Elke Zschaebitz
Georgetown University , USA
Biography
Elke Jones Zschaebitz, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, has served as adjunct faculty in the FNP program at Georgetown since 2013. She has been an NP since 1998, initially working in Germany for nine years with the Department of Defense. During that time, she discovered her love of teaching, working with programs such as Student2Student (S2S) for which she received a national award for innovation and excellence in mentoring high school students within the Department of Defense educational network. Elke returned to the states in 2007 and was appointed as an assistant professor at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Nursing. She continued her academic work in 2010 serving as faculty at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing to help improve their preceptorship program. While at UVA, she received an innovative teaching award in 2010 for her program promoting cultural competence and ensuring preceptorship immersion in the coalfield region in Southern Appalachia. She also served as faculty for the Healthy Appalachia Institute, a public health institute at UVA’s College at Wise.Elke’s clinical practice experience includes work with the Wilkinson Pediatric Clinic at Ft. Lee, Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge in Charlottesville, the Minute Clinics of Richmond, the High Risk Breast and Ovarian Clinic at UVA and in an integrated clinic called Thrive Health Care serving the LGBT community as well as those with complex physical and mental health conditions. She currently practices as a family nurse practitioner at the UVA Elson Student Health Center in Charlottesville, VA. In addition she serves as a volunteer at the Charlottesville Free Clinic precepting FNP and medical students in a community-based interdisciplinary program.