The Center for Nursing is excited to welcome its newest member, Jennifer Pettis, to the Board of Directors!!!
Jennifer Pettis, MS, RN, CNE, WCC is the acting director of programs for Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) at the NYU Meyers College of Nursing. Established in 1992, NICHE is the leading nurse-driven program designed to help hospitals and healthcare organizations improve the care of older adults. In her role, Ms. Pettis oversees the NICHE curriculum and programming. Her responsibilities include expanding academic offerings, engaging current facilities and organizations, and seeking new relationships to expand the overall program. She also ensures the clinical education content and materials are consistent with national standards and enhance the current strategy and goals. Additionally, she serves as the NICHE Conference Chair.
Previously a nurse researcher at Abt Associates, Ms. Pettis participated in data collection, analysis, and reporting of healthcare payment, quality improvement, and quality reporting initiatives and provided technical assistance and training through a variety of post-acute care projects. She has extensive clinical, managerial, consulting, and training experience, including as a consultant to the Division of Nursing Homes (DNH) at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). While with the CMS, she provided the DNH with subject matter expertise regarding the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) and a variety of clinical and quality issues.
Ms. Pettis currently serves as an adjunct faculty member for State University of New York (SUNY) Empire State College (ESC) School of Nursing and Allied Health and provides subject matter expertise to CMS and the Chase Consulting Group team supporting their work with CMS under the MDS/RAI User’s Manual Support and Maintenance contract. She is a member of the Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York Board of Directors, the New York State Auxiliary Board for Nursing, and the Alumni Student Federation Board of Governors of ESC. She is honored to serve as the Alzheimer’s Association Ambassador to Senator Chuck Schumer.
