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Jennifer Eurich is currently a RN Care Manager for the Veterans Health Administration. Prior to this, she served 6 years in the NY Air National Guard and was the first female Air National Guard member of the 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team. In 2009, Jennifer graduated cum laude from Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY with her BSN. She earned her Master of Public Administration from John Jay College in 2014. Jennifer is currently a doctoral student at Rutgers School of Nursing. She chose to earn her PhD to further her goal of providing safe, efficient, and effective nursing care to patients through advocating for policy change. Jennifer’s research focuses on reducing healthcare spending through chronic disease management and prevention. The aim of her proposed research study is to evaluate the relationship between the nurse and patients in improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare spending on chronic conditions. Jennifer designed and implemented Shared Medical Appointments for chronic disease management, increasing patient visits for disease prevention from 1 patient per hour to 10 patients in 2 hours thus improving health outcomes, decreasing costs, and improving productivity for her clinic at the VA. Jennifer was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau in 2009 and Pi Alpha Alpha in 2014. She is a proud member of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and the National Association of Professional Women.