in june 2013, hartley revealed that her character is "very opposite," of her "all my children" character, amanda. she said that the character harbors secrets, and also revealed that she shared her first scenes with galen gering and lauren koslow, who portray rafe hernandez and kate roberts, respectively. she told "on-air on-soaps" that the secret was a significant one. of the character's introduction, executive producer ken corday said it would be a "very slow build." hartley said the character's slow introduction allowed for viewers to "warm up" to the character. the character is introduced as a "plain jane" physical therapist who joins the staff at salem university hospital. jordan's arrival strikes a nerve with kate, who thinks she is a man, because of her name. kate feels threatened because of her "friends with benefits" relationship with rafe. she said the character would eventually make a "transition," similar to rachael leigh cook's character in "she's all that".