Jessica Nishikawa DNP

School of Nursing – Department of Nursing

Education:  

• DNP Oregon Health & Science University  
• MSN Washington State University  
• BSN Washington State University  

BIOGRAPHY: 

• Aloha! My name is Jessica Nishikawa, I have been a practicing Nurse Practitioner since 2005, working in family practice, geriatric, long term care, and post-acute care settings. I started teaching in 2010, first at University of Hawaii and then Hawaii Pacific University. I came on as Associate Dean of the School of Nursing in 2022. Originally from a small town in eastern Washington State, I moved to Hawaii in 2010. My husband is a surgeon at Kaiser, we have two kids, and we fill the weekends boating in Kaneohe Bay and playing tennis.  

Areas of expertise AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:  

• Post Acute Care  
• Adult and Geriatric Primary Care  
• Physical Assessment  
• Online teaching  
• Evidence Based Practice  

Personal Interest: 

• Tennis, boating, skiing, reading, parenting two awesome kids, bossing around a wonderful husband.  

PUBLICATIONS:  

• Nishikawa, J. L. (2018). Older Adults. In Jensen, S. (Ed.), Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practices Approach, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.  
• Nishikawa, J. L. (2014). Older Adults. In Jensen, S. (Ed.), Nursing Health Assessment: A Best Practices Approach, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.  
• Nishikawa, J. (2017). YouTube for nurse authors. Nurse Author & Editor, 27(3). July 2017 Online  
• Nonies, A., Siu, A., Ahn, J. H., Yazawa, A., Nishikawa, J. (2017, February). Unintentional weight loss in short term rehabilitation patients and length of stay. Abstract for The Global Health Conference of the Midwest.  
• Nishikawa, J. (2016). An evidence-based review of the rectovaginal examination during well-woman visits. The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 28(5), 237-240. doi: 10.1002/2327-6924.12316 
• Nishikawa, J. (2016). Betel nut chewing: Recognizing an important but unfamiliar cause of oral cancers. The Nurse Practitioner. Advanced Online Publication. doi:10.1097/01.NPR.0000476375.50361.d9 
• Nishikawa, J. (2016) Teaching with YouTube. Health Professions Educational Conference. Promoting Excellence in Health Professions Education. Retrieved from http://omejabsom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/HPEC-2016-Conference-Book-Final.pdf.  
• Nishikawa, J., Codier, E., Mark, D., & Shannon, M. (2014). Student faculty authorship: Challenges and solutions. Nurse Author & Editor, 24(4). December 2014 Online  
• Kevan, J., Callahan, J., Azama, K., Paek, S., Liu Cam, A.C., & Nishikawa, J. (2013). Mobile education in nursing: Promoting peer-to-peer communication of clinical experiences with the “Advanced Practice” application. Proceedings of the 2013 International Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Anaheim, CA. 
• Johnson, J. (2010). Free medical clinics keeping healthcare afloat. The Nurse Practitioner, 35(12): 43-45.     
• Laustsen, G., Carrillo, F., Johnson, J., & Smith, C. (2009). Drug approvals: “08 in review. The Nurse Practitioner, 34(2): 25-34. 
• Johnson, J. (2009) Doctor of Nursing Practice portfolio of Jessica Johnson. Scholar Archive. Paper 476. http://digitalcommons.ohsu.edu/etd/476. doi:10.6083/M4GQ6VQF
   

PRESENTATIONS  

• Nishikawa, J. & Saunders, V. (2017, November). Advanced Care Planning, The Nuts and Bolts. Presentation at the Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses 2017 Hawaii Nurse Practitioner Week Conference and Celebration, Hale Koa Hotel, Laulima Room, Honolulu, HI.  
• Nishikawa, J. & Saunders, V. (2017, March). What’s HAPN’n in Geriatrics Care. Presentation at the Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses Annual Conference, Queens Medical Center, Honolulu, HI.  
• Nonies, A., Siu, A., Ahn, J. H., Yazawa, A., Nishikawa, J. (2017, February). Unintentional Weight Loss in Short Term Rehabilitation Patients and Length of Stay. Presentation at The Global Health Conference of the Midwest.  
• Nishikawa, J. & Kurihara, J. (2016, November). Post-Acute Management of VTE Prophylaxis after Hip Fracture Repair. Presentation at the Hawaii Medical Director Association meeting, Honolulu, HI.  
• Nishikawa, J. & Kurihara, J. (2016, August). Evidence Based Post-Acute Management of VTE Prophylaxis after Hip Fracture Repair. Presentation at the Hawaii Pacific Health Evidence Based Practice Workshop. Honolulu, HI.  
• Nishikawa, J. (2016 June). Reading Chest Radiographs: PCABO method. Podium presentation at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.  
• Nishikawa, J. (2016 February). Teaching with YouTube. Poster presented at the Health Professions Education Conference, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI.  
• Azama, K., Nishikawa, J. (2014 November). Advanced Practice. Poster presented at the American Organization of Nurse Executives Conference, Kaneohe, HI.  
• Keven, J., Calalhan, J., Azama, K., Paek, S., Cam Liu, A., Nishikawa, J., & Qureshi, K. (2013 November). Mobile education in nursing: Promoting peer-to-peer communication of clinical experiences with the “Advanced Practice” application. Presented at the Innovate, Integrate and Communicate, Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Anaheim, CA