Michelle Patch: Faculty Directory

Overview

Michelle Patch is a board-certified adult health clinical nurse specialist and coordinator of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Track in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing’s DNP Advanced Practice Program. Dr. Patch maintains a clinical practice with Johns Hopkins Medicine's Armstrong Institute and Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Department of Patient Safety. She has extensive practical experience in emergency management and disaster response, including former service as a U.S. Navy Nurse Corps officer and current efforts staffing the Johns Hopkins Unified Command Center. She has held progressive clinical, operational, and safety leadership positions in various inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and austere settings. She is a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) instructor, a TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, and lectures internationally on safety-related topics. Her scholarly interests include intimate partner violence, assault mechanisms, and workplace violence in health care. Dr. Patch is an active member of the national Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention’s Medical Advisory Board, research committee chair for the Academy of Forensic Nursing, faculty for the Armstrong Institute’s Patient Safety Leadership Academy, and has authored several peer-reviewed publications on violence and safety-related topics.