History has proven that the nursing workforce has survived trials before. Dr. Peter Buerhaus, nurse and a healthcare economist well known for his studies on the nursing and physician workforces in the United States joins Dr. Usha Menon as the discuss the recovering nursing workforce. 

Beurhaus is a Professor of Nursing and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Montana State University College of Nursing. 

As the turnover rate of nurses begins to decline, nursing leaders are faced with an important question, "how do we proactively prepare to welcome more 'new' nurses to the profession"? Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Annmarie Chavarria, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC at Tampa General Hospital joins Dean Menon to talk strategy and partnership as it relates to transitioning new nurses into clinical settings. 

Dr. Chavarria also serves as the Assistant Dean of Academic-Practice Partnerships at the USF College of Nursing and was recently appointed by the governor to the Florida Center of Nursing's Board of Directors. 

Listen to learn what University of Michigan Center for Improving Patient & Population Health Director, Christopher R. Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, describes to Dean Menon as they delve deeper into what it means to be stewards of nursing science while embracing diversity. 

Recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2021, Dr. Beverly Malone, President & CEO of the National League for Nursing, sits down with Dean Menon to discuss strategies to avert the nursing shortage crisis. 

Are we fiddling while Rome is burning? Dean Usha Menon sits down with Talent Partner at AndHealth and former Ohio State University Chief Innovation Officer, Tim Raderstorf, to discuss how we revive a system that wasn't set for success. Listen to learn about how we can cultivate a collective voice to build a new future for nursing. 

World-renowned patient safety champion, innovator, critical care physician, Dr. Peter Pronovost, shares his ideology on leading with love and the mindset shift it will propagate for a radically more effective nursing workforce. 

Together, Host Dean Usha Menon and Heather Young discuss how we mentor and encourage nurses to pursue leadership roles. 

Dr. Young is a professor and dean emerita for the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis.  As a nurse leader, educator, scientist, and nationally recognized expert in gerontological nursing and rural health care, she is eminently qualified to talk about the future of nursing leadership.