Josephine Ensign DrPH

About

Josephine Ensign, DrPH, is a professor of nursing at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she teaches health policy and politics, as well as narrative medicine. She’s a graduate of Oberlin College and the Johns Hopkins University.

Books by Josephine Ensign DrPH

Recent Posts

The Behavioral Health Crisis, Homelessness, and a Heat Wave

What do heat waves, homelessness, and the behavioral health crisis have to do with each other? My conversation with Washington Representative Nicole Macri may be helpful.

Libraries and Homelessness

How public libraries help save lives, especially those of people most socially marginalized.

Lived Experience of Homelessness Examined

A Personal Perspective: While the lived experience of homelessness can be important for more effective program and policy work, it needs more careful examination.

Nurses on the Frontlines of Behavioral Health

Frontline behavioral health nurses and nurse practitioners are an important workforce that deserves better support for health, safety, and pay parity

Like Riding a Bicycle: Burnout Prevention

Are you or your loved ones feeling burned out? Here are some key resources to help.

The Criminalization of Poverty and Homelessness

Efforts to criminalize homelessness are increasing and we need to understand where these efforts come from and why they do not work.

Nurse Bullying Is Real

What nurse bullying is and why it matters to all of us.

We Are Not All in This (Pandemic) Together

On the ethics and role of hospital systems in the fair distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Psychology of Public Health Messaging

Thinking through the ethics and effectiveness of public health messaging about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nurses, Vaccine Hesitancy, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

To address the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to include nurses in vaccine planning, education, and implementation.