The critical need for experienced nurses in the field of informatics—particularly in the growing age of AI and IT influence on medicine and patient care.

The complex field of Nursing Informatics is defined as taking “the clinical and the technical languages of health and translating them into one.” Nursing Informaticists hold the power to:

• Utilize and expand nurses' influence and impact from floor-specific to a wider community of care
• Leverage technology and clinical expertise in order to maintain the focus on patient safety
• Apply data to stem the nation’s opioid crisis
• Expand outreach to underserved patient populations in the community

The panel will relate under-reported, real-world cases to highlight how attainment of an advanced degree in Nursing Informatics uniquely equips the mid-career nurse to join an area of the nursing profession that is revolutionizing the redesign of healthcare in the United States.

This webinar was recorded on May 27th 2021. Thank you to our sponsor WGU.

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Learn the history and details behind the critical surge in the need for Advanced Practice RNs (APRNs) and particularly Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs). We will explore all of the “why’s:"

• The existing and projected needs gap
• How APRNs and FNPs became documented as the most needed of the advanced nursing degrees
• The fiscal potential and increased clinical and professional autonomy enjoyed by FNPs

This will be followed by an item-by-item examination of research exploring the challenges to nurses’ pursuit of these advanced degrees, their commonality within the nursing community, plus the potential of the degree’s attainment and reward in recognition, remuneration, and clinical respect.

Finally, our panel will examine the added societal value of filling gaps in primary care practitioner roles within underserved areas.

This webinar is the first in a two-part series that will address the growing need for advanced practice nurses in today's healthcare environment and how nurses will play a critical role in the future as interprofessional practice continues to unfold.

This webinar was recorded on April 29th 2021. Thank you to our sponsor WGU.

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With the nurse shortage at crisis levels even before the pandemic hit, what are the flaws or shortcomings of conventional approaches to staffing that keep nurse leaders chronically in “firefighter mode”? While a great majority of healthcare organizations cite nurse retention as a key strategic imperative, only a little over a third of them have actually implemented a formal retention strategy. Why isn’t nurse retention more reflected in actual operational practices or planning?

Join Bryan Dickerson, Senior Director of Healthcare Workforce Solutions at Hospital IQ, Shawna Gunn, Manager of Operations at MercyOne, Des Moines, and Danielle Bowie, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Vice President of Nursing Workforce Development at Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati, OH, as we discuss:

• What the healthcare industry can learn from other industries
• What are the opportunities and benefits of predictive analytics that can be leveraged to alleviate the nurse leaders’ constant staffing chase
• See how leveraging technology can streamline both communications and preplanning, enabling nurse leaders to make proactive adjustments faster and more efficiently

This webinar was recorded on January 26th 2021. Thank you to our sponsor Hospital IQ.

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The nursing community was shocked and saddened with the conviction of former RN RaDonda Vaught for criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult because she mistakenly administered vecuronium rather than Versed to a 75-year-old woman awaiting an imaging procedure. The patient died.

Nurses are at the sharp end of errors, the point where the error reaches the patient, and are therefore vulnerable to blame. How can the healthcare systems better protect caregivers at the sharp end and the patients in their care from harm?

The panel discusses key issues related to the Vaught case, including the impact on the reporting of near misses and adverse events, nursing retention, and public perception about medical error. The immediate, short- and long-term impact of serious adverse effects on everyone involved will be outlined.

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