Todd E. Tussing

Todd E. Tussing, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC is Assistant Clinical Professor for the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University.  He has over 34 years of nursing experience, of which 30+ years have been in some type of leadership role. Most recently, he held the title of Administrative Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center East Hospital. Dr. Tussing began his nursing career as a staff nurse in various intensive care units with experience in critically ill medical and surgical patients.  Dr. Tussing began his leadership career as charge nurse in intensive care and progressed to nursing supervisor for a three hundred bed hospital.  He took his first nurse in manager position in 1997 and held the title of nurse manager for 11 years, during which time he managed seven different nursing units. Unit designations included: medical, surgical/trauma, cardiac telemetry, ICU step-down, and Coronary Care Unit. In 2009, Dr. Tussing took his first director of nursing position at East Hospital with operational oversight for seven nursing cost centers with more than 400 employees in his division.  In 2016, he was given a promotion to Administrative Director, adding the following to his responsibilities: Respiratory Therapy and a new service line Level III Trauma Program. He served as a member of the East Hospital’s Senior Administrative Team, contributing to the development and operationalization of the hospital’s strategic plan as well as taking hospital administrative call four weeks per year.

Dr. Tussing graduated from The Community Hospital School of Nursing in Springfield, Ohio in 1987 with a diploma in nursing and completed his Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio in 1991.  He earned his Master of Science in Nursing and Health Systems Administration from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio in 2006 and followed up with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (emphasis in nursing and health system administration) from Wright State University in 2015. He holds dual certification in executive nursing practice, including the Nurse Executive, Advanced certification from American Nurses Credentialing Center of American Nurses Association and the Certified in Executive Nursing Practice certification from American Organization for Nursing Leadership.  Previously, he had been Critical Care Registered Nurse certified through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses in 1993.

Dr. Tussing has been actively involved in educating nurses as he was an Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor for Clark State Community College, Springfield, Ohio for four academic years teaching senior level nursing clinical courses in a pre-licensure program.  He taught for Urbana University, Urbana, Ohio from 2004 – 2014 in the RN-BSN Completion program teaching nursing management, nursing leadership and nursing research courses.  In the autumn of 2016, Dr. Tussing became affiliated with the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University, teaching in graduate programs including master’s and doctoral courses, and in January of 2021 assumed a full-time role of Assistant Clinical Professor.  He teaches Leadership, Health Policy, Quality Improvement, Innovation, Organizational Culture and Organizational Operations courses.