Meet UIW Faculty
Dr. Jeanette McNeill
Professor
Nursing
Dr. Jeanette McNeill is a relatively new faculty member at the University
of the Incarnate Word, School of Nursing and Health Professions, beginning in
August, 2006. I primarily teach online in the graduate
program in nursing and the undergraduate ADCap program for
RN to BSN completion. UIW’s newly
funded Clinical Nurse Specialist Program has committed to delivering a
primarily online program, and most of those courses are underway. Previous
to coming to UIW, I was a professor at the University of Texas
School of Nursing at Houston and Track Director for Oncology where I taught
oncology nursing, research utilization, a pain management elective, palliative
care and conducted research in the outcomes of pain 
management. I
am certified as an Adult nurse practitioner and an oncology CNS, and with
these skills have been primarily focused on acute care patient needs and
screening and detection in oncology patients.
We all know about the nursing shortage, but besides the fact that we nurses are badly needed, I also feel that nursing is one of the most challenging and, at the same time, enriching professions. As a clinician, I have been able to work in various capacities in my career—from staff pediatric nurse, to outpatient clinic in a foreign country, college health to palliative care in a regional nursing center. As an educator I have taught nursing students at every level of nursing education—from undergraduate beginning students to doctoral students—as well as patients and members of the public about health care issues. As a researcher, I have been part of research teams investigating symptom management for cancer patients, reasons for disparities in pain care for minority and vulnerable cancer patients, and risk identification for individuals related to their heart health. As a professional nurse, I am active in professional organizations seeking to prepare nurses for the increasingly complex care of today’s patients and ways to resolve the nursing, and nursing faculty, shortage.
AT UIW, our programs in nursing include the basic undergraduate program in nursing leading to a BSN, a graduate program for the preparation of Clinical Nurse Specialists and Clinical Nurse Leaders, which is the only one in the state of Texas. Additionally, we have a dynamic RN to BSN completion program. We also have many outreach activities, including a parish ministry and opportunities for international outreach. In May, I will accompany UIW students and faculty to Tanzania, Africa to learn about this country, and specifically the HIV/AIDS services there.
I am currently teaching Advanced Health Assessment for the CNS students, the Curriculum and Teaching in Schools of Nursing courses for the CNL students, Issues in Nursing and Community Health Nursing for the ADCap students. I am a great believer in online learning, and serve as a consultant to oncology facilities in online education.
A native of New Orleans, I received my BSN from Louisiana State University, then my MSN and Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. I live in Seguin, Texas.
