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Jane M. Flanagan

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Jane M. Flanagan

Ph.D., RN, AHN/ANP-BC, FNAP, FNI, FAAN

Contact

Telephone: 617-552-8949

Email: jane.flanagan@bc.edu

Education

  • B.S.N., University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • M.S., Northeastern University
  • Ph.D., 艾可直播 College

Research Interests

Social engagement and other healthy lifestyle interventions for caregivers and older adults with chronic health conditions

Expertise

  • Caregiving
  • Chronic Illness
  • Health and well-being
  • Palliative Care

Clinical Practice

Nurse Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Yvonne Munn Center

Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Jane Flanagan, Ph.D., RN, AHN/ANP-BC, FNAP, FNI, FAAN,听is a professor at the Connell School of Nursing and a nurse scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Yvonne Munn Center for Nursing Research. She holds appointments as a member of the Board of Directors at the Sherrill House in 艾可直播 and as a volunteer 艾可直播in the School of Nursing at the Health Science Center at the University of Tennessee Memphis.

Dr. Flanagan is the editor of the听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge听and serves on the editorial board for the听International Journal for Human Caring and Frontiers in Dementia. She is an appointed fellow in NANDA-I, the National Academy of Practice, and the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Flanagan鈥檚 work is focused on social engagement and other healthy lifestyle interventions for caregivers and older adults with chronic health conditions.

Selected Appointments & Awards

  • Nurse Scientist, Munn Center for Nursing Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Editor, International Journal of Nursing Knowledge
  • Editorial Board, International Association for Human Caring
  • Editorial Board, Frontiers in Dementia
  • Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
  • Fellow in the National Academies of Practice as a Distinguished Faculty Member
  • Fellow in NANDA-International
  • NANDA- I President鈥檚 Award for Outstanding Mentorship
  • Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses Teacher of the Year Award
  • Keys to Inclusive Leadership in Nursing 艾可直播 College Mentor Award
  • Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners Distinguished Nurse Practitioner of the Year

Selected Publications

  • Flanagan, J.听 & Beck, C., Eds. (2026). Essentials of nursing research (11th Ed.). Wolter Kluwer.
  • Jones, D. & Flanagan, J., (2025). Margaret Newman鈥檚 health as expanding consciousness. In: M. Alligood & S. Hardin (Eds.), Nursing theorists and their work (11th ed.). EBSCO.
  • Flanagan, J.听 & Beck, C., Eds. (2025).听Nursing Research, Generating and Evaluating Evidence for Nursing Practice. 12th听贰诲颈迟颈辞苍.听Wolter Kluwer
  • LeBlanc,听R., Lysaght Hurley, S., Chan, S.听 Dahlin, C., DeSanto-Madeya, S., Flanagan, J., Morgan, J., Murphy, A., Pare, J., & Gazarian, P. (2025). The Massachusetts Model: A roadmap for advancing serious illness care in nursing education. The Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, 27(6):p E256-E260, DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001162
  • Flanagan, J.,听Connolly, M., Coakley, A., Fugate, M., Prud鈥檋ommeaux, E., & Young, C. (2025). The needs of informal caregivers of people experiencing dementia as identified on social media.听Aging & Mental Health, 1鈥�8. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2445137.
  • Geyer, D.,听Flanagan, J. M.,听van de Water, B., McCarthy, S., & Vessey, J. A. (2025). A qualitative descriptive study exploring the systemic challenges of caring for children with medical complexity at home.听Journal of Pediatric Health Care: Official Publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & Practitioners,听39(1), 24鈥�32.听
  • Flanagan, J.听and Connolly, M. (2025). Respiratory Care, In: Boltz, M. Capezuti, E. & Fulmer, T.听听Evidence-Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice,听7th听别诲.
  • Hanan, D., Lyons, K., Mahoney, E., Irwin, K., &听Flanagan, J.听(2024). Barriers and facilitators to caring for individuals with serious persistent mental illness in long-term care, Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 51, 25-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2024.05.006.
  • Wang, G. X., Mercaldo, S. F., Cahill, J. E.,听Flanagan, J.听M., Lehman, C. D., & Park, E. R. (2024). Missed screening mammography appointments: patient sociodemographic characteristics and mammography completion after one year.听Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR, S1546-1440(24)00356-9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2024.03.017.
  • Petreca, V. G.,听Flanagan J.,听Lyons K., & W Burgess A. (2024). The reintegration of men into society after a sexual offense: a hermeneutic phenomenology study.听Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1鈥�15. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2322008
  • Sheehan, D.L., Flanagan, J, & Wills, D. (2024). Intensive Care Unit Nurses' Experience of Watson's Theory of Human Caring Caritas Process III: Developing Spiritual Self to Provide Spiritual Nursing Care.听ANS. Advances in nursing science,听47(1), 59鈥�72.
  • Boltz, M.,听Flanagan, J. M., & Ji, M. (2023). Postacute Rehabilitation in Patients with and without Dementia.听Annals of Long Term Care.听
  • Flanagan, J.听(2023). Editorial: Big Data: Nursing鈥檚 Moment.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge,听34(3), 169.听
  • Flanagan, J.听(2023). Editorial: Don鈥檛 Hide the Disciplinary Focus, Steward It.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge,听34(2), 87鈥�88.听
  • Rossi, L., Butler, S., Coakley, A., &听Flanagan, J.听(2023). Nursing Knowledge Captured in Electronic Health Records.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 34(1), 72鈥�84.听
  • Flanagan, J.听(2023). Peer Review.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 34(3), 3.听
  • Jones, D. A.,听Flanagan, J., Fawcett, J., Sousa, K., Willis, D., Wolf, Z., 鈥� Smith, M. (2023). The American Academy of Nursing 50th Anniversary of the Nursing Theory Guided Practice Expert Panel (NTGPEP): Exploring the Past鈥擱e-envisioning the Future.听Nursing Science Quarterly, 36(1), 35鈥�41.听
  • Boltz, M., &听Flanagan, J.听(2022). The Family-Centered Function-Focused Care Intervention: Implementation and Measurement Considerations.听Innovation in Aging, 6(supplement 1), 96.听
  • Harris, A.,听Flanagan, J. M., & Jones, D. (2022). Advanced Practice Registered Nurses:听 Accomplishments, Trends, and Future Development. In听Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials for Role Development听(5th ed., pp. 429鈥�440). F.A. Davis.
  • Grace, P. &听Flanagan, J. M.听(2022). Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing: Caring for Adults and Older Adults. In听Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice听(4th ed., pp. 319鈥�340). Jones & Bartlett.
  • Sullivan-Bolyai, S., Ratta, C. D.,听Flanagan, J., Pudasainee-Kapri, S., & Sefcik, J. S. (2022). Salami Slicing and Other Fatal Flaws to Avoid in Publishing Qualitative Findings.听Journal of Pediatric Nursing,听66, A9鈥揂10.听
  • Barreveld, A.,听Flanagan, J. M., Arnstein, P., Handa, S., Hernandez-Nuno de la Rosa, M., Matthews, M., & Shaefer, J. (2022). Results of a Team Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) in a Patient with Pain.听Pain Medicine,听22(12), 2918鈥�2924.听
  • Kuehnert, P., Fawcett, J., DePriest, K., Chinn, P., Cousin, L., Ervin, N., 鈥� Waite, R. (2022). Defining the Social Determinants of Health for Nursing Action to Achieve Health Equity: A Consensus Paper from the American Academy of Nursing.听Nursing Outlook,听70(1), 10鈥�27.听
  • Flanagan, J., Post, K., Hill, R., & DiPalazzo, J. (2022). Feasibility of a Nurse Coached Walking Intervention for Informal Dementia Caregivers.听Western Journal of Nursing Research,听44(5), 466鈥�476.听
  • Banister, G., Carroll, D. L., Dickins, K.,听Flanagan, J., Jones, D., Looby, S. E., & Cahill, J. E. (2022). Nurse-Sensitive Indicators during COVID-19.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, 33(3), 234鈥�244.听
  • Flanagan, J.听(2022). The Lost Art of the Narrative Review.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge,听33(2), 83.听
  • Flanagan, J.听(2022). Roles and Responsibilities in Authorship.听International Journal of Nursing Knowledge,听33(1), 3鈥�4.听
  • O鈥橰eilly-Jacob, M., Perloff, J., Sherafat-Kazemzadeh, R., &听Flanagan, J.听(2022) Nurse Practitioners鈥� Perception of Temporary Full Practice Authority During a COVID-19 Surge: A Qualitative Study.听International Journal of Nursing Studies, 126, 104141.听

Selected Grants

  • Ann L. Hendrich Charitable Fund, DAISY Grant (PI: Flanagan). The acceptability, feasibility of a lifestyle-based intervention approach to reduce loneliness in older adult caregivers who live with and care for people experiencing dementia
  • NIH NIA T32 Training Grant (PIs: Vranceanu & Mitchell). Interdisciplinary research fellowship in prevention, optimization and living well with persistent or serious illness. Role: Institutional Advisory Board
  • NIH K23 (PI: 听Wentzell, Katherine). Investigating the Impact of Financial Toxicity in Young Adults with T1D.听 Role: Mentor
  • Massachusetts General Hospital Nursing Alumni Grant (PI: Loren Winters).听Bridging the Gap: Integrating a Healthy Lifestyle Program to Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Stage Breast Cancer. Role: Mentor
  • Yvonne Munn Research Grant Massachusetts General Hospital Healing from Liver Transplant: The Patient鈥檚 Story (Carter, PI) Role: Mentor.
  • The American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (PI: Wang)
    • Identifying and addressing access barriers contributing to screening mammography missed care opportunities at an MGH community health center-based screening center. Role coinvestigator.
  • Minshall and Connell Family Endowment Fund Research Grants (PI: Flanagan)
    • Understanding dementia caregivers鈥� needs through social media posts and natural language processing.
  • Munn Center for Nursing Research Department Funds Massachusetts General Hospital Exploratory study of inpatient nursing admission documentation to identify problems common to COVID-19 patients Role: coinvestigator.
  • Donahue Foundation Post-acute outcomes in nursing home residents with dementia Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  • Institute for Aging, 艾可直播 College A Pilot Study of a Health-coached (HC) walking program in Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia, Role: PI: Flanagan
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