Jackie Christianson, PhD, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Education

PhD, Marquette University

MSN-FNP, BSN, Kaplan University

ADN, St. Catherine University

Paramedicine, Inver Hills Community College

Courses Taught

NURS 6030 - Advanced Pathophysiology

Research Interests

Retention of healthcare workers

Burnout and work-related stress

Union activity in healthcare

Professional Affiliations

Nurses International

Sigma Theta Tau

Midwest Nursing Research Society

Specialization

Emergency medicine

Critical care 

Certifications

Certified Nurse Educator 

Publications

Christianson, J., Aiyeku, K., & Keller, A. (2025). Examining Racial Disparities in Nurse Burnout, Intention to Leave, and Student Debt Burden Among United States Hospital Nurses. American Journal of Nursing, 125(10). https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000003

Christianson, J., Leiberg, J., Fox, C., Johnson, N., & Haglund, K. (2025). The Experiences of Newly Unionized Nurses Undergoing Collective Bargaining: An Ethnography. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 52(1), 5-13.

Christianson, J., Sommers-Olson, B., Leiberg, J., & Kaminstein, D. (2025). Resilience as Accusation: A Critical Examination of Individual Resilience Training for Burnout Mitigation. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.170

Christianson, J., Schindler, C., & Grabert, L. (2025). To Address the Nursing Faculty Shortage, Start With the Salary Gap. American Journal of Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1097/AJN.0000000000000032

Christianson, J., Sommers-Olson, B., Fox, C., & Johnson, N. (2025). Nurse Perspectives on Labor Union Participation Prior to Implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement: A Qualitative Study. Creative Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1177/10784535251314146

Christianson, J., Frank, E., Keating, S., & Chickering, M. (2025). Developing Global Open Access COVID-19 Education for Frontline Healthcare Workers. BMC Research Notes, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-025-07088-4

Christianson, J., Bekhet, A., Guttormson, J., Singh, M., & Johnson, N. (2024). Reframing Burnout: Measuring ‘Altruistic Execution’ to Understand Nurse Burnout. Western Journal of Nursing Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/01939459241279502

Malin, K., Zemlak, J., Christianson, J., Leiberg, J., & Grabert, L. (2024). Feasibility and Acceptability of Studying Full-Time Nurse Faculty Salaries. BMC Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-024-02186-3

Christianson, J., Zemlak, J., Malin, K., & Grabert, L. (2024). Does Money Matter? Exploring Pay Disparities for Nursing Faculty Educators. American Nurse Journal, https://doi.org/10.51256/anj0624122

Zemlak, J., Singer, R., Christianson, J., Stenersen, M., Singh, M., & Lerret, S. (2024). Telehealth resources and utilization interest among women who sell sex: An exploratory sequential mixed methods study. Public Health in Practice, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100502

Christianson, J., Calonder, S., Leiberg, J., & Riggs, V. (2024). Understanding the ‘Dancing Nurses of Tiktok.’ American Journal of Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NAJ.0001016308.83547.53

Christianson, J., Bekhet, A., Guttormson, J., Singh, M., & Johnson, N. (2024). Why We Quit: The Relationships Between Work-Related Burnout, Work Rewards, and Intention to Leave in Nursing. Nursing Economic$, https://doi.org/10.62116/NEC.2024.42.1.7

Christianson, J., Johnson, N., Guttormson, J., Sommers-Olson, B., & McCarthy, M. (2023). Covid-19 Vaccine Acceptance or Refusal Among United States Nurses: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 122(5).

Christianson, J., McCarthy, M., Sommers-Olson, B., Guttormson, J., & Johnson, N. (2023). Community or Commodity? Perceived Nurse Support During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Nursing Management, https://doi.org/10.1097/nmg.0000000000000079

McAndrew, N.S., Rosa, W.E., Moore, K., Christianson, J., Abuzahra, T., Mussatti, M., McCracken, C., Newman, A.R., Calkins, K., Breakwell, S., Klink, K., & Guttormson, J. (2023). Sprinting in a Marathon: Nursing Staff and Nurse Leaders Make Meaning of Practicing in Covid-19 Devoted Units Pre-Vaccine. SAGE Open Nursing, https://doi.org/ 10.1177/23779608231165688

Sommers-Olson, B., Christianson, J., Neumann, T., Pawlikowski, S., Morgan, S., Bouchard, M., Esch, K., & Andrews, L. (2023). Reducing Nonemergent Emergency Department Visits Through Telephone Triage: A Quality Improvement Project, Journal of Emergency Nursing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2023.02.010

Christianson, J., Johnson, N., Nelson, A., & Singh, M. (2022). Work-Related Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Nurse Intention to Leave the Profession During COVID-19. Nurse Leader, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2022.06.007

Christianson, J., Guttormson, J., McAndrew, N., & Calkins, K. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on Intensive Care Unit Nurse Duty of Care and Professional Roles. Sage Open Nursing, 8, https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608221113539

Honors and Awards

2025 - Wallace Faculty Scholar AY '25-26

2025  - Midwest Nursing Research Society Poster Competition Honorable Mention

2024  - Western Journal of Nursing Research/Midwest Nursing Research Society Outstanding Faculty Manuscript Award

2021 - Translating Science into Nursing Education Sigma Theta Tau/Chamberlain University Center for Excellence in Nursing Education

Grants

Nancy Langston Research Award - National League for Nursing

Nursing Innovation Fund - American Association of Retired People and American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Wallace Foundation

Troy Health Services Award

Marquette University SSF/RRG