Jennifer Rice, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, ACHPN
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Professional Overview
Dr. Jennifer Rice is a double board-certified nurse practitioner, specializing in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care and Hospice and Palliative Care. She began her career as a nurse practitioner in December 2018, serving as the first full-time NP on the Palliative Care Consult team at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital and Hospice of West Tennessee in Jackson, Tennessee. In August 2022, Dr. Rice transitioned to a primary provider role at Hospice of West Tennessee and joins Loewenberg College of Nursing from this setting. Additionally, she has served as adjunct clinical faculty at Jackson State Community College and contributed to several West Tennessee Healthcare podcasts on hospice and palliative care topics.
Dr. Rice’s nursing education began at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee, where she earned her Associate of Science in Nursing in 2009. She completed both her Master’s (2018) and Doctorate (2021) at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee. Throughout her career as a registered nurse, Dr. Rice has worked in various settings, including Jackson-Madison County Hospital in inpatient oncology with chemotherapy certification, home health in Gibson and Carroll Counties, and at Kirkland Cancer Center in Jackson, Tennessee. There, she served as the first Lung Care Nurse Navigator, where she developed the Incidental Lung Nodule Program and clinic, the Lung Cancer Screening Program, a weekly lung cancer interdisciplinary team conference, and a free smoking cessation program.
- 2021 Vanderbilt University - Doctor of Nursing Practice
- 2018 Vanderbilt University - Master of Science, Nursing
- 2017 Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Science, Nursing (equivalent- ASN-MSN)
- 2009 Jackson State Community College - Associate of Science, Nursing
- Adult health
- Chronic disease
- Community/population health
- Gerontology
- Holistic care
- Home care
- Palliative care
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
- Sigma Theta Tau
- Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA)
- Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (TNNPA)
- 2016 – 2018 Recipient of Thomas and Charlotte Cone Scholarship, Vanderbilt University
- 2018 - Sigma Theta Tau Induction, Vanderbilt University Chapter
Rice, J. Contributor. “Let’s Talk About Hospice.” West Tennessee Healthcare: We Talk Health Podcast. Ep 154. 2023 March 6. https://www.wth.org/blog/we-talk-health-ep-154-lets-talk-about-hospice-2/
Rice, J. Contributor. “What is Palliative Care?” West Tennessee Healthcare: We Talk Health Podcast. Ep. 107. 2021 November 23. https://www.wth.org/blog/we-talk-health-ep-107-what-is-palliative-care/
No current projects.
