Jaclyn Bandell

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Assistant Professor
College of Health and Human Sciences
School of Nursing

237 Biltmore Park Building

Biography

Dr. Jaclyn Bandell joined Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµas an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing in 2021, currently serves the FNP program as the Assistant Director and previously served as the Director for the DNP FNP Program. She earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ in May 2019. Her scholarly project focused on program evaluation of a hepatitis C treatment program with socially complex populations. She previously earned her BSN from Salisbury University in Maryland. Dr. Bandell served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Botswana and worked as a public health nurse in Baltimore, MD before pursuing her Masters of Nursing degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Emory University. Additionally, she has completed a post-graduate certificate in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner studies from East Carolina University and carries certifications as both a Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and is board-certified in Advanced-Practice Addiction Nursing.<br><br>Since becoming a nurse practitioner, she has worked as a primary care provider and a member of the leadership team at two healthcare organizations in Asheville, NC. Dr. Bandell currently practices at JFK Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment hospital in Black Mountain, NC as part of the Primary Care and Psychiatric teams. Her clinical practice embraces interprofessional approaches to provide whole-person care and caring for a diverse population of individuals suffering from complex mental, physical and social ailments. She is passionate about creating health programs and systems that better serve these populations, and educating future nurses on promoting disease prevention, management and overall wellness for all patients.

Education

  • DNP, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ
  • MSN, Emory University
  • BSN, Salisbury University

Teaching Interests

primary care for special populations, women's health, mental health, public and global health concepts, DNP projects

Research Interests

healthy equity, hepatitis C care, innovative health care delivery models, mental health and how it intersects with primary care, substance use disorders