Jason Sasser, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE
Clinical Professor | MSN Program Director
901.678.20033542 Community Health Buildingjsasser@memphis.eduAbout Jason Sasser
Dr. Sasser is a clinical full professor at the Loewenberg College of Nursing and is certified as a family nurse practitioner (FNP-C) and certified nurse educator (CNE). He began his nursing career more than 20 years ago working in the intensive care unit at Regional One Health. As a family nurse practitioner, Dr. Sasser has worked in primary care including pediatrics, retail health, and weight/wellness management. He received his Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Dr. Sasser has experience teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate nursing courses and currently serves as the director of the MSN program at LCON. He has served on many committees and groups from the college to national levels including faculty affairs committee (chair), undergraduate admissions committee, undergraduate council, graduate council (chair), graduate curriculum sub-committee (chair), evaluation committee, promotion & tenure committee, student research forum work-group, clinical faculty promotion committee, faculty & admin search committees, university graduate grade appeals committee, university pride and equity alliance, journal peer review panels, and with the National League for Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. His research/scholarship interests include quality improvement in primary care, teaching/learning, curriculum design, and aging.
- DNP, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- MSN, University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½
- BSN, University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½
- ADN, Southwest TN Comm College
- Acute Care
- Adult Health
- Chronic disease
- Gerontology
- Interprofessionalism
- Nursing Education
- Primary Care
- Obesity
- Gerontology
- Simulation
- LGBTQ Populations and Health
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses
- DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty, 2017
Baldwin, M., Burrow, R., Reifsnider, M., & Sasser, J. T. (2022). Communicating with rural older adults. [peer-reviewed CE Module]. https://hign.org/consultgeri/elearning/care-older-adults-rural-america-coa-ra-series
Sasser, J. T., Adkins, R. H., & Baldwin, M. D. (2022). Introduction to rural older adults and factors impacting health. [peer-reviewed CE Module]. https://hign.org/consultgeri/elearning/care-older-adults-rural-america-coa-ra-series
Jacobs, M. D. & Sasser, J. T. (2021). Impostor phenomenon in undergraduate nursing students: Pilot study of prevalence and patterns. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(6), 317-323.
Sasser, J. T., Gill, M. E., Wilson, J., M., Lee, S., & Richardson, T. A. (2021). College of nursing sponsored research forum to promote student scholarship development. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(3), 183-184.
Blount, C. A., Jackson, J. C, & Sasser, J. T. (2020). An HPV vaccination protocol to increase rates. i-manager's Journal on Nursing, 10(3), 1-13.
Harrell, B. & Sasser, J. T. (2018). Sexual and gender minority health: Nursing’s overdue coming out. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 79, A1-A4.
Lee, S., Dapremont, J., & Sasser, J. T. (2011). Nursing students’ perception of class size and its impact on test performance: A pilot study. Journal of Nursing Education, 50(12), 715-718.
Hearing Health Promotion Program