JEAN BOKINSKIE
Assistant Professor
Director of Parish Nurse Center
Nursing
Specialty:
Nursing care of the adult client in the medical/surgical and intensive
care settings
Neuroscience nursing
Nursing management/administration
Parish nursing practice and parish nursing education
Research:
• Parish Nurse Performance Measure and Outcomes Survey
(Phase III)
• Parish Nurse Performance Measure and Outcomes Survey
(Phases I and II) 2003-04
Interests: Parish nursing practice
in rural areas, concept of hope for critically ill neuroscience
clients
Education:
B.S.N., Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.
M.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
Contact: (218) 299-3893 or (218)
299-3825 offices
JENNIFER DEJONG
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Specialty:
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
Experience in the adult ICU, pediatric ICU, and the intensive care
nursery
Advanced practice in occupational and employee health
Education:
B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Contact: (218) 299-3967; dejong@cord.edu
POLLY K. KLOSTER
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Specialty:
Integrative health practices
Family health
Women's health
Nursing research
Community/rural health
Research:
• Parish Nurse Performance Measure and Outcomes Survey
(Phase III)
COMPLETED RESEARCH
• Parish Nurse Performance Measure and Outcomes Survey
(Phases I and II) 2003-04
• “Nurse Practitioners’ Use of Complementary Therapies
for Women’s Health.” (2000)
• “Knowledge and Use of Complementary Therapies among
Adult Rural Dwellers.” (1997)
• “The Role of the Nurse in Educating Non-Leprous Family
Members About Leprosy.” (1984)
Interests:
The use of integrative health practices by health care consumers
and health care professionals, parish nursing.
Education:
B.S., St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
M.S., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D.
Ph.D., Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Ore.
Contact: kloster@cord.edu,
(218) 299-4060
CONNIE PETERSON
Chair
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Specialty:
International health
General nursing concepts
Spirituality
Ethics in nursing
Holistic care
Pain management
Fluid and electrolyte balance
Adult health
Nursing as vocation
Nursing curriculum development
Education:
B.S., Jamestown College, Jamestown, N.D.
M.S., South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Ph.D. in progress, Touro University International, New York, N.Y.
Interests: Holistic health, Spirituality
and health
Contact: (218) 299-4102 office
LINDA SCOTT
Assistant Professor
Nursing
Specialty:
Nurse as Educator
Nursing Curriculum Design
Mental Health Nursing
Ethics in Nursing
Research:
SCHOLARSHIP:
• “An Adult and Higher Education Perspective on the
Parish Nursing Experience”, Doctoral Dissertation, University
of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
• “Linking Faith and Learning in Baccalaureate Nursing
Education”, Dovre Center for Faith and Learning, Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minn.
• “Evaluation of Nursing Student Orientation and Vocation
Retreat Survey”, Lilly Called to Serve Grant, Concordia College,
Moorhead, Minn.
PRESENTATIONS:
• “Beyond Bedpans and Baths: Interdisciplinary Nursing
in Long-Term Care”, Nurse Educator’s Conference in the
Rockies, Breckenridge, Colo.
Interests: International education, faith and health,
Parish Nursing,
nursing as vocation, faith and learning, learner-centered
education
Education:
B.S.N., Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minn.,
M.S., South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.
Ed.D., University of South Dakota, Vermillion, S.D.
Contact: (218) 299-4063, lscott@cord.edu
