Meghan C. Jones

Associate Clinical Professor
Meghan joined the faculty at Auburn University College of Nursing in 2015 and serves as the Director of Clinical Simulation and Skills. Her work in simulation focuses on amplifying best practices while creating environments that foster the growth of simulation educators and learners. Her clinical background includes working with diverse populations in critical care and women's health, serving both rural and urban communities. Through her experiences in women's health, she developed a keen awareness of the unique needs of reproductive-age women, specifically with regard to maternal mental health. Her academic and clinical research interests focus on anxiety and include promoting psychological safety for educators and learners, and improving anxiety symptom and disorder identification, intervention, and treatment for reproductive-age women.
Contact coxmegh@auburn.edu (334)   844 - 5683
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Education

  • Master of Science in Nursing - University of Alabama at Birmingham - 2015
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Auburn University - 2010

Certifications

  • Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator - Advanced

Licenses

  • Registered Nurse

Research Areas

  • Simulation design; simulation pre-brief; psychological safety; anxiety; maternal mental health; reproductive-age women living with HIV

Interests

  • Clinical Simulation
  • Mental Health
  • Maternity Nursing
  • Women's Health
  • Simulation in Nursing Education

Teaching Areas

  • Clinical Skills
  • Clinical Simulation

Grants

  • Auburn University Office of Academic Assessment Improve Grant Assessment and Improvement of Clinical Judgement in Nursing $9,000.00 Caralise W. Hunt, Kelley Noll & Meghan C. Jones
  • Auburn University Provost Office, High-Impact Course Experiences grant program Innovating High-Impact Course Experiences $6,400.00 Leora Wright & Meghan C. Jones

Publications

  • Ann Lambert, Amy M. Curtis, Tiffani L. Chidume & Meghan C. Jones (2025) Perceptions and attitudes of nursing students’ transition to remote instruction during COVID-19 Examining the cognitive and psychological effect of the COVID019 global pandemic on learners.
  • Kelley Noll, Meghan C. Jones & Caralise W. Hunt (2023) Mapping critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment across the curriculum Nurse Educator DOI: doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001413
  • Sarah O. Watts, Amy M. Curtis, Katilya Ware, Meghan C. Jones & Tiffani L. Chidume (2022) Examining the impact of structured, reflective prebriefing on student perfomance during simulation Nursing Education Perspectives ISBN/ISSN: 10.1097/01.NE DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001041
  • Tiffani Chidume, Meghan C. Jones, Ann Lambert & Morgan Yordy (2020) Using simulation to prepare students for conversations about vaccines https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecns.2020.03.009 Clinical Simulation in Nursing DOI: 

Presentations

  • Tiffani L. Chidume & Meghan C. Jones (2025, June). INACSL-Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice (HSSOBP™) Workshop #1 – Getting Started Podium session presented at International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Annual ConferenceDenverCO.
  • Kelley Noll, Meghan C. Jones & Caralise W. Hunt (2023, March). Tracking clinical judgment across a curriculum Podium session presented at Nursing Education Research ConferenceWashingtonD.C..
  • Tiffani L. Chidume, Meghan C. Jones & Tanya Johnson (2023, January). A collaborative virtual simulation experience: Nursing and speech-language pathology teaming up to increase learner knowledge Podium session presented at International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare 2023 (IMSH)OrlandoFL.
  • Meghan C. Jones, Kelley Noll & Caralise W. Hunt (2021, August). Exploring clinical judgment across a curriculum Podium session presented at Nuts and BoltsMinneapolisMN.
  • Kendall Henderson, Kelly P. Strickland, Meghan C. Jones, Margot W. Fox & Amy M. Curtis (2017, September). Experiences in Curriculum Design and Implementation of a Healthcare Professions Camp Podium session presented at 2017 Engagement Scholarship Consortium ConferenceBirmingham AL.
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