DNP Ep. 75: Never Settling in you Nursing Career with Dr. Jessica Chung, DNP, NP-C

The Success NPs Podcast

Dr. Jessica Chung was born in the great state of New York. She attended NYC College of Technology, received her Associate's Degree in Nursing in 2009, and graduated on the Dean’s List for academic excellence.

After graduation, she worked as a charge nurse for a nursing home and as a Nurse Case Manager for a home care agency, both in Brooklyn, New York. She received an opportunity to relocate to the sunny state of Florida in 2010, to work at an acute care hospital. The year following, she obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Utica College.

Jessica worked at various city hospitals, gaining experience as a registered nurse in various clinical areas such as medical pre and post-operative, emergency, and post-partum care. Wanting to further her education, she obtained a Master's Degree in nursing from South University with a concentration in Family Nurse practitioners and was board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She practiced as an FNP in primary, adult, pediatric, and geriatric care. In 2018, she received her Doctoral degree in Nursing Practice, from Samford University.

Dr. Chung was inducted into the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society on May 3rd, 2018. Dr. Jessica Chung is also heavily involved in the ministry of her church, New Life Tabernacle, and UPCI, and constantly aspires to help and influence everyone she meets. She has been known to emphatically state that she does not look at being a healthcare provider as just a career but as a God-given gift and calling.

In 2019, one of Dr. Chung's dreams came true when she opened her own private practice, J.C. Healthcare & Associates in Tampa, FL. She provides a wide variety of healthcare services to patients of all ages. Due to her vast knowledge of healthcare business start-ups and private practice management, in 2020, Dr. Chung launched the International Business Association for Nurses where she helps nursing professionals and other healthcare professionals become entrepreneurs. She is an educator of students, a researcher, a prolific speaker, a healthcare provider, a business owner, and one that has a heart and passion for mentoring students of all academic levels, in hopes of them obtaining higher education and professional success.

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