Jodie C. Gary, PhD, RN

Associate Professor
BSN Honors Program Coordinator
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Campus/location: Bryan-College Station
8447 John Sharp Pkwy
Bryan,
TX
77807
jcgary@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.0144
Education and Training
- The University of Texas at Tyler, PhD in Nursing, 2012
- University of Phoenix, MSN, 2007
- University of Phoenix, BSN, 2006
- Blinn College, ADN, 2001
- Texas A&M University, BS, Psychology, 1996
Professional Certifications
- American Heart Association: Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- Trauma Nurse Core Certification
- National Center for Emergency Medial Preparedness & Response- Emergency Preparedness Training
- Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas - Registered Nurse
- Texas Department of Health Licensed Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
- Basic Life Support (BLS)/Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)/Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Training Certification
- Opioid Overdose Education & Naloxone Administration Trainer
- Adult Mental Health First Aid
Research Interests
- Patient-centered care (PCC)
- Peer recovery support
- Intersection of substance use and intimate partner violence
- Rural community engagement
- Healthcare design
- Problematic substance use
- Positive deviance
- Complexity science
- Complex populations (critical care nurses; people with HIV/AIDS; groups affected by maternal mortality, those with multiple chronic conditions)
- Health professions education (nursing; interprofessional education; teamwork and communication; TeamSTEPPS®; equity and diversity)
Teaching Interests
- Adult health/critical care nursing
- Scholarship of nursing
- Care of the adult patient
- Transition to professional practice
- Interprofessional teamwork and communication
- Evidence-based practice
Awards, Recognition and Service
- Association of Former Students College -Level Teaching Award Nominee, 2024
- Texas A&M University Wells Fargo Honors Faculty Mentor Nominee, 2024
- The Daisy Faculty Award Nominee, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2023
- Texas A&M College of Nursing Dean's Faculty Best Paper, 2022
- University of Texas at Tyler Honor a Nurse Project Recipient, 2020
- Texas A&M Health Interprofessional Education Excellence in Leadership Award, 2019
- Texas A&M Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award Nominee, 2017-2018
- IRB Member of the Month, December 2015, April 2017
- Texas A&M School of Nursing Gonfalonier for Undergraduate Convocation, August 2015
- Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award, University-Level Research Award, Nominee, 2014-2015
- Recipient of College-Level Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, August 2014
- Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award, Individual Student Relationships Award, Nominee, 2013-2014
- Texas A&M Health Science Center Appreciation of 5 Years of Service, 2013
- Texas A&M Health Science Center CON Legacy Award for Leadership Nominee, 2013
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy Fellow, 2012-2013
- Magna Cum Laude, University of Texas at Tyler, 2012
- Inducted to Sigma Theta Tau International –Phi Iota Chapter, 2011
- Saint Joseph Regional Health Center Team Member of the Quarter, Third Quarter 2007
- Saint Joseph Health System Values in Action Award, 2007
Memberships
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Southern Nursing Research Society
- American Nurses Association
- Texas Nurses Association
- National League for Nursing
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Representative Publications
Presentations- Hnatek, J., Hatala, J., Ellis, M., Gary, J., & Elmageed, Z. (2020). Critical alert: Lessons from the pandemic about (mis)communication for collaborative palliative care and education. Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) for Texas A&M Health National Interprofessional Healthcare Month Presentation Series. Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas. April 13.
Peer-Reviewed Publications (*Student mentee)
- Hamilton, K. D., Gary, J. C., Scruth, E., Anderson, H. L., Cadenhead, C. D., Oczkowski, S. J., Lau, V. I., Adler, J., Bassily-Marcus, A., Bassin, B. S., Boyd, J., Busl, K. M., Crabb, J., Harvey, C., Hecht, J., Herweijer-van Gelder, M., Gunnerson, K. J., Ibrahim, A. S., Jabaley, C. S., … Anderson, D. C.(2025). Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines on adult intensive care unit design, Critical Care Medicine.
- Hamilton, K. D., Gary, J. C., Scruth, E., Anderson, H. L., Cadenhead, C. D., Oczkowski, S. J., Lau, V. I., Adler, J., Bassily-Marcus, A., Bassin, B. S., Boyd, J., Busl, K. M., Crabb, J., Harvey, C., Hecht, J., Herweijer-van Gelder, M., Gunnerson, K. J., Ibrahim, A. S., Jabaley, C. S., … Anderson, D. C.(2025). Society of Critical Care Medicine guidelines on adult intensive care unit design: Executive Summary, Critical Care Medicine.
- *Hollas, M. D. & Gary, J. C. (2023). Lessons learned from a research project to understand new nurses entering the profession amid a pandemic. Nursing 2023, 53(10), 53-54. DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000977556.31117.67
- Gary, J. C., Charles, L., & Mitchell, S. (2023). Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner education needs in Texas. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 19(4), 73-143. https://doi.org/10.1097/jfn.0000000000000438
- Gary, J. C., Downing, N., Pittman, A. (2022). The impact of parental opioid use disorder on children in rural Texas. Substance Use and Misuse, 57(8), 1273-1280. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2022.2076879
- Pittman, A., Gary, J. C., & Pepper, C. (2022). An integrative review of body art in nursing, Nurse Educator, 47(4). https://doi.org/10.1097/nne.0000000000001168
- Dormire, S. L., Gary, J., Weston, C., & Holland, B. (2019). Message heard: Insights for doctoral program design from community partners. SAGE Open Nursing, 5, 2377960819837482.
- Dormire, S. L., Gary, J.C., Norman, J. M., & Harvey, I. S. (2021). Insights into fear: A phenomenological study of black mothers. Journal of Advanced Nursing,77, 4490-4499. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14963
- *Giannouchos, T. V., Kum, H. C., Gary, J. C., Morrisey, M. A., & Ohsfeldt, R. L. (2021). The effect of expanded insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act on emergency department utilization in New York. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 48, 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2021.04.076.
- *Giannouchos, T. V., Kum, H. C., Gary, J.C., Ohsfeldt, R., & Morrisey, M. (2021). The effect of the Medicaid expansion on frequent emergency department use in New York. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 61(6), 749-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.003.
- *Giannouchos, T., Gary, J.C., Anyatonwu, S., & Kum, H.C. (2021). Emergency department utilization by adolescents experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts. Medical Care, 59 (Suppl 2), S187-S194. DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001436.
- Gary, J.C., Dormire, S. L., Norman, J., & Harvey, I. S. (2020). The lived experience of pregnancy as a black woman in America. A descriptive phenomenology case study. Online Journal of Interprofessional Health Promotion, 2(1), 3. https://repository.ulm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=ojihp.
- *Giannouchos, T., Washburn, D., Gary, J.C., & Foster, M. J. (2020). Frequent emergency department use in the paediatric population: A systematic review. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 27(1), 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13382.
- Gary, J.C. (2019). TeamSTEPPS training for nursing students using pop culture media. Nurse Educator. [published ahead of print April 30] DOI: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000663
- Gary, J. C., Gosselin, K., Mulcahy, A., & Matthews, D. W. (2019). Meeting Texas nursing workforce needs through recruitment and retention initiatives. Nursing Education Perspectives. [Epub ahead of print Jan 3]. doi: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000452
- Foster, M., Gary, J. C., *Sooryanarayana, S. M. (2018). Direct observation of medication errors in critical care settings: A systematic review. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 41(1), 76-92.
- Gary, J.C., Gosselin, K., & Bentley, R. (2018). Faculty attitudes towards interprofessional education and teamwork. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(2), 231-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2017.1376626
- Gary, J.C. & Hudson, C.E. (2016). Reverse engineering: Strategy to teach evidence based practice to online RN-BSN students. Nurse Educator, 41(2). 2015 Aug 4[Epub ahead of print].
- Gary, J. C., Holland, B. E., & Mulcahy, A. (2015). The impact of advanced cardiac life support to baccalaureate nursing students’ perceived competence in performing resuscitation skills. International Archives of Nursing and Health Care. 1:009. DOI: 10.23937/2469- 5823/1510009 Available at
http://clinmedjournals.org/International-Archives-of-Nursing- and-Health-Care.php - Gary, J.C. & Bentley, R. (2014). The essential of safety in the clinical setting. Journal of Nursing Education, 54(6), 356.
- Gary, J. C. (2014). A quixotic vision for nursing within the complexity of healthcare. Nursing 2014, 44(6), 48.
- Gary, J. C. (2014). The wicked question answered: Positive deviance delivers patientcentered care. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, 33(3), 142-150.
- Gary, J. C. & Ridley, R. T. (2014). Incorporating ACLS into undergraduate education. Journal of Nursing Education, 53(1), 56. DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20131220-11.
- Gary, J. C. (2013). Exploring the use of positive deviance in nursing. American Journal
of Nursing, 113(8), 26-34.