Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN

Dr. Olga Yakusheva, PhD, MSE, FAAN(hon) is an internationally leading expert and thought leader on the economic value of nursing to healthcare systems and payors. She is an economist and Professor at Johns Hopkins Nursing—home of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Solutions—and an Economics Editor for the International Journal of Nursing Studies. Dr. Yakusheva’s work has been published in top economics and medical journals including Review of Economics and Statistics and JAMA. Dr. Yakusheva’s research team has led studies quantifying the value-added contribution of nurses to patient outcomes and to organizational financial outcomes, to improve nurse staffing, reduce burnout, and promote the economic value of nurses. Dr. Yakusheva is the lead author of a 6-part series on the Value of Nursing Practice recently published in Nursing Outlook.