Dr. Teresa L. Dodson
Nursing Simulation Lab Coordinator
School of Natural & Applied Sciences
Rocklin, CA
Biography:
Dr. Teresa L. Dodson has been in the healthcare field for 46 years starting as a certified nursing assistant and always knowing her destination was to become a nurse at the age of nine. Dr. Dodson is a member of numerous nursing organizations and is a long-time member of Sigma Theta Tau.
Dr. Dodson’s clinical experiences as an RN include intensive care, emergency room, home health & hospice, cardiac stress lab, cardiac cath lab, recovery room/pre-op, travel nursing, long-term care RN/Supervisor, a manager/instructor of a nursing assistant program, utilization review nurse at the Veteran’s Administration, nursing instructor of PN/VN, ADN, BSN, and a simulation lab manager before coming to Jessup University.
Education:
D.N.P. Chamberlain University College of Nursing (2022)
D.S.D. Director of Staff Development, CA (2014)
M.S.N. – Ed. Indiana State University (2014)
B.S.N. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2008)
A.D.N. Illinois Eastern Community College (1989)
L.P.N. Illinois Eastern Community College (1983)
