Background
Hawks, Jane Esther Hokanson was born on April 8, 1955 in Sac City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Charles Wesley and Esther Pearl (Langbein) Hokanson.
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Jane Esther Hokanson Hawks
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of science in nursing magna cum laude, St. Olaf College, 1977; postgraduate, Iowa State University, 1978-1979; MSN magna cum laude, U. Nebraska, 1981; D in Nursing Science summa cum laude, Widener U., 1993.
Career
Nurse, Rochester (Minnesota) Methodist Hospital, 1976, 77-78;
instructor, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa., 1978-1979;
instructor, Jennie Edmundson School Nursing, Council Bluffs, Iowa., 1979-1981;
instructor, assistant professor College Nursing, U. Nebraska, Omaha, 1981-1986;
supervisor private duty nursing, Family Home Care, Omaha, 1986;
instructor, Jennie Edmundson School Nursing, Council Bluffs, 1986-1988;
instructor NCLEX review course, Stanley H. Kaplan Ednl. Center, Omaha, 1986-1989;
assistant professor nursing, Clarkson College, Omaha, 1988-1991;
associate professor, Clarkson College, Omaha, 1991-1992;
assistant professor nursing, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1992-1998;
associate professor nursing, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, since 1998. Member Senator Harkin's Nursing Advisory Committee, since 1989.
Member education committee Omaha Hospice Organisation, 1985-1986. Board directors Health Fair Midlands, 1988-1995, vicechairman, 1992-1994, chairman, 1994-1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Midwest American Red Cross Regional Blood Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1992, secretary-treasurer, since 1995, member nominations committee 1991-1994, tissue donor, medical advisory executive and finance committees, since 1993. Member Iowa Governor's Task Force on Long Term Care, 1984-1985. Board directors Pottawattamie County chapter American Red Cross, 1987-1993, chairman, 1991-1992, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome education speaker, 1988-1993, member Executive Committee, 1991-1993, member steeringcom., 1991-1993, chairman nursing and health committee, 1988-1993, facilitator board retreat, 1990.
Member American Association of University Professors, ANA, AACN, N. American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Society Urologic Nurses and Associations, Iowa Nurses Foundation (board directors, vice president 1985-1990, grantreviewer 1987-1990), Iowa Nurses Association (state ethics committee 1985-1986, state nursing education commission 1989-1993, chairman state nursing research committee 1994-1996, profession development commission member and chairman 1996-1998, board directors district 91985-91, 9th District Nurse of Year award 1983), Sigma Theta Tau (faculty counselor Theta Omega chapter, Leadership award 1996).
Interests
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Married Edward Harold Hawks, May 24, 1980. 1 child, Jennifer Jane.
Awards
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Recipient public awareness award Pottawattamie County chapter American Red Cross, 1988, Volunteer of Year award Council Bluffs, 1989. Scholar Evangelical Lutheran Church American division Higher Education, 1993, American Legion 40 and 8, 1991-1992, Nurses Ednl. Funds, Inc., New York City, 1991-1992. Nursing diagnosis research grantee Midwest Nursing Diagnosis Task Force, 1989.Recipient public awareness award Pottawattamie County chapter American Red Cross, 1988, Volunteer of Year award Council Bluffs, 1989. Scholar Evangelical Lutheran Church American division Higher Education, 1993, American Legion 40 and 8, 1991-1992, Nurses Ednl. Funds, Inc., New York City, 1991-1992.
Nursing diagnosis research grantee Midwest Nursing Diagnosis Task Force, 1989.