Jenna Reyes, EdD, RN, PHN, CHSE
Department Chair, Nursing Education and Associate Professor
Phone: (760) 807-0904
Email: jereyes@apu.edu
Office Location: San Diego Regional Campus, Suite 300, Room #117
Jenna Reyes, EdD, MSN/ED, RN, PHN, CHSE, graduated from The University of Alabama with an EdD in Nursing Education. She is passionate about nursing education and the development of clinical judgment to serve the development of nursing students. She has centered her overall research focus on the best practices for supporting and developing nursing students’ ability to practice the art and science of nursing through improved educational practices. Thus, her research focus has included mentoring nursing students, the development of effective study techniques for test success, and educational tools to support the development of clinical judgement, including concept mapping and all methods of simulation.
Throughout Reyes’s career she has spent several years working with students to develop their nursing skills. She has worked in simulation for the past 7 years serving as the regional director of skills and simulation labs, overseeing the development and implementation of simulation pedagogies that best support the development of nursing students. She developed and implemented the current virtual simulation process used at Azusa Pacific University’s School of Nursing to supplement the nursing education process during the worldwide pandemic in 2020.
Dr. Reyes currently serves at Azusa Pacific University’s School of Nursing as the Department Chair of the MSN Nursing Education Department while maintaining the simulation lab at the San Diego regional campus and as part of the simulation team that oversees experiential learning experiences in the school of nursing.
Education
- EdD, Instructional Leadership/Nursing Education, The University of Alabama 2022
- MSN/Ed, Nursing Education, Kaplan University, 2015
- BSN, California State University, Long Beach, 2004
Credentials/Certifications
- RN
- PHN
- CHSE
Academic Area
- School of Nursing
Expertise
- Nursing Education
- ER/Critical Care Nursing
- Development of Clinical Judgement
- Simulation in Nursing Education
- Mentorship in Nursing
Courses Taught
- GNRS 501 – Theoretical Thinking in Nursing
- GNRS 556 – Intermediate Medical-Surgical Care of the Adult
- GNRS 586 – Leadership and Management in Professional Practice
- GNRS 597 – Comprehensive Examination Directed Study
- GNRS 660 – Theories of Teaching and Instruction
- GNRS 661 – Leadership and Role Development in Nursing
- GNRS 663 – Clinical Practicum in Nursing Education