Nick Chmielewski speaks with Noreen Hudson, MSN, RN, BRG’s Nursing team lead for perioperative services. They continue a discussion from season 2 of the podcast by reviewing the various departments comprising perioperative services. They delve into the processes and functions of the Preoperative Unit, also known as “pre-op,” including assessments and measures completed prior to surgery.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Alison Harmon, MSN, RN, CEN, director of Nursing for the Department of Emergency Medicine and Transport Services and director of Nursing for the Crisis Stabilization Unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. They discuss a recent collaborative performance improvement project that yielded nearly $3 million in additional revenue by reducing emergency department left-without-being-seen (LWBS) rates.

They will also copresent on this project at the 2024 Emergency Nursing Conference in September.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA, chief executive officer at UConn Health. They discuss Dr. Agwunobi’s 2019 book An Insider’s Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants, which offers his personal healthcare executive and consultant perspective on hiring and effectively utilizing consultants in the field. He elaborates on choosing the right consultant, negotiating price, and leading an engagement.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Kristen Geissler, MBA, MS, PT, CPHQ, a managing director in BRG’s Clinical Economics practice. They discuss how to identify and analyze quality, measures, and outcomes to make improvements within a health system, as well as how nurses can involve themselves in quality improvement initiatives.

In this week’s episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, FAEN, FAADN, professor and chair of nursing at Sonoma State University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing. They discuss challenges of bias and racism in nursing and how to identify disparities that arise in the workplace.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Justin Fontenot, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAADN, editor-in-chief of Teaching and Learning in Nursing journal and associate professor at Tulane University School of Medicine. They discuss the benefits and precautions of generative artificial intelligence (AI), especially when analyzing data and research. They also discuss Dr. Fontenot’s recent article in The Journal of Nursing Administration, “What Nurse Leaders Need to Know about Artificial Intelligence.”

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN, FAEN, chief nursing officer at Mednition. They discuss utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to better analyze patient needs and prevent mistakes when providing care, fundamentally improving results and satisfaction.  

Deena was previously a speaker in BRG’s Nurse Executive Forum series in May 2021 and took part in a discussion on “AI and Machine Learning in the Emergency Department.”  

In a Nurses Week edition of the podcast, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Terry M. Foster, MSN, RN, CPEN, CCRN, TCRN, CEN, FAEN, clinical nurse specialist at St. Elizabeth Healthcare and 2023 president of the Emergency Nurses Association. Terry discusses his forty-seven years as a nurse and reflects on the nursing profession’s evolution throughout his career.    

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Linda Zieman, DNP, MM, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, senior director of Nursing, Inpatient Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. She is also a Coldiron Senior Nurse Executive fellow at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.

They discuss the Nurse Leader article "Pathway to Emergency Nursing: An Innovative Academic-Practice Partnership,” for which Ms. Zieman was the primary author.

Nick Chmielewski welcomes back Jerry A. Mansfield, PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC, vice president and system chief nursing executive at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. This episode was recorded in January 2024, shortly before Dr. Mansfield began his tenure at UTMB. They discuss collaboration among practice, education, and regulatory nurse leadership to better prepare, develop, and utilize nurse professionals and, ultimately, resolve problems in healthcare.