Jennifer Brower
DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CHSE

Indianapolis
Coordinator, MSN and DNP Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP Track
Clinical Assistant Professor

Science of Nursing Care

Contact Information

jlfleetw@iu.edu

317-278-2230

Nursing
W419

Education

DNP, Purdue University
MSN, Indiana University
ASN, Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington

Educational Pedagogies

Clinical Education
Critical Thinking
Simulation

Health Systems

Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
Professional Role Development

Awards and Honors

IU Trustees Teaching Award, 2026
Sigma Theta Tau International Alpha Chapter Evidence-based Practice Grant, 2025
Richard and Diane Billings Faculty Award for Scholarship in Teaching, 2024
IU Indianapolis Center for Teaching and Learning Curriculum Enhancement Grant, 2024

Biography

Dr. Brower is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator of the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner track at Indiana University School of Nursing, with over 20 years of experience in cardiovascular critical care, pulmonary and critical care medicine, orthopedics, general surgery, and trauma. She is a board-certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Certified Critical Care Nurse.

Dr. Brower has taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with the majority of her teaching in the AG-ACNP track as adjunct faculty from 2011-2015 and 2020-2022. Her interests include experiential and social learning, high-fidelity simulation, curriculum development and enhancement, and care of acutely and critically ill obstetric patients.