Rate My Professor Jennifer Dermer

University of the Sunshine Coast

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5.08/20/2025

Makes even the toughest topics accessible.

4.05/21/2025

Always supportive and inspiring to all.

5.03/31/2025

A master at fostering understanding.

4.02/27/2025

Encourages innovative and creative solutions.

5.02/18/2025

Encourages creativity and critical thinking.

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About Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Dermer is a Lecturer in Nursing in the School of Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast. As a registered nurse with over 28 years of experience, she has practiced in intensive care units across the United States, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, specializing in cardiothoracic intensive care. Her clinical career includes roles as a Cardiology and Respiratory Clinical Nurse Educator and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Clinical Nurse Educator and Officer. Dermer completed her PhD at the University of the Sunshine Coast in 2023, becoming the inaugural PhD graduate from the Caboolture campus. Her doctoral research, titled 'Promoting nurses’ performance of basic life support in non-critical care hospital wards,' utilized a mixed-methods approach to explore barriers faced by ward nurses during cardiac arrests and developed innovative, evidence-based education sessions. These sessions, incorporating adult learning principles, hands-on practice, and debriefing, have been adopted into mandatory basic life support training at a Queensland Health hospital, replacing shorter annual competency assessments. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Nursing) from the University of Otago and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University.