NPD Forecast

NPD Forecast

Join Stephanie Zidek, PhD, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, your personal environmental scanning forecasters, for NPD Forecast, a podcast that analyzes information gathered through environmental scanning and discusses NPD implications that you can apply to your daily practice. Visit www.anpd.org for more information.

Episodes

September 8, 2025 33 mins

In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN; Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC; and guests Liz Cambier, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, and Mary Smith, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NC-BC, AMB-BC, C-EFM, CCE, come together to celebrate Nursing Professional Development Week by sharing their personal journeys into the NPD role.

Together, they reflect on:

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In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Mandi Walker, DNP, RN, NPDA-BC, NEA-BC; Sarah Gibbons, PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CPN; and Danyel Germain, DNP, RN, CHSE, join host Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, and special guest co-host Jesse Scapinello, MSN, RN, to explore how technology and leadership can empower nurses and transform practice.

Together, they discuss:

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Live from the ANPD Aspire Convention in Las Vegas, this special episode of the NPD Forecast discusses the roles of the nursing professional development practitioner: learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions.

Hosts Stephanie Zidek, PhD, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox...

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In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Charlie Hawknuff, MBA, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC, NPD-BC, and Cecilia Lopez, MSN, RN, share their experience securing and implementing a grant from the American Nurses Association to support the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing.

Together with hosts Stephanie Zidek, PhD, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, they discuss:

  • T...
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Nursing professional development practitioners hold a wide range of degrees at the doctoral level, from EdD to PhD to DNP, but until now, none have specialized in NPD. The Ohio State University’s new Doctor of Nursing Education program now offers an NPD track, the first of its kind in the U.S.

In today’s episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, learn the details of how this program was develope...

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In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Jose Arnold Tariga, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC, NE-BC, CPHQ, FFNMRCSI, an experienced internationally educated NPD practitioner, discusses how NPD practitioners can support internationally educated nurses (IENs) working in U.S. healthcare systems. Hosts Dr. Stephanie Zidek and Dr. Naomi Fox converse with him about his organization, InsightGlobal Health, whose program ...

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In this episode of the NPD Forecast podcast, in honor of both National Substance Use Prevention Month and National Recovery Month, hosts Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, speak with Courtney Hickey, BSN, RN, CCRN. She shares her story of becoming a nurse, struggling with a substance use disorder (SUD), and now advocating for other nurses experiencing the s...

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September 6, 2024 47 mins

Over the last few years, ANPD has released several podcasts featuring valuable expert voices. As a special gift for listeners this NPD Week, we — Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, NPD Forecast podcast hosts — recorded intros to four of our favorite episodes from 2022 that were also highly favored by listeners. We share our reflections along with additional context to provide n...

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September 6, 2024 51 mins

Over the last few years, ANPD has released several podcasts featuring valuable expert voices. As a special gift for listeners this NPD Week, we — Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, NPD Forecast podcast hosts — recorded intros to four of our favorite episodes from 2022 that were also highly favored by listeners. We share our reflections along with additional context to provide n...

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September 6, 2024 64 mins

Over the last few years, ANPD has released several podcasts featuring valuable expert voices. As a special gift for listeners this NPD Week, we — Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, NPD Forecast podcast hosts — recorded intros to four of our favorite episodes from 2022 that were also highly favored by listeners. We share our reflections along with additional context to provide n...

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September 6, 2024 54 mins

Over the last few years, ANPD has released several podcasts featuring valuable expert voices. As a special gift for listeners this NPD Week, we — Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, NPD Forecast podcast hosts — recorded intros to four of our favorite episodes from 2022 that were also highly favored by listeners. We share our reflections along with additional context to provide n...

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August 20, 2024 42 mins

In this episode, Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, are joined by Dr. Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, to discuss the importance of innovation in nursing and healthcare. They delve into the critical role of nursing professional development (NPD) specialists in addressing workforce issues and improving patient outcomes, highlighting how NPDs can lead change and seek ...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovative technologies are supporting the educational goals of nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners across roles. I...

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In this episode of NPD Forecast, Naomi and Stephanie interview guests at a live podcast recording from the ANPD Aspire Convention recently held in Chicago, IL. Over 200 attendees listened and learned live about nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners who serve in unique roles. Guests’ job titles included nursing workforce develo...

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March 20, 2024 43 mins

In this episode of NPD Forecast, Launette Woolforde, EdD, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, FAAN, shares her leadership expertise and advice gained through her decades-long journey working as a nurse leader and educator.

Listeners will learn about:

  • Dr. Woolforde’s early passion for new nurse orientees and preceptors and how this led to her becoming a nursing professional development practitioner;
  • Her long involvement in ANPD, from bein...
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Hear from two chapter authors, Melanie Rainford, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, and Nicole Gooding, MSHS, BN, RN, NPD-BC, and editor Mary Harper, PhD, RN, NPDA-BC, FAAN, about the significance of the Core Curriculum for Nursing Professional Development, 6th Edition in this episode of the NPD Forecast podcast. This guide is an exhaustive resource and a knowledge base of the nursing professional development (NPD) specialty and provides valuable in...

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October 31, 2023 31 mins

Off-shift nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners serve unique but valuable roles in the health care setting. In this episode of NPD Forecast, hosts Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, discuss the successes and challenges of nightshift NPD work with three experts on the subject: Dorothy Chan, DNP, APN, FNP-C, NPD-BC, CEN, CCRN-K, CNEcl, and Donn...

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It’s National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, and Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, are joined on this episode of NPD Forecast by an expert on substance ...

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On this podcast, Naomi Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN and Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN explain their roles as NPDs to 2023 ANPD Aspire Convention keynote speaker Marcus Engel, MS, CPXP, CSP.

Join in on the conversation as they speak about moments where they witnessed compassion and discuss Engel's work and guidance on how NPD practitioners can incorporate narrative principles into daily life. Plus,...

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In this episode of NPD Forecast, join hosts Naomi Fox, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, and Stephanie Zidek, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, as they converse with Kathy Casey, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, about the revised Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey and...

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