QSEN Profile - Jean Johnson

Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean and Professor
The George Washington University
Washington, DC

Program Experience

BSN, Graduate, ABSN

QSEN Expertise

Development of graduate level on line course in quality improvement including use of Eluminate and camtasia.  Development of online undergraduate course in quality improvement.  Development of Master’s track in quality improvement. 

Competency Expertise

Quality improvement, health informatics, patient centered care and teamwork

Teaching Expertise

Online, class

Research Expertise

Nursing staffing and outcome measures in nursing homes; consumer perspectives of nursing sensitive measures; patient care coordination

Publications and Presentations

Kurtzman, E., Dawson, E. & Johnson, J. (2008).  The current state of nursing performance measurement, public reporting, and value-based purchasing, Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice 9 (3), 181-194.

Johnson, J., Dawson, E., & Acquaviva, K.  (2008). Chapter 17: The quality improvement landscape. In E. Ransom, J. Maulik, D. Nash, & S. Ransom (Eds.). The healthcare quality book: vision, strategy, & tools., 2nd edition. Chicago, Ill:  Health Administration, 2008.

Johnson, J., Harper, D., Hanson C., & Dawson, E. (2007).  “Forging a Quality Agenda for APRNs” AJNP, 11(10), 10-19.

Johnson, J, Posey, L., & Simmens, (2005). Faculty and student perceptions of Web-based learning. AJNP, 9(5): 9-18.

Johnson, J, Cowles, C.M. and Simmens, S: (1996) “Nursing Staff and Quality of Care in Nursing Homes” in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Is it Adequate? Eds G. Wunderlich, F. Sloan and C.K. Davis. Institute of Medicine National Academy Press. 

Related Funding

RWJF for INQRI project on consumer perspectives of nursing sensitive measures

RWJF for the Nursing Quality and Safety Alliance