Keeping Nursing Students Safe in Clinicals

Elizabeth T. Jordan, DNSc, RNC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor and Vice Dean of Undergraduate and Global Programs at the USF College of Nursing. With over 30 years of clinical experience, teaching and research expertise in nursing education and labor and birth, Dr. Jordan is a recognized international nursing leader in health outcomes research, education and practice. Dr. Jordan joined USF College of Nursing in 2013 and quickly established working relationships, and a collaborative network with practice partners in the greater Tampa Bay region. As an academic administrator at USF she has developed and strengthened the academic-practice partnerships via formal relationships at the senior leadership level. Currently she provides oversight of a Team Coordinator model, where faculty serve as a liaison to hospital partners. She is committed to communicating and working with the practice partners to develop, implement, and evaluate seamless transition of new graduates. She leads the Undergraduate team in preparing 21st-century nurses to address the health care needs of local and global communities through excellence in research, education, and clinical care. She previously was the baccalaureate program director at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative (JHU GmI).

Dr. Douglas (Gus) Grant, AB, LLB, MD, CCFP, ICD.D, is the Registrar and CEO of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and a leading medical regulator. He studied literature at Harvard and law at McGill University, as well as practiced in health law litigation before training in medicine at Dalhousie University. In addition to health law consulting, Dr. Grant has practiced medicine both in Canada and the United States. He is a longstanding board member for the Medical Council of Canada and has served as the past President of the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada. Dr. Grant will provide critical insight into the mindset of the medical community, helping to navigate the complex structures of healthcare organizations, clinical rotations and interdisciplinary collaboration.

David Parker is the former interim vice chancellor and general counsel for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having retired from the university in 2016. His experience includes serving as an assistant attorney general for the North Carolina Department of Justice, as well as associate vice chancellor and deputy general counsel for UNC. For ten years, Parker specialized in technology transfer and research contracting law. At UNC, he also provided counsel for the School of Medicine, the UNC Health Care System, and the Office of Technology Development.