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.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Jacob A. Miller, DNP, MBA, ACNP, ENP-C, CNS, NRP, FAEN, Clinical Educator (and former Flight Nurse Practitioner) at UC Health Air Care & Mobile Care in Cincinnati. They discuss emerging models of emergency medical services (EMS) pre-hospital and transport care utilizing physicians and advance practice providers.

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Paul Osborne, a managing director and leader of BRG’s Healthcare Performance Improvement practice. They discuss BRG’s recently released report AI and the Future of Healthcare, including the importance and advantages of utilizing artificial intelligence in the medical industry.

Find out more about the report at: https://www.thinkbrg.com/insights/publications/ai-in-healthcare/.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, Enterprise Director of Emergency Services at the University of Kentucky Healthcare, about leadership challenges with and initiatives to address workplace violence. They discuss approaches such as informing patients and visitors of their behavioral expectations on arrival, caregiver training, enhancing facility access control, and what “zero tolerance” means.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with James Ballinghoff, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and associate executive director at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. They discuss advancing nursing practice with technology, including predictive analytics tools and artificial intelligence, to improve efficiency, workflow, and outcomes for the staff and system overall.