Janet H. Davis, Ph.D, RN, CNE, MBA

Associate Professor of Nursing

Introduction

I primarily teach the undergraduate courses in community health and leadership and management at Hammond and Westville. My scholarship includes research on emerging nursing leadership for the age of AI healthcare. I serve on PNW committees and with the Higher Learning Commission.

Research Overview

AI has driven home the need for transformational leadership in healthcare, given it is particularly effective in turbulent and uncertain environments such as we experience today. How to prepare students to demonstrate transformational leadership in AI is my current research interest. I recently started AI Global Nursing Network to advance partnerships in this research area.

I have traveled to more than 30 countries.

Select Publications

Davis, J.H. (2021). Growing our new transformational leaders. Journal for Nursing Education 60(12), 712.

Davis, J.H. (2023). The healthy student. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(2), 118.

Davis, J.H. (2024). Leading regulatory policy: RN delegation to AI humanoid robots. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 42(6), 410-412.

Teaching Focus

I am sensitive to my students’ needs for personal support and career guidance. I introduce the NCLEX-RN test plan and the clinical judgment model the first day of class. I then present NCLEX-RN items from the NCSBN sample test. My thoughtfully collaborative strategies support students in becoming leaders and engaging in Evidence-based Practice. This outcome clearly reflects the mission, values and vision of Purdue University Northwest College of Nursing.

Previous Roles

I have held nursing faculty and academic leadership positions throughout the Chicagoland area.

Fun Fact

I love to travel and have been all over the world. I have given invited papers across the United States, in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Scotland, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Next, I want to travel to the Arctic and Antarctica.