In this episode of Notes on Nursing Live, I interview Dr. Kenya V. Beard, a nurse researcher, educator, and the leader of the recent National League for Nursing (NLN) “Diversity & Inclusion: Facilitating Race-Related Discourse that Matters” workshop. We chat about creating more inclusive nursing workplaces and the need to develop the leadership abilities of culturally diverse nurse leaders. Tune in to find out more about her take on culturally competent care, and to learn how she’s...

In this episode of Notes on Nursing Live, I interview neonatal wound-care expert and innovator Roxana Reyna, a nurse practitioner who specializes in wound care for neonates and children. Roxana creates wound care dressings for these tiny patients by using wound care products typically designed for adults, custom fitting her patients’ needs to help heal their wounds.  Join us as we talk to her about her work as an advocate for infants with birth defects like Omphaloceles and find out how she...

A look at the innovative Chicago Parent Program in this episode of Notes on Nursing Live. I interview Wrenetha Julion, one of the nurses behind the Chicago Parent Program at the Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Parent Program is a 12-session, evidence-based program created for parents of young children (between two and five years old) that is designed to meet the needs of a culturally and economically diverse audience. Join us as we chat about how this...

Nurse Innovation Advocate Hiyam Nadel MBA, BSN, RN chats with host Jamie Davis, RN, BA, NRP (ret). Hiyam is the nursing director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology department and an innovation specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She educates nurses about opportunities to innovate and helps them to bring their ideas to life through Mass General’s Innovation Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Grant Program. Join us as we talk to her about her work as an advocate for nursing...

We chat with innovative neo-natal cardiac care nurse Elizabeth B. Mikula, MSN, RN, CPN, CPHQ in this episode of Notes on Nursing Live. Elizabeth is the Division Director of Quality and Resource Management for HCA Capital Division in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to that position, she led efforts to implement newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) and created an innovative screening toolkit to detect CCHD in newborns, which is now in use across the United States and around...

Online nursing communities innovating patient care in this episode of Notes on Nursing Live, I interview Janie Harvey Garner, RN. Janie is the founder and current executive director of the nursing community Show Me Your Stethoscope. She has also participated in the Northeastern University Nurse Hackathon as a guest speaker, where she further emphasized the importance of nurse-led innovation. As the founder of Show Me Your Stethoscope, Janie has a mission to champion innovation in nursing and...

We look at Johnson & Johnson’s long history supporting nurses in this episode of Notes on Nursing Live. I interview Margaret Gurowitz, the Chief Historian at Johnson & Johnson. Margaret is responsible for bringing to life the heritage of Johnson & Johnson for employees and the public, and she curates exhibits in Johnson & Johnson Our Story at The Power House, the company’s museum, located on the Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In...

We talk app development by nurses to improve patient outcomes and communication in this episode of Notes on Nursing Live. I interview nurse and innovative app developer Rebecca Koszalinski, PhD, RN, CRRN, CMSRN. Rebecca is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Nursing and inventor of the Speak for Myself® app. The app helps patients with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses who are speech vulnerable communicate their feelings of pain, fear, anxiety, and...

Talking resuscitation research and virtual reality CPR training in this episode of Nursing Notes Live with nurse innovator Marion Leary, RN, MSN, MPH, FAHA. Marion is the director of innovation research for the Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an innovation specialist and course director at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Nursing.

Nurse inventor and activist Rachel Walker, Ph.D., RN is the guest in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Rachel is an assistant professor in the University of Massachusetts-Amherst College of Nursing, where her scholarship is grounded in her experiences as a rural emergency medical and disaster relief worker, U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, and oncology nurse.

I interview nurse practitioner and healthcare innovator Donna Torrisi in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Donna is a family nurse practitioner, a graduate of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellowship Program, and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Global nursing research and education is the focus of this episode of Nursing Notes Live. I interview nurse educator and researcher Lori Spies about her work on global nursing initiatives. Lori is an assistant professor at the Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing,  a family nurse practitioner, and a teacher in the doctoral nurse practitioner program.

Judy Pins, RN, MBA, the president of Pfiedler Enterprises, joins us in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Pfiedler Enterprises is a healthcare education company of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Judy is helping AORN to provide continuing education opportunities for operating room nurses through the Nurse Executive Leadership Seminar series.

Maternal Health Nurse Researcher and Educator Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, is our guest on this episode of Nuring Notes Live. Phyllis is the Elsie M. Lawler Endowed Chair, Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Community Programs and Initiatives, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.

We talk about nurses innovating in telehealth and other technologies in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. I chat with Suzanne Shugg, a nurse who has been making innovative changes in healthcare delivery throughout her career. She has experience in a broad range of health areas, from health insurance to telehealth to implementing preventative cardiovascular clinics. Her role teaching about Future Technology in Medicine at Rutgers University is key in helping healthcare professionals learn...

I chat with NICU nurse Tricia Cady in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. She's a nurse who’s been working with premature and sick newborns for 10 years of her 22-year nursing career.  After recently completing a nursing course to further her education, Tricia was inspired to turn her nursing innovation idea into a reality in order to improve the way nurses secure neonates’ hands and help avoid accidental extubations.   

Nurse innovator Lauran Hardin joins us on this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Lauran is the senior director of cross continuum transformation at the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs and is committed to improving patient outcomes through creative innovation.

Nurse leader and innovator Nancy Hanrahan joins us in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Nancy is executive director and associate dean of healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship at the Bouve College of Health Sciences and professor and former dean of the School of Nursing at Northeastern University in Boston. We talk about how she’s driving...

We talk with acute care nurse practitioner Adam Schneider in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Adam worked as an organ procurement coordinator at the University of Wisconsin Organ and Tissue Donation service for the last five years.

Nurse Shawna Butler joins us on the show in this episode. Shawna is a nurse economist, trendsetter, and champion of the EntrepreNurse movement. Her clinical nursing experience includes emergency, cardiac, critical care, international medical flight transport, and workplace wellness. Shawna and I talk about why nurses are uniquely qualified to be innovators and change agents for healthcare worldwide and what every nurse can do to be a champion for change in their communities and become an...

We talk about building nurse leaders in a chat with Patricia "Trish" Seifert, MSN, RN, CNOR, FAAN, a perioperative cardiac surgery consultant in Falls Church, Virginia. Trish’s background includes leadership in nursing organizations, including the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN), starting cardiac programs in various hospitals, creating a curriculum for Registered Nurse First Assistant programs, and more.

We chat with Lori Erickson, MSN, CPNP-PC, the clinical manager for the CHAMP® (Cardiac High Acuity Monitoring Program) at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri in this episode. Lori and other nurses involved with the CHAMP program are dedicated to saving lives of babies born with single ventricle heart disease who are in the critical period between surgery stages. Join us as we find out more about the CHAMP program and how nurses are helping the tiniest, most vulnerable patients...

In this episode of Nursing Notes Live, I talk with Dr. Norma Cuellar, PhD, RN, FAAN. Norma is a professor of nursing at the University of Alabama and president-elect of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She is also the director of the BAMA-Latino Project, which plans to target and recruit 80 Latino associate degree...

In this episode of the Nursing Notes Live podcast, I talk with Vivian Low, MPH, RN-BC, FPCNA. Vivian is the manager of special projects, chair of nursing research, at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, California. In this position, she demonstrates her passion for coordinating community resources, mentoring nurses and improving patient care and services at...

Pediatric nursing superhero Tobin Mathew, RN, BSN, is the subject of our interview in this episode of Nursing Notes Live. Tobin was recently named a 2017 Red Cross Nurse Hero. He is a pediatric nurse who works in the surgical ward at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Ill., where he wears a superhero shirt or costume every day at the hospital to help make kids smile.