John J. Nance

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John J. Nance (born July 5, 1946) is an American pilot, attorney, aviation and healthcare safety analyst, and author.{{cite LAF|id=n 83153464}}

Biography

Nance was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas.http://www.johnnanceassociates.com/files/john-nance-cv.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} He earned Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from Southern Methodist University and Dedman School of Law.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/story?id=133358&page=1|title=John J. Nance Bio at ABC|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2008-08-19}}{{cite web|url=https://smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=951340|title=Alumnus of Year|date=30 April 2018 |publisher=St. Marks School|accessdate=2019-04-12}}

Nance served in the United States Air Force as a pilot during the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. He was a lieutenant colonel with the Air Force Reserve.

In January 1995, he joined ABC News as an aviation analyst, reporting on Good Morning America and World News Tonight. Before ABC, Nance had worked for three years at WFAA radio in Dallas, Texas. He has also appeared on over 1,300 radio and television shows, including The MacNeil–Lehrer Report, Oprah and Larry King Live.

Nance is also a New York Times best-selling author. Two of Nance's books, Pandora's Clock and Medusa's Child, were adapted and broadcast as a four-hour television miniseries for NBC and ABC.{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=21798|title=John J. Nance Bio|publisher=Random House|accessdate=2008-08-19}}

Nance is the author of Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care and Charting the Course: Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare. These books apply the principles learned in aviation to healthcare and patient safety.{{cite book|last1=Nance|first1=John J.|title=Why hospitals should fly : the ultimate flight plan to patient safety and quality care|date=2008|publisher=Second River Healthcare Press|location=Bozeman, Mt.|isbn=978-0974386065|edition=Fourth Printing August 2011.}}{{cite book|last1=Bartholomew|first1=John J. Nance, Kathleen M.|title=Charting the course : launching patient-centric healthcare|date=2012|publisher=Second River|location=Bozeman, Montana|isbn=978-1936406128}}

Nance is the originator of the Red Cover Reports, a series of accident and incident analyses and recommendations using the principles of the National Transportation Safety Board accident reports colloquially known as "Blue Covers".{{cite journal|last1=Denham|first1=Charles R.|last2=Sullenberger|first2=Chesley B.|last3=Quaid|first3=Dennis W.|last4=Nance|first4=John J.|title=An NTSB for Health Care – Learning From Innovation|journal=Journal of Patient Safety|date=March 2012|volume=8|issue=1|pages=3–14|doi=10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182446c51|pmid=22343800|s2cid=22146355|doi-access=free}}{{cite web|last1=Kolczynski|first1=Phillip|title=NTSB Accident Investigations: What You Need To Know|url=https://www.avweb.com/news/avlaw/181884-1.html|website=Aviation Web|date=8 September 1997 |publisher=Aviation Publishing Group|accessdate=14 August 2017|ref=avweb}} The Red Cover Reports provide a neutral source of in-depth analysis of healthcare harm to caregivers and patients, including the 440,000 deaths due to medical error.{{cite journal|last1=James|first1=John T.|title=A New, Evidence-based Estimate of Patient Harms Associated with Hospital Care|journal=Journal of Patient Safety|date=September 2013|volume=9|issue=3|pages=122–128|doi=10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182948a69|pmid=23860193|s2cid=15280516|doi-access=free}}

Also, as a former Braniff Airlines pilot, Nance authored A Splash of Colors: The Self-Destruction of Braniff International.{{cite book|last1=Nance|first1=John J.|title=Splash of colors : the self-destruction of Braniff International|date=1984|publisher=Morrow|location=New York|isbn=9780688035860|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/splashofcolorsse00nanc}}

As of 2022, he has appeared on 18 episodes of Mayday as an aviation expert.{{Cite web |title=John Nance |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620758/ |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=IMDb}}

Nance lives in University Place, Washington, south of Seattle.[https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/John-J-Nance/9590 John J. Nance | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster UK] Retrieved 2018-12-15.

Books

=Fiction=

Final Approach (1990)
Scorpion Strike (1992)
Phoenix Rising (1993)
Pandora's Clock (1995)
Medusa's Child (1997)
The Last Hostage (1998)
Blackout (2000)
Headwind (2001)
Turbulence (2002)
Skyhook (2003)
Fire Flight (2003)
Saving Cascadia (2005)
Orbit (2006)
Lockout (2016)
16 Souls (2017)

=Non-fiction=

Splash of Colors: The Self-Destruction of Braniff International (1984)
Blind Trust: The Revolution in Aviation Safety — Coming to Grips with Human Failure (1986)
On Shaky Ground (1988)
What Goes Up: The Global Assault on Our Atmosphere (1991)
Golden Boy: The Harold Simmons Story (2003)
Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care (2008)
Charting the Course: Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare (2012)