TeamPeds Talks newest series, focused on Nurse Practitioner Leadership and Career Development, is brought to you by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. This series of podcasts includes inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with expert leaders in pediatric health care with a focus on advancing career development and leading change. This series is hosted by Dr. Andrea Kline-Tilford, NAPNAP’s Executive Board President.

Andrea Kline-Tilford, PhD, CPNP-AC is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with significant clinical experience in pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiac surgery. She is the NAPNAP Executive Board President and the Professional Issues Department Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.  She is the co-editor of two books: Lippincott Certification Review: Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. She has presented internationally on topics of pediatric acute care and pediatric advanced practice nursing, with many publications in these areas. She is an advocate for children and proud mother of two.

This episode's guests are Dr. Nutrena Tate and Dr. Asma Taha.

Join us for this episode of TeamPeds talks as we explore diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our guests, Dr. Nutrena Tate and Dr. Asma Taha, NAPNAP's DEI Committee Chairs, will tackle topics of DEI in our workforce, strategies for building more inclusive clinical practice and academic environments, facilitating conversations on DEI in the workplace, and NAPNAP's DEI initiatives.

Dr. Nutrena Tate: Dr. Nutrena Tate has been a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for more than 20 years metro-Detroit, Michigan. She has practiced in community settings, school based health centers and a shelter for homeless teens. Dr. Tate is a grant-funded and published researcher with work in eliminating health inequities in childhood obesity in children of color and other disparities. She is currently the Associate Dean, College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Dr. Asma Taha: Dr. Asma Taha is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in pediatric acute care, primarily in pediatric neurosurgery. She leads the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program at Oregon Health and Sciences University.

Resources

NAPNAP Child Health Equity

NAPNAP Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

NAPNAP LGBTQI position statement

Clinical Assessment Tools- AAP

AAFP EveryOne Project-Guide to Social Needs Screening

AAFP EveryOne Project-SDoH Screening- Social Needs screening tool