Roberta Christopher EDD, MSN, ARNP, NE-BC, CHTS-CP

Dr. Roberta Christopher is an Assistant Professor in the BRCHS Keigwin School of Nursing. Roberta has served as Department Chair of Health Informatics and currently serves as the Department Chair of Kinesiology. Roberta has been a nurse for more than 20 years. She received both her BSN and MSN from the University of North Florida. Dr. Christopher completed her Doctor of Educational Leadership with a specialization in curriculum and instruction degree (EdD). Her doctoral dissertation research study focused on the relationship among presenteeism, absenteeism, nurse safety outcomes, and quality of care. The research indicated that when there is a lack of joy in healing, quality of care is impacted. Thus, her research aims to develop a theoretical understanding of joy to foster a world where individuals, organizations, communities, and countries flourish, encompassing all aspects of their being.

Dr. Christopher serves on the national QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nursing) International Task Force. She is also the co-director of the QSEN Institute Regional Center at Jacksonville University. Dr. Christopher is the President for the Sigma Theta Tau, Lambda Rho Chapter at-Large. Additionally, she represents the Florida Nurses Association on the Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC) at the state and national levels.

Dr. Christopher serves on the HIMSS TIGER Scholars Workgroup at the national level as a nursing informaticists. Dr. Christopher was credentialed by EPIC in electronic health record (EMR) report writing and inpatient clinical documentation. She had further training in EPIC hospital outpatient departments, Stork (maternal child module), ASAP (emergency department module), BEACON (oncology module), research, and business intelligence reporting during her tenure overseeing a nursing informatics department and co-facilitating an EPIC EMR go live at a large academic, level 1 trauma center. Post-EMR go live, Dr. Christopher focused her efforts on report writing and data analytics to improve quality, safety, and organizational performance.