Dr. Dorothy Jane Anderson-Buffington is an accomplished nursing educator and clinician with more than 35 years of experience in clinical practice, higher education, and leadership. She serves as an Associate Professor at Brenau University, teaching in the BSN and DNP programs and mentoring graduate students in evidence-based practice and scholarly projects.
Her research focuses on simulation-based learning, critical care education, and guided clinical reflection. In addition, Dr. Buffington is a Simulation Educator at NGMC and a Legal Nurse Consultant, providing expert case analysis and litigation support across the southeastern United States. She is also certified as a Agrisafe Nurse Scholar.
Previously, she held leadership roles as Director of Nursing at the Northeast Georgia Heart Center and the Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Habersham Medical Center.
Dr. Buffington earned her DNP from Brenau University, MSN from Georgia Baptist College of Nursing at Mercer University, and BSN from Brenau University. She is long standing member of the Nu Gamma Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International and an active member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, Society for Simulation In Healthcare, and Georgia Association for Nursing Education.