Jennifer Field Brown, APRN-PMH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Contact Information VCU School of Nursing |
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Education
| 2004 | PhD | Health Services Research and Organization Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health Administration, Richmond, VA |
| 1998 | MS | Nursing/Psychiatric Nursing University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1997 | BS | Nursing University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
| 1995 | BA | Psychology and Studio Art University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA |
Licensure/Certification
ANCC Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult Psychiatric, 1999-present.
Virginia State Licensure: Registered Nurse, 1995-present.
Virginia State Certification: Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2000-present.
Basic Life Support/Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certified.
MESA/NAMI Certified Instructor, 2000.
Critical Incident Stress Debriefing certified, 2000.
Crisis Intervention Management Instructor, Western Psychiatric Institute, certified 2007.
Academic Experience
2006-present
Assistant Professor Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (Tenure Track, Graduate Faculty Appointment). Adult Health Nursing Systems, School of Nursing. Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,VA.
Committees: Graduate Programs Committee, Federated Search Committee
Teaching responsibilities: graduate and undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing
2004-2006 Assistant Professor & Baccalaureate Program Coordinator (Tenure Track). Department of Nursing. Norfolk State University, Norfolk,VA.
Committees: Systematic Evaluation, Curriculum Co-chair, Faculty Recruitment, Development & Evaluation, Student Activities, School of Science and Technology Research Committee
Teaching responsibilities: nursing research, nursing theory, psychiatric and mental health nursing, seminar topics in contemporary nursing, professional transition/leadership
Clinical Experience
2002-present Private Practice Psychotherapist . Independence Therapy Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Provide individual, marital and family therapy, part-time.
2003- present Psychiatric Legal Consultant. Goodman, Allen and Filletti, PLLC, Norfolk, VA
Review legal cases involving psychiatric treatment and provide expert consultation/ testimony, contract.
2003-2004 Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
Responsible for providing and promoting the following: staff, student, and patient education,
individual and family counseling; program, policy, and pathway development and monitoring; coordinator of clinical quality indicators; consultation for medical units throughout Sentara Southside Hospitals.
1999-2003 Psychiatric Emergency Response Service Clinician. Sentara Southside Hospitals, Norfolk,VA
Responsible for providing psychiatric consultations for the emergency rooms and medical units of three Sentara Hospitals, management of a crisis hotline, and after-hours utilization review for Sentara Mental Health Management, part-time.
1999-2001 Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, VA
Responsible for providing and promoting the following: staff, student, and patient education; individual and family counseling; program and pathway development and tracking/ coordinator of clinical quality indicators; consultation for medical units throughout Sentara Southside Hospitals.
1998-1999 Psychiatric Continuing Care Planner and Protocol Coordinator. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Mental Health Services, Norfolk, VA
Responsible for providing the following: patient and family counseling; assisting with community referrals and placements; pathway and protocol utilization monitoring; utilization review.
1997-1998 Mental Health Supportive Services Provider. Region Ten Community Service Board,
Charlottesville, VA
Responsible for providing psychoeducation and psychosocial rehabilitative services for Dually Diagnosed clients who are part of a HUD funded residential and day support program, part-time.
1997-1998 Clinical Research Assistant, Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Project,
University of Virginia/ Buckingham County Health Department
Performed evaluations, data collection and analysis on adult female subjects who were being assessed for their level of depression and responsiveness to treatment, part-time.
Grant Experience
2007-present Principal Investigator. “An Examination of Emergency Department Pediatric Psychiatric Services.” R01 Submission to NIMH for 4 year $600,000, July 2008 resubmission.
2007-2008 Principal Investigator. “An Examination of Emergency Department Pediatric Psychiatric Service Structure, Process, and Outcomes.” American Nurses Foundation, Awarded $9,700 for 1 year.
2007 Principal Investigator. “An Examination of Emergency Department Pediatric Psychiatric Services: A pilot study.” VCU AD Williams Foundation, Awarded $11,000 for 1 year.
2006-2007 Principal Investigator. “RNs. Educating At Churches (REACH): a faith-based service-learning project” Individual Research Grant, Epsilon Chi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Awarded: $2,000 for 1 year.
2003 Principal Investigator. “A Study of ED Psychiatric Consultation Arrangements”. Agency for HealthCare Quality and Research Dissertation Grant # 1R03-HS013859, Total funding awarded: $30,000 plus F&A for 1 year.
Refereed Publications
Brown, J.F. & Schubert, C.M. (under review). Emergency department pediatric psychiatric services: a pilot study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Brown, J.F. (under review). Faith Based Mental Health Education - A Service Learning Opportunity for Nursing Students. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.
Brown, J.F. (2008). Applications of Simulation Technology in Psychiatric Mental-Health Nursing Education. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.
Brown, J.F. (2008). Hospital-based Emergency Nursing in Rural Settings. Annual Review of Nursing Research, 26.
Brown, J.F. & Marshall, B.L. (2008, August). CQI: an effective strategy for improvement of program outcomes in a higher education setting. Nursing Education Perspectives.
Brown, J.F. (2008). ESL Nursing Students: Challenges Faced by an HBCU. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 19, 184-191.
Brown, J.F. & Marshall, B.L. (2008). Baccalaureate enrollment and success tactics for RNs. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24, 21-29.
Brown, J.F. (2007). A survey of emergency department psychiatric services. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29, 475-480.
Brown, J.F. (2005). Psychiatric Emergency Services: a review of the literature and proposed research agenda. Psychiatric Quarterly, 76,139-165.
Brown, J.F. (2005). Emergency department psychiatric consultation arrangements. Health Care Management Review,30, 251-261.
Brown, J.F. (2004). “ED Psychiatric Consultation Arrangements.” Final report submitted to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Peer-reviewed National and International Conferences
Brown, J.F. “Emergency department pediatric psychiatric services: a pilot study.” Southern Nursing Research Society Annual Meeting. Birmingham, AL. 2008.
Brown, J.F. “Emergency department pediatric psychiatric services: Measurement of variation and identification of best practice.” American Public Health Association Conference, Washington, DC. 2007.
Brown, J.F. “Applications of Simulation Technology in Psychiatric Mental-Health Nursing Education.” American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, Kissimmee, FLA, October 2007.
Brown, J.F. “A Survey of Emergency Department Psychiatric Services.” National Institute of Mental Health Division of Services and Interventions Research Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2007.
Brown, J.F. “RNs Educating At Churches.” American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2006.
Brown, J.F. “ESL Nursing Students: Challenges Faced by an HBCU.” SREB Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2006.
Brown, J.F. and Marshall, B.L. “ESL Students in Accelerated Second Degree Programs:
Challenges Faced by an HBCU.” Drexel University’s Accelerated Nursing Program Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April, 2006.
Brown, J.F. and Marshall, B.L. “Baccalaureate Enrollment/Success Tactics for RNs.”
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Convention, Indianapolis, IN. 2005.
Marshall, B.L. and Brown, J.F. “Continuous Quality Improvement Strategies for Nursing Education.” National Conference on Educational Quality, Miami, FL, 2005.
Brown, J.F. and Marshall, B.L. “Norfolk State University’s Enrollment and Success Strategies for Minority Nursing Students.” National League for Nurses Educational Summit, Baltimore, MD. 2005.
Brown, J.F. “Emergency department psychiatric consultation arrangements.” American Public Health Association Conference, Washington, DC. 2004.
Brown, J.F. “An examination of ED psychiatric consultation arrangements.” Annual Academy of Health Conference, San Diego, CA. 2004.
Brown, J.F. “Psychiatric Emergency Services: A review of the literature and proposed
agenda for future research.” Annual Academy of Health Conference, Nashville, TN. 2003.
Banks, C., Field (Brown), J., Jordan, S., Outlaw, B. and Stones, L. “The Role of the Psychiatric Nurse in an Integrated Delivery System.” Annual APNA Conference, Reston, VA. 2000. (Oral presentation)
Invited Speaker at Local and Regional Meetings
Brown, J.F. “Critiquing a research article” Sentara Healthcare – Division of Research and Education’s Staff Lunch & Learn Series, Norfolk, VA, March 2006. (Oral presentation)
Brown, J.F. “Disaster and Bioterrorism: the nurse’s role in recognition and management of physiological and psychological effects.” Hampton/ Newport News Chapter of the Virginia Nurses Association, Hampton, VA. 2004. (Oral presentation)
Brown, J.F. “Disaster and Bioterrorism: the nurse’s role in recognition and management of
physiological and psychological effects” Hampton Roads Chapter of the Virginia Psychiatric Nurses Association, Norfolk, VA. 2004. (Oral presentation)
Brown, J.F. “Emergency department management of aggression and psychotic agitation”
Tidewater Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association, Portsmouth, VA. 2004. (Oral presentation)
Professional Memberships
Southern Nursing Research Society
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
American Public Health Association
Sigma Theta Tau - National Nursing Honor Society - Chi Epsilon & Gamma Omega Chapters
Region 13 Officer –Membership Involvement
2008 President Elect for Gamma Omega
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Professional Activities
2007-2010 Member, Board of Directors, Community Alternatives, Inc. Virginia Beach, VA
A non-profit organization that provides responsive, person-centered services to improve the quality of life of individuals who have mental disabilities and their families.
2006 – present Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research.
2006 - present Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of the Psychiatric Nurses Association.
2006 - present Manuscript Reviewer, Nursing Educational Perspectives.
2005-2006 Certification Exam Item Writer, American Nurses Credentialing Center
Appointed to write examination questions for the national psychiatric certification exams.
2005 Mental Health Professional, USDHHS - Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration Volunteer.
Served 2 weeks in Alexandria, Louisiana providing mental health/substance abuse/crisis interventions for Hurricane Katrina and Rita shelter residents and rescue/relief workers.
2004-present Mental Health Team Leader, Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Critical Incident Stress Management Team.
Serve as on-call responder to provide critical incident stress debriefing/defusing to regional rescue personnel – on call for two-week periods quarterly.
2003 ACE Functional Leader for JCAHO
Appointed as the mental health representative for Sentara hospitals’ JCAHO steering committee.
2000 Leader of MESA Group, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Norfolk, VA
Trained leader of an educational and support program MESA (mutual education, support and advocacy) that was developed for families of persons who suffer mental illness – offer free support groups intermittently.
2000 Member of Year 2000 Strategic Planning Committee
Responsible for creating and directing a group that identified deficits in the communities
resources available to the mentally ill and developed a proposal for improving the situation.
1999-2000 Co-Chair of Mental Health Services Education Committee
1999-2000 Mental Health Representative of the Automated Documentation Team
Appointed as a member of Sentara Reinventing Team met weekly to revise all current documentation tools and converting them to automated computer format.
Awards
2007 Southern Nursing Research Society/American Nursing Foundation Scholar
Received three of the national research grant awards given annually by the American Nurses Foundation.
2007 “Top 40 under 40” Honoree, Hampton Roads Business Journal Inside Business
Recognizes annually 40 individuals under 40 who make a significant contribution to Hampton Roads through successful careers and community service involvement.
2007 New Investigator Award, Division of Services and Interventions Research, National Institute of Mental Health
Recognizes individuals in their first five years of research who demonstrate significant achievements and potential in the field of mental health services research.
2004 James W. Begun Award for Excellence in Doctoral Studies, Virginia Commonwealth
University
Recognizes excellence in dissertation originality, use of theory, and overall advancement of scientific knowledge.
2000 Fellowship Recipient for Doctoral Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University
Awarded scholarship and stipend based on academic merit.
2000 Sentara Promise Award Winner
Unit, Hospital and Divisional winner of award honoring “employee commitment to customer
service and the highest quality standards of healthcare.”
Community Service
2006 Juror and Standards Committee Member, Boardwalk Art Show, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2005-2007 Committee Member of Art & Company, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
2005-2007 Elder and Chair of Outreach Committee, Class of 2007, First Presbyterian Church,
Virginia Beach, VA
2002-present First grade Sunday School Teacher, First Presbyterian Church, Virginia Beach, VA.