Jackie Christianson, PhD, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Education

• Paramedicine, Inver Hills Community College
• ADN, St. Catherine University
• MSN-FNP, BSN, Kaplan University
• PhD, Marquette University

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

Link to Marquette University E-Publications - Christianson

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