Janet Phillips Nice Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Nice is presently the Director for the Indiana University School of Nursing RN to BSN Degree Completion Option, where she oversees the implementation and evaluation of a state-wide program of over 400 students, ranked 2nd in the nation for best online RN to BSN programs. Her professional expertise lies in the areas of partnerships and adoption of innovative curricula related to quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN), interprofessional education (IPE), evidence-based practice (EBP), and systems-thinking. Dr. Nice has been a primary investigator for a national study on innovations in curriculum design and has been a co-investigator for a simulation study on teamwork and collaboration between nursing students, medical students, and medical residents to prevent medical errors. She led development opportunities on innovative ways to infuse QSEN into the BSN and RN to BSN curricula. Dr. Nice has served as a consultant and peer reviewer for top-tier nursing journals and online courses. Janet has been the project coordinator for a million-dollar simulation grant for a consortium of schools of nursing. She has served on national committees regarding curriculum innovations, presented at numerous conferences, and published in referred journals, books, and web courses on teaching and learning in nursing education. She serves on the Indiana Hospital Association’s Patient Safety Council. Dr. Nice was inducted as a Fellow in the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education and has served as a governor-at-large to the NLN's Board of Governors.  Dr. Nice has received the Sigma Theta Tau International “Excellence in Education” award for innovative teaching, the "Excellence in Leadership" award for national leadership in systems thinking, the IU School of Nursing "Karen Cobb Award for Creative Teaching" for infusing systems thinking into curricula, and the “Billings Faculty Award” for mentoring faculty in the RN to BSN Consortium.