About Us:
We are a national collaborative of acute and critical care nurse leaders, clinicians, and researchers dedicated to advancing how inpatient nursing is understood, measured, and supported. Our group brings together experts whose work spans bedside practice, academia, health‑system leadership, and national policy development. Together, we share a common mission: to shed light on the full impact of inpatient nursing by creating a palette of rigorously developed patient/family core outcome measures matched to the needs of the patient population served, incorporated into regulatory, accreditation, and credentialing benchmarks.
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. Nurses’ work includes preventing patient deterioration, teaching families, coordinating complex care, advocating for patient values, and building trusting relationships that make healing possible. The Blueprint calls for a paradigm shift, moving from harm metrics to nurse-sensitive patient outcomes that reflect the presence of high-quality care.
Our collective work addresses this long‑standing gap by defining nine core domains of nursing practice and outlining a comprehensive Blueprint for Acute and Critical Care Nursing Practice that reflects the true value nurses bring to patients, families, and health systems. We are advocating for national measurement standards, supportive practice environments, and policies that enable nurses to deliver the high‑quality, relationship‑based care that defines our profession. 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
Contact: curley@upenn.edu
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, Associate Dean Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, , 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 DNP, RN, RRT, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, CPPS
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, MSN, APRN-CNS
Associate Professor, Oklahoma University Health Center, Oklahoma University 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
Erica Fischer-Cartlidge DNP, RN, AOCNS, EBP-C
Chief Clinical Officer
Susan G Forneris PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Associate Dean, Academic Programs, School of Nursing, U of MN, , University of Minnesota
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 FANN
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 PhD, RN
Professor, The Ohio State University
Sonya R Hardin PhD APRN FAAN
Dean, Carolina Neurology, UT 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, 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, Ascension
Laura Beth Kalvas PhD, RN
Nurse Scientist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing & The Ohio State University College of Nursing
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
Ganam Konikara MSN, DNP final year student
CPNP-PC, UMass Memorial Health, UMass Chan Medical College
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
Chris L Latham DNSc, RN
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 FCNS
Professor, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus College of Nursing
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
Jennifer L Patterson PhD, ACNP-BC, APNVP, CCRN, FHM
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner; Assistant Professor, Banner University Medical Center, University of Arizona
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
Nurse Scientist, Emeritus Professor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Christiana Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Halley Ruppel PhD, RN, FAAN
Research Associate Professor, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn
Anna E Schoenbaum DNP, MS, RN, NI-BC, FHIMSS, FAAN
Vice President and Chief Digital Application Officer, Penn Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Maureen A Seckel APRN, MSN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN
Critical Care and Sepsis Consultant
Kee Chen Elaine Siow PhD
Associate Professor, Ng Teng Fong Hospital, Singapore Institute of Technology
Jessica L Slamin MBA, MSN, RN
PhD Student, UMass Memorial Medical Center, UMass Medical School
Lauren R. Sorce PhD, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM, FAAN
Dr. , Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicince
Mary Fran Tracy PhD, RN, APRN, CCNS, FCNS, FAAN
Associate 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 Medical Center
Kathleen Vollman MSN, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FCNS, FAAN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Michigan State University
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