Christine Tanner

Christine A. Tanner, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the Youmans-Spaulding Distinguished Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She has conducted research on clinical judgment in nursing for over two decades, resulting in the publication of numerous journal articles and books. She is the Senior Editor for the Journal of Nursing Education. Since the mid 1980's she has been an outspoken advocate for nursing education reform, Most recently, she has...See more

Christine A. Tanner, RN, PhD, FAAN, is the Youmans-Spaulding Distinguished Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. She has conducted research on clinical judgment in nursing for over two decades, resulting in the publication of numerous journal articles and books. She is the Senior Editor for the Journal of Nursing Education. Since the mid 1980's she has been an outspoken advocate for nursing education reform, Most recently, she has worked with a team of nurse educators to develop, implement and evaluate the innovative Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education. (OCNE). She is currently the PI or CO-PI on two studies of this work, one focused on the outcomes of the OCNE curriculum, supported by grants from the Meyer Memorial Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a second focused on the effectiveness of a transformed clinical education model, supported by grants from Kaiser Permanente, the Northwest Health Foundation, the Ford Family Foundation, and Department of Education Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. See less