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Janet Sweeney Rico, M.S.N., MBA, R.N., CS.

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of the Direct Entry Nursing Program
B.S.N. Saint Anselm's College
M.S.N. University of North Carolina
M.B.A. Boston University
janet.rico@simmons.edu

Ms. Rico is presently the level coordinator for the direct entry nursing program and is certified as a family and geriatric nurse practitioner. She holds appointments with Simmons College and a lectureship at Harvard School of Public Health. Ms. Rico's expertise in nursing and management brings unique contributions to the department. Ms. Rico practices in the emergency department at Boston Medical Center. She has experience in geriatrics, homecare, emergency/critical care and occupational health. Her interests are health policy, geriatrics, and developmental disabilities. She is Chair for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing and serves on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts ARC. She is also a doctoral candidate in the Law, Policy and Society Ph.D. program at Northeastern University.

Publications

  • Article submitted to Journal of Nursing Education as part of Duke-Fuld funded research on faculty best practices with accelerated nursing students


Presentations

  • Health Assessment of the Adult with Developmental Disabilities- Northern Massachusetts DMR
  • Parenting a Child with Developmental Disabilities- UMASS Medical School
  • Assessing the Geriatric Patient


Awards

  • Teacher of the Year Award- Simmons School for Health Studies 2003
  • Simmons School for Health Studies Faculty Service Award- 2006