Jenna Underwood’s BSN to MSN Journey

Jenna Underwood successfully completed the BSN to MSN in Nurse Educator Program in an impressive 13 months, despite facing several challenges along the way. Balancing her studies with the responsibilities of a family, including caring for a chronically ill child, proved to be a demanding task. Fortunately, Jenna’s program’s flexibility in assignment deadlines and supportive teachers allowed her to overcome these hurdles and achieve her educational goals.

Recent Episodes

As the educational landscape rapidly evolves—shaped by advances in communication technology, growing mental health awareness, and post-pandemic classroom dynamics—one key question persists: How can we better connect with and empower both educators and students in the classroom? The stakes are high: studies show that teacher-student relationships directly impact student motivation, academic success, and long-term…

As K-12 schools across the U.S. struggle to recover from the learning loss and emotional fallout of the pandemic, a deeper reckoning is underway—one that challenges the very foundation of who’s responsible for educating our children. Despite billions in federal relief, a third of U.S. students are not even reading at a basic level…

Nobody warns you that college success isn’t just about brains — it’s about balance, too. In this refreshingly honest episode of Professional Quotient: Conversations that Build Equity, hosted by Jason Winningham, high school teacher Jacob Mutchler reunites with two of his former students, Lilly Salcedo and Oscar Davila, to reflect on what really mattered…