• Growth monitoring and growth disorders
• Pediatric endocrine disorders
• Turner syndrome
• Evidence-based practice

Jan M. Foote is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa College of Nursing. Jan teaches in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs. She has practiced in pediatric primary care and many pediatric subspecialty areas. Since 2001, she has specialized in the care of children with disorders of growth and hormone regulation at the Blank Children’s Endocrinology Clinic in Des Moines, IA.

Jan is a member of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), Iowa Association of Nurse Practitioners (IANP), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Pediatrics, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, and the Pediatric Endocrinology Nursing Society (PENS). She is chair of the PENS Research Committee and on the Clinical Expert Panel for NAPNAP. She has participated in many volunteer activities, including mission trips and a camp for adolescent girls with Turner syndrome.

Jan developed an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on linear growth measurement of children which was accepted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the National Guideline Clearinghouse. She has been a national and international speaker, participated in research projects, and published in several journals. Jan has received the Always Committed to Excellence (Iowa Health – Des Moines), 100 Great Iowa Nurses, Nurse Practitioner of the Year (IANP), IANP Mentor of the Year, and two PENS poster awards.

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