About Us:

We are a national collaborative of nurses who share a common mission: to shed light on the full impact of inpatient nursing by creating a set of rigorously developed patient/family outcome measures linked to the Blueprint’s 9 domains of practice. Selected measures, matched to the needs of the patient population served, will be incorporated into regulatory (payment), accreditation and credentialling benchmarks.

Background: Nurses provide the majority of care in acute and critical care settings, yet current hospital/healthcare metrics capture only a narrow portion of what nurses do.

The Blueprint calls for a paradigm shift, moving from harm metrics to nurse-sensitive patient outcomes that reflect the presence of high-quality care. Nurses’ work includes preventing patient deterioration, teaching families, coordinating complex care, advocating for patient values, and building trusting relationships that make healing possible.

Through research, innovation, and collaboration, we are committed to building a future where nursing’s impact on patients, families, and health systems is measured and recognized.

Members:

Lead: Martha A.Q. Curley RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Anne W Alexandrov PhD, AGACNP-BC, CNS, ANVP-BC, CCRN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing & Neurology, UTHSC Memphis

Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren PhD, RN, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FNAP, FAAN
Professor Emerita, University of Michigan School of Nursing

Michele C Balas PhD RN CCRN FCCM FAAN
Associate Dean of Research UNMC CON, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing

Devin Carr, PhD, DNP, RN, RRT, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CPPS, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer, MaineHealth Maine Medical Center, University of Southern Maine

Jane M Carrington PhD, RN, FAMIA, FAAN
In preferment

Cathy Cartwright DNP, RN-BC, PCNS, FAAN
Coordinator, Advanced Practice Provider Education and Training, University of Missouri Health Care – MU Health Care,

Bernice Coleman PhD, ACNP-BC, FADNL, FAHA, FAAN
Dir. Nursing Research /Quality, Cedars Sinai, Yale University School of Nursing

Susan Dresser PhD, APRN-CNS, FCNSS
Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma Health Campus

Wendy Dusenbury PhD, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, APNVP, FAAN
Assistant Professor and Stroke Nurse Practitioner, Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Eileen Faulds, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor/Endocrinology Nurse Practitioner, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University College of Nursing

Deb Feehan DHSc MSN RN GERO-BC MED-SURG-BC CPM
Magnet Program Director, Mount Sinai Hospital

Janet S Fulton PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FCNSI, FAAN
Centennial Endowed Professor Emerita, Indiana University School of Nursing

Priscilla K Gazarian PhD, CNS, RN ,FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, U Mass Chan Medical School Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing

Vicki S Good RN, DNP, CENP, CPPS, FAAN
Chief Clinical Officer

Mary Beth Happ, RN, PhD, FAAN, FGSA 
Professor, The Ohio State University

Sonya Renae Hardin PhD, RN, NP-C, FAAN
Professor and Dean
School of Nursing
University of Texas at San Antonio

Kirsten E Hepburn PhD, BA, RN
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Grissel Hernandez PhD, MPH, RN, HNB-BC, NPD-BC, SGAHN, FADLN
Vice President, Professional Development, Research & Magnet, Stanford Health Care/Section Chief-Nursing Research, Primary Care & Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine

Jeanne Hlebichuk MSN, PhD, RN, NE-BC
Nurse scientist, Advocate Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Vallire Hooper PhD, RN, CPAN, FASPAN, FAAN
Senior Nurse Scientist, Lead Scientist for Evidence-Based Practice, Ascension

Laura Beth Kalvas PhD, RN
Nurse Scientist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Bonnie L. Fecowicz, MSN, RN
Vice President Nightingale Solutions

Kenrick Cato, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI
Nurse Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Lori S Kennedy PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN, FNCS, FAAN
Director/Clinical Nurse Scientist, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, UC Davis Health, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis

Anna E Krupp PhD, MSHP, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, College of Nursing

Sherri Kubis RN, MSN, CCRN-K
Senior Director of Nursing (Cardiac & SDU), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Christine L Latham RN, D.N.Sc., FAAN
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton

Jean Marie Lucas PhD, MSN, MBA, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, Florida State University

Mary Beth F Makic PhD APRN CCNS FAAN FNAP FCNSM
Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus College of Nursing, Research Nurse Scientist, Denver Health, Denver CO.

Margaret (Meg) McCabe PhD, RN, CRN-BC, FAAN
Senior Director Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, , University of Pennsylvania

Carrie M McDermott PhD, RN, APRN, AVNS-BC, FAAN
Executive Director, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, University of Arkansas

Julie Murphy PhD, MBA, RN, CPHQ
Sr. Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist, Boston Children’s Hospital

Jan Odom-Forren PhD, RN, CPAN, FASPAN, FAAN
Perianesthesia Consultant, Associate Professor Emerita, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Joyce Pittman PhD, CRNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CWOCN, WOCNF, FAAN
Associate Professor, USA Health, University of South Alabama

Rosemary C Polomano PhD, RN, FAAN
Emeritus Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Nurse Scientist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and ChristianaCare

Halley Ruppel PhD, RN, FAAN
Research Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Anna E Schoenbaum DNP, MS, RN, NI-BC, FHIMSS, FAAN
Chief Application Officer, Penn Medicine

Maureen A Seckel APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN
Critical Care and Sepsis Consultant

Kee Chen Elaine Siow PhD
Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology

Lauren R. Sorce PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM, FAAN
Senior Director Nursing Research and Operations , Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mary Fran Tracy PhD, RN, APRN, CCNS, FCNS, FAAN
Professor, Assistant Dean for the PhD Program, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Joan M. Vitello-Cicciu PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAHA, FAAN
Dean and Professor, UMASS Chan Medical School

Kathleen Vollman MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN
Clinical Nurse Specialist/Consultant ADVANCING NURSING LLC

Fay Wright PhD RN, ACNP-BC
Nurse Scientist, Northwell Health Northern Westchester Hospital

Margarete L Zalon PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN
Professor Emerita, University of Scranton

Elizabeth B. Froh, PhD, RN
Nurse Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia