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There is a palpable mix of excitement and anxiety about the latest impending wave of Artificial Intelligence. AI tools are being developed that will fundamentally impact our jobs, our relationships, our access to knowledge and creativity, our children's lives, and our planet. But for an industry like healthcare — where fax machines and pagers are common, where people struggle to find affordable care or adequate resources, and nurses are leaving the profession due to administrative burdens and moral distress — can AI be an answer?

In this two-part feature of our AI in Play series, where we explore AI's role in transforming healthcare, host Oriana Beaudet, Vice President of Innovation at the American Nurses Association, Credentialing Center, and Foundation, talks with a nurse and a clinician helping to shape the future of AI in healthcare for one of the largest technology companies in the world.

Episode 130 features nurse Mary Varghese-Presti, Corporate VP and COO of Microsoft Health and Life Sciences, whose team built Dragon Copilot, the first commercially available ambient AI solution purpose-built for nursing workflows. We learn how Microsoft co-designed this tool directly with staff nurses, nurse managers, and nurse executives across more than 10 health systems, and why that collaboration is essential. We'll learn about Microsoft's vision for a three-stage AI future, from co-pilots to agents to a true hybrid workforce, and what it would mean for nurses to have the ability to delegate tasks the way physicians have long been able to do. Finally, we hear the deeply personal story behind Mary's mission, from growing up in an immigrant household surrounded by nurse "aunties," to advocating for a voiceless patient at 4 am as a young nurse at Johns Hopkins, to now leading the technology that she believes will restore humanity and dignity to the very profession that shaped her.

Episode 131 features Dominic King, former surgeon and VP of Health at Microsoft AI, where his team builds and scales consumer health tools that see more than 50 million health-related sessions a day. In this conversation, we learn about Microsoft's partnership with Harvard Medical School and how it's working to ensure that the billions of health questions people ask AI every day are met with credible, clinically sound information. We also hear how he thinks about patient safety and trust in AI, and we'll get his candid take on what AI cannot replace, why clinicians must be central to scaling these tools beyond the pilot stage, and how he believes technology is the single biggest lever for making health systems sustainable in the face of growing global demand.

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Some of the most complex health challenges aren't medical alone — they're human, social, and deeply interconnected. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight from "Episode 80: Health Starts with Housing," nurse and systems leader Lauren Hardin shares how she built a model of complex care that brings providers together across sectors to serve people whose needs fall through the cracks of fragmented systems.

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For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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Nurses sit at the intersection of people, systems, and care, and that perspective makes them powerful designers of better healthcare. In this Insight from Episode 24: Designing With, nurse and service designer Brittany Merkel shares how the core practices of nursing are also the foundations of human-centered design, and why it's important to design with nurses, not for them.

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Understanding the value of nursing care in the US requires a shift, not only in policy, but in philosophy.

In this SEE YOU NOW Insight drawn from Episode 129: Investing in Nurses! Invisible to Invaluable, Pam Cipriano, immediate past president of the International Council of Nurses and former president of the American Nurses Association, explains how U.S. healthcare economics have historically obscured the value of nursing care. She argues that this isn't just a policy problem; it's a philosophical one, and that understanding and investing in nurses is essential to building a healthier, more sustainable healthcare system, and society.

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Nurses are the scaffolding of our nation's health, and the foundation of our shared humanity, yet their work is still too often treated as invisible. In this episode we ask, what does it truly mean to invest in nurses, and what's at stake if we fail to act?

Join host Oriana Beaudet, Vice President of Innovation at the American Nurses Association, Credentialing Center, and Foundation for a conversation with nurse leader Pam Cipriano, Immediate Past President of the International Council of Nurses and former President of the American Nurses Association, about why nursing has been systematically undervalued in the U.S., how that shapes policy, economics, and care delivery, and what must change if we are to build a healthier, more humane future.

For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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As healthcare faces mounting pressures, from workforce shortages and rising costs to growing uncertainty, we're also standing at the edge of extraordinary possibility. Technological advances are reshaping how care is delivered, how research is done, and how we might finally move closer to health equity.

In 2026, SEE YOU NOW will continue its mission to bring you the stories and the people behind the headlines, from conversations with guests like Microsoft's Dominic King and Mary Presti on why nurses must help lead the AI frontier, to guest-hosted episodes with the American Nurses Association's Liz Stokes on the new Nursing Code of Ethics, and discussions with filmmakers Carolyn Jones and Lisa Frank about why representation in healthcare storytelling matters.

You'll hear voices from across the country and from major gatherings like Magnet, and through our weekly SEE YOU NOW Insights, we'll continue to share powerful moments from more than 100 episodes of nurse-led innovation, leadership, and change, while keeping a clear focus on what it truly means to invest in nursing and why it matters to all of us.

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For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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Creative expression has powerful effects on our health and well-being, far beyond what we once imagined. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, drawn from Episode 81: Making Spirits Bright (Part I), Susan Magsamen, Executive Director of the International Arts and Mind Lab at the Brain Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University, and senior advisor to the Science of Learning Institute at Johns Hopkins University, explores how science is beginning to validate what artists have long known: aesthetic and creative experiences are not luxuries, they are powerful tools for healing.

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For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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Nurses are tackling some of today's most complex challenges. On SEE YOU NOW, you'll meet nurses leading change through powerful stories that approach health and healthcare with curiosity, innovation with compassion, and center the human experience.

For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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Some of the most transformative solutions in global health emerge from one deceptively simple discipline: listening. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, International Council of Nurses CEO Howard Catton, and ANA VP of Innovation Oriana Beaudet explore how the ICN Charter for Change, a straightforward, evidence-driven ten-point plan, was built directly from what nurses, associations, and communities say they need most.

Together, they unpack how frontline wisdom can become global policy, how the foundational leadership skill in nursing of listening translates to shaping reform, and how advanced practice nursing models around the world are already reducing costs, improving outcomes, and proving what's possible when countries invest in nursing.

International Council of Nurses (ICN). Charter for Change: Our Nurses. Our Future. International Nurses Day 2024. International Council of Nurses. Geneva, Switzerland. April 2024. PDF document outlining ten policy actions to value, protect, respect, and invest in nurses worldwide. Available: https://www.icn.ch/sites/default/files/2024-04/IND_2024_Charter_EN.pdf

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For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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In a moment marked by rising geopolitical instability, accelerating climate change, recurring pandemics, and deep economic uncertainty, nursing stands at a critical crossroads. The global nursing workforce is already under severe strain, and the World Health Organization projects a shortfall of approximately 4.5 million nurses by 2030. Yet, even as health needs become more complex, health funding is being reduced in many parts of the world while defense spending rises, deepening the resource constraints facing nurses and other frontline health workers.

So, what does it truly mean to invest in nursing?

For the International Council of Nurses, it means speaking value to power, making the case consistently and convincingly, that nurses are essential to the stability and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and entire nations. It means pushing forward despite workforce shortages, policy barriers, violence, and chronic underfunding. It means dismantling myths and hierarchies and advancing rigorous research to demonstrate the economic and societal return on educating, compensating, and recognizing nurses as the indispensable professionals they are.

In this episode, Oriana Beaudet, VP of Innovation at the American Nurses Association, Credentialing Center, and Foundation, connects with Howard Catton, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses, who is driving global efforts to support nurses at the ICN. Together, they explore the inventive strategies, advocacy work, and bold solutions shaping the future of nursing. And talk about what it means to meet global challenges with clarity, commitment, and heart.

For more information on resources, visit ANA's Innovation Website at: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/

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