Faculty & Staff

Jennifer Tiffen, RN, MSN, APN-BC, FNP

Coordinator, Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program
Department of Biobehavioral Health Science

NURS 656
UIC College of Nursing
845 South Damen Avenue (MC 802)
Chicago, IL 60612-7350

Phone: 312.996.2185
Email: jtiffen@uic.edu

Research / Discovery
Ms. Tiffen's research interests include examining new modalities of teaching for graduate and undergraduate nursing students, including human patient simulation, standardized patients and computer simulation.

Teaching / Learning
Ms. Tiffen has been a clinical instructor in the College of Nursing since 2004. Ms. Tiffen teaches in the advanced health assessment course and provides clinical supervision of graduate nursing students in the acute care, adult and geriatric programs. She is currently pursuing her PhD with a focus on examining decision making among nurse practitioners.

Service / Practice
Ms. Tiffen is an active member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Facilities, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma Theta Tau.