Nancy Gentry Russell

DNP, MSN, BSN, RN

APRN, FNP-BC

Nancy Gentry Russell has been an RN since 2009 and a family nurse practitioner (FNP) since 2013, providing comprehensive, primary health care for families across the lifespan in rural North Carolina and for college and university students in Washington, DC and Baltimore. She also served as director of outreach and engagement at the Georgetown University Student Health Center.

Dr. Russell is passionate about improving the health of individuals and populations in the primary care setting, and has particular interest in the care of and issues affecting adolescents and young adults. In addition to her faculty role at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Dr. Russell practices as an FNP for Johns Hopkins University Student Health & Well-Being. She is a former Region IV Representative to the board of directors for the American College Health Association, and is a former District of Columbia State Liaison for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

A member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing , Dr. Russell earned her BSN and MSN degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her DNP degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

JHU Center Affiliation:
Center for Equity in Child and Youth Health and Wellbeing

Full CV

[email protected]

@ngrusselldnp

Specialties and Expertise

Adolescent/Young Adult Care
Community
Family
Primary Care
School Health

Publications

*Russell, N.G., Rodney, T., Peterson, J., Baker, A. & Francis, L. (2025). Nurse-led mental health interventions for college students: A systematic review. Preventing Chronic Disease, 22:240200. http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd22.240200

*Russell, N.G., D’Aoust, R., Budhathoki, C., Douglass, B. & Ling, C. (published online ahead of print). Increasing primary care nurse practitioner student confidence in select therapeutic musculoskeletal injections: A pilot study. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, 57 (2025) 101182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2025.101182

*D’Aoust, R., Budhathoki, C., Silbert-Flagg, J., Malo, R.G., Ling, C., Russell, N.G., Fingerhood, M. & Slone, S. (accepted). Refining Course Evaluation Instrumentation for Alignment with Teaching Effectiveness and Learner Outcomes. Teaching & Learning in Nursing.

^Peary, A., ^Ibarra-Estrada, E., Schroeder, K., Samuel, L., Peterson, J.K., Russell, N.G. & Francis, L. (accepted). School Nurses and Food Insecurity: Guidance for Advocacy and Action in Schools. NASN School Nurse. DOI: 10.1177/1942602X251338037

*D’Aoust, R., McCamey, D., Russell, N.G., Fingerhood, M., Ling, C., Baker, D., Bianchi, C. & Slone, S. (published online ahead of print). Analyzing trends and practices: A survey of procedures performed by nurse practitioners. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000001085

Murphy, J.D., Russell, N.G. & Busch, D.W. (published online ahead of print). Relapsed AML in a patient presenting to a college health center: A case report. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedhc.2024.10.006

*Francis, L., Peterson, J.K., ^Peary, A., ^Estrada-Ibarra, E., Russell, N.G. & Schroeder, K. (published online ahead of print). Nurse-involved policy, systems, and environmental school-based interventions for supporting healthy nutrition and obesity prevention among children and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of School Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405241288538

^Stuhlman, M., ^Farmer, C., ^Welch, E. & Russell, N.G. (2024). Cutaneous Manifestations of Sexually Transmitted Infections: Human Papillomavirus. Journal of the Dermatology Nurses Association, 16(5): 177-186, 9/10 2024. Doi: 10.1097/JDN.0000000000000805

Russell, N.G. & Kessler, R. (2024). A hand-foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in an atypical population of college students. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 15:1-4. doi: 10.1177/21501319241266506

Russell, N.G. & Kessler, M. (2024). Hamate fracture: A common presentation of an uncommon fracture. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 46(3):p 228-233, July/September 2024. Doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000522

2025 Academic Nurse Educator Certification Award, Maryland Higher Education Commission $5,000

2024 John A. Hargleroad Award – Outstanding service to the Mid-Atlantic College Health Association

2022 Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Dean’s Award—Outstanding Nurse Educator

2020 Academic Nurse Educator Certification Award, Maryland Higher Education Commission

2020 New Nurse Faculty Fellowship, Maryland Higher Education Commission

2019 New Nurse Faculty Fellowship, Maryland Higher Education Commission

2019 Top poster score ribbon recipient at the Medstar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium

2018-2019 Nurse Leader Executive Mentorship Award recipient at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

2017-2019 Nurse Faculty Loan Program funding recipient through the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

2013 Pauline W. Brown Diversity Scholarship Award recipient at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing

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