Biography:
Dr. Christy Jeffcoat has over 20 years of nursing practice experience in Maternal Newborn Nursing, Women's Health, and Cardiac Critical Care. She began her nursing career as a Licensed Practical Nurse in 1998 and completed an Associate Degree in Nursing from Midlands Technical College in 2001. Dr. Jeffcoat then completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2014 and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration in 2016, both from Oklahoma Wesleyan University. In 2019, she completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama Huntsville. Dr. Jeffcoat’s research areas of interest are women’s health, maternal mental health, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lateral violence in nursing, EBPQI, EBP mentorship, and EBP implementation science. Dr. Jeffcoat is an EBP DNP Postdoctoral Fellow with the Helene Fuld National Institute of Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare.
Title : Improving DNP faculty competency and confidence with integration of an evidence-based practice champion model and educational toolkit