Julie McGinnis, PhD

Assistant Professor

Juli McGinnis, PhD, RN, NEA-BC is an assistant professor in the School of Nursing Department of Graduate Healthcare Administration. She focuses on strategic organizational and nursing leadership and healthcare financial management. She has diverse experience within acute care settings including neuroscience clinical practice, nursing administration, nursing education and leadership development, program development and oversight, performance improvement, and nursing research. She has overseen large-scale quality improvement initiatives (region-wide Magnet accreditation) and conducted research focusing on associations and predictive pathways between shared governance, autonomy, Magnet, nurse sensitive indicators, and nurse satisfaction. She is an active member of multiple professional nursing associations (ACNL, AONL, King International Nursing Group) and received the 2019 ACNL Nursing Excellence, Clinical Practice award and most recently was the recipient of Kaiser Permanente’s (Southern California Region, Patient Care Services) DAISY Lifetime Achievement award (2024).

Education

PhD – Philosophy of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University
MSN - University of California Los Angeles
BSN – University of California Los Angeles
BSBA – California State University, Northridge

Credentials/Certifications

Registered Nurse/ RN
Certified Public Accountant
ANCC Nursing Executive Advanced/ NEA-BC
Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, Certification

Academic Area

School of Nursing

Expertise

Large-scale, program development, dissemination, evaluation
Quality Improvement
Healthcare Administration and Nursing Leadership Development
Magnet Recognition Program for Nursing Excellence

Courses Taught

GNRS 560 - Strategic Leadership
GNRS 568 – Healthcare Finance