QSEN Profile - Linda Cronenwett

Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN

Beerstecher Blackwell Term Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing
Chapel Hill, NC

Program Experience

BSN, ABSN, Graduate

QSEN Expertise

I have been the principal investigator leading national QSEN initiatives since 2005.  My early work in research utilization in practice settings evolved into expertise in evidence-based practice and quality improvement.  When I became dean at UNC-Chapel Hill, my interests focused on how to prepare graduates who would be committed to and capable of continuously improving the health care systems in which they work.  My specific area of expertise is QSEN-related faculty development.

Competency Expertise

Patient-centered Care

Teamwork and Collaboration

Evidence-based Practice

Quality Improvement

Teaching Expertise

Classroom

Research Expertise

Surveys of nurse educators and senior nursing students related to perceptions of quality and safety education in their ADN, diploma, and BSN programs

Publications and Presentations

Pohl, J.M., Hanson, C., Newland, J.A., & Cronenwett, L. (2010). Unleashing nurse practitioners’ potential to deliver primary care and lead teams. Health Affairs, 29(5), 900-905. 

Cronenwett, L., Sherwood, G., Pohl, J., Barnsteiner, J., Moore, S., Sullivan, D.T., Ward, D., & Warren, J. (2009). Quality and safety education for advanced nursing practice. Nursing Outlook, 57(6), 338-348.

Cronenwett, L., Sherwood, G., & Gelmon, S.B.  (2009).  Improving quality and safety education: The QSEN Learning Collaborative. Nursing Outlook, 57(6), 304-312. 

Sullivan, D.T., Hirst, D., & Cronenwett, L.  (2009). Assessing quality and safety competencies of graduating pre-licensure nursing students. Nursing Outlook, 57(6), 323-331.

Cronenwett, L., Sherwood, G., Barnsteiner, J., Disch, J., Johnson, J., Mitchell, P, & Warren, J. (2007).  Quality and safety education for nurses.  Nursing Outlook, 55(3), 122-131.

Smith, E. L., Cronenwett, L., & Sherwood, G.  (2007).  Current assessments of quality and safety education in nursing.  Nursing Outlook, 55(3), 132-137.

Lynn, J., Baily, M.A., Bottrell, M., Jennings, B., Levine, R.J., Davidoff, F., et al. (2007). The ethics of using quality improvement methods in health care.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 146(9), 666-673.

Cronenwett, L.  (2001)  Educating health professional heroes of the future:  The challenge for nursing. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 18(2), 15-21.

Batalden, P., Cronenwett, L., Ladd Brown, L., Moffatt, C., & Serrell, N. (1998).  Collaboration in improving care for patients: What haven’t we been able to figure out yet?  Joint Commission Journal of Quality Improvement, 24(10), 609-618.