Living and working overseas for over fourteen years has given me the opportunity to immerse myself in another language and culture and view our country in terms of a global environment. My passion for teaching at the University of Virginia and my involvement interprofesionally with my colleagues at UVA I view as the hope for future generations in context of our ever-evolving health care environment.
Elke Zschaebitz, MSN, FNP-BC
Instructor
Clinician-High Risk Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center-UVA
Office: CMNEB 2015
Phone: (434) 924-1689
Email: ejz3m@Virginia.EDU
Fax: (434) 243-8371
Elke Jones Zschaebitz, MSN, FNP-BC is an Instructor of Nursing at the UVA School of Nursing, and is also an Instructor of Nursing through the College at Wise for the Healthy Appalachia Institute. A clinician at the UVA Health Center working in the High Risk Breast and Ovarian Cancer Center, Elke also is Nursing Telehealth Coordinator for the UVA Office of Telehealth.
Elke obtained her BSN from Villanova in 1988, was recognized in Who's Who of American Colleges and Universities and was a founding member of ODK leadership society before graduation. Prior employment included clinical nursing at Princeton Medical Center on the Oncology and Medical/Surgical Unit before moving to Germany to work for the Department of Defense at the 2nd Field Hospital in Bremerhaven in 1990 and at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center where she focused on Medical/Surgical/Pediatrics and became fluent in the German language.
Elke obtained her Masters in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the first FNP program from Midwestern State University in 1998 and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau chapter there. Her master's thesis focus was in qualitative research as a phenomenologic study called The Lived Experience of Unmarried Teenage Mothers. Elke returned to work for the Department of Defense in the health clinics and DoDDS School System, focusing on health promotion practice and program development. Her work for the Tutor/Mentor Program at Bitburg High School and the Student2Student program and orientation was recognized at a national level through the Military Child Education Coalition. Her experience in clinical practice was at the Bitburg Pediatric Clinic, Spangdahlem FP Clinic and the Grafenwoehr Medical Clinic in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
As faculty instructor since Fall 2007 at the Unversity of Virginia, Elke has been teaching in the undergraduate pediatric program as clinical instructor and as a graduate instructor for the Primary Care Program. She has precepted students at Planned Parenthood and the Cancer Center. Her focus is in Women's Health with the Healthy Appalachia Institute where she has expanded preceptor sites and worked with the School of Medicine and Office of Telehealth through Interprofessional Education initiatives to provide health outreach and to link community-based research possibilities to far Southwest Virginia--a geographically underserved population in the United States.
Research Focus
Evidence-based practice and participatory research using Telehealth Modalities to improve the health of underserved populations
Clinical Focus
Women and Children's Health in Primary Care, Global Outreach to underserved communities using Telehealth as a modality
Teaching Focus
Primary Care: Family Practice with a focus on Pediatrics, Women's Health
Certifications
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Issued by American Nurses Credentialling Center
Valid Nov 2008-November 2013