Faculty Directory
Jane M. Flanagan
Professor
Jane M. Flanagan
Ph.D., RN, AHN/ANP-天美传媒app, 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., Boston 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
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 Boston 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