

University Committee Service

• School of Nursing Simulation Committee (Vice Chair 2016- Present) - USF, 2015-Present
• Sigma Theta Tau Beta Gamma Committee (Membership Chair) - USF, 2015- Present
• School of Nursing Admission Committee (Vice Chair) - APSU, 2013-2014
• School of Nursing Program Evaluation Committee- APSU, 2013-2014
• Environmental Affairs University Committee- APSU, 2013-2014

Professional Memberships

• American Nurses Association/ California (2017-Present)
• International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation Learning (2017-Present)
• Sigma Theta Tau- Beta Gamma Membership Chair (2016-Present)
• Sigma Theta Tau Nu Phi Chapter Vice-President (2013-2014)
• Tennessee Nurse's Association (2011-2014)
• National League of Nursing (2012-2014)

Volunteer Work

• Health Ministry- Christ the King Lutheran Church, Orangevale, CA- 2017- Present
• Guided Imagery workshop for A to Z health fair- Alzheimer’s Association August 2013