UMSON has appointed Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE, assistant professor, chair of the UMSON program at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) has appointed Jana Goodwin, PhD, RN, CNE, assistant professor, chair of the UMSON program at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, Maryland. USG is one of UMSON’s two locations.
As chair, Goodwin is responsible for the oversight and growth of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Doctor of Nursing Practice Family Nurse Practitioner specialty, the two programs UMSON offers at USG, and will lead the UMSON faculty and staff at that location in achieving academic, scholarship, service, and practice strategic initiatives.
Goodwin, who served as director of the entry Bachelor of Science in Nursing program for five years until she was appointed to the chair position on June 1, 2022, has been intensively engaged in growing that program. Since 2017, combined student enrollment at USG and in Baltimore has increased by 6.8% to more than 700 students. She collaborated with faculty and academic and programmatic leadership to manage curriculum development, student progression, program evaluation and quality improvement, policy development, and faculty mentorship. As an outgrowth of enrollment increase at USG, the School of Nursing is engaged in renovating a building dedicated solely to UMSON at USG, with an expected completion of spring 2023. The renovation of this space will allow for significant expansion of the simulation labs, create a student success suite, and provide an administrative suite.
“Dr. Goodwin is exceptionally well prepared for her new responsibilities,” said Jane Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing. “As a faculty member for more than two decades, she brings a deep commitment to teaching and learning and great familiarity with the students, faculty, and programs at USG. As the immediate past director of the School of Nursing’s BSN program, she demonstrated her capacity for leadership and management while overseeing more than 660 entry-level students in the upper-division baccalaureate program at the Universities at Shady Grove and in Baltimore.”