Jourdan Scoggins

Jourdan Scoggins is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing of the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, where she also earned her BSN in 2011. She specializes in psychiatric/mental health nursing and actively works to destigmatize mental illness while mentoring students.

• DNP in Nursing Education (Arkansas State University, In Progress)
• MSN in Nursing Education (Grand Canyon University, 2021)
• MS in College Student Personnel (Arkansas Tech University, 2017)
• BSN in Nursing (University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, 2011)

Her clinical expertise spans psychiatric mental health, nursing leadership, hospice care, and emergency nursing. She focuses on integrating therapeutic self-use into student training and explores human behavior and habit formation in her personal research.

Scientific Awards & Certifications:

• Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse (2023)
• CNE (Certified Nurse Educator, 2022)

Scoggins emphasizes creating meaningful student interactions to convey her passion for nursing education and mental health advocacy.