For the first episode with our new hosts, Patricia “Pat” Jackson, 2023 APIC President, stops by to answer questions on her presidency and to discuss the strengths and struggles of the lone IP, or “one-ers.”

Further resources:
APIC Toolkit for Rural and Isolated Settings

Hosted by:

Kelly Holmes, MS, CIC and Lerenza Howard, MHA, CIC, LSSGB

The strength of the lone IP is that they are a master of everything.

Patricia “Pat” Jackson, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC

Pat Jackson is the 2023 President of APIC. She is Director of Infection Prevention at White Rock Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She has been an infection preventionist for the past 27 years. She has worked primarily in large academic medical centers predominantly in pediatrics but recently has become a “oner” / lone IP in a small community hospital in Dallas, TX. Pat’s passion is mentoring new IPs. She served as an original author on APICs Roadmap for the Novice Infection Preventionist and spent many years as a faculty member to APICs epidemiology training courses. She believes we have to attract and retain the talent of the next generation in order for APIC to succeed.