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In this episode, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN-K, speaks with Dr. Candice Vaughan Griffin, Executive Director of Clinical Education & Professional Development at Banner Health, and Dr. Marilyn Oermann, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing and Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Educator.

Dr. Griffin and Dr. Oermann answer some of the questions that were submitted by attendees of the webinar, Preparing the Next Generation of Practice-Ready Nurses. In this podcast, the following questions are addressed: 

1. We recognize that graduate nurses are not practice ready when they graduate. One recommendation is to have a shared competency model across education and practice for beginner nurses. Can you tell us more about this idea and why it’s important for both education and practice? 
2. How can education and practice determine these competencies? 
3. Do you think assessing shared competency and clinical judgement is superior to clinical judgement alone when we are looking at practice-readiness?

In this episode, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN-K, speaks with Dr. Kenya Beard, Inaugural Dean and Chief Academic Officer at Mercy College School of Nursing, and Dr. Sally Carlisle, the Director for the Nurse Faculty Fellowship at Chamberlain University. 

Dr. Beard and Dr. Carlisle answer some of the questions that were submitted by attendees of the webinar, Preparing the Next Generation of Practice-Ready Nurses. In this podcast, the following questions are addressed: 

• You started the first faculty residency/fellowship program in the country. What drove you to develop this program? How did you demonstrate to Chamberlain University that this program should be implemented? 
• What have been the measurable outcomes you’ve discovered since implementing the fellowship program?
• What would you recommend to others who want to develop a similar program?

In this episode, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP speaks with Dr. Tim Bristol, the founder of NurseTim® and NurseThink®. Dr. Bristol was an expert panelist for the webinar, Preparing the Next Generation of Practice-Ready Nurses.

In this podcast, the following questions are addressed: 

• The NCSBN updated the NCLEX exam in April 2023 based on findings from years of research that graduate nurses were not practice ready and did not know how to implement clinical judgement. What is clinical judgement?
  
• What’s the best way to teach clinical judgement in education and in practice?
  
• How do we use technology to measure clinical judgement?

In this episode, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP speaks with Pat Patton, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, the Chief Nurse Executive, and Vice President for Patient Care Services at UCSF Health.

Highlights of the conversation include:

• The evolution of his career, from being “tapped on the shoulder” to fill certain roles and learning with each one of them to be a better leader.
• The rewards of being a nurse executive
• How the partnership of UCSF Health with the Nurses on Boards Coalition empowers nurses to get involved
• Advice for nurses interested in leadership and board membership, including these encouraging words, “You have a lot to say. You don’t know the power of your voice…”

In this episode, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP speaks with Carl Kirton, DNP, RN, MBA, Editor-In-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing.

Highlights of the conversation include:

• Carl’s career journey and diverse nursing experiences, including his first manuscript submission, which was to the American Journal of Nursing (AJN)
• His new role as Editor-in-Chief of AJN and a focus on maintaining and growing the reputation of the journal while meeting the needs of the contemporary nurse; updates include new columns on diversity, equity, and inclusion and the wide variety of nursing specialties, as well as exciting changes to artwork
• Words of wisdom to nurses to “keep your options open” and “don’t be afraid of change.”

Listen in as Lisa Bonsall, Senior Clinical Editor for Lippincott NursingCenter, speaks with Dr. Andrea Dozier, Ed.D., MSN, RN, the Interim Chair of the Department of Nursing at Albany State University and a Nursing Education Consultant for Wolters Kluwer.

Highlights of the conversation include:

• The story of Andrea’s career journey
• The impact of virtual learning on student success both in the classroom and after graduation
• Recognizing students at risk and helping them be successful
• Stresses observed among colleagues and how they’ve supported one another
• Advice for the future

“I can teach all day long, but if you have something that is blocking your ability to receive what I am trying to give you, then we need to deal with whatever that is.”  --- Andrea Dozier, Ed.D., MSN, RN

In this podcast, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, Senior Clinical Editor for Lippincott NursingCenter, summarizes the impact of the pandemic on health care workers and strategies to overcome current obstacles, prioritize mental health, and improve our resilience. Related questions from attendees of our May 12th, 2022 webinar, “Navigating the Wake of COVID” are addressed. This podcast was recorded on June 15th, 2022.

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In this podcast Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer, Health Learning, Research & Practice, adjunct faculty for Drexel University, and a critical care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital summarizes available outpatient and inpatient treatments for COVID-19, and answers questions from attendees of our May 12th, 2022 webinar, “Navigating the Wake of COVID.” This podcast was recorded on June 15th, 2022.

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In this podcast, Collette Hendler, RN, MS, MA, CIC, Editor-in-Chief for Lippincott Solutions and Certified Infection Preventionist, answers questions from attendees of our May 12th, 2022 webinar, “Navigating the Wake of COVID.” This podcast was recorded on June 15th, 2022. A summary of available vaccines is presented and related questions are addressed.

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In this podcast, Senior Clinical Editor, Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP speaks with Terry Berkman, MSN, RN, Director of Saint Agnes Nurses Center, a community clinic founded, staffed, and led by nurses. Listen and learn about the role of nurses and nurse practitioners in providing healthcare and health education in the community setting.

We also discuss:

• Terry’s nursing career and the transition from acute care to community and public health,
• How the pandemic has taught us the value of community nursing,
• Important services that can be provided in a community clinic,
• Identifying barriers to care to help patients be more successful,
• And how a holistic view of patients in their community can improve outcomes.