Jennifer R. Rendon

• DNP, Yale University
• MSN, Vanderbilt University
• MS, Creighton University, Health Care Ethics
• BSN, Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Rendon joined the University of the Incarnate Word in Fall 2020. She comes to UIW from CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels where she practiced as a board-certified Adult and Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP-BC) in the Intensive Care Unit for the past six years. Prior to obtaining her AG-ACNP-BS, she practiced as a critical care nurse for 17 years.

• Health care ethics education for critical care nurses
• Social justice in nursing
• Theology in nursing

• American Association of Critical Care Nurses
• Texas Nurse Practitioners
• American Nurses Association/Texas Nurses Association
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Sigma Theta Tau International 
• Phi Kappa Phi

2013 Hilliard and Nancy Travis Scholarship, Vanderbilt University

• Adult and Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AG-ACNP-BC)
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)

• Founding member of the 501c3 non-profit organization called The Dam Community Alliance
  • Partnered with the United State Army Corps of Engineers, Canyon Lake office
  • Serves on the Board of Directors