About
Kari Jackson joined the UCLA School of Nursing as a Lecturer for the pre-licensure Bachelor students and the entry-level Master students in the fall of 2020. She teaches a variety of courses, including Fundamentals of Professional Nursing skills labs, Physical Assessment skills labs, Secondary Prevention, Pediatric Clinicals, and Clinical Immersion. Jackson has also served as a Nurse Specialty Coach, providing one-on-one mentoring for students in pediatric nursing, fundamentals skills, exam preparation and general nursing coursework. Before joining the faculty team at UCLA, Jackson worked as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA), a pediatric Level I Trauma center. She has also served as a Credentialed School Nurse for Los Angeles Unified School District at a public high school in downtown Los Angeles. Currently, Jackson maintains an active clinical practice as a psychiatric nurse in a high-acuity community psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles. Additionally, Jackson is a certified Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) and is committed to advancing the CNL role in the nursing profession.
Areas of Scholarly Expertise and Interest
Fundamental Nursing Skills, Pediatric Nursing, Community Health in Underserved Populations, Emergency Nursing, Secondary Prevention, Ethics, Clinical Nurse Leadership
Education
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), University of Colorado Denver, Health Systems Leadership *In Progress
Master of Science in Nursing (MECN), University of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion, Indiana Wesleyan University
Teaching
N165: Pediatric Clinicals
N169: Clinical Immersion
N150A and N150B: Fundamentals of Professional Nursing Lab
N174: Physical Assessment Lab
N160: Secondary Prevention
Nursing Specialty Coaching
Certifications
Clinical Nurse Leadership Certification
Credentialed School Nurse, Los Angeles Unified School District
Certified Simulation Instructor
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification
Trauma Nursing Core Certification
Honors and Awards
Faculty Speaker for the Blue and Gold Graduation Ceremony, UCLA School of Nursing, June 2023
Nursing Leadership Award, UCLA School of Nursing, June 2018
Regents Scholar, UCLA School of Nursing, 2016-2018
Health Systems Auxiliary Scholarship Award, UCLA School of Nursing, April 2017
Deloras Jones RN Academic Excellence Scholarship, Kaiser Permanente, December 2017
Community Service
Bereavement Support Group Facilitator for the MISS Foundation, an international volunteer-based organization that provides counseling, advocacy, research, and education services to families experiencing the death of a child. Los Angeles Chapter, 2015-2016
Academic and Program Development Chair for the Graduate Student Nursing Association, UCLA, 2017-2018
Community Outreach and Education Committee, CHLA, 2018-2019
Registered Nurse Research Council, CHLA, 2019-2020
Registered Nurse Education Committee, CHLA, 2019-2020
Professional Associations
American Nurses Association
Oral and Lecture Presentations Include
Fundamentals of Nursing: Evidence Based Practice
Fundamentals of Nursing: Managing Patient Care
Fundamentals of Nursing: Nursing as a Profession
Secondary Prevention and Screening Recommendations for Infants and Children
Secondary Prevention and Screening Recommendations for Adolescents and Young Adults
Secondary Prevention and Screening Recommendations for Cardiovascular Health
Secondary Prevention and Screening Recommendations for Unhealthy Substance Use
Poster Presentation: Identification of Human Trafficking Victims in the Pediatric Emergency Department, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, January 2019
Poster Presentation: Improving Hospital Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention and Documentation by the Registered Nurse - A Quality Improvement Project, UCLA, March 2018
Skilled at teaching and testing Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) including:
Oral Medication Administration, IV Medication Administration, Subcutaneous and Intramuscular Medication Administration, Providing Enteral Feedings, Inserting a Nasogastric Tube, Administering Oxygen, Teaching Postoperative Exercises, Performing Sterile Gloving, Obtaining Vital Signs, Administering an Enema, Pouching an Ostomy, Inserting an Indwelling Urinary Catheter, Performing Venipuncture, Preparing an Infusion Site for Primary Infusion, Administering IV Medications by Piggyback, Administering Blood Products, Changing a Central Line Dressing