Gerry Altmiller EdP, APRN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN
Professor Emeritus The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
Gerry Altmiller is professor emeritus and director of the Quality and Safety Innovation Center at The College of New Jersey. She serves as a clinical nurse specialist consultant for Jefferson Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With 25 years’ experience as a nurse educator, she served on the QSEN Advisory board for over a decade and was a national consultant for integrating quality and safety into nursing curricula. Dr. Altmiller authored the Teamwork and Communication Module of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Transition to Practice program and in 2014 she received a Lindback Award for distinguished teaching. For 7 years she led the QSEN Academic Task Force, creating opportunities for its 120 faculty members to network, share ideas, and conduct academic focused research. Her work on constructive feedback led to the development, testing, and dissemination of support tools for nurse educators and learning tools for students to view feedback as an opportunity. Dr. Altmiller authored 'Competency-based education in Nursing' in De Gagne and Oermann's textbook Teaching in Nursing and serves as a national consultant for the integration of competency-based education and assessment into nursing curricula. Her research focuses on clinical evaluation, quality and safety integration, creating a just culture in academia, and addressing communication challenges in education and practice environments.