Christine Anderson
Christine Anderson, PhD, RN
University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482
Scholarly Expertise / Activity
Interests:
- Implementation science
- Agent based modeling and theory development
- Social network analysis
- Informatics
- Politics and health policy
Dr. Anderson is interested in theory and methods related to complex systems, particularly as they relate to the science of implementation. Dr. Anderson has extensive clinical background in the operating room environment and the focus of her current work is on perioperative processes of care and surgical patient outcomes. Specific areas of concern are intra-operative staffing practices and the implementation of initiatives related to the prevention of retained surgical items. Dr. Anderson is the program administrator for the recently funded BCBS/BCN Perioperative Outcomes Initiative (POI), led by Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma, in conjunction with the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC). POI is a quality improvement program aimed at enhancing perioperative processes to improve surgical patient outcomes.
Current Research Grants and Programs:
- Co-Investigator - Robert Wood Johnson, Evaluation of peri-operative processes of care and patient outcomes, AN Talsma, PI
- Program Administrator - BCBS Foundation, Perioperative Outcomes Initiative, AN Talsma, Co-director
Teaching
Dr. Anderson is passionate about excellence in nursing education, and - in pursing this passion - obtained a Certificate in Nursing Education from the University of Michigan in 2008. She is particularly interested in the history, politics, and policy related to nursing education, topics that comprised the focus of her graduate degree in history. Since joining the faculty at the U-M School of Nursing, Dr. Anderson’s teaching focus has reflected her own interests as she has taught primarily courses on policy and politics and nursing leadership and management.
Affiliations / Service
- Member, Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) (Board of Directors, Michigan Council of Operating Room Nurses 2007-2008; Member, National Research Committee 2010-2011)
- Member, American Medical Informatics Association
- Member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nurses
- Member and Past President, Nursing History Society of the University of Michigan
- Member, UM Nursing Research Partnership (UMHS-UMSON)
Education
- PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008
- Certificate in Nursing Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2008
- MA - History, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1990
- BSN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1981
Publication Highlights
- Anderson, CA & Whall AL. (In press) A philosophic analysis of agent-based modeling: A new theory development tool for nursing. JAN: Journal of Advanced Nursing.
- Anderson, CA, Keenan, GM & Jones, J. (2009) Using bibliometrics to support your selection of a nursing terminology set. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 27(2) 82-90.
- Potempa, KM, Redman, RW & Anderson, CA (2008). Capacity for the advancement of nursing science: Issues and challenges. Journal of Professional Nursing 24(6) 329-36.
- Kalisch, BJ, Begeny, S & Anderson, CA. (2008). The effect of consistent nursing shifts on teamwork and continuity of care. JONA 38 (3) 132-7.
- Dissertation, “Agent-based Modeling of Nursing Opinion Leadership: A Philosophic Analysis and Exemplar Case of a New Theory Development Tool for Nursing.” Professor Ann L Whall, Chair 2008.
