Cheryll Jones, BSN, ARNP. CPNP, Child Health Specialty Clinic, Ottumwa
Cheryll Jones received her BSN and completed the pediatric nurse practitioner program (PNP) at the University of Iowa. She is employed as the health services coordinator for the Ottumwa Regional Center of Child Health Specialty Clinics and has held this position since 1977. In her capacity as health services coordinator she provides diagnosis, evaluation and care coordination services for children with special health care needs, which includes children exposed to drugs prior to birth. As part of these services, she has participated in the evaluation and follow-up of children with special health care needs through the telehealth project with University Hospital School. She also works as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Ottumwa Pediatrics, Ottumwa. In this capacity she provides newborn nursery care and well child care. She serves on a number of committees. At the local community level she serves on the ADLM Health Advisory Committee to ADLM Empowerment Board, Community Task Force on Drug Affected Infants/Children, Headstart Health Advisory Committee, Wapello County Healthy Community Committee, Adolescent Transition Committee, Davis County Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Davis County Decat Committee, Wapello County Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Team, and Area XV Early Access Executive Committee. At the state level, she serves on the Iowa Script Team, Legislative Committee Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, Legislative Chair of the Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners, Senator Tom Harkin’s Nurses Advisory Committee, the board of the Iowa Rural Health Association, the State Child Protection Council, and the Citizen Review Committee. She is co-chair of the Iowa DEC Alliance. She was appointed to the Iowa State Board of Health by Governor Vilsack in 2002. She was reappointed to the board for a second three-year term in 2005. At the national level, she served as legislative chair for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) for four years. She chairs the American College of Nurse Practitioners Public Policy committee.