INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
& MANAGEMENT

BIO

Jennifer M. Jennings is a highly experienced Nurse Educator and Simulation Specialist with over 40 years of experience across clinical, academic, and simulation environments. She is a senior nurse educator dedicated to advancing nursing education through innovative simulation-based learning, curriculum design, and professional development.

Currently serving as a Lecturer (Level B) at the Institute of Health and Management (IHM) Perth Campus, Jennifer contributes significantly to Bachelor of Nursing (BN) and Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing (GCAN) programs. She is instrumental in curriculum governance, accreditation alignment, simulation-based education (SBE) strategy development, and workplace health and safety risk assessments. Her expertise spans simulation-based education, curriculum design, academic integrity and assessment design, scenario development aligned with INACSL standards, and adult pedagogy and flipped learning approaches.

Her leadership and expertise have been developed through extensive experience at Edith Cowan University (ECU), Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Laerdal Australia, and critical care nursing practice at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. She is recognised for excellence in simulation education and has received the Bruce Mackenzie Scholarship and Golden Key Honour Society recognition. She holds active memberships in the Australian College of Nursing, Simulation Society in Healthcare (SSIH), Western Australian Simulation in Healthcare Association (WASHA), and serves on Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) committees.