Dr. Usha Sambamoorthi is a distinguished professor at the College of Pharmacy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, with nearly 35 years of experience in health services research, dedicated to advancing health equity. A pioneer in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into health outcomes research, she has s…

Dr. Noella C. West is a distinguished national speaker, educator, author, consultant, and the APP Manager of Medicine, Surgical, and Neuroscience at Tampa General Hospital. She is the CEO and founder of Confident NP, an organization dedicated to helping new and experienced nurse practitioners build confidence and advance their careers. Dr. West is …

Dean Usha Menon sits down with Caitlyn Brown, the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet Mechanic and Inside Front Tire Changer, to discuss her trailblazing journey as a female mechanic. You can see Caitlyn Brown in St. Pete March 8-10, 2024, at the Firestone Grand Prix! Following in the footsteps of trailblazing female icons in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES (NICS),…

Dr. Bonnie Clipper is a nurse futurist, expert in virtual nursing, nationally recognized thought leader, and global speaker. She brings her decades of executive leadership, operations, and knowledge of technology together to transform the national healthcare ecosystem. She was the first VP of Innovation at the ANA where she built the innovation fra…

Listen as we talk with Erika Kimball, a healthcare sustainability leader with more than 15 years of experience in the field. She began her sustainability journey as a staff nurse leading volunteer waste reduction projects in clinical units. Today she is the Founder and CEO of Kimball Sustainable Healthcare, a consulting firm that develops sustainab…

If we have learned one thing over the last few years, it's that we are better together! That's why we invited Alison Barlow, executive director of the St. Petersburg Innovation District to share more about the "Grow Smarter Strategy" employed by the Innovation District and how it can be applied as we work to prepare high-quality nurses.…

By 2035, Florida is on track to have a shortage in excess of over 60,000 nurses. While that may no longer surprise you, the current turnover rate just might. Listen, as I sit down with Florida Hospital Association's President and CEO, Mary C. Mayhew for a provocative conversation about the bold innovation necessary to proactively address these esse…

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…

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 …

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.Oleh Cassidy Delamarter & Audrey Holtzman