Samantha Jennings DNP

Education

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences- DNP
Seattle University- BSN

Biography

Born and raised in a military family, Dr. Samantha Jennings received an NROTC scholar to the University of Washington. She obtained a BSN from Seattle University and began her nursing career at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in in-patient pediatrics. She was then stationed at Naval Hospital Sigonella, collecting a multitude of experiences in Med/Surg., L&D, and Emergency Nursing. She was accepted through DUINS to the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) and received a DNP as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She was stationed at Naval Hospital Guam for her utilization tour. She was then stationed at Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor and became the Department Head of Military Readiness and then Family Medicine. Dr. Jennings had the unique experience to deploy in support of Operation Allies Welcome in Indiana for Afghan refugee support. She and her husband enjoy raising their 3 children. She is excited to prepare future advanced practice nurses in the military.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

PRESENTATION: Jennings, S. J., & Patton, A. L. (March 18th, 2025). A Systematic Review: Food Insecurity in Active-Duty Military Families. Tri-Service Nursing Research Program Dissemination Course (Lightning Round), San Antonio, TX.

PRESENTATION: Grantham, S., & Jennings, S. (2025, March). Women on the Waterfront (WoW) Initiative: Lit Review Supporting a Mobile Medical Unit to Improve Access to Women's Health for Active-Duty Sailors in the Pacific Northwest. AMSUS. National Harbor, MD.

PRSENTATION: Pingotti, L. W. & Jennings, S. J. (June 29th, 2024). Express Sexually Transmitted Infection Care: Best Practices. Podium presentation at American Association of Nurse Practitioners National Conference, Nashville, TN.

PRESENTATION: Davis, A. C., Hall, M. L., Jennings, S. J., & Smith, P. H. (2017, May). Awareness and Utilization of Military Community Health Promotion Resources. Poster presentation presented at Research Days, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.

PRESENTATION: Utilization of Military Community Health Promotion Resources. Poster presentation presented at the TriService Nursing Research Program, Ellicott City, MD.

DEPLOYMENT: Senior Nurse Officer, Operation Allies Welcome Camp Atterbury, IN

AWARD: 2025 TSNRP LTC Phyllis Verhonick Nursing Research Award

AWARD: 2017 Distinguished Academic Performance, GSN, USUHS

Representative Bibliography

Jennings, S. J., & Chiong, M. F. (2025). Response to Disguised Among the Sea: The Implications of Artificial Islands on Casualty Care in the Indo-Pacific. Military Medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf013

Jennings, S. J. (2020). Cervical cancer. APEA (Eds.) Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care (4th ed.), 1000, Scott, LA: Advanced Practice Education Associates, Inc.

Hall, M. L., & Jennings, S. J. (2018). Polymorphic eruption in pregnancy. APEA (Eds.) Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care (3rd ed), 596. Scott, LA: Advanced Practice Education Associates, Inc.

Hall, M. L., & Jennings, S. J. (2016). Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. APEA (Eds.) Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care (2nd ed), 602. Scott, LA: Advanced Practice Education Associates, Inc.