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Janis Needham Rice, MSN, RN, CNS-CC

School of Nursing
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210-567-5612
ricej@uthscsa.edu
Associate Professor/Clinical

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Undergraduate teaching is my primary educational focus. I teach clinical and didactic in four core traditional undergraduate nursing courses in the Fall and Spring semesters. Strategies for Adult II (N4315/4316) which concentrates on caring for acutely ill patients and consists of 112.5 clinical hours. Leadership-Management focuses on leadership/Management (N4319/4320) concepts and consists of 112.5 clinical hours. Both courses are team taught allowing classroom teaching to be a shared responsibility. I am the course coordinator for NURS 4320, NURS 4329 Leadership & Management: Theory and NURS 4230 Leadership & Management: Clinical Application, accelerated BSN courses. I developed the leadership-management courses and initiated the courses Summer 2011. From 2006 to 2015, 2018- present I take undergraduate BSN students to Guatemala each summer for an international global health experience. This course allows students to study in a foreign country, learn about healthcare issues impacting the country and provide healthcare to the indigenous Mayan Indian populace. Medical and surgical care is given along with community support. I practiced in the intensive care setting in a Surgical/Trauma ICU setting at Brooke Army Medical Center until January 2011 which enhanced my ability to lecture, promoted credibility in the clinical setting when interacting with students, and supported realistic curriculum revision. I maintain my required CNS-CC clinical hours.

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Education

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Year Degree Discipline Institution
1994 MSN Critical Care Nursing; Minor: Education University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing. San Antonio, TX
San Antonio , TX
1974 BSN Nursing Murray State University, Murray, KY

Appointments

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9/2010 - Present Associate Professor / Clinical UT Health San Antonio, School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX

Expertise

Critical Care Nursing -
Received CNS in Critical Care from the Texas BON after completing my MSN in May 1994. I have maintained the required 400 clinical hours every 2 years along with the mandatory continuing education requirements.
Dimensional Analysis -
Utilizing dimensional analysis to teach nursing students medication math calculations.
ECG Interpretation -
Able to teach basic ECG interpretation to undergraduate nursing students and staff nurses.
Global nursing -
From 2006-2015, 2018-present each summer I sponsored 4-5 undergraduate BSN nursing students for an international medical experience to Guatemala caring for the under-served Maya populace. The experience was comprised of 12 days.
Immersion precepted undergraduate course -
Changed and strengthened the undergraduate Immersion preceptor course. Implemented ATI integration via the Virtual program into the course. The Virtual program is a programmed review of the essential content in a nursing program - foundamentals, pharmacology, med/surg, psych-mental health, OB, Peds, and Leadership-Management. In 2016 implemented the Methodist Internship students into the Immersion course.
Simulation -
Active with integrating hi-fidelity simulation into the nursing curriculum since 2006.

Publications

Abstract

Rice, MSN, BSN JN. Seeing the Big Picture: Development INACL; 2018 Jun.

Journal Article

Puga, F., Dorough, A., Rice JN

. Beyond the Horizon: International Learning Experiences, Community Engagement and Mental Health in Guatemala Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2016 Aug;38(5):455-457.

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