Dr. Jen Atteberry is a PhD prepared nursing educator. She is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Nursing at St. Cloud State University since the fall of 2017. Dr. Atteberry teaches first semester students Pathophysiology for Nursing and third semester students in Maternal Child theory and clinical along with Nursing Law and Ethics. She does teach ethics and capstone in the RN-BS program.

Jen’s areas of interest are in pediatric nursing, law, study abroad, and service learning. She has led 20 different opportunities for students throughout the United States, Belize, Canada, and South Africa.  Her latest excursion was to South Africa. Dr. Atteberry enjoys working with social-emotional learning with prelicensure nursing students, cultural events, and Husky’s Advance.

Jen has presented on topics of ethics, simulation, and social-emotional learning, along with successful grant writing on a local and national level. She is active in the community with a crochet group, the St. Cloud YMCA, and Can-Do-Canines service dog organization.

Dr. Amy Hilleren is a DNP-prepared advanced practice RN, board certified as an adult health clinical nurse specialist. She is a tenured associate professor in the Department of Nursing at St. Cloud State University where she has worked since 2018. Dr. Hilleren teaches Advanced Med-Surg theory and clinical, Pathophysiology for Nursing, Research in Nursing, and Evidence-Based Practice/Scholarship in the RN-BS program.

Amy’s areas of interest include advanced practice nursing, medical-surgical nursing and social-emotional learning among new pre-licensure nursing students. She is currently enrolled in the family nurse practitioner graduate certificate program at Winona State and anticipates taking FNP boards in summer 2025.

Amy is a published author and has presented locally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of nursing topics. She has served as both primary investigator and co-investigator on several nursing research, EBP, and QI projects.