The Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on an already compromised infrastructure and stressed the acute care workforce. Nurses have reported exhaustion, mental health concerns, and a perceived lack of support by employers, and many nurses — both direct care providers and managers — are leaving the acute care setting.
Join a panel of nurses from acute and critical care, nurse administrators, and researchers as we discuss the realities and challenges of what’s needed to restore a workplace that supports, respects, and fosters the contributions of acute care nurses. The goal of this webinar is to spur dialogue among clinical nurses and managers with CNOs, COOs, and CEOs.
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify the ongoing challenges faced by nurses in the acute care setting as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
- Identify key questions that need to be asked and addressed to create a post-pandemic workplace that supports, respects, and fosters the contributions of acute care nurses
Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Nursing. Prior positions were in clinical practice in nursing management, acute care CNS, and as adjunct faculty. As editor-in-chief, she’s led award-winning projects and series that have increased nurses’ awareness of important professional and social justice issues, enhanced curriculum, and provided evidence for policy change. During her tenure, AJN’s social media presence has become a recognized leader among health care journals. Shawn’s work in advancing standards for nursing publications was recognized in 2016 by the International Academy of Nursing Editors with the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership and in 2017, she was awarded The Nightingale Initiative for Global Health Advocacy in Action Award for excellence in promoting nursing scholarship. Her editorials in AJN have received six Clarion awards from the Association of Women in Communications.
Connie Barden, MSN, RN, CCRN-K,FAAN is Chief Clinical Officer of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, where she provides strategic leadership that drives the development of clinical practice resources and ensures standards and guidelines that meet the rigor of a rapidly changing healthcare environment. She is the executive leader of AACN’s Strategic Advocacy and Voice Team. Connie practiced for many years in the role of clinical nurse specialist in various critical care venues. Connie received her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She served as AACN president from 2002-2003 and led the task force that framed the landmark “AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments: A Journey to Excellence” in 2005.
Karen Hill, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, LFACHE, FAAN recently retired after 28 years as the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer of Baptist Health Lexington, Kentucky, where she supervised 2,800 employees. During her tenure, Baptist Health Lexington was recognized for nursing excellence and awarded Magnet designation four times. Currently, Dr. Hill is Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Nursing Administration, an international scholarly peer-reviewed journal circulated in over 146 countries. Dr. Hill presents internationally on areas such as leadership development, bringing evidence to practice, writing and publishing, leading an intergenerational workforce, and the retention of experienced older employees. Dr. Hill has over 75 peer-reviewed publications and is co-author of a 2018 book, Creating a Research-Friendly Environment: A Community Hospital Approach.
Christine Moffa, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC is Senior Clinical Editor of the American Journal of Nursing. Prior to this, Dr. Moffa worked in many roles over the course of her 25-year nursing career, starting at the bedside in pediatrics and later transitioning to school nursing and then outpatient women’s health. After obtaining a master’s in nursing from New York University, she first joined AJN in 2007. Later, while working as a nurse educator, she returned to school and obtained a PhD in nursing from Florida Atlantic University, where her research focus was healthy work environments. In addition to her AJN role, Dr. Moffa also works in private practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL is Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Previously she was Nurse Executive at Lenox Hill Hospital and then Chief Integration Officer for NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. As an experienced nurse executive for over 19 years, Dr. Raso is a national leader in improving the practice environment for staff, enhancing patient safety, and advancing nurse leadership. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of Nursing Management and an adjunct assistant professor for both the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing and Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Her published research is regarding authentic nurse leadership and healthy work environment. She’s received numerous awards and recognitions and serves of several boards.
Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing (Dr. Rushton holds a joint appointment in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics). Her current scholarship focuses on moral suffering of clinicians, moral resilience, and designing a culture of ethical practice. In 2016, she co-led a national collaborative State of the Science Initiative: Transforming Moral Distress into Moral Resilience in Nursing and co-chaired the American Nurses Association professional issues panel that created A Call to Action: Exploring Moral Resilience Toward a Culture of Ethical Practice. She is author and editor of Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare (Oxford University Press). She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Hastings Center and is a member of AJN's Editorial Board.
