Jim Johansson, PhD, RN, MN
Pronouns: He/Him
Personal Website: http://jimjohanssonrn.com
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing
- johanss1@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Forensic Nursing Mental Health Climate Change
About
I am a Registered Nurse with a BScN (2014), a Master of Nursing from the University of Saskatchewan (2020) and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Ottawa (2024). My clinical experience in nursing includes forensic psychiatric nursing, mental health emergency, and clinical nurse education at the undergraduate level. Prior to becoming a Registered Nurse I worked for a decade in wildfire management in Alberta and across Canada.
I am an Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Forensic Nursing.
Research
I have two primary streams of research. The first is in forensic and correctional nursing. Here my work examines the intersections of incarceration, mental health, and access to healthcare services. My doctoral research focused on the aging prison population in Canadian federal penitentiaries and the obstacles these populations face in both accessing healthcare services and in securing early or compassionate release. Ongoing research will continue to focus on this population as individuals transition to the community. Other research topics in this stream include nursing practices in forensic psychiatric settings, and the intersection of mental health and online radicalization.
My second stream of research focuses on climate change, mental health, and populations disproportionately affected by climate change. Future research will examine the mental health concerns of wildland firefighters in relations to accelerating climate change. Other research topics include eco-anxiety in relation to climate change in Canada.
My research and publications lie within the emerging field of Critical Nursing Studies. Herein the application of poststructuralist perspectives inform critical (re)examination of nursing practices and phenomena. This research is primarily informed by the works of Michel Foucault, Julia Kristeva, and Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
Courses
NURS 123 - Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
This course explores the impact of life challenges on health and development, with a strengths-based focus and understanding of Goals of Care. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative Program.
NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice
The course provides a hands on approach to evidence-informed nursing practice. This includes formulating clinical questions, systematic searching of electronic databases, reading, interpreting and critically appraising health research. Emphasis is on developing thinking and information literacy skills necessary to be an astute research consumer, and using evidence to inform clinical decision making. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program, After Degree/After Degree Honors Program or RPN-BScN Program. Prerequisite for Collaborative/Honors Program students: NURS 211 (or NURS 341). Credit may be obtained for only one of NURS 311 or 301.
Featured Publications
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes
Nursing Inquiry. 2025 January; 10.1111/nin.12682
James Johansson
Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa. 2024 September; 10.20381/RUOR-30559
Pier‐Luc Turcotte, Dave Holmes, Jim Johansson, Sagal Saïd‐Gagné, Amélie Perron
Nursing Inquiry. 2024 July; 10.1111/nin.12662
Jim A. Johansson, Pier‐Luc Turcotte, Dave Holmes
Nursing Philosophy. 2024 July; 10.1111/nup.12486
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes
Journal of Forensic Nursing. 2024 January; 10.1097/jfn.0000000000000472
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes
Nursing Philosophy. 2024 January; 10.1111/nup.12440
DAVE HOLMES, Pier-Luc Turcotte, Simon Adam, Jim Johansson, Lauren Orser
Nursing Inquiry. 2024 January; 10.1111/nin.12599
Jim A. Johansson, DAVE HOLMES
Nursing Inquiry. 2024 January; 10.1111/nin.12558
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes, Etienne Paradis-Gagné
Journal of Forensic Nursing. 2023 March; 10.1097/jfn.0000000000000434
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes
Nursing Inquiry. 2022 October; 10.1111/nin.12480
Jim Johansson, Dave Holmes
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice. 2022 August; 10.1891/rtnp-2021-0107
Jim A. Johansson, Dave Holmes
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 2022 June; 10.1111/inm.13005
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