Jessie M. Colin, Ph.D., R.N., a professor at the College of Health Sciences, Division of Nursing at Barry University was one of two Florida nurses inducted into the American Academy of Nursing as a Fellow during the academy’s 37th annual meeting and conference. Selection for membership in the academy is one of the most prestigious honors in the field of nursing and Colin was selected for her significant contributions to health care.
As a professor at Barry’s School of Nursing, Colin teaches in the graduate and doctoral programs where she has designed and implemented various educational strategies to promote cultural competence in nursing students. She is a cultural consultant for both academic and practice settings and has developed a conceptual model titled the Haitian Cultural Care Model in order to assist health care practitioners in understanding Haitian clients and in assisting them to achieve positive health care outcomes.
Colin, a Haitian native, is fluent in English, French, and Creole and has devoted her life’s work to underserved populations in the United States and in her home country.
