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Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship (JJNIF)

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) with the Wharton School and Johnson & Johnson

AcceleratorHealth system acceleratorHospital or health systemActive

Source-based profile

Program at a Glance

Program type
Accelerator
Program category
Health system accelerator
Organization
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) with the Wharton School and Johnson & Johnson
Organization type
Hospital or health system
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Company stage served
Not publicly documented
Cohort or participation model
Not publicly documented
Investment or funding offered
Not publicly documented
Published investment terms
Not publicly documented
Equity or fee model
Not publicly documented
Clinical or hospital connection
Yes
Application status
Active
Founded
2022

Public description

About the program

The Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship is a one-year, team-based fellowship for chief nursing officers, nurse executives and senior nurse leaders drawn from U.S. health systems. Each participating health system sends a two-person team consisting of a CNO or nurse executive plus a senior nurse leader, and the pair works on a shared institutional challenge from their own organization. The curriculum combines human-centered design training delivered by Penn Nursing with business strategy and leadership development from Wharton Executive Education. The program culminates in a final in-person pitch session and implementation of the team's solution inside its home health system. Ten two-person teams are selected annually.

What the program publicly emphasizes

Focus areas and features

Nursing innovationEntrepreneurship
  • Category: Health system accelerator

Publicly documented people and network

Program leadership and alumni

Notable alumni named in public materials
Ten two-person health system teams selected each year; participating health systems include Yale New Haven Hospital (Ena Williams, PhD, RN, SVP and CNO, and Jeannette Bronsord, DNP, Executive Director of Surgical Services, selected May 2023) and Bridgeport Hospital; first cohort completed the program with team pitches at Penn; delivered jointly with Wharton Executive Education

Sources

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  1. nursing.upenn.edu
  2. nursing.jnj.com
  3. ynhhs.org
  4. penntoday.upenn.edu