Introduction
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Educational Background
Schedule

Department of Nursing

Jane Hook
Lecturer

Office: ST 307
Phone: 323 343 5663
FAX: 323 343 6454
Email: jhook@calstatela.edu

INTRODUCTION

Jane Hook has been a registered nurse for twenty-years. She has spent this time in critical care nursing roles. She is a cardiopulmonary clinical nurse specialist who has been teaching undergraduate nursing for five years. She began her academic teaching career at The University Of Southern California Department of Nursing, where she was awarded the Senior Clinical Teaching award in 1994-5 and 1995-6. Prior to that time, she was a population-based clinical nurse specialist for the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Southern California. She served as a manager of a regional burn center for five years. In addition, she managed a sub-intensive care unit for three years. She has lectured extensively to lay and nursing audiences on injury prevention and critical care nursing. She has been an expert witness to the state senate in support of legislature to support burned children. Jane began her career at CSULA in the summer of 1998.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Jane is a medical-sugical lecturer and clinical instructor. In addition, she has taught health assessment, leadership, case managment and critical care nursing. She is currently involved in creating a web-assisted course to enhance the educational experience of students in the undergraduate nursing case management course.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

In 1992, Jane participated in research comparing life quality of medically-managed failure patients to heart transplant recipients at the UCLA Heart Failure program. Jane's research interests still include heart failure as well that of life quality, and health promotion.

Representative Professional Activities

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

MN Cardiopulmonary Nursing June 1992
University of California at Los Angeles