Todd E. Tussing

Dr. Todd E. Tussing is an assistant clinical professor for the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University. He has over 36 years of nursing experience, of which 30+ years have been in leadership roles.

Dr. Tussing began his nursing career at bedside in intensive care units. He began his leadership career as charge nurse in intensive care and progressed to nursing supervisor, nurse in manager, director of nursing and administrative director for nursing and patient care services. Oversite responsibilities included: respiratory therapy, inpatient medical units, emergency department, intensive care, progressive care and a new Level III trauma program and outpatient wound care center. He served as a member of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center East Hospital’s Senior Administrative Team, contributing to the development and operationalization of the hospital's strategic plan. He was also a member of the hospital disaster command center and took hospital administrative call four weeks/year.

Dr. Tussing graduated from The Community Hospital School of Nursing (Springfield, Ohio) in 1987 with a diploma in nursing and completed his Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Capital University (Columbus, Ohio) in 1991. He graduated with a Master of Science in 2006 (specialty: Nursing and Health Systems Administration) and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in 2015 (Indirect Care track: Nursing and Health System Administration) from Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio). He holds dual certification in executive nursing practice, including the Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC) certification (American Nurses Credentialing Center of the American Nurses Association) and the Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) certification (American Organization for Nursing Leadership). Additionally, he is certified in evidence-based practice through the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare at Ohio State. He was Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certified through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses in 1993.

Dr. Tussing has been actively involved in educating nurses throughout his career as a preceptor to new nurses in the ICU and nursing supervision. 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. In January 2021, he assumed a full-time role of assistant clinical professor.  He teaches Leadership, Health Policy, Quality Improvement, Innovation, Organizational Culture and Organizational Operations courses.

Dr. Tussing has a path of scholarly work that includes content on leadership, quality and education in healthcare. He has presented nationally and internationally at the podium or through poster presentations. He has numerous publications including book chapters and manuscripts on leadership topics.

Honors achieved include: Association for Leadership Science in Nursing Early Careerist Award for 2023, 2023 OONL Leadership Award from the Ohio Organization for Nursing Leadership and Distinguished Practice Fellow in the National Academies of Practice class of 2024.

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Featured book chapters

Buck, J., Tussing, T., Justice, M., Hoying, C., Campbell-Saxton, C., & Helpling, A. (2024). Healthcare Finance for Leaders (Chapter 11). In Melnyk, B., & Raderstorf, T. (Eds.) Evidence-based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare. (2nd. Ed., pp. 176 - 188). Springer Publishing.
ISBN-13: 9780826160713

Buck, J., Justice, M., Tussing, T., Richards, M, & Maitland, J.  (2024). Creating a Budget: Basics of Budgeting and Negotiation for Leaders (Chapter 12). In Melnyk, B., & Raderstorf, T. (Eds.) Evidence-based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare. (2nd. Ed., pp. 188 - 202). Springer Publishing.
ISBN-13: 9780826160713

Tussing, T., & Buck, J., Batcheller, J., Brown, K., Caramanica, L., Gorsuch, P., Jefferson-Gordon, J., Labardee, R., & Pryear, R.  (2024). Bringing the Nurse Leader Competencies to Life in Real-World Practice Settings (Chapter 16). In Melnyk, B., & Raderstorf, T. (Eds.) Evidence-based Leadership, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare. (2nd. Ed., pp. 244 - 261). Springer Publishing.
ISBN-13: 9780826160713

Tussing, T., Welch, J., Loversidge, J., (2023). Using Evidence to Influence Health and Organizational Policy (Chapter 20). In Melnyk, B., & Fineout-Overholt, E.  (Eds.) Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice (5th Ed., pp. 533 – 546). Wolters Kluwer.
ISBN-13: ‎978-1975185725

Ballard, N., & Tussing, T., Wei, H. (2022). Developing Effective Nursing Leadership Skills and Capacity (Chapter 4). In Wei, H. (Ed.) Nurse-Led Visionary Leadership in Healthcare: Excellence in Practice, Policy, and Ethics (1st Ed., pp. 87 - 115). Sigma Theta Tau.
ISBN-13:‎ 978-1646480210

• Recipient of 2022 American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of Year Award, 1st Place for the Management and Leadership category.